About the KTER Center | Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER)

Welcome to the website of the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER)! This center is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to help make disability research about employment accessible to people with disabilities, their families and direct support professionals; researchers; VR professionals; employers, business and industry representatives; and other disability employment stakeholders such as policymakers and educators. The overarching outcome of KTER Center is to improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities.

What are our project goals? We aim to:

enhance understanding of disability employment research;
increase awareness and use of NIDILRR-funded employment research findings by appropriate stakeholders;
develop resources based on these findings and provide a centralized location for effective and uniform provision of training, technical assistance (TA), and dissemination; and
increase capacity of NIDILRR employment grantees to engage in KT activities.

To achieve those goals we conduct research on effective KT methods to increase awareness and use of disability employment research. We use our study findings to:

develop research-based, user-friendly products grounded in KT science;
conduct KT training and TA activities to increase KT capacities of NIDILRR employment grantees;
disseminate KTER Center resources to all potential stakeholders; and
work closely with our National Advisory Board, Business Advisory Council and NIDILRR employment grantees themselves to promote awareness and use of disability employment research by all those making decisions that impact disability employment.

This project is a partnership of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the Council of State Administrators for Vocational Rehabilitation, The Arc and TASH.