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    Employee Medical Exams and Disability-Related Inquiries under the ADA: Guidance for Employers Regarding Current Employees
    Duston, Sheila D.; Bruyere, Susanne M. (2011-08-01)
    This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was written by Susanne Bruyère in July, 2001. It was further updated in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant. These updates, and the development of new brochures, were funded by Cornell, the National ADA Center Network, and other supporters.
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    Mediation and Title I of the ADA
    Duston, Sheila D.; Bruyere, Susanne M.; Reiter, Elizabeth (2011-03-01)
    This brochure on mediation and Title I of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – Extension Division, Cornell University. Cornell University was funded in the early 1990’s by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research as a National Materials Development Project on the employment provisions (Title I) of the ADA (Grant #H133D10155). These updates, and the development of new brochures, have been funded by Cornell’s Program on Employment and Disability, the Pacific Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, and other supporters.
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    A Human Resource Perspective on Implementing the ADA
    Bruyere, Susanne M. (2011-01-01)
    This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was written by Susanne Bruyère in July, 2001. It was further updated in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.
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    Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA
    Lee, Barbara A.; Duston, Sheila D.; Bruyere, Susanne M.; Reiter, Elizabeth (2011-01-01)
    This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – Extension Division, Cornell University. Cornell University was funded in the early 1990’s by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research as a National Materials Development Project on the employment provisions (Title I) of the ADA (Grant #H133D10155). These updates, and the development of new brochures, have been funded by Cornell’s Program on Employment and Disability, the Pacific Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, and other supporters.
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    The ADA and COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUES
    Johnston, Laurie M.; Bruyere, Susanne M.; Reiter, Elizabeth (2011-01-01)
    This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School.
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    The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Injured Workers
    Growick, Bruce; Duston, Sheila D.; Bruyere, Susanne M. (2011-01-01)
    This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was originally written in 1997 by Professor Bruce Growick, the Ohio State University, and reviewed and updated September, 2001 by Sheila D. Duston, an attorney- mediator practicing in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. It was reviewed and updated in 2011 by Elizabeth Reiter, an independent legal consultant in Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant.
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    Enhancing Transition for Students with Disabilities Across New York State: State Performance Plan #13 and the New York State Transition Quality Indicators
    Brewer, David (2007-04-19)
    This policy brief describes the relationship between state reporting requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 and New York State's process for continuous quality improvement, utilizing TransQUAL Online. The federal government established State Performance Plan Indicator #13 (SPP 13) so that states would report the percentage of students with Individualized Education Programs whose goals and transition services reasonably enable the student to meet measurable post-secondary goals. In New York State, Transition Quality Indicators (TQI) were established to help school districts collaboratively assess their current transition-related practices. TransQUAL Online is a password-protected organizational assessment tool that integrates the TQI with planning and reflection tools and resources, supporting a continuous improvement approach. The author identifies a process by which a school district planning team can infuse SPP 13 data into the TransQUAL collaborative process, bringing this mandated review into a broader context. Tables are included that directly link Transition Quality Indicators to elements of the SPP 13 measurement tool.
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    Supported Employment: A Best Practice for People with Psychiatric Disabilities
    O'Day, Bonnie; Cook, Judith A. (2006-09-18)
    Over the past several decades, research from a variety of fields has presented powerful evidence of the importance of employment to people with psychiatric disabilities. Many of these people want to work and can successfully participate in the labor market in a variety of competitive jobs. Researchers have also shown how employment can alleviate poverty, reduce hospitalization, and improve quality of life. Society also benefits through taxes paid by workers, goods and services they purchase, and reductions in entitlements and the overall cost of care. However, the 1997 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) reports employment rates for people with a wide range of mental disorders to be 37.1 percent (Harris et al., 2005; New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003). Employment rates for people with schizophrenia and related disorders are 22 percent (Jans, et al., 2004). Recently, funding agencies and practitioners have begun to move towards evidence-based practice in serving people with psychiatric disabilities. A number of reviews and meta-analyses of single-site, randomized controlled trials of supported employment for this group have found it to be more effective at establishing competitive employment outcomes than prevocational training or non-vocational community care (Crowther et al., 2001; Twamley et al., 2003; Wewiorski & Fabian, 2004). Still in question at the time of this study's funding, however, was the effectiveness of different models of supported employment, operating in a variety of organizational settings, for consumers with diverse demographic characteristics, in different regions of the country. Therefore, the Employment Intervention Demonstration Program (EIDP) was designed as a multi-site randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of supported employment (SE) for people with psychiatric disabilities in eight locations across the U.S. SE programs use a rapid job search approach to help clients obtain jobs directly (rather than providing lengthy assessment, training, and counseling), and provide them with ongoing support to maintain and improve their earnings after they start work. This policy brief describes the EIDP, presents study findings, and suggests some policy and research implications.
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    Policy and Practice Brief: Expedited Reinstatement of Social Security or SSI Disability Benefits
    Sheldon, James R. (2006-05-01)
    This brief covers the expedited reinstatement (EXR) provision, introduced into the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs in January 2001. While the EXR provisions apply to both SSDI and SSI benefits, their major impact is on SSDI beneficiaries.
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    Policy and Practice Brief: Overview of Medicare Part D
    (2006-05-01)
    This brief provides an overview of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and Medicare Part D for BPAO/PABSS staff and Medicare beneficiaries who are working or interested in working. Included in the brief are detailed descriptions of Medicare Part Ds extra help, the formulary and access rules, the interaction of Medicare Part D with SSA work incentives and factors that should be considered in picking a Prescription Drug Plan. The brief also provides BPAO/PABSS with a framework of their roles and responsibilities in assisting individuals in understanding and navigating the Medicare Part D benefit.