Telephone Focus Group
for VR Clients with Autism
Are you an adult with autism who works or has looked for work? You may be interested in our study of adults who received services from vocational rehabilitation counselors to find and keep employment. Researchers at the KTER Center (Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center) invite you to participate in a research study related to looking for work while living with a disability. If you are interested in participating in a focus group, please go to the following link and complete our registration. If you participate in the focus group, you will receive a gift card as a thank you for your time.
More information and registration available here:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2748050/Worksearchwithautism
Telephone Focus Group
for Transition-Aged VR Clients
Are you 18–24 years of age and have a disability? You may be interested in our study of young adults who received services from vocational rehabilitation counselors to find and keep employment. Researchers at the KTER Center (Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center) invite you to participate in a research study related to looking for work while living with a disability. If you are interested in participating in a focus group, please go to the following link and complete our registration. If you participate in the focus group, you will receive a gift card as a thank you for your time.
More information and registration available here:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2769406/Transitiontowork
Upcoming Webcast on
A Tailored Offer of Technical Assistance
as a Knowledge Translation Strategy
Save the Date: Tuesday, August 30th from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Central.
Ryan Williams, PhD, Research Director for the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research will present findings from a study testing a knowledge translation strategy among a business-oriented audience.
Study participants had supervisory authority, worked in human resources, or were professionals, such as vocational rehabilitation counselors, whose responsibilities could involve supporting employees with cancer in the workplace.
The study tested whether an offer of follow-up technical assistance helped to sustain knowledge gains and promote application among individuals who attended a webcast and received other informational resources about cancer survivors' employment issues and the reasonable accommodations process. The presentation will also describe business outreach planned in the KTER Center's new award cycle, which will focus on collaboration with the National Employment Team (NET) of the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR).
We have applied for CRC Credit for this webcast.
New Website Has Launched!
The KTER Center website has been remodeled to reflect our new
scope of work! While we continue to add resources and content to the page, we always welcome and appreciate feedback for further development.
Visit our new website at: www.kter.org
KTER Center Study Results Available Soon!
Written by KTER Center partners at Virginia Commonwealth University, the article entitled "Improving the Employment Outcomes of Individuals with TBI: The Effectiveness of KT Strategies to Impact the Use of Evidence-based Practices by VR Counselors” (Inge et al.) was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation and will be available soon! The article presents results from KTER’s study of how two different KT strategies (nonacademic online presentations and nontechnical briefs) affect VR counselors' knowledge of evidence-based practice, as related to consumers who have experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Conference Connections
Upcoming
KTER Research Director Ryan Williams and researcher Jasmine Park will be attending the upcoming VR Summit in Richmond, VA, September 8-9, 2016 and look forward to seeing any other NIDILRR colleagues who may also be there. Kathleen Murphy will attend the U.S. Business Leadership Network Conference, Sept. 19-22 in Orlando, FL and may also send staff to the Fall 2016 NCRE/RSA/CSAVR National Rehabilitation Education Conference (note CFP due July 6, 2016) or the CSAVR Fall Conference in San Diego, CA, Nov. 5-9, 2016
Let us know if you'll be there too!
2016 Online KT Conference:
Communication Tools for Moving
Research to Practice
Registration is open for The Center on KTDRR's an annual Online KT Conference for NIDILRR-funded grantees. This conference is designed to address strategies in the planning and implementation of effective and efficient KT approaches. The 4th Online Conference will take place on October 24, 26, and 28, 2016. See updates at the 2016 Conference Home Page for daily topics, speakers, and more information.
Register here: www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2612548/KTDRR-2016-KT-Conference
Recent presentations
KTER Center staff presented at three conferences this spring, all three via collaboration with other NIDILRR colleagues. Slides of each of these presentations are available on our website.
State of the Science Conference on the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) (Alexandria, VA), Awareness of the ADA and Other Resources to Support Employees after a Cancer Diagnosis, May 4, 2016
Kathleen M. Murphy and Vinh Nguyen - Southwest ADA Project Director Nguyen and KTER Center’s Murphy presented data from surveys of healthcare providers (HCPs) and individuals with cancer conducted by the Southwest ADA Center in collaboration with SEDL/AIR. Data indicate that levels of awareness of the ADA, other relevant legislation, and vocational support programs and services are low among both populations, but relatively higher among HCPs. Results from the KTER Center’s systematic review of interventions for individuals with cancer that included one or more behavioral, psychological, educational or vocational components were also explored.
www.kter.org/resources/SoS-Conference-ADA2016
NARRTC Conference (Alexandria, VA) - Symposium: NIDILRR Employee Grantees' Strategies for Outreach to Business: Strategies to Inform the Design of Knowledge Translation, May 6, 2016.
Susanne Bruyère, Wendy Strobel-Gower, Sarah von Schrader, Kathleen M. Murphy - Cornell University and KTER Center’s Murphy presented approaches for engaging employers to inform effective outreach. They shared their experiences and strategies in engaging employers to ensure relevance and bridge the gap between research and practice in three NIDILRR-funded projects: The Diversity Partners Project, the RRTC on Employer Practices to Improve Employment Outcomes among Individuals with Disabilities’ Benchmark Ability initiative, and the KTER Center’s RCT study of using a follow-up offer of technical assistance after a webcast about cancer and employment issues, as a KT strategy targeting a business-oriented audience.
www.kter.org/resources/2016NARRTCPresentation
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Evidence-based Practice in Vocational Rehabilitation Symposium (Madison, WI), The Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER Center) in the context of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). May 19, 2016.
KTER Center researchers Kathleen Murphy and Rebecca Gaines presented. The KTER Center's mission is to promote the use of employment research findings to improve practices and policies that support improved employment outcomes of individuals with disabilities. This session presented preliminary findings regarding: 1) the Central Role of VR supervisors in promoting evidence-based practice; 2) Research Track on Transition-aged Youth; 3) Research Track on VR Outreach to Business; 4) Research Track on Adults with Autism. Audience members participated in a lively discussion, offering their feedback and suggestions regarding these findings and how best to share them with senior VR counselors.
www.kter.org/resources/VRSymposium
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