Past Research Projects

In July of 2019, students from South Eugene Robotics Team (SERT) participated in a camp to teach middle schoolers how to create modified ride-on cars (ROCs) for young children with limited mobility. The modification of the cars is part of the Go Baby Go program, a national, community-based research, design, and outreach program that provides modified ROCs to families free of charge. Dr. Cole Galloway from the University of Delaware created the Go Baby Go program in 2012.

This projected implemented an innovative training model for university faculty pertaining to the needs of college students with disabilities. Over the four-year funding period, 120 university faculty representing all departments within the UO participated in a one-week summer training experience where they developed a better understanding about disability, the needs of college students with disabilities, and strategies to support college students with disabilities.

This project implemented and evaluated an inter-agency model to support adolescents with disabilities during their transition between high school and adulthood. Specific features of the model included the integration of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors into 5 Oregon high schools to improve the coordination between the transition needs of youth with disabilities, the role of schools in that process, and the role of VR.

This OSEP funded personnel preparation projected provided support to master’s students pursuing licensure in special education. All students participating in the project had specialized training focused on the relationship between poverty and disability with a specific focus on the needs of adolescents with disabilities.

This secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 was designed to explore (a) the effects of poverty and disability on long-term outcomes, and (b) factors and processes that either moderated or mediated these effects.