The Capacity Builder (July, 2005, Vol. 1, Issue 1)
The first newsletter of the Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research describes the six research and training activities of the Center.
The projects are related to evaluation capacity building, cultural mistrust in vocational rehabilitation service provision, the cultural appropriateness of psychological assessments to determine disability, disability identity among African Americans and Latinos, conceptual and methodological issues in disability and rehabilitation research, and cultural competence.
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The Capacity Builder (April, 2006, Vol. 2, Issue 1)
The second newsletter of the Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research highlights the work of two of our research collaborators, Dr. Brigida Hernandez and Dr. Glenn Fujiura.
Dr. Hernandez and her colleagues are assessing the cultural appropriateness of psychological tests used in VR. Dr. Fujiura and his colleagues are investigating the meaning of race and disability in research. This second issue also includes information about our recent and upcoming accomplishments.
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The Capacity Builder (March, 2007, Vol. 3, Issue 1)
The third newsletter of the Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research includes short articles based on two of the Center’s projects.
In the first, Dr. Reginald Alston proposes instituting an outcome-oriented agenda for rehabilitation. In the second, Maria Restrepo-Toro and Deborah Delman summarize some of the experiences of our evaluation collaboration in Massachusetts. This third issue also includes information about recent accomplishments and upcoming events.
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The Capacity Builder (December, 2007, Vol. 4, Issue 1)
The fourth newsletter of the Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research shares news of our Disability, Race and Culture: The State-of-the-Science Conference, held in Chicago, July 25 to 27, 2007.
Presenters were leading national scholars whose work focuses on the nexus of disability, race and culture. The conference also included practitioners and advanced graduate students who reflected on the work presented and shared their reflections in a closing plenary. We are currently working on publishing an edited volume based on the conference presentations and reflections. We will include updates on the status of the book in future newsletters.
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The Capacity Builder (March, 2009, Vol. 5, Issue 1)
The fifth newsletter of the Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research includes two short articles about the Center's capacity building work and an update on the Center's forthcoming book.
In this issue, we feature a success story from our evaluation capacity building work in a community-based organization in Chicago and present reflections on our cultural competence training efforts. In addition, we are excited to report an update on our forthcoming book.
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