See the Alaska Traumatic Brain Injury Partnership Program website for more information.

More Info: Lucy Cordwell (907) 264-6223 lkcordwell@alaska.edu

A collaborative project bringing together organizations across the state to improve transition services, independent living, and competitive integrated employment outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities.

More Info: Hayden Vahle (907)264-6290 hrvahle@alaska.edu

More Info: Caitie Jones (907) 264-6262 cmjones@alaska.edu 

The Friendships & Dating Program (FDP) is an evidence-based, comprehensive approach to teach individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities the skills needed to develop meaningful relationships and prevent interpersonal violence. In 2014, at the request from behavioral health providers familiar with the program, a version of the FDP was developed for youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED). 

​​The FDP is a 10-week curricular intervention that focuses on skill building using a group process and experiential learning opportunities. The FDP is a train-the-trainer program; community agency personnel facilitate the program to groups of teens and adults in agency and community settings. The curriculum is designed to be taught in small groups of 6-10 mixed-gendered participants.

Publications

• Ward, K.M., Atkinson, J.P., Smith, C.A., & Windsor, R. (2013). A friendships & dating program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A formative evaluation. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 51(1), 22-32.
• Atkinson, J.P., & Ward, K.M. (2012). The development of an assessment of interpersonal violence for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Sexuality and Disability, 30(3), 301-309. doi 10.1007/s11195-012-9275-3
• Ward, K. M., Windsor, R., & Atkinson, J. P. (2012). A process evaluation of the Friendships and Dating Program for adults with developmental disabilities: Measuring the fidelity of program delivery. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(1), 69-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.08.016

Building employment leaders who drive innovation and expansion within provider agencies. 

More Info: Tamara Monique (907)264-6277 tmonique@alaska.edu

Alaska LEND Without Walls provides graduate level leadership training for people with a commitment to providing family-centered coordinated systems of health care and related services to improve the health of people who have (or are at risk for) autism and other developmental disabilities.

More Info: Tamara Monique (907)264-6277 tmonique@alaska.edu

Resources

• Building Virtual Bridges: A guide to distance delivered microenterprise training with a focus on disadvantaged populations (2013)

• Access and Belonging Survey
• AIR-P Survey for Autistic Adults on Sexual Health Education
• AK Trauma Recovery in Schools Evaluation (also known as AK TRIS or AK RISES)*
• APCA Survey of Community Health Workers
• Alaska Alternative School Coalition (AASC) Evaluation*
• AWARE FY22 Evaluation*
• BASKETS Survey and Interviews
• Brain Injury Needs Assessment Survey
• Capacity Building for Autism Interventions (CBAI) Adults with Autism Workgroup
• Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey (CUBS)
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Parent Survey
• Pregnancy Risk Monitoring System (PRAMS)

• ACL Living Well Evaluation
• A Health Education Program to Increase Hope and Improve Energy Balance Among Seniors in the Urban Subarctic-
• Alaska Alternative School Coalition (AASC) Evaluation*
• Alaska ILP 2023 Family Outcomes Survey
• 2023 AIR-P (Autism Intervention Research - Physical) Nationwide Contact List*
• AK Trauma Recovery in Schools Evaluation (also known as AK TRIS or AK RISES)*
• AWARE FY22 Evaluation*
• Center on American Indian and Alaska Native Genomic Research (CEIGR)
• Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey (CUBS)*
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Parent Survey*
• ECHO Program Evaluation
• Microenterprise Grant Survey
• National Core Indicators
• Pathways to Partnerships
• Pregnancy Risk Monitoring System (PRAMS)*
• Traditional Transition Curriculum Pilot Evaluation

The asterisk (*) indicates a multi-year project

• AIR-P (Autism Intervention Research - Physical) Nationwide Contact List

• Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury Legal Needs Assessment
  • Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury Legal Needs Assessment - Infographic

• Anchorage Collaborative Coalitions 
  • Anchorage Youth and Young Adult Behavioral Health and Wellness Assessment (2015)
• Promotion, Prevention, and Preparedness for Alaskan with Disabilities & Health Program Needs Assessment (2014)

• Abuse and Interpersonal Violence Among Alaska Adults with Disabilities
• Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury Legal Needs Assessment - Infographic (2019)

• Building Virtual Bridges: A guide to distance delivered microenterprise training with a focus on disadvantaged populations (2013)

Publications

Vandagriff, K.L., Heath, K. (2017). Alaska case study: Pathway to employment for all in the last frontier! Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 47(3), 295-306. DOI: 10.3233/JVR-170903 

Heath, K. L., Ward, K. M., & Reed, D.L. (2013). Customized self-employment and the use of Discovery for entrepreneurs with disabilities, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 39(2), 23-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-130639

Heath, K. L. & Reed, D. L. (2013). Industry-Driven Support (IDS) model to build social capital and business skills of low-income entrepreneurs with disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 38(2), 139-148. DOI: 10.3233/JVR-130627

• Alaska Healthcare Provider Toolkit - Patients with I/DD
• MyHealth Toolkit
• Physical Activity and Nutrition Among Alaskan Adults with Disabilities
• Sexual Health Among Alaskan Adults with Disabilities 
• Substance Use Among Alaskan Adults with Disabilities
• Tobacco Use Among Alaskan Adults with Disabilities

Publications

Ward, K.M., Atkinson, J.P., Smith, C.A., & Windsor, R. (2013). A friendships & dating program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A formative evaluation. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 51(1), 22-32.

Atkinson, J.P., & Ward, K.M. (2012). The development of an assessment of interpersonal violence for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Sexuality and Disability, 30(3), 301-309. doi 10.1007/s11195-012-9275-3

Ward, K. M., Windsor, R., & Atkinson, J. P. (2012). A process evaluation of the Friendships and Dating Program for adults with developmental disabilities: Measuring the fidelity of program delivery. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(1), 69-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.08.016

• Communications Guide for Individuals with Disabilities