Alliance for Full Participation

Friday, November 18, 2011

1:00 - 2:15 pm

1. Creating Strong Relationships with Employers.  Learn direct from business how to work with them to create job opportunities and to support workers once employed. Moderator:  Jill Houghton, US Business Leadership Network.  Featuring information from:  Deb Russell, Walgreens; Penni Baker, AHEDD; Mike Shriver, Bank of America; Jeanine Pavlak, New England Business Associates.
2. Talking Business:  Effectively Presenting the Value of Employing People with Disabilities.  Learn how to talk to employers in their language about why hiring people with disabilities makes business sense.  Moderator:  Charlie Lakin, The Research and Training Center on Community Living.  Featuring information from:  Maddie Sink, The Arc of New Jersey; Maria Cordova, Adelante Development Center, Inc.; Macey Chovaz, Creative Employment Opportunities, Inc. and Colleen Daly, self advocate and Target employee.
3. Federal Strategies for Promotion the Transition of Youth with Significant Disabilities into Integrated Employment.  Moderator:  Barb Trader, TASH.  Featuring information from:  Serena Lowe, National Disability Institute; Rob Cimera, Kent State University; Bill Kiernan, Institute for Community Inclusion; Scott Malvaney, Office of US Representative Gregg Harper, (R-MS).  Curtis Richards, Center for Workforce Development, Institute for Education Leadership; Stephen Wooderson, CSVAR; Andrew Imparato, Senate HELP Committee, Majority Staff.
   
4. Blended Funding Models and Leveraging Resources for Strong Outcomes in Employment.  Moderator:  Kathy Krepcio,  John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.  Featuring information from John Butterworth, Institute for Community Inclusion; and Bob Nicholas, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.
5. The Nuts and Bolts of How to Change Organizations.  Change is hard--learn the fundamental keys to changing organizations so they support integrated employment.  Moderator:  Pat Rogan, Indiana University School of Education.  Featuring information from Suzy Hutcheson, Helping People Succeed; Doug Crandell, Institute on Human Development and Disability; Susan Rinne, Options; and Alice Rotino, Bloomington Self Advocates.
   
6. Asset Development:  Getting and Keeping Money.  Moderator:  Michael Morris,  National Disability Institute.  Featuing information from:   David Hammis, Griffin-Hammis; and Steven and Gail Webster, Steven's Woodshop.
   
7. The Developmental Disability Network and Supports for Integrated Employment.  Learn how the developmental disability network is working to increase integrated employment across the country.  Moderator:  Sharon Lewis, Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Featuring information from:  Cheryl-Bates-Harris, National Disability Rights Network;  Marcia Tewell, Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council;  Teresa Grossi, UCEDD, IN; Tamara Amsbaugh, UCEDD, IA;  Rosie Melarkey, Nevada Division of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; and Melody Cooper, President, Self Advocates of Indiana.
   
8. New Ideas in Employment and How States Can Support Innovation.  Learn how states are nurturing and encouraging innovative employment practices.  Moderator:  Wendy Parent, University of Kansas.  Featuring information from:  Laura Owens, APSE;  David Hoff, Institute for Community Inclusion; Phil Wilson, UCEDD, LA; Julia Kenney, Louisianna Office for Developmental Disabilities; and Donna Spears, self advocate.
   
9. Introducing! The Office of Disability Employment Policy's Integrated Employment Toolkit.   Moderator:  Richard Luecking, TransCen, Inc., and featuring information from Chris Button and Shaun McGill of the Office of Disability Employment.
   
10. Civil Rights and the Tools for Change:  Advocating for and Creating a Positive Shift Toward Employment.    The disability movement borrows a lot from the civil rights movement.  Learn how these tools can be used to create a positive environment for employment.  Featuring information from Bob Lawhead; Colorado Project Search and Community Link; Jeff Strully, Jay Nolan Community Services; Nancy Ward, self advocate, the Medicaid Reference Desk.  
11. All Means All--Employing People with the Most Challenging Support Needs in Integrated Settings.  Moderator:  Michael Callahan, Marc Gold Associates, and featuring information from Russell Sickles, Job Squad, Inc.; Sandi Hanley and Rachel Knight of Community Integrated Services, DE.