Dear Youth and Parents, We are looking for children with cerebral palsy, ages 8-12 to take pictures of activities in their everyday lives. We want to learn more about the activities you do, so we can make a questionnaire for kids and young adults with cerebral palsy. The questionnaire is a list of questions about […]
Dr. Kramer received a $50,000 award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to build a national partnership to identify the mental health priorities of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This partnership is co-lead by The Arc of the United States, and includes collaboration with national self-advocacy groups including Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) and Autistic […]
Read about the research community’s commitment to including youth with intellectual disabilities in assessment development and commentary on YELL Lab Research.
Dr. Kramer and Melissa Levin presented a national webinar for American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities describing feasibility of implementing the electronic peer mentoring component of Project TEAM (Teens making Environment and Activity Modifications). Link to the webinar.
Dr. Kramer was featured on the Center for Translation of Rehabilitation Engineering Advances and Technology’s (TREAT) website. Dr. Kramer was awarded a grant by TREAT to engage in a customer discovery process. This process helped further the YELL Lab’s understanding of how market demands may impact the future adoption of the PEDI-PRO.
Watch Professor Kramer’s talk Demonstrating our Value: Effective administration of the evaluation battery. This webinar was conducted as part of the “Disability Mentoring Initiative” led by Dr. Kramer’s collaborators, Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD). The goal of this multi-state initiative is to improve outcomes for at-risk youth in mentoring programs by providing supported mentoring opportunities for […]
We’re excited to share that Project TEAM materials are now available! What is Project TEAM? Project TEAM is a theory-based intervention that empowers youth with developmental disabilities ages 14-22 to identify and advocate for environments that support their participation in school, work, and the community. Project TEAM is a 12 week group-based intervention designed to […]
Assistant Professor and Yell Lab Director Jessica Kramer presented her research at Boston University’s Health Matters conference September 17th, 2015. Watch Professor Kramer’s talk Nothing About Us Without Us: Partnering with Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities to Conduct Rehabilitation Research.