T-TAP: Training: Live Webcast

	Presenters: Dr. John Butterworth, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Mass. Boston & Mr. Barry Maxwell, ARC Industries in Bartlesville OK (T-TAP TA Site) Topic: Organizational Strategies to Impact Customized Employment Outcomes Date: November 15, 2004 Archive Available
	This webcast will address aligning organizational resources to increase customized employment outcomes. John Butterworth, Ph.D., Research & Policy Coordinator for T-TAP, will highlight lessons learned from ten organizations participating in the T-TAP project, and strategies they have used to expand support for full community employment. These ten organizations are receiving individualized training and technical assistance from the T-TAP staff and the CRP Leadership Network to help develop their programs from segregated work and non-work options to competitive employment opportunities in the community. The training and technical assistance they have received includes program planning, marketing, budgeting, staff development, and financial planning Barry Maxwell of ARC Industries in Bartlesville OK, one of the participating organizations receiving training and technical assistance from the T-TAP project, will share his organization’s strategies and challenges in increasing their customized employment outcomes. ARC Industries has simultaneously implemented change that emphasizes finding quality jobs for one person at a time, while addressing larger organizational goals and direction. Barry will highlight some of those strategies they have used successfully to expand access to quality jobs for people with disabilities such as: improving the job development process; developing internal training and staff development; and realigning the organizational structure to support Customized Employment.
	Presenter: Dr. Katherine Inge, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Topic: Positive Behavior Supports Date: February 23, 2004 Archive Available
	Dr. Katherine Inge is the Director of T-TAP and the Director of Instructional Technology at RRTC. Dr. Inge has been with VCU-RRTC since 1982 and holds degrees in occupational therapy, special education, and educational leadership. She has co-authored several books, book chapters, journal articles, newsletters, and other training materials on employment for individuals with significant disabilities. She has extensive experience in designing and delivering training and technical assistance programs to facilitate customized employment outcomes for people with significant disabilities.
	Presenter: Suzanne Hutcheson, Tri County Tec Topic: Funding Organization Change Date: March 22, 2004 Archive Available
	Suzanne Hutcheson has been the President/CEO of Tri-County TEC since August 1977. In that capacity, she led the organization through major organizational change from a sheltered workshop/work activity center to a totally community based organization. Suzy currently serves as a member of the APSE National Executive Board, the Treasure Coast Workforce Development Board, Florida APSE Board of Directors, the United Way Volunteer and Community Resource Center Board of Directors, and many others. She has provided numerous trainings and consulting in the areas of supported employment, organizational change, and program development.
	Presenter: Roger Shelley, The Rural Institute at the University of Montana Topic: Employment in a Rural Community Date: April 19, 2004 Archives Available
	Roger Shelley is an Organizational Consultant with the Rural Institute at the University of Montana. Roger has provided technical assistance and training programs for organizations engaged in supplying supported employment services to people with severe disabilities. Roger has assisted people to become self-employed through a Department of Labor project operated by the Montana Job Training Partnership and the universities in Montana and Wyoming. Roger has written and taught the writing of PASS plans in 12 states and has co-written a training manual outlining Social Security Work Incentives and their application to facilitate employment for people with disabilities.
	Presenter: Dave Hammis, Griffin-Hammis Associates Topic: Using Work Incentives to Fund Micro Enterprises Date: September 20, 2004 Archives Available
	David Hammis is Sr. Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, which specializes in building communities of economic cooperation, creating high performance organizations, and focusing on disability and employment. David serves as an Organizational Consultant for the Rural Institute’s Rural Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Expansion Design Project. In 1996, Dave received the International Association for Persons in Supported Employment Professional of the Year Award for his "Outstanding support and commitment to people with disabilities especially in the areas of Career Development and the use of Social Security Work Incentives.
	Presenter: Dr. Teresa Grossi, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University Topic: Fading Job Place Supports Date: October 18, 2004 Archives Available
	One of the major elements to the success of employment services is to create effective partnerships and lasting relationships in the workplace that meet the needs of both the employee and the business. In this session, participants will learn strategies for fading supports, how to identify and cultivate workplace supports, and how effective communication and planning are essential elements of a solid support plan. Dr. Teresa Grossi has an extensive background in education and employment for individuals with disabilities where she has worked in North Carolina and Ohio as a community-based instructor, transition coordinator, job coach and managed a vocational training program and a supported employment agency. She conducts research, consultation, and training and technical assistance on supported employment and community supports persons with severe disabilities. Dr. Grossi's research area focuses on systems change issues and strategies to facilitate the integration and employment opportunities persons with disabilities.

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