In August of 2000, The Rehabilitation Services Administration
(RSA) and the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
(CSAVR) co-sponsored a national conference on informed choice in the public
rehabilitation system. RCEP7
hosted the conference, held in Washington, D.C.
The following documents provide background information on
the conference. Each is stored as a Word 97 document.
In addition, there is a Resource
Directory of sources recommended by the Conference
presentors.
INDEX: | Reference | RSA
Issuances | Project Reports | Conference
Presentations | Transcripts |
Reference Material
RSA Issuances Related to
the Choice Demonstration Projects
- - RSA-PD-97-04
- Employment Goal for an Individual with a Disability
- - RSA-IM-97-08
- RSA Demonstration Projects to Increase Client Choice - descriptions of
the 7 Choice Demonstration Projects
- - RSA-TAC-98-01
- Support Services for Individuals With Cognitive Disabilities and Others
Who Need Assistance in Implementing Informed Choice
- - RSA-IM-98-03
- Advice and Information: Helping people to become informed and to make
effective decisions concerning employment
- - RSA-IM-98-16
- - RSA-IM-98-18
- Informed Choice and Service Provider Issues: 2 reports summarizing issues
that emerged from the Choice Demonstration Projects. The document includes
the following reports:
- Impact of Informed Choice on Providers
- Options for Qualifying Providers and Assuring Quality Employment Services
- - RSA-PD-01-03
- About the Implementation of Informed Choice
Choice Demonstration Project
Reports
Additional documents related to the Vermont Final Report:
(Other documents and a video tape are also available by contacting
Susan Wells at Vermont VR.)
Conference Presentations
Day 1
- Care Taking, Prescription & Distribution
of Power - Joel P. Henning, Henning-Showkeir & Assoc
- Federal Perspective on Counselor & Consumer
Roles - Jerry Abbott, RSA / Timothy Muzzio, RSA Training Program
- Flexible Procurement Methods: "The Checkbook"
- Richard Lamere, VT Div for the Blind / James Giffen, VT Dept. of Aging
- Choice in the WIA Environment - Joe
Skiba, Employment for All
- Involving Consumers in the VR Process
- Charles Young, Oregon Comm. for Blind
- Evaluating Informed Choice - Rosemary
Gallagher, WA VR
- Consumer Choice Through IPE - Betsy
Hamel & Diane Marshall, NY VR
- Qualified Providers, Choice & The Work Environ.
- Michael Callahan, Marc Gold & Assoc.
- Foundations for Outcome Oriented VR Success
- Thomas Jennings, Steve Fusco & John Williams, NJ DVR
- Facilitating Self-determination in Rehabilitation
- Laurie E. Powers, Center on Self-determination
- Educational & Consumer Empowerment
- Susan Wells, Vermont VR
- Transferring from Choice Projects to State VR
- Ann Martin, WA VR
- Preparing for the Ticket to Work -
Dan O'Brien, OK VR
- Choice & the Personal Budget in WIA
- Norciva Shumpert, UCPA
- Reader-Friendly Materials & Informed Choice
- Audrey Riffenburgh, Riffenburgh & Assoc.
Day 2
- Reflections on the 5 Year Choice Demonstration
- Michael Callahan, Marc Gold & Assoc. / Abby Cooper, WA VR / Nancy
Sullivan, Empowerment Network / Susan Wells, VT VR
- Consumer Empowerment/Counselor Excellence
- Abby Cooper, WA VR / Nancy Sullivan, Empowerment Network
- Aligning Purchasing with Consumer Choices
- Richard Carlson & Naomi Cohen, CT VR
- Two Guys From Alaska in a One-Stop
- Joel Bergsbaken & Larry Hintz, AK VR
- The Market Basket & Consumer Satisfaction
- Susan Stoddard & Stuart Hanson, InfoUse
- Using Rehabilitation Teams - Daryl
Ackley, OR Comm. for the Blind
- Rehabilitation Planning Groups - Debbie
Presbie, Univ. of CT / Brenda Moore, CT VR
- What's Happening in Indiana - Rita
Martin & Jean Updike, Indiana VR
- An Overview of the Ticket to Work
- Diana Beckley, RCEP7 / Vicky Wilson, Region 7 SSA
- The New Wisconsin DVR - Joseph D'Costa,
WI VR
Transcripts
Day 1 Transcripts including:
Day 2 Transcripts including:
Last
Updated
January 21, 2005
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