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Other SE Training Opportunities:
Other Relevant Training Opportunities:
- Wolf Wolfensberger, Sept. 26, Chattanooga, TN (PDF)
- Realizations Study Tour, Oct. 14, Louisville, KY (PDF)
- PASSING, Oct. 20-24, Harrisburg, PA (PDF)
- Al Etmanski - PLAN, Nov. 12 or 13, Ohio (PDF)
- 2009 West Virginia SRV Events (PDF)
- CWIC Initial Training Program
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SETP CORE TRAINING -Session 1
(3 days)
LOCATION
Lexington, The Holiday Inn-North
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DATES
- July 22-24, 2008
(Registration Deadline, 7/8)
- October 7-9, 2008
(Registration Deadline, 9/23)
- January 27-29, 2009
(Registration Deadline, 1/13)
- April 28-30, 2009
(Registration Deadline, 4/14)
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TIMES
DAY 1
8:30-9:00 (EST) sign-in, coffee and goodies
9:00-4:00 training (on-site lunch included each day)
DAY 2
8:00-8:30 coffee and goodies
8:30-4:00 training
DAY 3
8:00-8:30 coffee and goodies
8:30-3:00 training
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FEES
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AUDIENCE
Employment Specialists who have not previously attended the SETP CORE TRAINING are required to attend Session 1 and Session 2. All are welcome! Please note registration deadlines.
NOTE: Not required to attend? Been before? We hope you'll consider attending again. There are always new things to learn by studying updated methods and by sharing strategies with others. Plus new personnel always benefit from attending workshops with people who have been in the field.
TOPICS
Day 1 - SE Values, History, and Overview We'll begin by exploring the values and principles that underlie our work. Then we'll take a look at the big picture -- ways that supported employment services flow and fit together, and ways that personalized approaches can make all of the difference.
Day 2 - Person Centered Job Selection What's a good job for this person, and how do we know? How might we discover personal gifts and talents previously unrecognized? What are fitting types of work formerly unconsidered? Person-Centered Job Selection (derived from the Vocational Profile) provides the foundation for all supported employment services that follow. This day will focus on the process of Person Centered Job Selection including: • planning personalized approaches, • writing a report, • convening interested others to think about fitting kinds of work, and • using what's learned to get ready for job development.
Day 3 – Job Development After we know the kind of job we're seeking, then how do we find it? What are varied ways that we might represent the people we serve? What might their roles be? What about disclosure of one's disability? In job development we'll hit the ground running with information learned during Person Centered Job Selection. The day will investigate: • customized jobs, • contacting employers, • employer incentives, • answering employer objections, • developing public relations materials, and more.
SETP CORE TRAINING -Session 2
(3 days)
LOCATION
Lexington, The Holiday Inn-North
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DATES
- August 26-28, 2008
(Registration Deadline, 8/12)
- November 17-19, 2008
(Registration Deadline, 11/3)
- February 16-18, 2009
Registration Deadline, 1/27)
- May 19-21, 2009
(Registration Deadline, 5/5)
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TIMES
DAY 1
8:30-9:00 (EST) sign-in, coffee and goodies
9:00-4:00 training (on-site lunch included each day)
DAY 2
8:00-8:30 coffee and goodies
8:30-4:00 training
DAY 3
8:00-8:30 coffee and goodies
8:30-3:00 training
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FEES
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*NOTE – Please contact Milton Tyree if you wish to attend Session 2, Day 3, as a stand-alone event. Fee is $40 for this one day. However, scholarships are available for people with disabilities and their family members who are not employees of supported employment programs. (859-977-4050, ext 234, mtyree@uky.edu)
AUDIENCE
Employment Specialists who have not previously attended the SETP CORE TRAINING are required to attend Session 1 and Session 2. All are welcome! Please note registration deadlines.
NOTE: Session 1 is a prerequisite for attending Session 2.
TOPICS
Day 1 – Job Analysis In Session 1 we examined the importance of devoting time to know the job seeker, and then developing/negotiating fitting job opportunities. Today we'll learn about taking the next step – moving from job development to job analysis: • Deciding whether or not to do a job analysis within a particular business, • Studying the workplace culture, and learning about areas of particular importance, • Learning the typical employee training/support practices within a business, • Defining the roles of the SE Employment Specialist in a way that honors typical business practices to the fullest extent possible, • Collecting information needed to negotiate a customized job. The day will include a visit to an area business or industry to practice the principles studied. (Participants will need to wear professional attire for the job analysis field experience.)
Day 2 – Putting the Pieces Together This day will focus on further application of SE services including: • Information about OVR including billing processes and services in addition to SE, • Planning for success and problem solving when things don’t go as planned, • Additional practice with written documentation.
*Day 3 - Impact of Wages on Benefits What will happen to my check when I go to work? Will I lose my Medicaid? These are common questions that require clear answers. This day of training will provide basic information on Social Security Work Incentives including: • How people are determined to be eligible for social security benefits, • Differences in SSI and SSDI, • SSI and SSDI work incentives -- the very different ways that wages impact these benefits, • How wages impact Medicaid (for SSI recipients), • Determining Medicaid "client liability, share of cost" for people served by SCL programs, and more. Bring your calculator!
FOLLOW-UP TRAINING
Supported Employment Updates
(1 day)
LOCATION
Lexington, UK-HDI Coldstream |
DATES
September 23, 2008
(Reg. deadline 9/9)
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TIMES
9:30-10:00 (local time) sign-in, coffee and goodies
10:00-4:00 training (on-site lunch included)
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FEES
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AUDIENCE
This is an optional workshop for experienced employment specialists (or other SE affiliated personnel) regarding updated service approaches.
TOPICS
This is a new workshop for old people. Well... the workshop is not necessarily for old people, but rather for those with years of experience in supported employment. The one-day event has been developed to provide up-to-date information on the best ways to provide employment supports. The day of training will focus on what's been learned about planning personalized jobs as well as the latest strategies for determining employer and SE employment specialist roles related to instruction and support, and more.
FOLLOW-UP TRAINING
Creative & Effective Strategies for Supported Employment Administrators
(1 day)
LOCATION
Elizabethtown, Tourism & Convention Bureau
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DATES
October 15 , 2008
(Registration Deadline, 10/1)
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TIMES
9:30-10:00 (EST) sign-in, coffee and goodies
10:00-4:00 training (on-site lunch included)
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FEES
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AUDIENCE
This is an optional workshop – created for Supported Employment Administrators.
No prerequisite training requirement
TOPICS
This day is for administrators seeking new ideas and methods for managing supported employment agencies. We will address creative & effective strategies to:
- Supervise and support staff in a demanding job that doesn’t typically offer a huge salary,
- Fund supported employment services efficiently while providing quality services, and
- Promote best practices throughout your agency and staff
- and more.
FOLLOW-UP TRAINING
Systematic Instruction:
Strategies for Supporting Employers and Their Employees When Tasks Are Difficult to Teach and Learn
(2 days)
LOCATION
Shepherdsville, Paroquet Springs
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DATES
February 25-26, 2009
(Reg. Deadline, 2/11)
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TIMES
8:30-9:00 (EST) sign-in, coffee and goodies
9:00-4:00 training (on-site
lunch included each day)
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FEES
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AUDIENCE
This is an optional workshop for people who want to learn
more about ways to teach when people are having difficulty
learning.
No prerequisite
training requirement. Limited to the first 12 registrants.
TOPICS
What can I do when the person I’m
supporting is not learning? As studied in
Session 2, we want to rely on typical
instructional supports to the fullest extent
possible. This workshop will explore ways to support the employee and employer whenthe typical methods of instruction are not sufficient. Workshop content is derived from Marc Gold & Associates Systematic Instruction Training.
Topics will include:
• The connections between job fit, motivation, and learning, • Determining when to get involved and when to get out of the way – honoring the employer’s role in problem solving, • Exploring alternative job methods, • Breaking a job into teachable steps, • Determining the best way to provide information for a learner,
and more.
FOLLOW-UP TRAINING
The Social & Functional Impact of Autism & Practical
Strategies to Support Employment
(1 day)
LOCATION
Louisville, to be announced
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DATES
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TIMES
8:30-9:00 (local time) sign-in, coffee and goodies
9:00-4:00 training (on-site lunch included)
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FEES
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AUDIENCE
This is an optional workshop -- especially relevant for people who have an interest in learning more about how people are affected by autism.
No prerequisite training requirement.
TOPICS
Kim Davis, Research Associate/Autism Consultant
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana Resource Center for Autism
"A Challenge to Reframe Our Thinking:
The Impact of Movement Difference and Sensory Challenges
on the Abilities of Individuals with Autism"
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological disorder that impacts each individual differently.
For some individuals there may be sensory processing difficulties; for others movement
differences may challenge participation. Both sensory and movement difference
challenges can impact communication, the ability to control body movements and how
one relates to the environment. Any of these can be interpreted as challenging behaviors.
By focusing on the symptoms of movement difference and the dynamic system, participants
will see how our perception of movement and sensory differences can impact
our perception of people diagnosed with ASD.
This presentation will discuss both movement differences and sensory integrations challenges
including auditory, visual, tactile, gustatory, olfactory, vestibular and proprioceptive
challenges. The presenter will discuss the impact movement differences have on the
individual and share methods or personalizing strategies and accommodations that assist
the individual to regulate control or change a movement.
Bev Harp, Autism Advocate
"Autism in Context: An Overview for Supported Employment Professionals"
Autism is a widely discussed, though little understood, condition. Persons on the autism
spectrum continue to experience unemployment at high rates, even in comparison to
people with other disabilities. Most employers are uncertain what to expect from such
employees, and are likely to have been exposed to negative stereotypes. This presentation,
by a social worker with Asperger syndrome, incorporates personal experience with
recent literature in the field. Attendees will learn a variety of ways to present autism to
employers and to work with people on the autism spectrum.
Location/ Directions
Most SE Core Trainings and some optional events will be based at the Holiday Inn North in Lexington. The Holiday Inn North, Lexington is located at 1950 Newtown Pike, just off I-75/64 at exit 115. Turn toward town and make a Left at the first light. Follow signs to the Conference area; the entrance for our trainings is around back.
Confirmation information including directions will be sent to registrants in advance of events. For events where locations are marked “to be announced” (TBA), you may check the project website for updates and directions ( www.ihdi.uky.edu/setp) or call SETP Project Coordinator, Katie Wolf Smith (859-977-4050, ext. 229).
Overnight Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn North for the Core Training Series only at a discounted rate of $79/night. To receive this rate call 859-233-0512 at least 3 weeks prior to the training. Please be sure to tell the hotel you are with the Kentucky Supported Employment Training Project. Note: This rate will stop 3 weeks before the training - reservations MUST be made in advance.
Event Registration Deadlines
Please note registration deadlines listed on the training calendar. Events not having sufficient registrations by the deadline will need to be cancelled. (Those who have registered prior to the deadline will be notified if event cancellation becomes necessary.)
Inclement Weather
In case of inclement weather that may interfere with training(s), please call 859-977-4050 extension 234. If the training has been cancelled, it will be stated on the voice-mail message.
Registration Methods
On-line registration is preferred. Or you may call or email Tony Carmack at 859-977-4050 ext. 224 or acarmac@uky.edu . He will need the name, agency mailing address, phone number, fax number, and email address of the registrant(s).
Fees/Payment
Scholarships are available for people with disabilities and their family members who are not employees of supported employment programs. Contact Milton Tyree to request a scholarship: mtyree@uky.edu, 859-977-4050, ext. 234.
All registration fees are payable to the University of Kentucky. Please refer to the events calendar for registration fees and send your payment to:
University of Kentucky – HDI
Attn: Katie Wolf Smith
1525 Bull Lea Rd., Suite 160
Lexington, KY 40511
Refunds
We understand the nature of the supported employment business, and recognize that last minute emergencies can happen. However, the registration fees cover all of the costs associated with each workshop. When our registrants cancel at the last minute or fail to attend the training, the SE Training Project is still responsible for all associated training costs. Unless the registrant has notified us, at least five working days prior to the training, we cannot return the payment . If there is a family crisis or last minute change in staffing at your agency, please make every attempt to send a substitute. If you have not paid and were unable to attend the workshop, we will invoice you for payment.
Certificates
Certificates of attendance will be presented upon completion of all 6 days of the core training.
CRC Credits
If Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) credits are needed, then please contact Katie Wolf Smith at least two weeks prior to the event at 859-977-4050, ext. 229 or kwolf@uky.edu.
Supported Employment Training Project Contact Information
If questions arise about any aspect of our training series, please don't hesitate to contact us via any of the following methods. You'll find our mailing address under “Payment” above.
Milton Tyree, Project Director
Voice: 859-977-4050 ext. 234
Fax: 859-977-4054
E-mail: mtyree@uky.edu
Katie Wolf Smith, Associate Project Director
Voice: 859-977-4050 ext. 229
Fax: 859-977-4054
E-mail: kwolf@uky.edu
Tony Carmack, Project Assistant
Voice: 859-977-4050 ext. 224
Fax: 859-977-4054
E-mail: acarmac@uky.edu
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