POSTER SESSIONS AND PARTY

Monday, 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm, Room 311

The 21st Century: What is Advocacy? What is it not?

  1. Walking the Talk? Models of Disability and Discourse in Employment Policy for Canadians with Disabilities, John Vellacott

This research examined the language contained in four policy documents created between 1998 and the present, and intended to enhance the employability of people with disabilities. The analysis identified 2 dominant discourses (independence and employability). However, these discourses were in fact quite estranged from commonly accepted models of disability, and selectively used language from these models to validate neo-conservative policies.

  1. The Riot, Where self-advocates Have Something to Say!, Jaime Daignault & Julie Petty

The Riot is a national electronic newsletter written by self-advocates with support from HSRI staff and guidance from a paid self-advocate leadership team. We will share current and past issues, self-determination products, and provide information about how to get involved.

  1. Mountains to Conquer, Juan Martin Botero

I grew up surrounded by mountains. In my early 20's I climbed mountains and rocks in the South American Andes Range, and guided student groups from the jungles and rain forests in Colombia to its highest mountain peaks. In 2005, I started using a wheelchair. Three years ago I decided it was time to go back to the mountains. I collaborated with a non-profit called Alpenglow Adventures which organizes adaptive hiking trips for individuals living with physical disabilities so they can see and experience some of the most beautiful and amazing trails around the world. In this poster session, I will show pictures of my many trips abroad using adaptive technology. There are still more mountains to conquer. Everest, here I come!

  1. Accessible Parking Act in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Danny Ada, Frank Cabrera, Tom Thornburgh, & Kilili Sablan

This poster will provide information on the Accessible Parking Act in the CNMI. The presenters will discuss the process for getting the Act passed how the community support assisted in the process.

  1. Analysis of the interventions of lay and professional community based rehabilitation (CBR) workers in promoting social integration of disabled individuals with multiple impairments in Sierra Leone, Manmeet Singh

The research analyses the interventions of lay and professional CBR workers in promoting social integration of disabled individuals in Sierra Leone. Broadly this study aims to gain insight into the perception of the disabled individuals towards their CBR workers and their effectiveness.

The 21st Century: New Directions in Diversity and Disability Research

  1. Pasteur’s Quadrant as the Bridge Linking Research and Practice, Matthew Schmidt, Garnett Smith & Bryan Cook

A tension exists between educational practitioners and researchers, with researchers valuing basic research and rigor and practitioners valuing applied research and relevance. We explore these themes and propose educational design research and communities of practice as a framework through which to link rigor and relevance.

  1. Emancipatory Disability Research: Are We Empowering People with Disabilities? Christopher Rocchio

Emancipatory research which challenges old orthodoxies in disability-related research requires a radical alternative in conceptualizing, designing, implementing, analyzing, and disseminating findings. Several concrete recommendations are made to guide future inquiries intended on empowering people with disabilities.

  1. Think, Hear, See, Believe… College: Getting the Word out Together, Maria Paiewonsky

A national consortium for postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities seeks to include inclusive research and dissemination policies and practices in their model of inclusive PSE. Examples of efforts to collaborate with students and to develop an inclusive dissemination plan to produce and share accessible and usable information about college are highlighted.

Developmental Disabilities: A Focus on Health, Employment and Education

  1. A Qualitative Study on Opinions of Experts about Vocational Rehabilitation Related Factors for Individuals with Autism, Kyoung-won Lim& Yeonok Kim

The purpose of this study is to know the factors about successful vocational rehabilitation of individuals with autistic spectrum and the way to improve by finding for aspects of experts who have many years of experiences in vocational education and vocational rehabilitation service of AS.

  1. Utilizing Photovoice as a Method to Elicit Self-Reflection in Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities, Julie Christensen

It is vital to engage people with developmental disabilities in research and evaluation to ensure that services and interventions adequately meet their needs. This presentation highlights how photovoice was used as a method to elicit input and self-reflection among adolescents with developmental disabilities regarding their preferences for leisure and recreation.

  1. The Investigation on Activities of Daily Living and Employment for Adults with Autism, Ling-Yi Lin

This research aimed to investigate what activities adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do in their daily living in Taiwan and to explore the employment status among people with an ASD. It is important to facilitate the functional independency for this population.

  1. Daily Experiences among Siblings of Adolescents and Adults with Autism, Ling-Yi Lin

The purpose of this study was to examine how siblings of adolescents and adults with an ASD in Taiwan view the relationships with their siblings. Siblings experienced both positive and negative feelings when living with their brother or sister with an ASD. Parents should pay attention on siblings’ adjustment.

Disability Studies and Culture

  1. Enhancing Social Work Learning Outcomes through Web-based Technologies: Designing Simulated Learning Environments (SLE's) Using Real-life Cases for Disability Studies and Diversity, Jennifer Mays

This presentation reports on the outcomes of a teaching and learning research collaboration. The project team developed a Simulated Learning Environment (SLE) using integrative communicative technologies (3D virtual instructional/explanation-based scenarios) to enhance undergraduate student learning in disability studies.

  1. Perceptions on Self-Determination for Students with Disabilities: An Analysis of the Research Trends of Perceptions on Self-Determination in America and Korea, Hyojeong Seo, Byungun Jeon & Hae-Ju Lim

Self-determination for students with disabilities has gained increased attention to promote students’ educational outcomes. This poster presentation will explore current literature (2000-2011) regarding stakeholders’ perceptions on self-determination in America and Korea and provide implications for future studies in Korea.

  1. Defining or redefining constructs?Shyamani Hettiarachchi

This poster will share reflections on the perceptions of and discourse on ‘disability’ between healthcare professionals and non-healthcare participants in Sri Lanka.

Diversity

  1. A Social Ecological Constraint Model: Inclusion of Overweight or Obese Students in Physical Education, Weidong Li

Overweight or obese students are commonly teased and excluded from physical education. This presentation is to discuss a social ecological constraint model for including overweight or obese students in physical education and its implications for research and teaching.

  1. The Dual Enrollment with Individualized Supports (DEIS) Model for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Postsecondary Education Settings, Sherri Brokopp-Binder , Theone Suzuki & Carol Lee-Arnold

The Dual Enrollment With Individualized Supports (DEIS) model demonstration project applies the principles of inclusion and self-determination to develop successful transition practices and promote quality, inclusive postsecondary supports for students with intellectual disabilities in the University of Hawai`i system.

  1. Preparing Next Generation Special Education Leadership Scholars, Wilfred Wienke & Cheryl Wienke

This poster describes a program to prepare next generation of special education doctoral leadership personnel at the University of Central Florida(UCF). The quality of next generation resources uniquely positions UCF to provide highly qualified graduates to meet future needs in technology, effective instruction and research.

  1. Gearing Up for Student Veterans: A Case Study of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Katherine Li

Research indicates that the psychosocial and academic needs of combat veterans are different from the general student population on a college campus. A qualitative research design was used to explore the readiness of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UMH) to support combat veterans as they pursue their higher education.

Early Intervention

  1. Use of Structured Occupational Therapy-based Handwriting Curricula Shown to Improve Skills of at-Risk Children, Denise Donica

Handwriting readiness skills are critical for 3-5 year old students in preparation for school success. Structured occupational therapy-based handwriting programs are uniquely designed to help children of varying skill levels. The implementation of these programs has shown improvements for at-risk children.

  1. Hawaii Preschool Positive Engagement Project (HPPEP), Jean Johnson, Naomi Rombaoa Tanaka, & Leah Whitney

The Hawaii Preschool Positive Engagement Project (HPPEP) is designed to help increase students' on-task behaviors and school readiness through positive reinforcement. This program includes a classroom support and parent group components. HPPEP was recently funded by USDOE and will be implemented in select Hawaii preschools from 2011-2014.

  1. A Family’s Journey through an IFSP, Ted Burke

This poster provides an overview of a new IFSP video resource that may appeal to practitioners, administrators, and families as it walks with a family and team through an IFSP meeting. We will share uses in personnel preparation, ongoing professional development, community outreach, and family training.

  1. Q-sort: Examining the Needs of Families with Young Children with Disabilities, Aaron Deris

The focus of this session will be to discuss q-sort as a way to examine the needs of families. A research study examining the priorities of families of young children with disabilities will be used to convey this technique. A summary of the identified support priorities will be shared.

  1. SPIRIT-Supporting Parents in Responsive Interactions & Teaching, Dewayne Bettag

Project SPIRIT is utilizing the established, evidence-based Responsive Teaching Curriculum (Mahoney & MacDonald, 2005) to improve at-risk Native Hawaiian children's education readiness and early development, to provide evidence-based skills and support for Native Hawaiian parents of children ages 1-4, and to provide professional development.

  1. Language and Literacy Skills of CODAs Who Received Early Intervention Services, Annette Maynard & Linda Crowe

This study assessed the language and literacy abilities of two children of deaf adults (CODAs) and two age-matched controls born to hearing adults. Both CODA’s outperformed their age-matched controls on standardized measures. These results suggested that CODA’s who are at environmental risk for communication delay benefited from early intervention services.

Educational Justice and Equity

  1. Supporting Special Education Advocacy with Latino Families, Terese Aceves, Janeen Steel & Ignacio Higareda

Special education law requires professionals to collaborate with families. However, this reality remains elusive for many families. In the current project, a parent advocacy group and school district developed a bilingual parent training program for low-income, Latino families. This poster will describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program.

Focus on Youth: Mental Health and Social Change

  1. Social Capital as a Critical but Neglected Factor in Services for Youth with Mental Health Challenges, David Leake

Youth with mental health challenges often have difficulties with social relationships. This may lead to a lack of essential social capital (emotional supports, help finding a job, etc.) as they grow into adulthood. However, supporting such youth to build their social capital is seldom a focus of practice or policy.

  1. UD and Mental Health: contradiction or key solution?, Frederic Fovet

Universal Design is seen as the optimum framework for best practices in Disabilities service provision in post-secondary education. Recently, however, the appearance and increasing visibility of emerging clienteles with Mental Health issues have triggered pressing questions around UD: flexible tool addressing diverse learners with Mental Health issues or ineffective model?

Focus on Youth: Teen Pregnancy, STI Prevention and Youth Wellness

  1. Building Organizational Capacity For Teen Pregnancy Prevention in the Pacific, Judith Clark & Darlene Du Brall Tudela

Hawaii Youth Services Network builds capacity to select, implement, and evaluate evidence-based, approaches to teen pregnancy/STI prevention through training, technical assistance, curriculum adaptation, and development of materials designed for Asian/Pacific Islander youth.

  1. Healthy Youth, Healthy Communities: Building Networks of Support, Brandon Kobashigawa& Holly Manaseri

One of their most complex challenges to health equity is ensuring people living in rural and remote locations have access to health resources. This poster will present the intentional planning process to build a network of support for teachers and parents to access health information and local health resources as part of the Pono Choices Teen Pregnancy and STI prevention project website, a grant funded by the Office of Adolescent Health to develop culturally responsive middle school curricula.

  1. Identifying Programs That Impact Teen Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Theresa Arriola & Holly Manaseri

Pono Choices , a grant funded to develop a culturally responsive teen pregnancy and STI prevention curriculum for middle school youth in the state of Hawaii, reviewed, identified and assessed program impact studies from the HHS List of Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs to inform the development of the Pono Choices curriculum.

Hidden Disabilities

  1. Discovering Your Personal Genius through Self-Advocacy & AT, Carolyn Phillips

Self-Advocacy and AT bring hope for many individuals with learning disabilities for living, learning, working and playing. Just as each person with LD is different, their needs for Self-Advocacy & AT are unique and are best addressed with a customized approach. This session will explore strategies & solutions for success!

Human Rights

  1. The Korean Policy on Children with Disabilities : a Policy Analysis, Mun Ju Kang

The analysis of the Korean Welfare Law for Children with Disabilities aims to provide recommendations for improvements on the law. Based on the framework of U.S. disability policy, the analysis indicates a lack of concepts relevant to person/family-centered approach, integration, and cultural diversity. How to improve the law is discussed.

  1. Efforts Made in Japan to Claim the Right of the Visually Disabled People to Read, Chihoku Aoki, Kaname Uemura & Sho Yamaguchi

This presentation will firstly list the agencies and roles engaged in the effort to guarantee the right to read to the visually disabled people. Next, it will look into how the environment surrounding the guarantees of the right to read changed by the appearance of ebooks and analyze the tasks.

Independent Living

  1. My Second Life: Journey Back to Independent Living Part 2, Andra Ruth Lara & Annette Tashiro

The poster comprises what has happened since last presentation. If you can recall, (and if you can’t we will remind you) Andra Lara is in her own apartment but facing various independent living challenges. She will present those challenges in her next poster.

  1. Technology Transfer to Facilitate Employment and Independent Living for People with Disabilities, Edward Elms

The applied use of modern technologies is one avenue by which we can facilitate independent living, increase employment, and diminish the need for personal assistance for people with disabilities. A Texas based initiative is aimed at making such technologies available in the home, workplace, and elsewhere in the community.

  1. Surprised to be Standing: A Spiritual Journey, Steven Brown

Longtime disability rights advocate and pioneering Disability Culture advocate Steven E. Brown’s 2011 memoir Surprised to be Standing: A Spiritual Journey approaches disability from the perspective of a disability rights advocate who finds himself on an unexpected healing journey. This Poster presentation will chronicle that journey.

Indigenous Issues

  1. A Phenomenological Study Identifying Factors that Influence the Leadership Development of American Indian Deaf Women (Research in Progress), Damara Paris

Using the phenomenological-narrative inquiry approach, this study will explore how 4-6 American Indian Deaf women from diverse geographical areas developed leadership skills, and their perception of the barriers and opportunities for leadership development for Native Deaf women.

Meeting Basic Needs

  1. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Services, Laine Tokumoto & Aileen Hiramatsu

This poster will illustrate the Medicaid home and community-based waiver services available for eligible individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

  1. Social Support as a Moderator of the Effects of Financial Stress on the Postsecondary Adjustment of College Students with Disabilities, Allison Lombardi

This poster examines the negative effects of financial stress on the postsecondary adjustment of 179 college students with disabilities, the role social support plays in promoting positive adjustment among these students, and how social support can buffer the negative effects of financial stress.

  1. Housing Needs and Concerns for Americans with Mobility Limitations, Kathy Sheppard-Jones

Access to accessible housing is a critical but often overlooked factor in the lives of Americans with disabilities. This poster presents the results of a national survey among 5000 Americans with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in which we comprehensively examined housing needs related to home modifications.

Public Health and Disability

  1. Physical Activity and Obesity Status of Youth with Learning Disabilities and ADHD, Bryan Cook, Cynthia Farley & Caroline Torres

Physical activity and weight are associated with a variety of school related outcomes. Using the National Survey of Children’s Health data set, we found that children with learning disabilities are significantly more likely than their peers to be obese and not meet recommendations for physical and sedentary activity.

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