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.
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Bryan Dague, Ed.D.
University of Vermont
Center on Disability &
Community Inclusion
Mann Hall, 3rd Floor
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Burlington, VT 05405-1757
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