National Center for the
Dissemination of Disability Research

NCDDR, Campbell Collaboration Announce Disability Subgroup

SEDL's NCDDR has worked with the Campbell Collaboration (C2) to develop a disability subgroup that will provide support and resources for disability researchers who are conducting systematic reviews.

NCDDR Director John Westbrook wrote a formal letter of request to the C2 Steering Group to consider the addition of a Disability topic to the current C2 topics of Education, Social Welfare, and Criminal Justice. The disability subgroup was approved in March, 2008 as part of the Campbell Collaboration's Education Coordinating Group (ECG), an international network of scholars, policy makers, practitioners, funders, students, and others who are interested in evidence-based practice and systematic reviews.

Westbrook and Ralf Schlosser, a professor and chairman of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at Northeastern University, will serve as co-chairs of the disability subgroup. The subgroup will provide guidance and review to researchers undertaking a systematic review. The current issue of FOCUS Technical Brief, No. 20, provides additional information and offers an invitation to disability and rehabilitation researchers to participate with the new Disability Subgroup. To discuss your ideas for a C2 disability-related systematic review, contact john.westbrook@sedl.org.

Link to SEDL News Release (July 22, 2008)

John Westbrook, PhD

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to welcome you to our new re-designed website of the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR). The website has been expanded and improved to facilitate your access to NCDDR's:

• library of knowledge translation resources
• collection of systematic reviews in the disability area
• database of author guidelines and journals frequently featuring disability and rehabilitation research
• webcasts and webcast archives
• communities of practice and task forces
• technical assistance resources

I believe the changes we have made will positively affect the accessibility and navigation of the website. All of the changes made are intended to increase your access and use of the growing resources available in knowledge translation. The new website is more interactive and allows you to make requests and provide comments.

We will be adding new resources to the website periodically. I hope you will visit us often. If you have comments or suggestions about the new site, please email our Webmaster at ncddr@sedl.org.