VERMONT APSE: RECOGNITION OF
EXCELLENCE
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:
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Kara Artus
Transition II, Inc
346 Shelburne RoadBurlington, 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
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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?
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Bryan Dague
University of Vermont
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion
Mann Hall, 3rd Floor
208 Colchester Ave.
Burlington, VT 05405-1757
Email:
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Phone: (802) 656-1345
Fax: (802) 656-1357
TTY: (802) 656-8499
Website: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/
