Tag Archives: measurement

Stroke Awareness Month: Technology for Recovery

For Stroke Awareness Month, we are exploring some of the recent NIDILRR-funded projects focusing on technology to support recovery and rehabilitation from stroke. Continue reading

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Research in Brief: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

In 2016 we began the Research In Focus series, highlighting new and interesting findings from NIDILRR-funded studies, presented in a reader-friendly format. As a follow-up, we offer our occasional series Research In Brief, where we break down some of the … Continue reading

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Working Toward Success: Special Journal Edition Reveals New Evidence on Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

Research from the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Employment Policy and Measurement is the focus of an upcoming special issue of the Journal of Disability Policy Studies, now available online ahead of print. Policymakers consistently express an interest … Continue reading

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Webinar: Reliability and Error in Measurement Instruments developed with Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory

WEBINAR (Sponsored by the Analytic Special Interest Group of the TBI Model Systems) Reliability and Error in Measurement Instruments developed with Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory Presenter:  Alan J. Kozlowski, Ph.D., B.Sc (PT) Date/Time:  April 22, 2014; 4:00 … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: 4 NIDRR grant announcements

We have a handy alert set up for Grants.gov to let us know when new NIDRR grant announcements have been posted. Here are the latest: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Cognitive Rehabilitation at http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48870 Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on … Continue reading

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NARIC Digital Archive Project: New Additions

We are well into the third step of our digitization project: Digitizing final reports from NIDRR grantees. These reports cover a wide range of topics including adaptive equipment, curriculum design, disability in Native American communities, social skills training, employment, and … Continue reading

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NARIC Digital Archive Project: New Additions

A whole “new” crop of documents has been scanned and added to the digital archive including: Enhancing consumer-counselor working relationships in rehabilitation: Final report. McMahon, B. T. 2002 O14309. FORGING COALITIONS: NETWORKING WITH TRADITIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TOWARD PROMOTING MINORITY … Continue reading

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