Dr. Esther E. Onaga

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

MI Developmental Disabilities Council: Recreation for All, $240,000, Mar 1, 1999 to Feb 28, 2002.
Indiana University: Indiana Initiative Grant, $44,197, Jan 1996 to Dec 1998.
Flinn Family Foundation through Department of Community Health: Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Michigan: The Clubhouse Model, $255,000, Feb 1, 1998 to Jan 31, 2001.
Michigan Disabilities Rights Coalition: Freedom to Work Medicaid Program Evaluation, $38,972, 2005 to .
Administration for Children and Families: Enhancing Social-Emotional Functioning in Infants and Toddlers Using a Relationship-Based Infant Mental Health Approach, $100,000, 2005 to 2006.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Project Evaluation for Community Partnerships, $49,898, 2005 to 2006.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Role of Social Networks in Improving Outcomes of Medicaid Patients, $80,987, 2005 to 2006.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Family Impact Seminar, , $22,747, 2005 to 2006.
MI Department of Community Health: Early Childhood Inclusion, $60,000, 2004 to 2006.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Identify Core Elements of Consumer Driven Support, $30,000, 2004 to 2005.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Comprehensive Study of Supports for Employment, $31,250, 2004 to 2005.
Health & Human Services US Department of -PHS: Proyecto Empuje: Michigan Initiative for Migrant/Latino Early Childhood Education, $127,665, 2004 to 2005.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Mental Health Block Grant Evaluation, $27,687, 2004 to 2005.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Family Impact Seminar for State Policymakers, $40,760, 2004 to 2005.
Michigan 4C Association: Outcome Evaluation: Basics of Child Care Course, $10,000, 2004 to .
Michigan Department of Community Health: Comprehensive Study of Supports for Employment, $75,000, 2003 to 2004.
Department of Community Health: Inclusion in Early Education, $230,000, 2002 to 2005.
Institute for Children, Youth and Families (ICYF): Service Learning & Cooperative Learning Groups: Methods to Teach Diversity - A One-Year Follow-up Study, $15,000, 1997 to 1998.
SW Detroit CMH: Investigating Psychosocial Outcomes Expected from Stakeholders Using the Services, $37,473, 1995 to 1996.
MSU Outreach: AURIG, Promoting Diversity Through Service-Learning, $13,565, 1995 to 1996.
Michigan Department of Education: Vocational and Independent Living Outcomes for Rural People with Disabilities, $455,168, 1995 to Dec 1999.
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council: MI Transition Initiative Evaluation, $448,843, 1994 to 1999.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Services: Long-Term Training Grant to Serve People with Mental Illness, $458,100, 1990 to 1993.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Services: A Regional Training Model for SE Direct Services Personnel, $297,205, 1988 to 1991.
: SE Technical Assistance Project, $1,427,096, 1986 to 1987.
MI Department of Mental Health: Lodge Dissemination in Michigan, $662,964, 1986 to 1990.

• Onaga, E., Herman, S, Pernice-Duca, F, Oh, S, Ferguson, C (2005) Sense of community in clubhouse programs: Member and staff concepts, The American Journal of Community Psychology, 36 (3/4), 343-356
• Onaga, E, Pernice-Duca, F (2005) Special Education, Transition from school to young adulthood, Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science Vol. 2, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 1042-1044 pages (bookchapter)
• Onaga, E, Pernice-Duca, F (2005) Service learning, Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science Vol. 2, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 990-991 pages (bookchapter)
• Onaga, E., Page, C., Walker, R, Joshi, V., Pernice-Duca, F, Transition parent survey: Statewide survey in Michigan, East Lansing, MI, Michigan Department of Education-Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services, 2004
• Onaga, E, Carolan, M, Maddalena, C, Villarruel, F.A (2004) Positive development for youth with disabilities: Lessons learned from two stories of success, Positive youth development and its implications for practitioners, researchers and policymakers, Norwell, MA, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 162-178 pages (bookchapter)
• Hazel, K, Onaga, E (2003) Experimental social innovation [Special issue], The American Journal of Community Psychology, 32
• Hazel, K, Onaga, E (2003) Experimental social innovation and dissemination: The promise and its delivery, The American Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 285-294
• Herman, S., Onaga, E, Pernice-Duca, F, Oh, S., Ferguson, C., Michigan psychosocial clubhouse project, East Lansing, MI, Flinn Family Foundation, 2002
• Kostelnik, M.J, Onaga, E, Rohde, B, Whiren, A (2002) Children with special needs:Lessons for early childhood professionals, New York, Teachers College Press
• Villarruel, F.A, Carolan, M, Youatt, J.P, Onaga, E, Griffore, R.J, Carter, S., et al. (2001) The 32nd annual national council on family relations media awards competition, Family Relations, 50, 99-108
• Onaga, E, McAdoo, J.L, Villarruel, F.A (2000) The family's role in promoting school and community inclusion for people with disabilities, Family Science Review, 13, 209-223
• Onaga, E, Villarruel, F.A, Carolan, M, Youatt, J, Carter, S, Schroeder, B., et al. (2000) Twenty-ninth annual national council on family relations media awards competition, Family Relations, 47, 103-110
• Onaga, E (2000) Reinvention of the lodge program: A case study of program changes to promote full-time employment, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, 4 (1), 41-60
• Onaga, E, McKinney, K.G, Pfaff, J (2000) Lodge programs serving family functions for people with psychiatric disabilities, Family Relations, 49 (2)
• Onaga, E., Zawacki, K, Psychosocial outcomes project: Viewpoints from significant stakeholders, East Lansing, MI, Michigan Department of Mental Health, 1995
• Onaga, E., Chapter titled The Fairweather Lodge as a Psychosocial Program in the 1990s, book titled An Introduction to Psychiatric Rehabilitation, IAPSRS, 1994
• Onaga, E., Chapter titled The Family's Role in Promoting Community Integration, book titled Building Support for the Well Being and Future of the Family in Our America, Edited by B. Settles, 1994
• Onaga, E., Chapter titled People with Disabilities, book titled Building Support for the Well Being and Future of the Family in Our America, Edited by B. Settles, 1994
• Onaga, E. (1994) The fairweather lodge as a psychosocial program in the 1990s, An introduction to psychiatric rehabilitation, Columbia, MD, The International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services, 206-214 pages (bookchapter)
• Fairweather, G.W. and Fergus, E. Onaga, Empowering the Mentally Ill: Theory and Application, 1993
• Fairweather, G.W, Fergus, E. Onaga (1993) Empowering the mentally ill: Theory and application, Manchester, NH, Morgan Press
• Fergus, E. Onaga, Chapter titled The Lodge Society and Professional Training, book titled Professional Training of Clinical Psychologists Edited by D. Johnson, American Psychological Association, 1990
• Fergus, E.O (1990) The lodge society and professional training, Professional training of clinical psychologists, Washington, DC, American Psychological Association (bookchapter)
• Fergus, E. Onaga and Wilson, C.D., Advancing Educational Equity Through Social Action Research: A Collaborative Effort Between Universities and Schools, Equity and Excellence, 24, 38-45, 1989
• Marrone, J. & Fergus, E. Onaga, Chapter titled Preparing for Technical Assistance, book titled, The Provisions of Technical Assistance for Vocational Rehabilitation, U of Wisoncsin-Stout, 1989
• Fergus, E. O, Bryant, B, Balzell, A, The lodge society: An update on Michigan options, East Lansing, MI, Michigan Department of Mental Health, 1989
• Marrone, J., Fergus, E.O (1989) Preparing for technical assistance, The provisions of technical assistance for vocational rehabilitation, Menomonie, WI, University of Wisconsin-Stout, 75-88 pages (bookchapter)
• Wilson, C.D. and Fergus, E. Onaga, Combining Effective Schools and School Improvement Research Traditions for Achieving Equity-Based Education, Equity and Excellence, 24, 54-65, 1988
• Fairweather, G.W, Fergus, E.O, Bryant, B, Horthrop, J, Gonzalez, M, The lodge society: A look at community tenure as a measure of cost savings, East Lansing, MI, Michigan Department of Mental Health, 1988
• Fairweather, G.W., Fergus, E. Onaga and Davidson, W., Community Experimentation: A Field Manual for Theory, Method and Practice, 1985
• Fairweather, G.W., Fergus, E. Onaga, Cook, M.P. and Shippee, G.E., Ecological/Community Psychology: Theory, Method and Practice, 1985
• Fairweather, G.W, Fergus, E.O, Davidson, W. (1985) Community experimentation: A field manual for theory, method, and practice, New York, McGraw Hill
• Fairweather, G.W, Fergus, E.Onaga, Cook, M.P, Shippee, G.E (1985) Ecological/community psychology: Theory, method and practice, New York, McGraw Hill
• Fergus, E.O, Cook, M., The dissemination of APAS (A Programmable Assembly System), East Lansing, MI, National Science Foundation, 1983
• Tornatzky, L.G. and Fergus, E. Onaga, Chapter titled Innovation and Diffusion in Mental Health: The Community Lodge, book titled Community Mental Health and Behavioral Ecology:, 1982
• Tornatzky, L.G, Fergus, E. O (1982) Innovation and diffusion in mental health: The community lodge, Community mental health and behavioral ecology: A handbook of theory, research and practice, New York, Plenum Publishing Corp, 113-126 pages (bookchapter)
• Tornatzky, L.G., Fergus, E. Onaga, Avellar, J.E. and Fairweather, G.W., Innovations and Social Process: A National Experiment in Implementing Social Technology, 1980
• Fergus, E. Onaga, Chapter titled Maintaining and Advancing the Lodge Effort, book titled New Directions for Mental Health, G.W. Fairweather, Edited by Jossey Bass Publishers, 1980
• Tornatzky, L.G., Fergus, E.Onaga, Avellar, J.E, Fairweather, G.W. (1980) Innovations and social process: A national experiment in implementing social technology, New York, Pergamon
• Fergus, E.O (1980) Maintaining and advancing the lodge effort., New directions for mental health, Newark, NJ, Jossey-Bass, 43-56 pages (bookchapter)
• Fergus, E. Onaga, Telephone Change Agentry in the Diffusion of a Program for the Elderly, Journal of Community Psychology, 7, 270-277, 1979
• Avellar, J.W., Tornatzky, L.G., Fergus, E. Onaga, Dittmar, S., Fleishcher, M. and Fairweather, G.W., The Community Lodge: 2nd Edition, 1978
• Fergus, E. Onaga, The Future Evaluator: A Renaissance Person with Humanitarian Approach to Social Change, Evaluation and Program Planning, I, 149-150, 1978
• Avellar, J.W, Tornatzky, L.G, Fergus, E.Onaga, Dittmar, S, Fleishcher, M, Fairweather, G.W. (1978) The community lodge, 2nd Edition, East Lansing, MI, Michigan State University
• E. Onaga with F.A. Villarruel, M. Carolan, J. Youatt, S. Carter, B. Schroeder, R. Griffore, T. Ferrari, H. Brophy-Herb, T. Luster, M. Kostelnik, J. Walker, R. Viramontez & H. McAdoo, Twenty-ninth annual national council on family relations media awards competition, Family Relations, 47, 103-110
• Suzuki, L.A., Miller, P.J. & Ponterotto, J.G. (eds), Book review of Handbook of Multicultural Assessments: Clinical, Psychology and Education Applications, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 21(1)