CROR Outcomes Newsletter Archive
The CROR Outcomes Newsletter is a quarterly newsletter produced by the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research.
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Peer Mentors and their importance
LIFE Center Manager Lisa Rosen co-founded the peer mentoring program in 2003. There had always been some informal mentoring going on as patients talked with other patients or hospital volunteers with disabilities, but Rosen realized there was a need for a more structured program.
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Virtual CBT helps Chronic Pain
Early results from a study at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) delivered virtually helps people with disabilities manage their chronic pain.
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Profile on Jamie Tingey
Learn more about how Jamie Tingey found a calling in rehabilitation psychology.
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Profile on Tim Tansey
Learn more about Tim Tansey and his dedication to finding ways to support people with disabilities find or get back to work.
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Profile on Han Su
Su started her two-year fellowship in January 2021 and has become a key player in several ongoing studies at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, including one looking at employment barriers for people who acquire a disability.
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Support at Work Is Key to a Successful Re-entry for People with Disabilities
To find out why employment levels among people with disabilities have remained stuck at less than 40% in recent decades and identify best practices among employers, Heinemann and a team of researchers conducted an online cross-sectional survey of almost 350 people with disabilities in the Chicago area. The vast majority of them, 270, were employed.
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Employment Gains During Pandemic but Will They Last?
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to roil the U.S. labor market in 2021, but one group of workers has likely benefitted from the unprecedented disruption: people with disabilities.
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