Enhancing Employment

Day 1

1:00 - 1:30 - Welcome and Introduction to Theme of Conference

• Doug Burleigh Ph.D., RSA Regional Commissioner (Regions 5 & 7)
• Herman Wallace, Assistant Regional Administrator, Employment Training Administration (ETA)
• C. David Roberts, Ph.D., Director, RCEP7
• David Adams, Director, RCEP 5

1:30 - 2:45 - Keynote - A Systems-Change Model: What Works and What Doesn?t

• Abby Cooper, Statewide Administrator, Washington VR, Seattle, WA
• Powerpoint file: Systems Change Model

3:15 - 4:45 - Breakout Sessions

• BREAKOUT 1 - Connections and Innovations
  • Abby Cooper, Statewide Administrator, Washington VR, Seattle, WA
• BREAKOUT 2- Technology Demonstration
  • Charlotte Rashid, LMI Coordinator, Eastern Iowa Community College District
    Dave McGee, Research Analyst, Kansas Department of Human Resources
    Margo Leonard, Research Analyst, Kansas Department of Human Resources
  • Word document: Employment Resources
    
• BREAKOUT 3 - Assistive Technology and the Employment Process
  • David Baker, Program Coordinator, Missouri Assistive Technology Project

Day 2

8:45 - 9:00 -Welcome and Comments

• Rodney King, RSA Region 7 Staff

9:00 - 10:00 - Keynote - From Vision to Results

• Sue Forrester, Senior Manager of Employment Preparation with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
• Powerpoint File: From Vision to Results

10:15 - 11:45 - Plenary Session - Rethinking Employment (working with the really hard-to-serve customer)

• Allen Anderson, President, Employment Management Professionals
• Powerpoint File: Rethinking Employment

1:15 - 2:30 - Breakout Sessions

• BREAKOUT 1 - Consumer Empowerment/Counselor Excellence: Counselors Caught in the Middle of Changing Systems
  • Allison Chase, Program Administrator, Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Florida Division of Blind Services
  • Chip Kenney, Bureau Chief of Client Services, Florida Division of Blind Services
• BREAKOUT 2 - The Morning after the Vision
  • Sue Forrester, Senior Manager of Employment Preparation with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  • Word Docment: SWAG Handout
  • Word Document: Evaluation Framework
  • Word Document: CIPMS Handout
  • Word Document: Business Plan Handout
  • PDF Filet: Decision Model
• BREAKOUT 3 - What BPAOs Bring to the Employment Process
  • Stephanie Messer, Trainer, Region 7 RCEP Social Security Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center
  • Tom Golden, Faculty, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial Labor Relations, Cornell University, Social Security Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center and Presidential appointment, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel
  • Powepoint File: What BPAOs Bring to Employment

2:45 - 4:00 - Breakout Sessions (Repeat)

Day 3

8:45 - 9:00 -Charge and Expectations

• Janette Shell, Rehabilitation Program Specialist, RSA Region V

9:00 - 10:00 - Keynote - Vocational Rehabilitation's Collaboration with State Employment Agencies

• Susan Wells, Training Coordinator, Welfare to Work Program, Vermont VR
• Word Document: Handouts on Collaborations with State Employment Agencies

10:15 - 11:30 - Breakout Sessions

• Breakout Sessions with State/Local Teams

Last Updated November 21, 2003

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