Rehabilitation Toward a Community Paradigm S tate of the Science Review the importance of disability in rural America Review our approach to research Reflect on what we have accomplished Consider future directions ID: 683260
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State of the Science in Rural Disability and Rehabilitation
Toward a Community ParadigmSlide2
State of the ScienceReview the importance of disability in rural
AmericaReview our approach to researchReflect on what we have accomplished
Consider future directions Slide3
Sanders County Montana – One Rural Story
Established in 1905 in
Northwestern
Montana
Encompasses the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness and two National Forests.
2,770 Square Miles
Population of 11,413 for 4.1 souls per square mile
Thompson Falls is county sear with a population of 1,321To Missoula 96 miles To Spokane, WA 125 miles Slide4
Community InfrastructureStress
Economically
Medically
Educationally
Housing Slide5
So, given all of this, why, you might ask, would anyone choose to live in Sanders County?Slide6Slide7Slide8
Rural Visions Can Mask Rural RealitySlide9
Environment and CommunitySlide10
Role for Research and Knowledge Translation
Identify and document issues Develop an understanding of the dynamics of rural communities and the life of people with disabilities Develop evidence-based policies and practices to solve problems and enhance participation
Support the wide-spread dissemination and use of evidence-based practicesSlide11
Rural Opportunities32,070 communities have less than 10,000 – half less than 1,000
Their population is roughly equivalent to that of the top 97 cities – about 57 millionHuge laboratory InSlide12
Broad Research AgendaPeople with disabilities living in rural communities have many
of the same concerns as their urban counterparts but experience them In different ways. Slide13
Outcome Oriented ApproachEcological view of disability and of rural communities
Intervention biasSocial validity through PARAppropriate and sustainable solutions Design for major system to increase the likelihood of wide-spread use. Slide14
Selected Evidence Based Products
EmploymentSelf-employment
Rural economic development and job creation
Health Plans for Employment
Teleconferencing for Delivering VR Services
Independent Living
Rural transportation
Monitoring community accessibilityIL Outreach ModelsRural HealthSecondary Conditions Screening Living Well with a Disability
Working Well with a DisabilitySlide15
The Future Of Disability In Rural America Is Tied To The Future Of Rural America Itself
What is rural America? What are the trends in rural America and how will they influence disability and rehabilitation?
What is the role of disability and rehabilitation providers in rural communities?
What can disability
and rehabilitation service providers
and rural community developers learn from each other? Slide16
Brian Dabson
Research Professor and Director of the Rural Policy Research Institute’s Rural Futures Lab at the Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of MissouriSlide17
IntegrationQuestions
CommentsIssuesSlide18
Some Stray PointsWhile cities grow increasingly indistinguishable from one another, small towns and rural areas offer a diversity that still represents the laboratory of community
. Practices that work in rural also are likely to work in cities , though the converse is not true. As cities move to create livable communities, they draw upon many
of the
principles
at heart based in rural community
developmentSlide19Slide20