KTDRR Resources & Products

KTDRR Resources
The KTDRR has several databases and resources designed to share information on both knowledge translation and Disability and Rehabilitation Research topics. Some of these were originally created by the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) project.

• Directory of Journals and Author Guidelines
  This directory includes descriptions and author guidelines for 223 journals in the field of disability and rehabilitation, including Thomson peer-reviewed journals.
• KT Library
  The KT Library is designed to provide information to NIDILRR grantees and interested members of the public about a wide spectrum of knowledge translation and evidence-based resources. The Library is not meant to be inclusive of all available materials, but to offer access to some of the more useful sources and existing resources. Links are given with a brief description of the purpose or focus of each resource.
• The Knowledge Translation Planning Template© Companion Tool for Disability Employment Researchers
  The Knowledge Translation Planning Template© (KTPT) supports the planning process, but users may struggle with articulating their knowledge translation plan within a research proposal. To address this challenge, Dr. Barwick also developed the KTPT Companion Tool to support the use of the KTPT. The Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER Center, NIDILRR award 90DP0077, 2015-2020) developed a Guide for disability employment researchers, and hosted a June 2020 webcast on how to use these resources.
• KT Strategies Database
  The Knowledge Translation (KT) Strategies Database brings together research evidence on Knowledge Translation tools and strategies. Articles address approaches to translating, disseminating, and utilizing knowledge.
• KTDRR's YouTube Page
• Plain Language Summary Tool (PLST)
  The Plain Language Summary Tool is available for anyone who needs to write a plain language summary of a systematic review, and is open to all users including researchers, research assistants, and others. The PLST guides users through the process of creating Cochrane-style plain language summaries of systematic reviews. An introductory video, a manual, and explanatory materials are available to help users create their plain language summaries. Users can start and stop their summaries as needed, and share with anyone they choose.
• Policy Portal
  The Policy Portal is a directory of consumer-oriented organizations for NIDILRR grantees to use to promote their research findings and connect with organizations included in the directory. These organizations are well positioned to apply research findings in their efforts to improve policies that affect the lives of people with disabilities and their families.
• Registry of Systematic Review in Disability and Rehabilitation Research>
  The Registry gathers in one place systematic reviews of research studies on disability and rehabilitation topics salient to researchers, persons with disabilities, their families, and service providers. KTDRR collects systematic reviews for this Registry by searching online databases-such as The Cochrane Library and grey literature. Systematic reviews published by the Cochrane Collaboration, the Campbell Collaboration, and the What Works Clearinghouse, as well as other published and unpublished reviews, are found in the registry.
• Resources for Conducting Systematic Reviews
  In this resource guide, we highlight tools and resources that support the conduct of systematic reviews. There has been an explosion of development in this area in past years, so this resource guide necessarily focuses on the most commonly used tools and resources. We organize the guide by the typical steps followed in conducting a systematic review; however, many tools overlap these categories and we attempt to highlight this overlap when it occurs. Developed by the Center on KTDRR and the University of Washington Center for Technology and Disability Studies (UWCTDS).

KTDRR Products
The KTDRR has several databases and resources designed to share information on both knowledge translation and Disability and Rehabilitation Research topics. Some of these were originally created by the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) project.

• Knowledge Translation: The Rise of Implementation
  Monograph lead author Melanie Barwick is an internationally recognized expert in knowledge translation (KT) and implementation science (IS). Raluca Dubrowski and Kadia Petricca complete the author team. The monograph provides an update of the KT literature and reflects on advancements in the KT process, as well as KT’s relationship with IS. KT practices related to disability research are highlighted along with a look at future directions in KT.
• Engaging Stakeholders for Research Impact
  This information brief defines stakeholder engagement, describes different types of stakeholders and addresses why research projects should focus on engagement.
• KT Update
  A quarterly e-newsletter from the KTDRR to inform the research community of new resources, upcoming webcasts, workshop opportunities, and other relevant information.
• KT Casebook
  KTDRR has developed the Knowledge Translation (KT) Casebook to highlight NIDILRR grantees activities in knowledge translation with the goals of learning from each others’ experiences, making connections with other grantees, identifying KT examples that have focused on stakeholder or target audiences of interest, and expanding awareness of the KT accomplishments being made by NIDILRR grantees.
• Assessing the Quality and Applicability of Systematic Reviews (AQASR)
  The basic purpose of the AQASR document and checklist is to help busy clinicians, administrators, and researchers to ask critical questions that help to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of a systematic review, in general, and as relevant to their particular clinical question or other practical concerns. Its primary audience is clinicians, as most systematic reviews are optimized to answer the clinical questions they have.
• KTDRR KT Conference Archives
  Revisit past KTDRR KT Conferences. Each year, the KT Conference address major strategies in the planning, implementing, and promoting of effective and efficient KT practices. Archived presentations are available by year.
• KTDRR's Expert Review Panel
  The Center on KTDRR works with an Expert Review Panel in order to ensure that information for consumers is responsive to their needs, accessible, and helpful on how to use evidence-based research information in decision-making.
• Standards for Assistive Technology Funding