Our Work
YTI cultivates a unique combination of research and outreach. While our research provides the science to move communities forward around disability inclusion, our outreach communicates that information and creates meaningful change in areas such as community life, education, training, and work.
Our Process
YTI is unique due to its combination of researchers and practitioners, who focus on meaningful inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. We provide the science to move communities forward around disability inclusion.
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Improving Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Outcomes for Out-of-School Youth Involved in the Justice and/or Foster Care Systems
The goal of this program is to learn how the public VR program can effectively serve out-of-school youth (ages 16-24) with intellectual, developmental, and mental health disabilities who are involved in the justice and/or foster care systems, ultimately contributing to the outcome domain of employment. Improving VR Outcomes Project DetailsConvergence Accelerator Phase I (RAISE): Empowering Neurodiverse Populations for Employment through Inclusion AI and Innovation Science
This project aims to incorporate the experiences of individuals with ASD, educational institutions, community employment service providers, and employers into system design that will create deployable Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tools and platforms. RAISE Project DetailsPro Se: Empowering Justice-Involved Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities through Speech & Debate Training
Pro Se Speech & Debate provides 3-months of virtual one-on-one and group mentoring and educational programming to youth and young adults (ages 14-24) who have current or prior involvement in the criminal-legal system, or multiple systems (e.g., foster care, child services). Pro Se Speech & Debate Project DetailsVocational Rehabilitation – Training, Education, and Development (VR-TED)
The VR TED is a collaboration with the NYS Adult Career and Continuing Education Services – Vocational Rehabilitation agency to provide up to 800 hours of training and professional development to nearly 700 ACCES-VR Counselors and staff across NYS. VR-TED Project DetailsYouth Reentering the Community through, Opportunity, Networking, Navigation, Education, Collaboration and Transition Supports (Y-ReCONNECTS)
The ultimate goal is to improve employment and other life outcomes for youth through beneficial, sustainable systems change. Y-ReCONNECTS Project Details
