If anyone is interested in any of the remaining
training sessions offered through APSE, let me
know. If we get enough interest we can look into
getting a common location(s) for the training.
We can project the Powerpoint on a screen and use
a speaker phone for the training. We have done
this in the past and it works quite well.
Let me know of your interest.
Thanks,
Bryan
APSE NETWORK ON EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTE
APSE TELETRAINING SERIES, FALL, 2006
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOS
Session 1: Foundations of Supported Employment
- September 12, 2006 - Bob Niemiec
What is Supported Employment? What are the
values, guiding principles and features that
influence this approach to working with people
who have significant disabilities? How and why
did it begin? In this session, you will learn
about the evolution of supported employment. You
will discover the critical factors that lead to
the development of SE and how it differs from
other, more traditional approaches to employment
of people with significant disabilities. You will
be exposed to the underlying values and
principles that guide organizations and people in
the quest to facilitate supported employment in
their communities. You will learn about the
critical roles that employment specialists play
in the successful employment of people with
disabilities in community businesses. You will
also hear about some of the best practices in
Supported Employment as well as in school-to-work
and community living transitions. Finally, there
will be a brief discussion about how
organizations and states have managed to fund
supported employment services.
Bob Niemiec is an internationally known trainer
and consultant. Bob has a long history of
providing high quality training and consultation
services to businesses, organizations and
individuals throughout the United States and
Canada. He is an accomplished coach, trainer,
strategic planner and organizational consultant.
A graduate of Indiana University, Bob has been in
the field of employment for persons with
disabilities for twenty-two years. He has
performed at virtually every level within a human
service organization, from direct service to
executive director. Bob is currently the Director
of Employment and Community Supports for
Community Involvement Programs in Bloomington,
Minnesota. Bob is an accomplished coach, trainer,
consultant, and public speaker. Bob is a
Past-President of APSE, a founding member and
Past-President of Minnesota APSE, Immediate
Past-President of the APSE Foundation, and a
member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of
Vocational Rehabilitation. Bob also coordinates
SE 101 and the APSE Tele-Training Series.
Session 2: Person-Centered Career Planning - September 26, 2006 - Rob Hoffman
This section of SE 101 will provide in-depth
information and training on person-centered
career planning, with emphasis on best practices
in this most important area. Key topics will
include the following:
… Introduction to Person-Centered Career Planning
… Moving from a Deficiency towards Capacity view of persons with disabilities
… Mobilizing and implementing career planning teams that work
… Developing Career Profiles
… Creating individual Employment Support Plans that get results
… Strategies & tactics for building employment
connections and effectively tapping personal
networks
Rob Hoffman is the Project Manager for Region
VII's CRP-RCEP with the University of
Missouri-Columbia and is responsible for the
development and delivery of training and
technical assistance on employment services and
business partnership strategies. Prior to coming
to Missouri, he was the Executive Director of the
Wyoming Business Leadership Network, a network of
business partnership initiatives in various
communities throughout the state. He has trained
and consulted nationally on business partnership
strategies and continues his efforts to support
communities in Missouri to develop these
initiatives. Rob is also the owner of Hoffman
Promotionals, a company that provides marketing
and promotional items for businesses, schools and
organizations.
Session 3: Job Development - October 10, 2006 - Tyler Paris and Joe Lewis
Start your own job development revolution. This
session teaches the basic, yet critical, job
development skills necessary for successful
Supported Employment Professionals. Discover a
potent arsenal of effective skills no job
developer should be without. By using a
combination of consultative sales (the customer
helps you make the sale) and relationship sales
(knowledge, trust and respect are the foundation
for the sale) you can customize an irresistible
approach to business. These crucial skills
include: features, advantages and benefits;
networking, prospecting, the art of questioning,
and overcoming objections. Spend 90 minutes to
become the job development sensation you've
always dreamed about.
Tyler Paris. Come saddled up and ready to ride.
Tyler's varied career has fashioned a unique
perspective on employment for people with
disabilities, job development, Social Security
benefits and supported employment management. His
experiences and creative spirit produces a
training style which is concise, easily followed,
worthwhile and fun. Tyler's previous experience
includes insurance agent, radio advertisement
salesperson, security guard, hod carrier, low
income weatherization project director,
self-employed bicycle repair shop owner,
consultant and jeweler. He received B.S. and
M.P.A. degrees from the University of Wyoming and
is a graduate of Stewarts International School
for Jewelers.
Joe Lewis brings more than 25 years experience in
the field of employment for people with
disabilities to his position at CTAT. Joe has
worked as a vocational counselor and program
director for some fine community-based
organizations such as the Center for People with
Disabilities, EmployAbility, Inc., Colorado
Easter Seals, and most recently, Employment Link.
He also has more than 12 years experience with
the State of Colorado, serving as a valuable link
between state government and applicants/employees
with disabilities. Joe has been a member of the
Colorado Workplace Equity Coalition, has chaired
a successful annual job fair for people with
disabilities in Denver, and has conducted
numerous trainings in areas such as practical
applications of the ADA in the workplace.
Session 4: Systematic Instruction - October 24, 2006 - Dan Steere
Supported employment professionals need to be
excellent instructors who can help individuals
with disabilities master complex work and
work-related activities. This session will
introduce participants to essential strategies
used in systematic instruction. Particular
emphasis will be placed on using effective
prompting, error correction and motivation
strategies, and on approaches to fading the
intensity of instruction. Participants will leave
this session with the skills to develop
comprehensive instructional plans for supported
employees.
Dan Steere, Ph.D., has worked in the field of
special education and rehabilitation since 1973.
He has worked as a special education teacher, a
manager of a community residence, a consultant to
schools and rehabilitation agencies, and as a
university professor at two universities (Montana
State University, Billings and East Stroudsburg
University of Pennsylvania). In his current
position at East Stroudsburg University, Dan
teaches courses in special education and in
rehabilitation. Dan has co-authored over twenty
five journal articles and book chapters, many on
topics related to the employment of people with
disabilities, including a text on the topic of
supported employment. He has served on the
editorial board of the journal, Career
Development for Exceptional Individuals, and as a
guest editor of the Journal of Vocational
Rehabilitation. Dan is a past president of the
Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the
American Association on Mental Retardation. His
professional interests include supported
employment and transition from school to
adulthood.
Session 5: Supporting "Yeah, But" People on the
Job - November 14, 2006 - Bob Niemiec
Many organizations struggle with the challenge of
providing employment supports to people who
exhibit challenging behavior, have poor social
skills, and unusual methods of communication.
These people are often referred to as being
"behavior problems." This workshop is about
common sense strategies and concepts for
facilitating supported employment for people who
experience these situations.
Session 6: Facilitating Ongoing Supports -
November 28, 2006 - Jon Alexander & Becky Brink
What constitutes effective on-going supports in
supported employment? Finding a job is just the
beginning. Once the employee has learned the job
either through natural means or with the
assistance of an employment
specialist/consultant, there must be a planned
effort to support the individual and the
employer. Among the items to be discussed in this
section include nurturing the ongoing
relationship between the employer and the
employee, helping the employee and his/her family
and supports navigate the world of Social
Security, Medicaid, and financial planning, to
name but a few. You will leave with tools and
ideas to provide superior ongoing support to help
people maintain their jobs and improve their
economic self reliance.
Jon Alexander is the Director of Operations of
Kaposia, inc in St. Paul, MN. He directs the
delivery of services for over 250 people with
disabilities and other challenges. Throughout his
career, Alexander has been a leader in the
creation and implementation of innovative
programs and methodology to promote competitive,
integrated employment. These programs were some
of the first to try the use of natural job
supports for people with significant barriers to
employment.
Session 8: The Ever-Changing World of Supported
Employment and its Future - December 12, 2006 -
tbd
The concept of supported employment has proven to
be a viable option for many individuals with high
support needs. At the same time, it has also
created a good deal of tension in the education
and rehabilitation service system. The practice
of supported employment has caused the education
and rehabilitation service system to change the
way of business, specifically, its services,
organizational structure, job descriptions,
supervision, and funding. It is these changes
that cause the excitement, challenges and
tensions within organizations. This presentation
will discuss the impact of community-based
services, specifically supported employment on
the organization and management of human service
programs. It will focus on factors and strategies
that can minimize resistance to change that
ultimately impact the real and meaningful jobs
for people with disabilities.
--
Bryan Dague, Ed.D.
University of Vermont
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion
Mann Hall, 3rd Floor
208 Colchester Ave.
Burlington, VT 05405-1757
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Phone: (802) 656-1345
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