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Learning Opportunities: Montana and Online
The National Disability Institute's Financial Wellness Webinar Series features 90-minute webinars on important financial wellness topics for persons with disabilities.
The archived webinar Promoting Employment - Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-based Providers is now available from the LEAD Center.
Social Security Work Incentives
Available On-Demand
Cost: $60
This course covers the use and value of work incentives to increase individuals' income and assets while working. Course materials include many links, calculation pages, and downloads.
Ticket to Work: Support Services for People Who Have a Disability and Are Ready to Work
August 7, 2013
1:00-2:30 PM MT
The free webinar provides an overview of the Ticket to Work program and describes the most commonly used Work Incentives.
15th Annual Western MT August Institute
August 7-9, 2013
Missoula, Montana
Guest Presenter: Wes Fryer, Moving at the Speed of Creativity. Workshops on iPads, apps, Google tools.... and more.
Best Practices - Accommodation Matters: The Art and Science of Linking HR, Workers' Comp and Productivity
August 13, 2013
12:00-13:00 PM MT
This webcast will explore three core components of linking HR with Workers Compensation and Employee Productivity.
ADA Title I. Rights and Responsibilities
August 15, 2013
12:00-1:00 PM MT
Cost: $25 APSE Members/$50 Non-members
This presentation will provide an overview of Title I of The Americans with Disabilities Act, focusing on the rights and responsibilities offered to both job seekers and employers.
Getting from Here to There: Transportation Planning and Options
August 20, 2013
1:00-2:30 PM MT
Join Judy Shanley, Director of Student Engagement and Mobility Management with Easter Seals, in this webinar and learn how you can work with pupil transportation and public transportation professionals to build a continuum of accessible transportation options to support students with disabilities in their transition to employment, higher education, and independent living.
Transition to Employment for Students: Strategies for Success
August 22, 2013
12:00-1:30 PM MT
Cost: $50 TASH Members/$70 Non-members
All youth can work! And work should be an important feature of secondary education and transition programs for youth with disabilities. Join us for a special training session illustrating how schools and communities can incorporate strategies into successful transition programs.
Get to Work! Accommodating Employees without Breaking Your Budget
August 28, 2013
1:30-3:00 PM MT
Cost: $49
Learn about an array of workplace accommodations to address the needs of individuals of all disabilities (employees with cognitive, physical and sensory impairments).
Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized and Self-Employment Strategies
August 28, 2013
1:00-2:30 PM MT
Presenters will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment.
Everyone Can Work!
August 29, 2013
12:00-1:30 PM MT
Cost: $50 TASH Members/$70 Non-members
This session will introduce the audience to strategies of Discovery and Customized Employment, which are effective in creating employment for people who face significant challenges to working. After attending the training the audience will have the skills to begin getting to know a prospective job seeker for the purpose of determining what they can do for employment.
Disability Disclosure in the Workplace: Recent Research on Current Practices & Challenges
August 29, 2013
11:00-11:45 AM MT
Sarah von Schrader, PhD, and Erin Sember of the Employment and Disability Institute will discuss current research in disability disclosure, the practices of job-seekers and employees with disabilities, and disability-related practices of employers.
Career Development: Using Principles of Discovery and Career Enhancement
September 10-23, 2013
Cost: $159
This 2-week, 18-hour web training focuses on developing career paths through innovative vocational assessment, career development skills, and vocational profiling for youth and adults with disabilities. Topics include self-determination, the discovery process, and situational assessments. We also discuss entry jobs versus dream jobs, self-employment, career exploration strategies, self-presentation, and more.
Marketing and Job Development
October 2-15, 2013
Cost: $159
Join this two-week course covering the key principles and hands-on tools for finding jobs for people with disabilities and other high-unemployment groups.
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Learning Opportunities: Other States
September 30 - October 3, 2013
Los Angeles, California
Plan to attend the U.S. Business Leadership Network's 16th Annual Conference, where you will gain actionable knowledge to build a business case for your disability inclusion initiatives and develop robust strategies that align with your organization's goals to create culturally competent workplaces.
October 9-11, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This year's conference builds on a tradition of providing a comprehensive examination of the most current uses of technology by persons with disabilities and the professionals who work with them. Topics will cover a broad spectrum of technology as it is being applied to all disabilities and age groups in education, rehabilitation, vocation, and independent living.
14th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference: Transition from Pediatric to Adult-based Care
October 16-18, 2013
Houston, Texas
This conference provides a state-of-the-art update on issues involved in health care transition for youth and young adults with chronic illness and disability and their families from pediatric to adult- based services. It brings together internationally, nationally and locally-recognized clinical, policy, legal, research, youth and family experts, making it a unique conference in the breadth and depth of topics addressing all aspects of transition planning.
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Greetings!
Welcome to the latest edition of Transition Tidbits. We hope you find the news and resources in this issue useful as you support young Montanans with disabilities in their transition to adult lives.
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Montana News
In June, CANAR (Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation, Inc.) held their 2013 Mid-Year Training Conference in Missoula, Montana. Three of the keynote sessions were videotaped and are now available for viewing on the conference website. Presentation materials for many of the keynote and breakout presentations are also available on the site.
According to an article in the Great Falls Tribune, schools on the Fort Peck, Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations will receive $1.8 million over the next four years to support the academic, social and emotional well-being of children through "wraparound" services in their districts.
Do you want to have your say on which legislative initiatives Montana's Centers for Independent Living work on for the next two years? If so, join statewide webinars designed to gather your input:
Independent Living Task Force Webinar Host Sites
Location Contact Person
Missoula Kathy Boyer - 406-728-1630
Kalispell Flo Kiewel - 406-257-0048
Ronan Michelle Williamson - 406-676-0190
Hamilton Joel Peden - 406-363-5242
Billings Jed Barton - 406-294-5186
Miles City Pam Buford - 406-853-8054
Helena Les Clark - 406-442-5755
Bozeman Lacey Keller - 406-533-7300
Butte Cassie Weightman - 406-782-4834
Black Eagle Shyla Patera - 406-452-9834
Poplar Debra Mason - 406-768-3040
Glasgow Colleen Forrester - 406-228-2075
(Glasgow location is for the Transportation Task Force Webinar only)
Webinar Times:
All webinars will be from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.
Task Force Webinar Schedule:
August 13
Public Relations/Education Task Force
August 20
Transportation Task Force
August 27
Youth Task Force
September 3
Native American Task Force
September 10
Webinar Wrap-up/Review
If you would like to attend and participate in one or all of these webinar opportunities, please call the contact person at the location nearest to you to RSVP and find out how you can attend one of the webinar host sites.
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Announcements
July 26, 2013 marked the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. View the Southeast ADA Center's Anniversary Tool Kit, along with Videos, Resources, and Training. The Employer Assistance & Resource Network website also offers a variety of ADA resources.
In July, the National Council on Disability released A Promising Start: Preliminary Analysis of Court Decisions Under the ADA Amendments Act. NCD undertook: "to review and analyze case law that has developed under the ADAAA and produce a paper that will report findings, determine whether the ADAAA has achieved its intended goals, and provide recommendations for improvements or corrective action, as necessary."
The updated ADA National Network Disability Law Handbook is now available for free download. The handbook provides answers to common questions about the ADA, the ADA Amendments Act, the Rehabilitation Act, Social Security, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and more.
The Intersection of Welfare and Disability: Early Findings from the TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project examines the overlap between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Using field observations from sites in four states, the report also discusses coordination between the two programs and the resources available to TANF clients with disabilities.
The Office of Disability Employment Policy's LEAD Center launched a blog which will feature posts discussing how to improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Assistant Secretary Kathy Martinez wrote the first post about the intrinsic value of work.
The 2013 National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) theme is "Because We Are EQUAL to the Task." Download or order hard copies of the NDEAM poster now for your October events to raise awareness about disability employment issues and highlight the contributions of America's workers with disabilities.
Cents and Sensibility [PDF] is a guide to money management designed for people with disabilities.
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Employment
Telecommuting can be an attractive option for individuals whose disabilities make working from a traditional office or retail location challenging. However, there can be pitfalls to working from home. Read the blog Five Ways to Stay Social when You Work Remotely to learn tips for avoiding one of the more common pitfalls, the feeling of isolation.
Changing the Culture and Message about Benefits: A Comprehensive Approach for Promoting Employment [PDF] examines the fear of losing benefits as a barrier to employment for people with disabilities. This fear is often reinforced by those who assist and support people with disabilities. The fact sheet offers a multi-pronged strategy to reduce the fear around benefit issues, which in turn can help promote community employment.
The APSE Connections Employment Specialists Share Tips for Talking to Businesses [PDF] offers tips and suggestions from experts in the field.
The Employment Research Database, created by Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center (KTER) staff at Virginia Commonwealth University, allows users to search and sort articles by disability type, population, type of intervention, employment characteristic(s) or outcome(s) measured, and more.
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Evidence-Based Practice in Vocational Rehabilitation "conducts evidence-based research and provides practitioners with knowledge and tools for evidence-based vocational rehabilitation practices that will improve employment rates, and quality of employment, for people with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure that new knowledge gained through the course of research ultimately improves the lives of people with disabilities, and furthers their participation in society."
The current issue of the Job Accommodation Network ENews includes articles on personal assistance services in the workplace, job coaching, and more.
The Youth Transitions Collaborative seeks the resumes of young people and young veterans with disabilities who are looking for work. The resumes will be incorporated into the National Youth Transitions Resume Database to connect employers with qualified young candidates. For more information or to submit a resume, contact ytf@aapd.com.
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National News
On July 31, 2013, the U.S. Senate held an Executive Session to consider S. 1356 [Video], a bill reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act and its contained Rehabilitation Act. The bill includes provisions that strengthen the Centers for Independent Living and Statewide Independent Living Councils, and would relocate the Independent Living Program from the Rehabilitation Services Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services in the Administration for Community Living.
H.R. 831, the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act, seeks to phase out the special wage certificates that allow individuals with disabilities to be paid at subminimum wage rates.
On June 27, 2013, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the Assistance in Gaining Experience, Independence and Navigation (AGE-IN) Act of 2013. The bill seeks "to provide research, training, and navigator services to youth and young adults on the verge of aging out of the secondary educational system, and for other purposes."
Mobility International USA (MIUSA) shares information on their website about how people receiving SSI, Medicaid, Medicare, and/or Vocational Rehabilitation funding can continue to be eligible for those benefits while studying abroad.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released Profile America: Facts for Features. The report includes a variety of statistics on the U.S. population with disabilities.
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Post-Secondary Education
Save the Date! Inclusive Higher Education: Moving from Good Ideas to Great Outcomes November 16-17, 2013 Washington, DC Saturday, November 16: A full-day conference featuring general and concurrent sessions on topics such as Current Strategies, Lessons Learned, Policy and Legislation, Funding, and more. Network with colleagues from across the country at the Inclusive Higher Education Reception. Sunday, November 17: A half-day session focused on Mobile Apps and Devices, Universal Design and Innovative Student Supports. Complete registration information will be available soon! In the blog Look before You Leap: Is Going Back to School the Right Option?, Paula Reuben Vieillet, President and Founder, Employment Options, Inc., talks about important factors to consider before investing time and money into advancing one's education. The July 2013 Think College E-News is now available. Read about new publications, post-secondary education in the news, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, and more. Job Corps launched a series of student interviews [Video] on a YouTube channel in order to raise awareness about the program. |
Social Security
The Social Security Administration's new mobile website is now available in Spanish.
In July, the Social Security Administration's Office of Retirement and Disability Policy released the SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2012 . The report provides information about the SSI program and beneficiaries.
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Web Sites
The Autism NOW: The National Autism Resource & Information Center website features high quality resources, schedules of webinar sessions addressing popular topics, and the Autism NOW Answer Series, short YouTube videos filmed by Center co-director Amy Goodman, an individual with autism. The Autism NOW Center, developed in part with the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, is a national project of The Arc.
FindYouthInfo.gov was created by the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP), which is composed of representatives from 18 federal agencies that support programs and services focusing on youth. The IWGYP promotes the goal of positive, healthy outcomes for youth.
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