Community Living Summit
The Research & Training Center on Community Living hosted a Community Living Summit on Sept. 20, 2016 in Alexandria, VA. Center partners presented the findings of their research to a gathering of disability advocates and policymakers from national organizations. Materials from the Summit are presented below.
Partner Success Stories
The RTC on Community Living held its Community Living Summit on Sept. 20, 2016 in Alexandria, VA, where our community research partners presented their success stories.
With the collaboration of many community partners, the RTC on Community Living tested five interventions to enhance community living and participation. These partner stories highlight the changes that resulted from putting research into action:
- Mary Herrick: Developing a Health Promotion Assistance Tool
- Katie Rodriguez Bannister: Development and Testing of an Informal PA Training Program
- Margo Waters: Home Usability for People with Disabilities
- Carol Conforti-Adams
- Adam Burnett: Building Capacity for Full Community Participation
Information about Each Research Intervention:
Developing a Health Promotion Assistance Tool: HAIL
- Video of presentation (YouTube) and transcript of video (PDF available upon request)
- HAIL Fact Sheet (PDF)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF available upon request)
Development and Testing of an Informal PA Training Program (PDFs available upon request)
- Video of Presentation (YouTube) and Transcript of Video
- Fact Sheet
- Development and Testing of an Informal PA Training Program PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
Home Usability for People with Disabilities: The Home Usability Network
- Video of Presentation (YouTube) and transcript of video (PDF available upon request)
- Fact Sheet
- Home Usability for People with Disabilities PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
Community Engagement Initiative Knowledge Translation (KT) Project
- Video of Presentation (YouTube) and transcript of video (PDF available upon request)
- Fact Sheet (PDF available upon request)
- Community Engagement Initiative Knowledge Translation (KT) Project PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
Building Capacity for Full Community Participation
- Stoplights Don't Stop Us! (YouTube)
- Your Action Planning Guide for Promoting Full Community Participation Among People with Disabilities (PDF available upon request)
- Video of Presentation and transcript of video (PDF available upon request)
- Fact Sheet
- Building Capacity for Full Community Participation Summit PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
- Research Participant PowerPoint presentation (PDF)