Rehabilitation research and training center (rrtc) on community living and participation among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities - the u of MN's research and training center on…

Rehabilitation research and training center (rrtc) on community living and participation among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities - the u of MN's research and training center on community living (RTC/CL), in collaboration with, the inst. On community inclusive at the univ. Of massachusetts-boston (UMB), human services research inst. (hsri), NAT'l assoc. Of state directors of DEV. Disabilities srvc. (nasddds), autistic self-advocacy network (asan), self-advocates becoming empowered (sabe), assoc. Of univ. Centers on disability (aucd), temple univ., ARC and others request support for a rehabilitation research and training center (RTC-CL) on "community living and participation (CLP) of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)." partners have productive histories of collaboration and share a common vision in the development and dissemination of knowledge to promote community living and participation of persons with IDD. RTC/CL is a center of excellence and achieves the goals of the rehabilitation act through advanced research, training/technical assistance (TA) and dissemination activities. RTC/CL has: a) highly respected research teams that include people with IDD and other disabilities and family members; b) acclaimed dissemination productivity (7 books, 42 book chapters, 158 journal articles, more than 127 technical reports and over 133 curricula published since 2008); nationally known knowledge translation through publications and websites); c) committed partners; d) comprehensive research and professional training programs; and e) extensive outreach and TA. Research. The applied RTC/CL research program responds to the recommendations from the 2022 state-of-the-science conference on community living: engaging persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities from underserved racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural groups in research, advisors, the literature and nidilrr's long-range plan. Studies include a variety of "stages of research" and methods appropriate for research question(s) and relevant to CLP inter-ventions, policy and outcomes. Proposed studies are: 1) understanding CLP in the 21ST century through a multicultural lens, 2) identifying potential solutions to direct support workforce high vacancy and turnover rates at the employee, employer, and systems levels, 3) longitudinal look at CLP outcomes for adults with IDD, 4) using existing datasets to examine impacts of policies and systems on outcomes for people with IDD, 5) embedding cultural competence in supported and customized employment, 6) retirement of workers with IDD: developing and piloting an online educational and planning resource, 7) outcomes for family members that provide supports, and 8) facilitating supported decision-making outcomes of culturally diverse transition-age youth. Training & techn. Assis. The RTC/CL provides a comprehensive training program that has and will continue to develop new generations of competent and skilled disability researchers and professionals. Outreach programs provide training and technical assistance to agencies and individuals across the U.S. Including people from diverse racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. The RTC/CL training programs include a) reinventing quality conference, b) presentations at national, regional, and state conferences c) a state of the science conference, d) training and TA with national, state and local community organizations. The RTC/CL's directcourse/college of direct support, an acclaimed national interactive internet-based training program, now trains 868,123 dsps each day, a number that increased by more than 200,000 in the last funding cycle of the RTC/CL. Dissemination. The RTC/CL maintains high standards for scholarly productivity and will continue to disseminate practical information to targeted varied audiences through nationally recognized video/film productions and publications, including impact, policy research brief, and frontline initiative. RTC/CL websites provide access to publications and products (in 2017 alone there were 992,535 unique visits to RTC/CL websites).