National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Disability Research Design Issues and Strategies: A Conversation with Researchers May 26, p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central A Webcast Sponsored by the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) © 2010 by SEDL Funded by NIDRR, US Department of Education, PR# H133A Dr. Thomas Cook, Dr. Jeffrey Valentine, and Dr. James Bellini

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Overview and introductions The challenge of evidence in disability and rehabilitation research and practice: A position paper Perceptions about the position paper -Dr. Jeff Valentine -Dr. Thomas Cook -Dr. James Bellini Audience Questions Continuing the Conversation Agenda 2

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Facilitator: John D. Westbrook, Program Manager SEDL's Disability Research to Practice (DRP) Program Director, National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) Discussion Panel: Jeff Valentine, University of Louisville Thomas Cook, Northwestern University James Bellini, Syracuse University Presenters 3

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Developed by the NCDDR's Task Force on Standards of Evidence and Methods Johnston, M. V., Vanderheiden, G. C., Farkas, M. D., Rogers, E. S., Summers, J. A., & Westbrook, J. D., for the NCDDR Task Force on Standards of Evidence and Methods. (2009). The challenge of evidence in disability and rehabilitation research and practice: A position paper. Austin, TX: SEDL, National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research. Position Paper 4

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Overview and introductions The challenge of evidence in disability and rehabilitation research and practice: A position paper Perceptions of the position paper -Dr. Jeff Valentine -Dr. Thomas Cook -Dr. James Bellini Audience Questions Continuing the Conversation Agenda 5

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Jeffrey Valentine, PhD University of Louisville, College of Education and Human Development Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology Co-Chair, Campbell Collaboration Training Group Former Co-Chair, Campbell Methods Group Statistical editor, Cochrane Collaboration Developmental, Psychosocial, and Learning Problems Group 6

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Thomas D. Cook, PhD Northwestern University Professor of Sociology, Psychology, Education and Social Policy Joan and Sarepta Harrison Chair in Ethics and Justice Fellow, the Institute for Policy Research Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis for Field Settings (Cook & Campbell, 1979) 7

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research James Bellini, PhD, CRC Syracuse University Professor, School of Education Counseling and Human Services Department, Rehabilitation Counseling Program Cultural Foundations of Education Department, Disability Studies Program Principal Investigator, NIDRR-funded Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Disability Policy Training Center 8

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Overview and introductions The challenge of evidence in disability and rehabilitation research and practice: A position paper Perceptions of the position paper -Dr. Jeff Valentine -Dr. Thomas Cook -Dr. James Bellini Audience Questions Continuing the Conversation Agenda 9

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