The JDAPT: A New Interactive Tool to Identify Work-Related Support Strategies for Workers with Chronic Conditions and Disability.

September 27, 2023 - 1:00pm ET

ODEN Connection events are webinar-style meetings that bring together stakeholders whose work advances employment opportunities for people who have a disability. Guest speakers are experts in their field and the ODEN Connection event provides a platform for their work to be showcased and for ODEN network members to learn from these experts.

Connection drives innovation and that is one of the objectives of these events: to foster innovation, partnership, and collaboration in the disability employment service sector through this virtual platform.

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Many workers with chronic, episodic, physical and mental health conditions struggle when deciding whether to seek support from their workplace. The Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT) was developed to help address the complexity of disclosure decisions.

Developed as part of a large research partnership, the JDAPT is an online, interactive tool that guides users through a series of simple questions about their job demands, job tasks and working conditions.

In this presentation, Dr. Monique Gignac describes the JDAPT tool, its development, as well as data from two studies on the tool. She describes a version of the JDAPT for workers, as well as two organizational versions (one for someone supporting a specific worker and the other thinking about a job in general). The discussion highlights the JDAPT’s potential to help workers by focusing on work solutions, not medical diagnoses and symptoms.

Closed captioning and ASL interpretation is provided for this event.