Handbook of Applied Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Kristofer J. Hagglund, PhD, ABPP, is the Associate Dean of Health Policy and Academic Affairs and Professor of Health Psychology and of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, ABPP, works at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where he directs the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, a rehabilitation-focused health services research unit. He is also associate director of research at RIC and professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.

* Introduction: The Maturation of Psychology in Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Allen Heinemann and Kristofer Hagglund; SECTION I: COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; * Community Integration Research: An Empowerment Paradigm Wayne Gordon, Margaret Brown, Allan I. Bergman and Ralph William Shields; * Considering Class, Culture and Access in Rehabilitation Interventions and Research Catherine Marshall, Priscilla R. Sanderson, Sharon R. Johnson, Barbara Du Bois and Joseph C. Kvedar; * Health Disparities: Focus on Disability, Martha Banks and Rosalie J. Ackerman; SECTION II: HEALTH, FUNCTION AND WELL-BEING; * Broadening Paradigms of Disability Research to Clinical Practice: Implications for Conceptualization and Application, Linda Mona, Rebecca P. Cameron and Amadee J. Fuentes; * Social Development and Adjustment of Children with Neurodevelopmental Conditions, Seth Warschausky; * Psychosocial Aspects Related to the Dual Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorder and Disability, Mary McAweeney, Martin Forchheimer, Dennis Moore and Denise Tate; SECTION III: EMPLOYMENT; * Employment and Disability Policy: Recommendations for a Social Sciences Research Agenda, Susanne M. Bruyere, William A. Erickson, Sara A. VanLooy, Elaina Sitaras Hirsch, Judith A. Cook, Jane Burke, Laura Farah, and Michael Morris; * Evidence-based Employment Practices in Vocational Rehabilitation, Christopher Wagner, Robert T. Fraser, David Vandergoot, Dale F. Thomas and Amy J. Armstrong; SECTION IV: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN; * Policy Issues in Evaluating and Selecting Assistive Technology and Other Resources for Persons with Disabilities, Marcia Scherer, Franklyn K. Coombs, Nancy Hansen Merbitz and Charles T. Merbitz; * Contextually Appropriate Design in Rural Community Disability and Rehabilitation Science, Tom Seekins; * Internet Resources for People with Disabilities: Applications and Research Directions, Fong Chan, Steven R. Pruett, Susan M. Miller, Michael Frain and Kacie Blalock.