Alliance for Full Participation

The Nebraska Alliance for Full Participation team sponsored a series of five webinars in the Spring of 2011.  Click on the links below to view the webinars.

AFP Adventures Around the USA: 

During the webinar, activities engaged in by several of the 38 state teams associated with AFP are discussed.  Topics include community initiatives spanning service, post-secondary education, and corporate diversity agendas for people with disabilities, and how these initiatives can be replicated in Nebraska.  Speaker:  Karen Flippo, Alliance for Full Particpation.

Customized Employment for Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime:  Creating Careers in a No-Jobs Labor Market

Customized self-employment builds on the energy created by supported employment, taking it to another level by refining the job development process, including self employment as a legitimate career option.  Topics include identifying a variety of collaborative funding and resource opportunities, advantages of self employment over wage employment, and the role of rehabilitation systems in expanding the use of customized employment strategies.  Speaker:  Cary Griffin, Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis.

Work IS Possible

Persons who experience disabilities and their families are in the best position to make choices about work when they receive good information about the impact of work on benefits.  The more you know and understand, the better choices you can make about work.  This webinar will help provide a general overview of the disability benefits that are administered by the Social Security Administration and the work incentives that individuals have available to them once work begins.  Speaker:  Crystal Norvell, Easter Seals Nebraska

Setting Employment as the 1st Priority

Employment First has become a national movement among some state agencies, employment and self advocacy organizations, such as National APSE, AFP and SABE, and employment service providers.  Topics include career planning, how to create the expectation of work, setting employment outcomes for your agency, data collection, and national approaches to promote change within a service organization.  Speaker:  Darla Wilkerson, The CSI Network

Nebraska Employers:  What Do they Need From Us?

In January of 2011, the NE AFP Team collaborated with the Nebraska State Council for the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) to survey the membership of the SHRM Nebraska chapters about their perceptions and experiences in recruiting and hiring job candidates with intellectual/developmental disabilities.  The webinar reviews the survey results and implications.  Speaker:  Susan Rocker, University of Missouri, Region & TACE Center.