U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as appears on grants.gov website Format Funding Opportunity Announcement RFA-DD-11-004 This funding opportunity announcement solicits cooperative agreement applications to investigate factors that influence well-being for young adults with rare disorders in the three areas of health, education or work, and… Read More »»
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Pilot for State-Specific Cross-Sectional Surveillance of Persons with Rare Disorders and Longitudinal Assessment of Outcomes
February 22, 2011
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Social Participation, Young Adults
Re-establishing Social Participation after Stroke
February 22, 2011
Funding Period: August 2008 – September 2011 Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Medical Center (VAMC) Format Project This project proposes to identify the key barriers to regaining participation after stroke. This data will be used to develop a post-stroke rehabilitation intervention intended to increase life satisfaction and quality of life, and provide cost-effective care. … Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Social Participation, Strokes
Clearinghouse for Home and Community Based Services
February 22, 2011
Boston College Format Clearinghouse This clearinghouse promotes the development and expansion of home and community-based services by gathering resources and tools for policy-making, program development, and research into its website. Included are articles, descriptions of promising practices, and other formats pertaining to accessibility, aging, children and family services, developmental/intellectual disabilities, employment programs, long-term… Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Social Participation
“Social Participation of Children with Disabilities”
February 22, 2011
December 11, 2009 Canadian Social Trends journal of Statistics Canada, Canada’s national statistic agency Format Online article This article describes a study of children with disabilities based on the child component of the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey; parents were surveyed on their children’s daily living activities and social participation, severity of the… Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Children, Social Participation
Social Participation Resources & Programs: Children with Autism
February 22, 2011
Promotion of Social Participation, Mental Health, and the Development of Meaningful Interests for Youth on the Autism Spectrum Presented by Susan Bazyk, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, associate professor in the Occupational Therapy Program at Cleveland State University and Lisa Crabtree, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science at Towson University, 7/28/2009 National… Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Autism, Children, Social Participation
ClinicalTrials.gov
February 16, 2011
In partnership with the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, and Health and Human Services Format Searchable online database ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions and topics pertaining to them, including community integration. Contact URL … Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Community Integration, Social ParticipationTagged With: Community, Community Integration, Social Participation
Social Participation Resources & Programs: Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
February 22, 2010
Active Support (AS) Interventions and Their Effect on Increased Participation of Persons with Severe Impairments Research and Training Center on Community Living of the University of Minnesota Format Study AS is an organizational intervention to enable direct support professionals in community settings to effectively support the participation of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities… Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Developmental Disabilities, Social Participation
Social Participation Resources & Programs: Measurement
February 22, 2010
Assessment of Life Habits (LIFE-H) webpage StrokEngine, in partnership with McGill University Format Webpage LIFE-H was developed to assess the quality of social participation of people with disabilities by estimating how they accomplish activities of daily living and social roles. This website discusses the purpose… Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Measurement, Social Participation
Social Participation Resources & Programs: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
February 22, 2010
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) webpage The Barkley AAC Center and the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Format Webpage AAC strategies help people with severe communication disabilities participate more fully in their social roles and interpersonal interaction such as learning, community activities, employment, volunteerism, and care management.… Read More »»
Best Practice Topics: Social ParticipationTagged With: Communication, Social Participation
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