scholarly journals Reframing workplace inclusion through the lens of universal design: Considerations for vocational rehabilitation professionals in the wake of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Kathleen Sheppard-Jones ◽  
Penina Goldstein ◽  
Mykal Leslie ◽  
Patti Singleton ◽  
Caroline Gooden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
American Economy ◽  
Workplace Inclusion ◽  
Sense Of Urgency

BACKGROUND: The experience of disability and of how work is conducted in the American economy is undergoing new shifts in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This unique space in time provides an opportunity to re-examine the importance of universal design (UD) as a way to respond to a workforce that is growing more diverse and living longer with disabilities. UD is a set of strategies that creates places and resources that are accessible to all and considers the needs and wants of people from the outset. Through the use of UD, work environments can be more accessible and useable to all employees. OBJECTIVE: This article describes the changes in the experience of disability within the context of COVID-19 and defines UD and UD for learning principles. We then consider how UD reduces stigma and reduces the need for individual accommodations while promoting inclusivity and improving productivity in the workplace. CONCLUSION: We offer strategies for embedding UD into vocational rehabilitation from pre-professional training to practice, all with a new sense of urgency and opportunity that is present as a result of COVID-19.

Inclusive trends of urban development: Temporalspatial social practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-191
Author(s):  
D. V. Zaitsev ◽  
O. V. Zaitseva ◽  
V. N. Yarskaya-Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Landscape Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Spaces

The article presents the results of a review of the data of Russian and international research of social-urban development as presented at the scientific events in the Saratov region. In contemporary urbanism, there is a number of trends: temporal, of universal design, and social-cultural. The Russian urban development follows agglomeration trends that are increasingly evident in the processes of settlement, which means active development of suburban areas, changes in their landscape characteristics, cultural spaces, and mobility of citizens. The covid-19 pandemic had a complex impact on the social-urban features of cities in Russia and the world by transforming the structure and functionality of many urban locations, creating conditions for the emergence of a post-coronavirus city. The empirical data show that such a city is the most socially sensitive to negative and positive aspects of social life and to manifestations of inclusive practices that unite people. Under the low, fragmented accessibility of social, cultural and other infrastructure of cities that are designed for healthy people, there is a synchronization of urban infrastructure elements in the context of inclusion due to the social demand for a coronavirus transformation of the architectural and urban environment in terms of social distancing. Based on the research data from different regions of Russia, the authors identify priority directions of the inclusive development of social urbanism: models of the inclusive culture of urban communities; monitoring of the city accessible environment for citizens of different age and mobility (in particular, with the tracing and walk along approaches); model of participatory urban planning and social expertise of the inclusiveness of the urban space; educational model of professional training in the field of social urbanism and universal design.

Transition-Age Adults with ADHD: Gender and Predictors of Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Schaller ◽  
Nancy K. Yang ◽  
Audrey Trainor
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Demographic Variable ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Competitive Employment ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Rehabilitation Outcomes ◽  
White Males ◽  
Case Closure

Differences in rates of case closure, case service cost, hours worked per week, and weekly wage between White males and females with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder were examined using the Rehabilitation Service Administration national data base of 2002. Females had statistically significantly higher case service costs than males. Using logistic regression, the customer demographic variable related to successful competitive employment for males was age. Case service variables related to successful competitive employment for males were vocational rehabilitation counseling, job search assistance, and job placement. The customer case service variable related to successful competitive employment for females was job search assistance. Implications for rehabilitation professionals and for future research on vocational rehabilitation outcomes with consumers with ADHD are provided.

scholarly journals Universal Design for Learning Principles in a Hybrid Course

SAGE Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401348078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Elder Hinshaw ◽  
Suad Sakalli Gumus
Keyword(s):  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Hybrid Course ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Principles

scholarly journals Professional Training of Modern Engineer-Pedagogue in the Field of Food Technologies in the System of Competenсy Approach’s Pedagogical Categories

2018 ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Natalііa Volkova
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
The Given

The presented publication substantiates the peculiarities of the proffesional training of modern engineer-pedagogues in the field of food technologies in the system of competenсy approach’s pedagogical categories. The benefits of this study are the regularities of the given process, analyzed by the author of the article. Moreover, the author has identified these regularities as the following: the correspondence of the learning process, the interconnection and interdependence of teaching and learning, the construction of the training’s content in accordance with the objectives, the provision of interdisciplinary connections between different educational subjects, the unity of education and upbringing. The problem of designing the content part of education is revealed and the main positions in methodological concepts are singled out in the article. It is also noted by the author of the article that the educational process in the higher education institution should be directed to fixed laws and principles. With regard to higher pedagogical education, some knowledge-based learning principles are defined in the article; the author noted that they form a certain system of initial requirements, the observance of which ensure the necessary effectiveness of the educational process. Accordingly, the main principles for the proffesional training of future engineer-pedagogies in the field of food technologies on the basis of a competency approach are defined by the author as: the principle of training’s professional orientation, the principle of scientificity, the principle of systemicity and consistency, the principle of directing the learning process on the personality of the learning’s subject, the principle of consciencity and creative activity of the person in the learning process. The requirements for the engineer-pedagogies of the XXI century are also quite widely presented in the article by the author. In the author’s opinion, these requirements’ condition is the transformation of the vector of pedagogical staff’s vocational training, based on a competence-oriented approach, involving the reorientation of the educational paradigm from a predominantly broadcast of knowledge to the formation of professionally relevant skills and competences for future engineer-pedagogies in the field of food technologies.

Performing Without Sound: Using Sign Language to Teach Expressive Qualities of Music

2021 ◽  
pp. 104837132110344
Author(s):  
Emily Hatch
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
A Performance

Performing can be taught in more ways than just with singing and instruments; sign language is also a legitimate option for teaching students about the expressive qualities of music through performance. Using sign language as a performance option serves to promote differently abled musicians. It also is a way to use Universal Design for Learning principles to create learning opportunities in a variety of modalities for all students

Is It Accessible?

2021 ◽  
pp. 358-377
Author(s):  
Michael John Kutnak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Higher Education Administrators ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Education Administrators ◽  
Delivery Models

This chapter discusses the role of accessibility in higher education institutions during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Under the law, administrators in higher education are obligated to provide accessible programs and services to students. They are also required to provide accessible work environments for employees. Administrators also have other incentives for doing so, such as building a sense of community. As a result of the shift to hybrid and or totally virtual delivery models of instruction, institutional administrators need a research-based methodology to assess their programs and services for accessibility consideration. This chapter provides higher education administrators with such a methodology. It also makes recommendations for creating return to campus plans, including how universal design can be implemented as part of the plan.

Job Retention Services for Employees with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Critical Need in Vocational Rehabilitation

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. Roessler
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Career Services ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Job Retention ◽  
Sick Role ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Accommodation Request

Provision of job retention services is a critical need in vocational rehabilitation. With on-the-job check-ups from rehabilitation professionals, individuals with severe disabilities such as spinal cord injuries can experience improved job retention rates and decrease the risk of lapsing into the sick role. Provided by a career development specialist, job retention services include such steps as early identification of workers at risk, specification of barriers and accommodations, employee preparation to initiate the accommodation request and counter employer resistance, and evaluation of the utility of the accommodation plan. A rationale for such career services and further information on the steps involved is presented with particular focus on the needs of employees with spinal cord injuries.

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