2011 NARRTC 33rd Annual Conference Agenda

Improving Lives Through Disability and Rehabilitation Research

April 27 - 28, 2011
Hyatt Regency
Bethesda, MD

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

8:30 am – 9:00 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Opening Remarks from the NARRTC President John Westbrook
9:15 am – 10:15 am	NIDRR Update Sue Swenson and Ruth Brannon
10:15 am – 10:35 am	NIDRR Initiatives to increase research capacity Margaret Campbell
10:35 a.m – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm (concurrent sessions) ROOM ASSIGNMENT *Group A* Cabinet/Judiciary *Group B* Waterford/Lilique *Presenting author	A	Updates from the RERC on Workplace Accommodations Karen Milchus, Maureen Linden, Claire Yang*
	B	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Are Stakeholder Associations the best vehicle for bridging the Research to Practice gap? Marianne Farkas, E. Sally Rogers*
		Vocational Services for Individuals Who Are Aging with a Disability: A case study Pat Brown, Kurt Johnson*
		Beyond Yellow Ribbons: Workplace Inclusion of Veterans with Disabilities Hannah Rudstam, Wendy Gower, Jamie Wilson*
		Mal-Employment and the Earnings Disadvantage of College Graduates with Disabilities Paul Harrington*
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch Buffet Awards Ceremony & Best Paper Presentation
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm (concurrent sessions) ROOM ASSIGNMENT *Group A* Cabinet/Judiciary *Group B* Waterford/Lilique *Presenting author	A	Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities: What Employers Can Tell Us Susanne Bruyere, Linda Barrington, Judy Young, Jill Houghton, Mary Wright
	B	Effective Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology (AT/RT) Service Delivery: Examining the Current State of Practice, Developing a Quality Indicators Framework, and Return on Investment for AT/RT in the Workplace Marcia Scherer, Deepti Samant, Meera Adya, Mary Killeen*
		Evaluation of the OASIS Distance Training Program for Parents of Children with Autism in Geographically Remote Areas Jay Buzhardt, Linda Heitzman-Powell , Lisa Rusinko, Josh Turek, Emily McCarty, Jessica Barr*
		Cognitive Curbcuts for Personal Organization: Connected Systems for Visual Scheduling and Prompting Tom Keating*
		Robotic Training of Arm and Hand Movement after Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A case report Zahra Kadivar*
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (concurrent sessions) ROOM ASSIGNMENT *Group A* Cabinet/Judiciary *Group B* Waterford/Lilique *Presenting author	A	Building a Roadmap Out of Poverty: Linking Research to Real Economic Impact for Americans with Disabilities Johnette Hartnett, Michael Morris, Tobey Partch-Davies, Pam Owens
	B	Using Return on Investment Models in Public Sector Vocational Rehabilitation David Dean, Steven Stern, Kirsten Rowe*
		Strategies to Minimize the Effects of Reporting Errors Through Strategic Web-Survey Design Kelly Haines, Martha Klemm*
		Challenges of Conducting Longitudinal Community Based Interventions with the Homeless Population: Strategies for Successful Research Outcomes Christine Helfrich*
		Bridging the Knowing Doing Gap in Disability and Employment: Researching an Intervention to Turn Knowledge into Action Hannah Rudstam*
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm (concurrent sessions) ROOM ASSIGNMENT *Group A* Cabinet/Judiciary *Group B* Waterford/Lilique *Presenting author	A	A Unified Mixed Methods Research Design on Reasonable Accommodations Ellen Fabian, Shengli Dong, Spalatin Oire*
	B	Cognitive Support Technologies For Individuals With TBI: A Systematic Review Pat Brown, Mark Harniss, Kurt Johnson*
		Does Assistive Technology Training Impact Service Provider Attitudes and Beliefs? Scott Haynes*
		The Promise of Technology-Assisted, E-Therapy Programs for Low-Incidence Disabilities Josephine Wilson, Dennis Moore, Jared Embree, Susan Fraker, Jo Ford, Nikki Rogers*
		The Online "ADA Basic Building Blocks" Course: A Follow-up Study Kathleen Murphy, Celestia Ohrazda
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm ROOM ASSIGNMENT Haverford/Baccarat	NARRTC Business Meeting & Hill Happenings (NARRTC Members ONLY)
6:15 pm – 7:15 pm	NARRTC Executive Committee Meeting (NARRTC Executive Members ONLY)

Thursday, April 28, 2011

8:30 am – 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am	Plenary Session – NIDDR Staff Panel and Q&A
10:30 am – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm (concurrent sessions) ROOM ASSIGNMENT *Group A* Cabinet/Judiciary *Group B* Waterford/Lalique *Presenting author	A	Measuring Environmental Factors that Influence Community Participation Allen Heinemann*
	B	20 Years of the ADA: An Assessment of ADA Implementation & Compliance in the Rocky Mountain Region Jana Burke*
		From the Ground Up: Disability Researchers Assess Access Katherine McDonald, Rene Cumins*
		Capturing the Elusive Working-Age Population with Disabilities: Who the Six-Question Sequence in CPS-BMS and ACS Captures and Who It Misses Andrew Houtenville*
		Federal Expenditures for Working-Age People with Disabilities in Fiscal Year 2008 Gina Livermore *
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch Buffet & Committee Meetings
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (concurrent sessions) ROOM ASSIGNMENT *Group A* Cabinet/Judiciary *Group B* Waterford/Lalique *Presenting author	A	Does Pain Interference Mediate the Relationships Between Pain Intensity and Total Pain Symptoms with Depressive Symptoms After Spinal Cord Injury? Lee Saunders, James Krause, Kendrea Focht, Jennifer Bozard*
		Trajectory of Secondary Health Conditions in Individuals Aging with Physical Disability Ivan Molton*
		Secondary Mental Health Conditions of Rural Adults with Disabilities Craig Ravesloot, Bob Liston, Kevin Thorsen, Charles Asp*
		Forecasting the Number of Applications for State VR Services Andrew Houtenville*
		Social Media, Participation and E-Accessibility Paul M.A. Baker, John Bricout, Nathan Moon, Barry Coughlan, Jessica Pater*
	B	Psychometric Properties of the Level of Knowledge Use Survey (LOKUS) Vathsala Stone, Shreya Telang, Machiko Tomita*
		A Randomized Trial of Teen Online Problem Solving (TOPS): Efficacy in Reducing Caregiver Distress following Adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury Shari Wade*
		Improving the Infrastructure of Employment Systems Through Interagency Collaboration: Lessons from the New England State Medicaid Infrastructure Grants Sally Rogers, Vasudha Gigugu, Philippe Bloch*
		Opportunities to Cover Personal Assistance Services in the Tax Code Johnette Hartnett, Steven Mendelsohn, Michael Morris, William Myhill*
		Why Don’t Employers Hire and Retain Workers with Disabilities? Lewis Kraus, H. Stephen Kaye, Lita Jans, Erica Jones*
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Break
3:15 pm – 4:10 pm	Conference Wrap up – Conclusions & Adjournment John Westbrook