AcTinSite

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Students with disabilities need support to succeed in coursework and work-integrated learning (WIL). The knowledge and skills needed to accommodate students with disabilities during placement are at different levels within different institutions. Lack of consistent support can set students with disabilities up to fail. Thus, causing students to leave their programs or limit their employment.

The AcTinSite research project aims to improve accessibility and accommodations for students with disabilities before and during WIL. We do this by collaborating with disabled students, staff at colleges and universities, and staff from health care WIL. We have completed interviews, a qualitative documents analysis, and a design charrette through our collaborations. We use these data sources to design an intervention into WIL as we move forward.

AcTinSite collaborates with three higher education institutions (George Brown College, University of Toronto, and York University) and two hospitals (The Hospital for Sick Children and Sunnybrook Health Science Centre).

AcTinSite is funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant and a SSHRC Connection Grant.

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“Ask Me What I Need”: Shifting Responsibility for Inclusive Learning Environments in Clinical Placement
(2022) Khanlou, Nazilla; epstein, iris; Ermel, R. E.; Sherk, M; Simmonds, K. K.; Balaquiao, L.; Chang, K. Y.
Lack of consideration of accommodations in work-integrated learning (WIL) leads to a lack of equity. We can address equity concerns in WIL by shifting responsibility from disabled students to clinical staff and administrators while listening to disabled students needs and concerns
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Becoming Successful with Disabled Students in the Accommodation's Assemblage: Using Storytelling as Method
(2022) epstein, iris; Rose, Jarrett; Juergensen, Linda; Mykitiuk, Roxanne; MacEntee, Katie; Stephens, Lindsay
As more disabled students enter college and university, the need for accommodations in the classroom and work-integrated learning (WIL)will increase. Storytelling can be a powerful tool to understand how to make the WIL accommodation process easier. Using storytelling, the researchers found that knowing when to access and who are part of the accommodation process is essential. There is also a need for resources for students and instructors when WIL is not going well
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Document Landscape: What Shapes Students’ with Disability Experiences in Work-Integrated Learning
(2022) epstein, iris; Baljko, Melanie; Magel, Brooke; Stephens, Lindsay; Dadashi, Nastaran; Smith, Hilda; Bulk, Laura
Colleges and universities have many documents about accommodations for students with disabilities in classrooms. However, there are fewer documents about accommodation during work-integrated learning (WIL). Researchers explored both documents that focus on accommodations in classrooms and during WIL to understand better what makes them useful or unhelpful. They found barriers in the form and content of documents. The form had three barriers, and content had two barriers that you can address to make your documents better
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Scoping Review: Disabled Students and Instructors’ Experiences in Nursing Practice
(2022) epstein, iris; Khanlou, Nazilla; Ermel, R. E.; Sherk, M; Simmonds, K. K.; Balaquiao, L.; Chang, K. Y.
More disabled students are entering nursing programs. Thus, clinical nursing placements must offer accommodation more often.However, accessing accommodations during placements can be a complex process. One call for changes in placement site policies is to focus on disabled students' abilities. This call could make disabled students feel less excluded, or like they must hide their disability

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