[Blindtlk] fw: [nabs-l] fw: [rehab] focus group ON REsearch

Sun Nov 13 17:43:12 UTC 2011

FYI, thought you might be interested in this.  This is an 
announcement from Edward Bell of the Institute on Blindness at LA 
Tech University.  Here is the announcement:

I am writing to ask you to distribute this announcement widely to 
people
with disabilities and your staff with disabilities regarding an 
opportunity
to participate in a focus group organized by Virginia 
Commonwealth
University's NIDDR funded research and training center.  The 
center is
looking for a wide range of people with disabilities who might be 
interested
in using research or evidence based practices in either their 
work helping
others find jobs or their own job search.  The focus groups are 
open to
anyone with a disability who can participate in a focus group by 
telephone,
including those with accommodations that enable their 
participation such as
using instant messaging or someone who can read typed answers on 
the phone.
Given the subject area, self-advocates, people with disabilities 
with an
interest in research, and staff with disabilities working with 
other people
with disabilities might be the best group to participate.

The focus groups will be conducted by conference call on one of 
the dates
listed below.  Participants will receive a $25 gift card for 
their
participation.

VCU would like to hold the focus group before Thanksgiving, so 
please
distribute this as soon as possible and ask people to reply right 
away.  I
will be organizing the focus group on behalf of the center.  
Please ask
interested participants to reply to me  at jschneid at gwu.edu with 
requested
information if they are interested.

FOCUS GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT

I am writing to offer you the opportunity to participate in an 
important
research project.  Please share your experience and ideas with 
researchers
interested in helping people with disabilities searching for 
employment.
Participation is easy - you simply call into a conference call 
from you home
or office.

SEDL, a nonprofit research company, has established the Center on 
Knowledge
Translation for Employment Research (KTER) in partnership with 
Virginia
Commonwealth University.  The Center is funded by the National 
Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) in the U.S.  
Department of
Education.  The project will synthesize and disseminate existing
high-quality research on improving employment outcomes for people 
with
disabilities; conduct original research to identify and test 
strategies that
encourage the use of such research among businesses/employers, 
policymakers,
vocational rehabilitation agency staff, and people with 
disabilities; and
train researchers in using the most effective knowledge 
translation
strategies.   The link to the KTER Center website is as follows:

http://www.kter.org/

VCU is conducting focus groups targeting individuals with 
disabilities.  The
center is looking for people with disabilities who would like to 
participate
in an hour to two hour phone call to share their thoughts and 
experience
about using research in either their work or their job search.  
The focus
groups will be conducted by conference call, so participants do 
not need to
travel anywhere to participate.  Participants do need to be able 
to talk on
the phone or have available an accommodation that enables their
participation.  For instance a way to send instant messages to 
the VCU
office or someone who can communicate questions to the 
participant and relay
their answers to the group.  Participants will receive a $25 gift 
card for
participating.  All participants are offered a VISA gift card.  
You will be
asked for your mailing address when you submit your consent to 
participate
online.

The purpose of the study is to learn about what promotes or 
prevents people
from using research when making employment decisions.  The 
information that
is learned in the focus groups will guide how the KTER Center 
provides
information on employment to individuals with disabilities.  This 
will
include issues related to disability and work, how to address 
these issues
to increase employment for individuals with disabilities.

All personal data collected from participants is confidential and 
NO
individuals will be identified in published reports.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

If you are interested in participating, please respond to Jo Anne 
Schneider
at jschneid at gwu.edu with the following information:

1.      Name:

2.      contact info:

a.      email:

b.      phone:

3.      Type(s) of disability (please mark all that apply):

a.      Physical  ___

b.      Auditory ___

c.      Visual     ___

d.      Intellectual or developmental  ___

e.      Mental health  ____

4.      Do you need an accommodation in order to participate in a 
focus
group on the phone?

a.      No  ___

b.      Yes ___

                                                  i.      If yes, 
please
describe the accommodation you need and if you have someone who 
can
participate with you and provide that accommodation:

5.      Dates  and times you would be available for the focus 
group (please
check all you can do):

a.      Tuesday, November 15th,  11 AM ___

b.      Tuesday, November 15th,    2 PM ___

c.      Thursday, November 17th, 10 AM ___

d.      Thursday, November 17th,   3 PM ___

e.      Friday, November 18th,      11 AM ___

f.       Friday, November 18th,        2 PM ___

g.      Monday, November 21st,   11 AM ___

h.      Monday, November 21st,     2 PM ___

i.        Tuesday, November 22nd,  10 AM ___

j.        Tuesday, November 22nd,  11 AM ___

k.      Tuesday, November 22nd,    2 PM ___

Thank you for offering to participate in this important project.

Jo Anne Schneider

Associate Research Professor, George Washington University

Disability Self-Advocate

Member, Baltimore County Commission on Disabilities

This is a project sponsored by SEDL and Virginia Commonwealth 
University and
is in no way affiliated with George Washington University or the 
Baltimore
County Commission on Disabilities

Edward C.  Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC

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lived and
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