Wednesday, July 30, 2014

[Mspe] MSPE Live.WORK.Achieve Listserv - Special Edition - Statewide Community Forums

Live.WORK.Achieve

A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment

for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Including Intellectual Disabilities Project

 

Welcome to Live.WORK.Achieve, a monthly e-newsletter targeting anyone interested in and supportive of employment for youth and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Live.WORK.Achieve is offered through the Institute for Disability Studies in collaboration with the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability Rights Mississippi and includes resources and information on employment and career development.

 

Special Edition – July 30, 2014

 

Statewide Community Forums

 

The Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability Rights Mississippi and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies, Mississippi’s Developmental Disabilities Network partners, will host their annual statewide community forums in August. These community forums allow Mississippi’s DD Network partners an opportunity for hearing concerns and issues to help improve services for individuals with disabilities and their families. Each meeting will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The free town hall type meetings will be held on the following dates in Southaven, Hattiesburg and Philadelphia at these locations:

 

·       August 7 – Southaven, First Regional Library, 8554 Northwest Drive

·       August 14 – Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg Train Depot, 308 Newman Street

·       August 19 – Philadelphia, Neshoba County Library, 230 Beacon Street

 

For more information, transportation assistance or an accommodation request, call 1.800.772.4057.

 

Sign language interpreters will be present at each event.

 

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Live.WORK.Achieve is sponsored by the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Including Intellectual Disabilities project. MSPE is funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is managed by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MS CDD), Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS).   

 

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

[Mspe] MSPE Live.WORK.Achieve Listserv - July 2014

Live.WORK.Achieve

A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment

for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Including Intellectual Disabilities Project

 

July 2014

 

Welcome to Live.WORK.Achieve, a monthly e-newsletter targeting anyone interested in and supportive of employment for youth and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Live.WORK.Achieve is offered through the Institute for Disability Studies in collaboration with the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability Rights Mississippi and includes resources and information on employment and career development.

 

Inside this edition:

 

1) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Seeks Public Input on Regulations – July 14

2) Workforce Investment Act Youth Trainings

3) What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

4) Got Transition’s Updated Website

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1) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Seeks Public Input on Regulations – July 14

 

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeks public input on regulations requiring federal agencies to be ‘model employers’ of individuals with disabilities. The public is invited to provide input on potential revisions to the regulations implementing Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a law that governs employment of individuals with disabilities by the federal government. Responses to this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking must be submitted by 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 14, 2014. For more information, visit https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/05/15/2014-11233/the-federal-sectors-obligation-to-be-a-model-employer-of-individuals-with-disabilities.

 

2) Workforce Investment Act Youth Trainings

 

The Division of Youth Services of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration presents the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Flash Training Series. These trainings are brief lessons (five minutes or less) focused on specific WIA Youth program topics. They are designed to provide information and direct those working with youth to tools and resources to help them best serve program participants. Topics in the series include the 10 WIA youth program elements, exit policy, finding youth program resources, waivers and youth councils. To view the videos, visit https://www.workforce3one.org/view/5001414856204559058/info.

 

3) What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

 

This 24-page document offers young people guidance on career exploration including steps to take, questions to consider, how to match jobs to personal interestes and abilities, ways to research careers and resources for gathering additional information. What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? is produced by the Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures at Portland State University. To download a printable copy of the guide, visit http://pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/pdf/pb-What-Do-You-Want-To-Be.pdf.

 

4) Got Transition’s Updated Website

 

Got Transition is pleased to announce the release of the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition (Version 2.0), which define the basic components of transition support and are based on the 2011 Clinical Report on Health Care Transition, developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians. Three transition tool packages are now available for 1) practices serving youth transitioning out of pediatric care, 2) practices serving youth remaining with the same provider but needing to transition to adult-focused care, and 3) practices accepting new young adults into adult care.  Each package, available in English and Spanish, includes sample tools, feedback surveys, and measurement tools that are customizable and available for download.  Got Transition is also launching its redesigned website with the latest transition information for health professionals, youth/young adults and families and researchers and policymakers. For more information, visit http://www.gottransition.org/.

 

***PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to access any of the links in Live.WORK.Achieve, please make sure the entire link is highlighted.  If a link is not highlighted, please copy and paste the entire link into your Web browser.

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Live.WORK.Achieve~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Live.WORK.Achieve is sponsored by the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Including Intellectual Disabilities project. MSPE is funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is managed by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MS CDD), Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS).   

 

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Please visit the IDS Calendar of Events at http://www.usm.edu/ids/calevents/.

 

Questions may be addressed to

Alma.Ellis@usm.edu

OR

Jerry.Alliston@usm.edu

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