Final Reports

We have completed our two-year-long COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Outreach project with the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP). This project, which was funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) created a nation-wide communications and outreach effort consisting of local, regional, and national institutions and organizations geared toward providing services and resources for the I/DD communities throughout the country. 

The NADSP, whose focus is on the direct support professionals workforce, conducted regional focus groups, launched national surveys (in partnership with the University of Minnesota), and developed and deployed several PSAs aimed at giving support professionals (and self-advocates) a voice as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, their views of the COVID-19 vaccines, and future directions. We are eternally grateful for the opportunity to work with the NADSP, as well as the AUCD and the project's various partners located throughout the United States.

The PSAs are available on the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration website: https://ici.umn.edu/addressing-covid-19-vaccine-access-and-confidence

Findings from the national survey are available at https://ici.umn.edu/covid19-survey

Also, please feel free to check out the NADSP's resource section of their website dedicated to this project at https://nadsp.org/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-campaign/

We are pleased to announce the completion of a comprehensive research study that examined the perceptions and lived experiences of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have experienced mental health crises, along with the views of their families, caretakers, providers, educators, law enforcement, case managers, and direct support professionals. 

This project began in May 2021 and was funded by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and included a partnership with the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed along with several acclaimed researchers and providers within the field of IDD/MI. The final report will be published in the next few weeks, and the findings have been incorporated into the FDDC's State Strategic Plan.

A copy of the final report is available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364325944_FDDC-NADD_Dual_Diagnosis_Study_2022. 

Thank you to Jeanne Farr, Drs. Richard Blumberg, Celeste Harvey, Mark Harvey, and Chad Kinney, as well as Mary Lee Fay and Dr. Sue Kabot of the FDDC (as well as our numerous stakeholders representing several Florida-based IDD-centered organizations).

NADD (National Association for the Dually Diagnosed), an Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Needs, in partnership with the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Osceola Research and Evaluation LL, is completing a research study that explored the perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the treatment and support of individuals with intellectual disabilities and mental health conditions by clinical professionals and service providers. This study began in 2021 and will conclude this fall. Findings will be shared during NADD's National Conference in December 2022, which publication of the findings slated for Spring 2024. A preprint of the current report is available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372946926_Running_head_Lessons_from_a_global_pandemic_0

Funded by the NASMHPD, and sponsored by the NADD, this project investigated existing policies and best practices specifically to crisis intervention, response, and prevention for school-aged youths in the United States. Results from this project will be presented in both a formal report and journal publication in 2024.

In 2020, we completed our project management services contract with Hawaiian Electric Company as part of their SEAMS for SHINES federal grant project. The below final technical report was developed as a collaborative authorship between Osceola Research and Evaluation LLC and Hawaiian Electric.

We are currently working on various projects with end dates in 2023. We will provide copies of the final reports or links to their public access sites once they are available. For more information about the projects we are currently working on, please visit our Projects page.