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ICI Awarded Innovative Rehabilitation Training Grant on Employer Engagement

ICI Awarded Innovative Rehabilitation Training Grant on Employer Engagement

May 20th, 2020

The Institute for Community Inclusion was recently awarded the Program on Innovative Rehabilitation Training on Employer Engagement Innovative Rehabilitation Training Program (PIRTEE), a Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant. The…

ICI Researcher Co-Authors Journal Article

ICI Researcher Co-Authors Journal Article

May 20th, 2020

Ngai Kwan has recently co-authored a journal article with Glacia Ethridge, Angel Dowden and Michael Brooks from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (a HBCU), and Debra Harley from University of Kentucky. The article is…

New Website Highlights COVID-19 Resources

New Website Highlights COVID-19 Resources

May 20th, 2020

The ICI has released a series of publications on providing day and employment services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include offering services remotely, effective use of technology, dealing with the economic impact of COVID-19, and much more…

Supports Planning Bringing Employment First to Scale Brief

Supports Planning Bringing Employment First to Scale Brief

May 20th, 2020

Check out this ThinkWork brief to learn about addressing a job seeker’s support needs to increase job retention and career advancement.

New College of Employment Services Course Focuses on Path from School to Adulthood

New College of Employment Services Course Focuses on Path from School to Adulthood

May 20th, 2020

The ICI partners with the University of Minnesota and Elsevier Publishing to produce the DirectCourse College of Employment Services, or CES. This suite of online courses allows disability support professionals to build their skills in supporting…

Three New Think College Publications

Three New Think College Publications

May 14th, 2020

Think College has released three new publications. Their new Fast Fact, Peer Supports: Focusing on the Experiences of College Students with Intellectual Disability, summarizes findings from a qualitative study that interviewed college students with…

Down Syndrome Program Coordinator Receives Impact Award

Down Syndrome Program Coordinator Receives Impact Award

March 12th, 2020

Boston Children’s Hospital Foundation held its first annual Special Events Award Reception, “A Night of the Stars.” At the ceremony ICI’s Angela Lombardo, Down Syndrome Program coordinator and  LEND Boston family faculty, received the Impact Award…

New Article about Students with Intellectual Disability

New Article about Students with Intellectual Disability

February 19th, 2020

Debra Hart, principal investigator for the Institute for Community Inclusion’s Think College project, co-wrote an article for Diverse Issues in Higher Education titled “Left Out? Can the Completion Movement Reach Students with Intellectual…