EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT WEBINAR SERIES
How to Prevent Challenging Behavior from Interfering with Employment of Individuals with Autism and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities.
Friday, April 22, 1 - 2 pm (EST)
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Learn more about employment as an exit opportunity from high school for Individuals with Disabilities, as well as, getting and keeping a job in the Supported Integrated Employment (SIE) world. Don’t let your student, son or daughter fall off the cliff in June.
Learn from proven best practices and documented success stories how special educators, parents and stakeholders can leverage existing Federal Government resources through the Ability One and State Set Aside Supported Integrated Employment programs to help students get jobs as they age out of the educational system.
This one hour webinar is the first in a series of educational opportunities presented by Chimes International, Ltd., a leading provider of meaningful employment opportunities for people with disabilities, including autism and I/DD.
You will learn how to...
Leverage existing Federal Government resources to set students up for success after they age out of the educational system.
AbilityOne® and State Set Aside programs...
Learn from proven best practices and documented success stories how special educators can leverage existing Federal Government resources through the AbilityOne® and State Set Aside programs to set students up for success after they age out of the educational system. Thousands of rewarding jobs are available nationwide!
Thousands of rewarding jobs are available nationwide...
Learn from proven best practices and documented success stories how special educators can leverage existing Federal Government resources through the AbilityOne and State Set Aside programs to set students up for success after they age out of the educational system.<-big>
Panelist:
Terence Blackwell Jr. is CEO of Chimes International Ltd.,
Chimes is a $220 million dollar annual operating budget nonprofit serving persons with different abilities in 7 states of the Mid-Atlantic. He holds a dual Master’s of Science from the University of Pennsylvania and is a permanently licensed school principal (NY) as well as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who is licensed and a regular presenter at International and national conferences. He has more than 40 years’ experience working with persons with developmental disabilities in both residential, day and educational settings.
Panelist:
Gerard J. Cotter, Lt. Col. US Army (retired)
Mr. Cotter is an established expert in Federal Procurement and the AbilityOne program and lifelong advocate and parent. He will discuss work after education and details on the AbilityOne program - what it is, how it works and how it might provide an added planning resource for transitioning.
