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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| 90DPGE0101 | Other Grant/Funding Number | National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research |
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The goal of this training program is to learn if the intervention (i.e., training program) can improve access to Section 504 among students with disabilities and family caregivers. If students with disabilities and/or family caregivers are educated and empowered about Section 504, then there may be improved access to higher-quality of Section 504 plans. We aim to answer the following question: Is the training program effective?
If there is a comparison group: We (our research team) will compare the intervention group to a waitlist-control group to discern differences in advocacy, empowerment, and knowledge and, subsequently, higher quality Section 504 plans and greater access to services.
Participants will:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Other | Treatment |
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| Waitlist-control group | Other |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Treatment | Other | Training program about Section 504 for individuals with disabilities and/or family caregivers of an individual with disabilities. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Knowledge of Section 504 | This is a 20 item measure; each item has four response options. Only one response option is correct. The score is the sum of correct responses ranging from 0 to 20. | From enrollment to the end of the training program at six weeks |
| Advocacy Activities Scale | This is a 15 item measure wherein each item has four response options. The final score is the sum of the response options. | From enrollment to the end of the training program at six weeks |
| Empowerment | This is a 34 item measure wherein each item has four responses. The score is the sum of the responses. | From enrollment to the end of the training program at six weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Quality of the Section 504 plan | This is a rubric which gauges the quality of the Section 504 plan. The score reflects a range from 0-15 of needed items on the Section 504 plan. | From enrollment to six months after the end of the training program |
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Inclusion Criteria: The participant must be willing to complete the research measures and the training program as well as meet one of the two following criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Meghan M Burke, Dr. | Contact | 615-343-1014 | meghan.burke@vanderbilt.edu |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| It is all on zoom (so anyone in the country can join) | Recruiting | Nashville | Tennessee | 37203 | United States |
The de-identified data may be uploaded to the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
At the conclusion of the project for an indefinite period of time.
Anyone can access the data at ICPSR.
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This is a randomized controlled trial with a waitlist-control group.
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| Materials-only control condition | Other | Materials-only then access to advocacy training around Section 504 plans for individuals with disabilities and/or family caregivers of individuals with disabilities. Will have advocacy training 6 months after the control group. |
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This is a 24 item measure that examines whether a certain support is received. The score is the sum of received supports (ranging from 0-24). |
| From enrollment to six months after the end of the training program |
| ID | Term |
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| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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