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[Mspe] MSPE Live.WORK.Achieve Listserv - January 2016

Live.WORK.Achieve

A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment

for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Including Intellectual Disabilities Project

 

January 2016

 

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) Call for Presentations for 2016 Mississippi disAbility MegaConference (Deadline: January 15, 2016)

2) What Is Discovery?

3) Steps to Success Toolkit

4) At Your Service Video Provides Tips for Business Owners
5) 2016 Workforce Recruitment Database

6) New Service Helps Hearing Impaired Learn About Employment Discrimination

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1) Call for Presentations for 2016 Mississippi disAbility MegaConference (Deadline: January 15, 2016)

 

The Mississippi disAbility MegaConference is soliciting presentations on all topics important to people with disabilities and their families. Presentations on the following topics are needed:  advocacy, assistive technology, direct support services, education/early intervention, employment, housing, health care, recreation, or transportation. Other topics will be considered. Proposals from presenters with disabilities are encouraged. To submit a presentation idea, please email Charles Hughes for a form at Charles.Hughes@dmh.state.ms.us.

 

2) What Is Discovery?

 

“What Is Discovery?,” is a new research brief published by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment of Individuals with Physical Disabilities (VCU-RRTC). The brief uses a question-and-answer format to present preliminary findings from a project that defines the components of customized employment (CE). Specifically, the brief describes discovery, a key component of customized employment, and core discovery practices identified in focus groups with nationally recognized experts in the field. For more information or to print a copy of the brief, visit http://vcurrtc.org/resources/content.cfm/1159.  

 

3) Steps to Success Toolkit

 

The Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has created, Small Business & Disability Employment: Steps to Success, an online toolkit with practical guidance for small businesses on how to recruit and retain qualified people with disabilities. The kit also describes approaches business associations, such as local chambers of commerce and business leadership networks, can use to educate their members on disability employment issues and raise awareness in their communities. To use the toolkit, visit http://www.askearn.org/StepsToSuccess/.

 

4) At Your Service Video Provides Tips for Business Owners

 

The video, At Your Service, developed by the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, was featured recently in the in the Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy's (ODEP) Business Sense newsletter. The 20-minute video provides tips and recommendations to small-business owners and their employees to engage, connect, and interact with customers with disabilities in a variety of service settings. Free of charge, it offers a simple way to incorporate disability etiquette into employee orientation or training programs. To view the video, visit http://www.adahospitality.org/at-your-service.  

 

5) 2016 Workforce Recruitment Database

 

The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) has launched the 2016 database of college students and recent graduates with disabilities seeking summer or permanent employment. The U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Defense jointly operate the WRP for qualified candidates with disabilities. More than 300 college and university campuses are participating in 2016. The WRP database is searchable so employers can locate job candidates who have the specific skill sets they need. Federal hiring officials with a “.gov” or “.mil” email address can access the database of Schedule A eligible candidates by registering at wrp.gov. Employers from the for-profit and non-profit sectors can access WRP through the Employment Assistance and Resource Network (EARN). For more information on WRP, read the blog post Diversify Your Workforce written by DOL Deputy Secretary Chris Lu at https://blog.dol.gov/2015/12/15/diversify-your-workforce/.

 

6) New Service Helps Hearing Impaired Learn About Employment Discrimination

 

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is offering a new service for people who use American Sign Language (ASL). The Direct Video Access program helps people who are deaf or hard of hearing get information in ASL about employment discrimination issues, including filing discrimination complaints. Call 1.844.234.5122 from 7 a.m.- 6 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, to be connected to an EEOC representative who is fluent in ASL. For additional information about the program, visit http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/12-11-15.cfm.

 

 

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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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