Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
September 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) Free Webinar: Linking Services and Supports – September 10 – 10 a.m. CT
2) New Self-ID, Inclusive Culture Webinars
3) EARN Releases Report on Opening the Doors of Small Business to Employees with Disabilities
4) National Report on Employment Services and Outcomes Now Available
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1) Free Webinar: Linking Services and Supports – September 10 – 10 a.m. CT
The Mississippi Partnerships for Employment project presents Linking Services and Supports: The Real Story of How to Navigate Local, State and National Resources for the Teacher, Case Manager, Job Developer and Vocational Rehabilitation Staff on Wednesday, September 10, from 10 to 11 a.m. Central Time. This free webinar, led by Richard Louis Rosenberg, PhD, will be interactive and will share the stories of assisting youth with disabilities and their families. The webinar will feature the power of working and linking with appropriate resources in the community, the use of person-centered planning and the link with adult services and collaborative organizations and services. One CRC credit hour has been requested for the webinar. For more information or to register, visit www.mspeidd.org or contact Dr. Jerry Alliston at 1.888.671.0051 or jerry.alliston@usm.edu.
2) New Self-ID, Inclusive Culture Webinars
Registration is now open for two new EARN webinars in September on strategies for promoting self-identification and developing inclusive workplaces:
Creating an Inclusive Culture: Increasing Self-Identification, Sept. 18 from 12-1 p.m. CT
Learn about emerging practices from private-sector companies for encouraging people with disabilities to self-identify; get tips and tools for hiring managers; and learn strategies for fostering connections with disability organizations.
Do Ask, Do Tell: Creating a Disability-Inclusive Workplace, Encouraging Employees with Disabilities to Self-Identify, Sept. 22 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. CT
Learn how employers can build an inclusive workplace where employees feel safe disclosing that they have a disability, while also meeting the new federal requirements for government contractors.
There is no cost for registering. HRCI credits will be available to participants. For more information and employer resources, visit www.AskEARN.org.
4) EARN Releases Report on Opening the Doors of Small Business to Employees with Disabilities
The Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) has released a report by The Conference Board’s Peter Linkow titled “Opening the Doors of Small Business to Employees with Disabilities: Critical Concerns and Strategies for Success,” which addresses the concerns that small business leaders have voiced about employing people with disabilities. The report explores extensive research demonstrating that hiring people with disabilities can improve an organization’s productivity, work quality, and more at little or no additional cost, while improving the workplace for all employees. For a copy of the report, visit http://askearn.org/docs/SmallBusiness-OpeningDoors.pdf.
5) National/State Report on Employment Services and Outcomes Now Available
This Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) annual publication provides national and state-level employment statistics spanning more than a 20-year period. Its sources are several data sets that address the status of employment and economic self-sufficiency for Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To view the report, visit http://book.statedata.info/13/2013_web_F.pdf.
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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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