Faculty Vita

Teresa Grossi, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Certification/Licenses

Professional Experience

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Rogan, P., Grossi, T. A., & Gajewski, R. (2002). Career and vocational assessment. In C. L. Sax and C. A. Thoma, Transition assessment: Wise practices for quality lives. Paul Brookes Publishing Co.

Grossi, T. A., Schaaf, L., Steigerwald, M. & Mank, D. (2002). Adult employment. In K. Storey, D. Hunter, and Bates, P. (Eds.). The Road Ahead: Transition to Adult Life for Persons with Disabilities. Paul Brookes Publishing Co.

Banks, B. Charleston, S., Grossi, T. A., & Mank, D. (2001). Workplace supports, functioning, and integration outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.

Grossi, T. A., Banks, B., Pinniyei, D. (2001). Facilitating Job Site Training and Supports: The Evolving Role of the Job Coach. In P. Wehman (Ed.), Supported employment in business: Expanding the capacity of workers with disabilities. TRN Publications: St. Augustine, Florida.

Grossi, T. A. (1998). Using a self-operated auditory prompting system to improve the work performance of two employees with severe disabilities. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps 23(2), 149-154.

Grossi. T. A., & Heward, W. L. (1998). Using self-evaluation to improve the work productivity of trainees in a community-based restaurant training program. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 33(3), 246-261.

Grossi, T. A., Regan, J., & Regan, B. (1998). Consumer-driven training techniques. In P. Wehman & J. Kregel (Ed.), More than a job: Satisfying careers for people with disabilities: A consumer-driven approach. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Banks, B. Charleston, S., Grossi, T. A., & Mank, D. (2001). Workplace supports, functioning, and integration outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.

Grossi, T. A. (1998). Using a self-operated auditory prompting system to improve the work performance of two employees with severe disabilities. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps 23(2), 149-154.

Grossi. T. A., & Heward, W. L. (1998). Using self-evaluation to improve the work productivity of trainees in a community-based restaurant training program. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 33(3), 246-261.

Grossi, T. A. (1998). Using a self-operated auditory prompting system to improve the work performance of two employees with severe disabilities. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps 23(2), 149-154.

Grossi. T. A., & Heward, W. L. (1998). Using self-evaluation to improve the work productivity of trainees in a community-based restaurant training program. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 33(3), 246-261.

Funded Projects

2002 Principal Investigator, Transition and Employment Project. Funded by Vocational Rehabilitation Services, $542,387 per year for 2 years.

2001 Principal Investigator, Person Centered Planning Training. Funded by the Division of Disability, Aging, and Rehabilitative Services for 178,050 1.5 years.

2000 Principal Investigator, Indiana Works: Benefits Planning, Assistance and Outreach for Individuals with Disabilities. $197,000/yr for 5 years. Funded

2000 Project Director, Transition Initiative. Submitted to Indiana Division of Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Funded for $237,092/year

2000 Project Director, Indiana Employment Initiative. Submitted to Indiana Division of Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Funded for $427,629/year

1999 Co-Principal Investigator (with Pete Flexor & Bob Baer, Kent State University). Outreach Locally Proven Transition Practices Through Regional University and LEA Networks. Submitted to Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Service, United States Department of Education. $150,000/year (1999-2002)

1998 Principal Investigator. Personnel Preparation for Master-level Teachers of Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities. Submitted to Division of Personnel Preparation, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Service, United States Department of Education. Funded for $400,000 for three years (1998-2001).

1997-1998 Principle Investigator, Evaluation of the impact of transition team training on the maintenance of the teams and quality of individualized transition plans. Submitted to the Ohio Department of Education, Division of Special Education. Funded for $30,136.

1996-1998 Project Director/Technical Assistance and Training Consultant. Project MORE: Maximizing Opportunities and Resources for Employment, Ohio's State Systems Change Grant in Supported Employment. Submitted to the Ohio Association for Adult Services. Funded for $150,310 for 2.5 years (1996-1998).

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

American Association for Mental Retardation

Association for Persons in Supported Employment; Board of Directors 2001- present

Council for Exceptional Children

The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Conference Presentations

Grossi, T. A. (November, 2001). Workplace supports: Implications for service delivery. TASH Conference. Anaheim, CA.

Grossi, T. A. (October, 2001) Cultivating workplace supports: Implications for transition-age youth. Division of Career Development and Transition Conference, Denver, CO.

Grossi, T. A., (August, 2001). From Research to Practice: Implications for Natural Supports and Coworker Involvement in Employment. National Organizational Change Forum, Nashville, TN.

Howard-Herbein, M., Grossi, T. A., & Pinniyei D. (July, 2001; Oct. 2001). The Employment Specialist Mentoring Project. Association for Persons in Supported Employment Conference (National and Indiana).

Rogan, R., Grossi, T., & Banks, B. (July, 2001). Cultivating workplace supports. Association for Persons in Supported Employment Conference, Washington, DC.

Grossi, T. A. (May, 2001). Promising practices for employment specialist. SETNET. Richmond, VA

Grossi, T. A. (April, 2001). Transition services for youth with autism. MAPS Conference. Indianapolis, IN

Grossi, T. A. (February, 2001). Making inclusive settings happen. Rossford Public School. Rossford, OH

Grossi, T. A. (February, 2001). Business as usual: Facilitating workplace supports. Cincinnati Supported Employment Consortium. Cincinnati. OH

Grossi, T. A. (February, 2001). Supported employment: Where we've been and we're going. WV Developmental Disabilities Council Conference. Charleston, WV.

Grossi, T. A., Stodden, R., Izzo, M., & Mank, D. (November, 2000). Transition from School to Adult Life: Where've Been and Where We're Going?. World Congress on Disability, Atlanta, GA

Banks, B., Grossi, T., & Mank. D. (July 2000). An update on the natural supports research for individuals with psychiatric disabilities and brain injury. National Association for Persons in Supported Employment, Las Vegas, NV.

Flippo, K., Grossi, T. & Rogan, P. (July, 2000) Organizational change efforts: What about the people? National Association for Persons in Supported Employment, Las Vegas, NV.

Howard-Hebrein, M, Grossi, T., & Pinnyei, D. (July 2000). Accepting Ambiguity: What are we learning from agencies restructuring to person-centered supports. National Association for Persons in Supported Employment, Las Vegas, NV.

Banks, B., & Grossi, T. (May, 2000). Natural supports research for individuals with serious mental illness. IAPSERS Conference. Washington, DC.

Honors/Awards

1991 The Vance W. Cotter Fellowship, College of Education, The Ohio State University

1990 The Antionette Lowry Barr Scholarship Award, College of Education, The Ohio State University

1988-1989 Ph.D. Traineeship, Leadership Training Program. Division of Personal Preparation, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, United States Department of Education