This webinar series, presented by Montana teachers and providers, will give multiple strategies on implementing secondary transition that have provided great results for the Montana school districts that have used them. The webinars are free and no registration is required. Questions regarding this series can be sent to Nikki Sandve at nsandve@mt.gov or call (406) 444-0299.
(2) Include Me! Website on Including Self-Advocates
Visit this web site for ideas on how to include Self-Advocates in conferences.
(3) Current Events in Accommodation Webinar
Join this free Job Accommodation Network-sponsored webinar on February 8, 2011, for a discussion of current events in accommodation including tough accommodation situations, tricky ADA issues, technology challenges, and practical tips for handling job accommodation issues.
(4) Social Security and People with Disabilities Web Site
Visit this new web site launched by T
he Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Social Security Task Force to learn more about the importance of the Social Security disability, survivor, and retirement insurance programs for people with disabilities and their families.
(5) Organizing Your Life with the iPOD Touch: Making Cognitive Connections at Home, Work, and School
The PDA 4 Memory Project has developed and is marketing their new workbook. Topics covered in the workbook include: Making Cognitive Connections, iPod Touch Basics, The Clock App, The Calendar App, The Contacts App and The Notes App.
(6) iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apps for (Special) Education [PDF]
This document lists apps and a description of what each can do, and also provides links to the apps.
(7) Yale Seminar on Autism and Related Disorders
This web site offers all of the lecture content and supporting materials for the Yale Seminar on Autism and Related Disorders undergraduate course.
(8) Business.gov
This web site offers links to a number of resources to help interested individuals learn more about starting and managing a home-based business. Links include guides to planning the business; ideas about securing financing; marketing information; and tax tips.
(9) ADA Employment Web Course
This free, self-paced web course covers the employment requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The course has been approved for 2.5 clock hour credits through the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.
(10) Workplace Personal Assistance Services Self-Paced Seminar
This free online course examines assistive technology, self-employment, funding and employers' perspectives.
(11) Successful Employment for Individuals Who Use AAC
In November 2010, the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Communication Enhancement (AAC-RERC) offered a free webcast addressing employment for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The webcast and accompanying materials have been archived and are available for public access. Listen as presenters David McNaughton and Anthony Arnold share research findings on key supports to employment for individuals who use AAC, and describe the employment success stories of a variety of individuals who use AAC.
(12) Insight: Think College Brief, Students and Educational Coaches: Developing a Support Plan for College [PDF]
This brief provides an overview of the supported education model and some of the challenges associated with using educational coaches in college. A description of how one Massachusetts student and his educational coach used a Student-Educational Coach Agreement to plan for the support that the student needed to successfully attend college is provided.
(Please note: the Transition Projects at the University of Montana Rural Institute shares information and resources our listserv members may find of interest. We do not endorse the web sites or workshop contents or their providers, and we assume no responsibility for the validity of information provided on sites or in sessions not hosted by our agency.)
