SUPPORT FROM AN AGENCY – HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
SUPPORT FROM AN AGENCY – HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
SPEAKER: DEREK ROY
Agencies must continue the connection after a person is employed to achieve long term success.
SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT – FROM AGENCIES
SPEAKERS: DEREK ROY, CHRIS KING, JACQUELINE HARRISON, DIANE ANGLESTEAD
Third-party agencies are more than just an employment service. They should understand individual job seeker’s needs and wants and build connections that will help them achieve success.
FROM SHELTERED ENVIRONMENTS TO REAL WORK
SPEAKER: ANGELA HOYT
It is time to shift the conversation regarding employment for people with intellectual disabilities away from sheltered settings into the competitive job market.
EVOLVING PRACTICES: A NEW MODEL
SPEAKERS: JEANETTE CAMPBELL, ANGELA HOYT
Employment service agencies need to evolve from job-readiness models to a relationship model connecting job seekers and their skills to employers and their needs.
WHAT IS A REAL JOB?
SPEAKER: RIMA AL-SALAH
Gainful employment and independence is an integral part of everyone’s life. How do we change current perceptions that suggest otherwise?
UNDERSTANDING THIRD PARTY SUPPORT
SPEAKER: ALLEN ANDERSON
Our objective is to equip families with the knowledge and tools they need for effective advocacy and for holding agencies accountable when seeking employment for people with an intellectual disability and higher needs of support.
OUR VISION
We seek to help families generate a positive vision about the future of their children and youth with an intellectual disability – a future that includes “real work for real pay”
DISABILTY AND EMPLOYMENT THROUGH A HUMAN RIGHTS LENS
SPEAKER: DIANE RICHLER
It is critical to ensure the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and create enabling environments by, for and with persons with disabilities, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.