Amy S Hewitt
- Senior Research Associate
- Director, Institute on Community Integration
- Director, Research & Training Center on Community Living
- Director, Minnesota LEND
- Email :: hewit005@umn.edu
- Phone :: +1 612-625-1098
- Address ::
- Institute On Community Integration
- 214A Pt H [map]
- 150 Pillsbury Dr SE
- Minneapolis, MN 55455
Amy Hewitt, PhD has an extensive background and work history in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities and has worked in various positions over the past 30+ years to improve community inclusion and quality of life for children and adults with disabilities and their families. At the University of Minnesota, she is the director of the Institute on Community Integration. Dr. Hewitt directs several federal and state research, evaluation and demonstration projects in the area of community long-term services and supports for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism. She currently has research projects that focus on community living, autism, outcome measurement, direct support workforce development, person centered planning/thinking and positive behavior support. Dr. Hewitt has authored and co-authored numerous journal articles, curriculum, technical reports, and she co-authored books entitled, Staff Recruitment, Retention and Training and Critical Issues in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Contemporary Research, Practice and Policy and a soon-to-be-published book called, Community for All: Community Living and Participation for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Hewitt is on the editorial board of Inclusion and an associate editor of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, both journals of the AAIDD. She is a past president of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and is the vice president of the board of directors for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, and a past board member of Arc Minnesota. Dr. Hewitt earned a BS in political science and psychology at Indiana University; a Master's degree in social work at Indiana University; and a PhD in social work at the University of Minnesota.
- A Report on Early Intervention Services for Minnesota's Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2012)
A report summarizing the activities and findings of a project funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), and conducted by the University of Minnesota's Research and Training Center...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - DirectCourse (2004)
Offers a suite of competency-based, online curricula for professionals providing services to people with intellectual, developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities, and to older adults....
- Family & Individual Needs for Disability Support (FINDS) Community Report 2017 (2018)
A report presenting the results of the Family & Individual Needs for Disability Supports (FINDS) survey, launched in 2017 by ICI's Research and Training Center on Community Living in collaboration...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Final Report: National Training Institute for Frontline Supervisors (2007) [Archived]
A report describing a project that refined, tested, and delivered a "Train-the-Trainer" model to the National Training Institute for Frontline Supervisors. The project also provided a distributed...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Find, Choose and Keep Great DSPs (2006)
A pair of easy-to-use toolkits helping families and people with disabilities find quality, caring, and committeed Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). There are two different versions of the...
Cost: Free - $30.00 Delivery format: PDF, Print - Frontline Initiative: Aging (2004)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities who are getting older.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Change (1998)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities as they cope with change.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Changing Roles (2002)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities as they move into their communities, gain control of their...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Communication (1998)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities by communicating better with them.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Complex Needs (1999)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities with complex needs.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Coping with Disaster (2003)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities as they cope with disaster and its aftermath.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Credentialing (2000)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities by gaining the credentials to do so.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Credentialing (2007)
A newsletter issue explaining how credentialing Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) can heighten professionalism among DSPs and improve public perceptions of their work.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Diversity (2000)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting diverse individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Documentation (2004)
A newsletter issue addressing the documentation process for Direct Support Professionals, including writing daily notes about how they are supporting an individual with disabilities, charting goals...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: DSP Perspectives (2006)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) offering various DSP perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: DSP Recognition (2008)
A newsletter issue highlighting the recognition of the work of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), including examples of ways in which agencies recognize DSPs, the role of credentialing in...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: DSPs and Technology (2011)
A newsletter issue encouraging Direct Support Professionals to think about how to use technology to more effectively support individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Employment Supports (2010)
A newsletter issue highlighting the roles Direct Support Professionals play in supporting people with disabilities to find and keep satisfying employment.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Ethics (2001)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively - and ethically - supporting individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: International Issue (1999)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) showing how DSPs in other countries effectively support individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Legislative Advocacy (2002)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities by advocating for them and their issues through the...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Premier Issue (1996)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals through this and future issues of the series.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Professionalism (1998)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities by becoming more professional in their work habits...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Relationships (1997)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals showing how building relationships can help them more effectively support individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Self-Determination (1999)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities as they decide for themselves how to spend their lives.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Spirituality (2009)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on spirituality within the framework of NADSP's Code of Ethics and providing training materials to more effectively...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: State Chapter Development (2009)
A newsletter issue explaining how Direct Support Professionals can benefit from their NADSP state chapter - and how they can start their own.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Stress and Burnout (1998)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals showing how they can cope with stress while still effectively supporting individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Supporting and Networking with Families (2005)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) focusing on how they can effectively work closely with families in order to create the highest quality of life possible for people with...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Teamwork (2001)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities through teamwork by interacting with their co-workers,...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Training (1997)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals showing how training can help them more effectively support individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Tribute to John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1999)
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering a tribute to John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960-1999), a great advocate for individuals with disabilities.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Initiative: Workforce Development (2006)
A newsletter issue containing examples of efforts across the country to help community human service agencies, individuals, and family employers find, train, and keep high quality DSPs (also known...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Supervisor Assessment (2013)
A test helping frontline supervisors and frontline supervisor candidates to evaluate their current performance level and create a self-development plan. Known as the Frontline Supervisor...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Frontline Supervisor Structured Behavioral Interview Questions (2013)
A set of behavioral and situational interview questions gauging the knowledge of external frontline supervisor candidates about the 11 competencies identified in the National Frontline Supervisor...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Higher Ground: The Dedication of Direct Support Professionals During and After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Brief) (2007)
A brief summarizing the report, You Know that it's Got to be Dedication that I am Still Here: The Experiences of Direct Support Professionals During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the Aftermath ....
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Impact: Feature Issue on Person-Centered Positive Supports and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2016)
An issue in the newly-redesigned Impact series that shares articles from around the country describing how person-centered positive supports use evidence-based practices in the service of the...
Cost: Free - $5.00 Delivery format: Online, PDF, Print - Impact: Feature Issue on the ADA and People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities (2015)
A newsletter issue marking the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In this Impact are articles by individuals with disabilities, families, advocates, service providers...
Cost: Free - $4.00 Delivery format: Online, PDF, Print - Impact: Feature Issue on the Direct Support Workforce and People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities (2018)
An issue in the Impact series that discusses the Direct Support workforce and people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities. In the past 40 years, the U.S. has experienced a...
Cost: Free - $5.00 Delivery format: Online, Print - In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends through 2014 (2017) [Archived]
A report describing the status of, and trends in, long-term supports and services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the U.S. on June 30, 2014. It is based on an annual...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2015 (2017) [Archived]
A report describing the status of, and trends in, long-term supports and services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the U.S. on June 30, 2015. It is based on an annual...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2016 (2018)
A report describing the status of, and trends in, long-term supports and services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the U.S. on June 30, 2016. It is based on an annual...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - LEND Brief: ASD and Culture (2015)
An issue providing information about how diverse communities view, understand, and experience Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. A growing body of research in...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Minneapolis Somali Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence Project: Community Report 2013 (2013)
A report of the findings from the study of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) prevalence among Somali and non-Somali children in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also available, in English and Somali, is a fact...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - National Frontline Supervisor Competencies (2013)
A nationally validated set of 11 competency areas, known as the National Frontline Supervisor Competencies, guiding the work of frontline supervisors in the direct support workforce.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - National Validation Study of Competencies For Frontline Supervisors and Direct Support Professionals (2007)
A report examining organizational workforce outcomes; characteristics of and differences between managers, Frontline Supervisors (FLS) and Direct Support Professionals (DSPs); and workplace...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Partnerships for Success - Curricula for Supervisors, Managers, and Administrative Staff: Removing the Revolving Door - Strategies to Address Recruitment and Retention Challenges (2001) [Archived]
A curriculum targeting frontline supervisors and managers regarding the use of effective recruitment, retention, and training strategies. Includes Facilitator Guide and Learner Guide.
Cost: Free - $65.00 Delivery format: Print, PDF - Partnerships for Success - Curricula for Supervisors, Managers, and Administrative Staff: The Peer Empowerment Program (PEP): A Complete Toolkit for Planning and Implementing Mentoring Programs Within Community-Based Human Services Organizations (2001) [Archived]
A planning guide and curriculum for supervisors and agency staff focusing on socialization and skill development for all employees. Includes Program Coordinator Guide, Facilitator Guide, and...
Cost: Free - $37.00 Delivery format: Print, PDF - Partnerships for Success - Curricula for Supervisors, Managers, and Administrative Staff: The Power of Diversity: Supporting the Immigrant Workforce (2001) [Archived]
A curriculum helping supervisors and other agency staff find, support, and retain immigrant workers. Includes Facilitator Guide and Learner Guide.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Policy Research Brief: A National Review of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2011)
A brief reporting findings of a study that gathered data in 2009-2010 about how people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are being served across states in Home and Community Based Services...
Cost: Free - $3.00 Delivery format: Online, PDF, Print - Policy Research Brief: Implementation of Consumer-Directed Services for Persons With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities - A National Study (2009)
A brief summarizing the results of a national study on the status of consumer-directed services for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The study was conducted at the...
Cost: Free - $3.00 Delivery format: Online, PDF, Print - Policy Research Brief: State of the States in Self-Direction for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2015) (2017)
A brief describing how self-directed long-term services and supports (LTSS) are currently implemented in the United States. Self-direction provides individuals with intellectual and/or...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - Staff Recruitment, Retention, & Training Strategies for Community Human Services Organizations (2012) [Archived]
A 15-chapter textbook and how-to-guide helping organizations to select and implement strategies that address the challenges of recruiting, retaining, and training Direct Support Professionals.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Supporting Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families: Status and Trends Through 2012 (2014) [Archived]
A technical report describing results from a survey of state intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) agencies for FY 2012 on the status and trends of long-term supports and services for...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Supporting Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families: Status and Trends through 2014 (2016) [Archived]
A report summarizing statistics that were gathered and analyzed for the Supporting Individuals and Families Information Systems Project (FISP). It includes information about the numbers of, and...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - You Know That it's Got to be Dedication That I am Still Here: The Experiences of Direct Support Professionals During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and Aftermath (2007)
A report describing the experiences of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) who worked in New Orleans between August 2005 and May 2006 - before, during, and after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF