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VERMONT APSE: RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE We are seeking nominations for our Vermont APSE Recognition Ceremony which will occur at our conference May 10, 2006. Check here: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/programs/vtapse/apseconference2006.html We know excellent work is being done in Supported Employment and Transition in the State of Vermont and we want to hear about it! Please take some time and nominate whom you feel exemplifies excellence! As criteria for recognition of excellence, a committee will use the APSE Supported Employment Quality Indicators. This full document can be accessed at www.apse.org. NOTE: The actual recognition ceremony or activities may vary from year to year based on the theme of the conference and the number of nominations received. Given the increased number of nominations received in recent years and our goal to ensure the conference activities flow smoothly, this year we will engage in a more selective process. Please be specific as to WHY you are nominating someone and how it relates to the following categories: Please use the attached nomination form or format and return to the Vermont APSE Conference Committee by Wednesday, April 19, 2006. You can E-mail to: [log in to unmask] or Mail to: Kara Artus Transition II, Inc 346 Shelburne Road Burlington, VT 05401 ALSO, send along any photos you have in an electronic format. If we get enough photos we can do another celebratory slide show! So say, CHEESE! And mail those photos to [log in to unmask] Employment Partnership: Employer and Employee This category is to recognize excellent partner ships between the employer and employee in which; A) the employer has demonstrated outstanding achievements in promoting supported employment, making accommodations, and fully including people with disabilities in their place of work, and B) the employee has gained meaningful work through supported employment, who has contributed substantially to her/his employer's enterprise, and who has achieved a more empowered lifestyle as a result. (Please include business name, location/town, and name of person at business for employer nominee.) Employer: _____________________________________________________________________ Employee: ____________________________________________________________________ Why? Professional Staff or Advocate This category is to recognize highly effective professionals who demonstrate trustworthiness, respectfulness, supportiveness, and innovation in their interactions with supported employees, as well as with the employee's friends, family members and employers. (Please include town of residence of professional or advocate) Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Why? Program/Team This category is to recognize a program or team that demonstrates innovation, imagination, exemplary performance and best practice in supported employment. (Please include the town/location of program or team) Name:________________________________________________________________________ Why? -- Bryan Dague University of Vermont Center on Disability & Community Inclusion Mann Hall, 3rd Floor 208 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05405-1757 Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (802) 656-1345 Fax: (802) 656-1357 TTY: (802) 656-8499 Website: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/