Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research - The purpose of the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (CKTER) is to ensure that disability research relevant to promoting employment outcomes is made accessible to people with disabilities, their families and direct support professionals; researchers; VR professionals; employers; and other disability employment stakeholders such as policymakers and educators. The goals of this project are to enhance understanding of disability employment research; increase awareness and use of NIDILRR-funded employment research findings by appropriate stakeholders; develop resources based on these findings and provide a centralized location for effective and uniform provision of training, technical assistance (TA), and dissemination; and increase capacity of NIDILRR employment grantees to engage in KT activities. CKTER designs and implements KT activities to accomplish the following objectives: conduct research on effective KT methods to increase awareness and use of disability employment research; develop research-based, user-friendly products grounded in KT science; conduct KT training and TA activities to increase KT capacities of NIDILRR employment grantees; disseminate CKTER resources to all potential stakeholders; and implement utilization activities to promote stakeholders’ awareness and use of disability employment research for informed decision making. The overarching outcome of CKTER is to improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. CKTER generates research-based information resources for all stakeholders and will make them available on a dedicated project website. This project is a partnership of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the Council of State Administrators for Vocational Rehabilitation, The Arc and TASH. Descriptors: Knowledge translation, employment
