Tuesday, August 2, 2016

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

Live.WORK.Achieve

A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment

for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Including Intellectual Disabilities Project

 

August 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) Short Survey to Help Determine IDS Emphasis Areas

2) Researchers Seek Participants for Facebook Employment Focus Group

3) For Youth with Disabilities Seeking Employment, Work Experience May Matter More than School

4) NDEAM 2016 Theme and Posters Announced

5) Disability Training - Just-in-Time!

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1) Short Survey to Help Determine IDS Emphasis Areas

 

Your opinion is important! The Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) is developing a five-year plan and needs your opinion. Please help IDS learn which areas of emphasis relating to disabilities are important to you. Your participation will help determine vital program focus areas. Please take five minutes to complete the short survey by visiting https://usmep.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWCtXoaQxyg3Bch, by September 2, 2016.

 

2) Researchers Seek Participants for Facebook Employment Focus Group

 

Researchers at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) involved in the Individual Family Information Needs and Family-Employment-System Interactions project are seeking individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to participate in an online employment forum. Forum members will discuss their experiences working through the transition into the workforce, including assessing the needs, abilities, and interests of themselves and their family members. Topics will include navigating vocational rehabilitation, and how individuals and their family members find information relating to the transition process. A private Facebook group, which has the benefit of easy access and anonymity, will be used to hold the focus group. Use the following link, which provides a screening survey and consent form to participate. Please distribute this link if you know of someone who might like to participate, http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2163131/Online-Focus-Group-Screening-Tool. If you have questions, please contact John Shepard at john.shepard@umb.edu or at 617.287.4345.

 

3) For Youth with Disabilities Seeking Employment, Work Experience May Matter More than School

 

Research in Focus, a weekly digest of new research from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), reports that, when it comes to finding a job, previous work experience may be more important for young people with disabilities than what kind of school they attended. The study referenced showed youth benefit from early training and integrated work experiences. For more information, visit http://goo.gl/RDypam.

 

4) NDEAM 2016 Theme and Posters Announced

 

The National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is coming up in October, and there's no better time than now to start planning NDEAM festivities centered around the 2016 theme: #InclusionWorks. This year's free NDEAM poster is available for mail order and download right now and captures the multi-faceted nature of the #InclusionWorks message, illustrating that inclusion works for businesses, for opportunity, and for innovation. To order or download copies of the free NDEAM poster, visit https://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/ndeam/2016English.htm.

 

5) Disability Training - Just-in-Time!

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has released two new online training modules: The Value Proposition for Engaging People with Disabilities and Disability Awareness to Increase Your Comfort, Confidence and Competence. These two modules are the latest in JAN's “Just-in-Time” training series. Fully accessible, these "turn-key" curricula offer an easy way for organizations to demonstrate a commitment to a disability-friendly workplace – and diligence in ensuring all employees understand their responsibilities in fulfilling it. Best of all, they're free. To access the training modules, visit http://askjan.org/training/library.htm

 

 

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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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