The Network on Employment
Leadership in Challenging Times
10th Annual
Missouri Employment Summit
August 10th, 11th & 12th, 2011
Conference Program
www.apsemo.org
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincy Adams
Featured Speakers
TOM GOLDEN
Thomas P. Golden is the Associate Director of the Employment and Disability Institute
(EDI) in the ILR School at Cornell University. He has been on faculty since 1991 with
his practice, research, teaching and publication focusing to date in four primary areas:
social insurance policy and its relation to return to work and greater economic
independence and self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities who receive public
benefits and entitlements; national and global disability and employment policy;
transition planning for secondary education students with disabilities to live, learn and
earn in their communities; and, organizational development, transformation and systems
change with an emphasis on facilitating diverse and inclusive communities.
CATHY NEWTON
Former educator, coach, Wellness Coordinator, and NFL Kansas City Chiefs
Cheerleader, Cathy Newton inspires people to get in the full swing of risk taking for
personal growth and encourages organizations to build a risk taking culture. Through
her interactive and insightful presentations, Cathy inspires audiences to stretch
themselves farther --handling performance challenges, leadership, or organizational
change with confidence.
Cathy is the author of three books: Living in Full Swing, RISK IT, and It Takes
Character.
About the Summit:
APSE-Missouri, The Network on Employment, is bringing you the 11th Annual Missouri Employment Summit. This conference is designed to
bring together people with disabilities, family members, employers, employment providers, VR counselors, Special Education/Transition personnel, service
coordinators, funding agencies and others committed to increasing community employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The Summit features national
and local speakers who will share cutting edge best practice information and strategies designed to support career development for people with disabilities.
About Employment University:
Employment University (EU) is relatively new to the APSE-MO Annual Employment Summit. EU offers a strand of courses to
those relatively new to fully inclusive employment. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about best practices. EU sessions will start with the Foundations of
Employment and continue all the way through supporting people on the job. For an additional fee of $20, selected participants will learn from national leaders in the
field of employment. Small class sizes will support interactive activities and discussions. Participants will also receive an Employment University manual and
certificate of completion.
EU is limited to only 20 participants who are required to attend all of the EU courses to receive their certificate of completion. EU courses are held on August 10th and
the morning of August 11th. APSE-MO strongly encourages you to review the courses listed in the program and register soon to secure your spot!
Location:
Stoney Creek Inn
2601 S. Providence Rd., Columbia, Mo 65203
573-442-6400
Registration & Fees: Advanced registration is required.
Registrations accepted until August 5, 2011. This will help avoid unnecessary delays upon your arrival
at the conference. If your registration is postmarked by July 18, 2011 you will save $20.00 on your registration fee!!! Register early and save. Purchase orders will be
accepted, however, there will be a $5.00 charge per purchase order.
Waiver of Registration Fee: There are a limited number of waivers of full registration fees for persons with disabilities and non-professional family members. These
are awarded on a first come, first served basis. Please indicate on the registration and you will be contacted regarding acceptance.
Meals: If you require a vegetarian meal or have special dietary restrictions, please indicate this on the registration form.
We cannot guarantee any requests for low
carb meals.
Lodging: Participants should make their own hotel reservations at: Stoney Creek Inn Columbia, Mo 65203 573-442-6400.
The hotel is holding a limited room block
for APSE-MO Employment Summit attendees until July 23rd. After this date, rooms will be reserved on a space available basis only. The room rate is $91 + tax per
night (single/double).
Refunds: We are unable to provide refunds for registration fees due to costs incurred by hosting this conference.
those registrants who cannot attend.
However, we will glady accept substitutions for
Wednesday, August 10th
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Employment University Registration
Time
12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Session/Activity
Foundations of Employment
(Employment University Participants Only)
1:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
1:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Break
Customized Discovery through Career Planning
Featuring: Darla Wilkerson
(Employment University Participants Only)
3:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Break
Customized Job Development/Search
Featuring: Barb Hoelzer
(Employment University Participants Only)
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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This presentation will provide an overview of employment
opportunities for individuals with disabilities and the possibilities that
occur when we raise our expectations. We’ll take a look at where we
started and how far we have come in terms of supporting people in
obtaining and maintaining employment. Additionally, participants
will be provided insight into the guiding principles and values that
drive employment services and supports which will set the stage for
the other sessions within the Employment University at the APSE-MO
Summit.
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This session will provide participants with an understanding of the
importance of career planning and how ensure that “discovery”
through career planning drives the job search process. We will
examine the process of career planning and how to involve job
seekers every step of the way. Participants will be provided
resources they can use to begin implementing career planning with
job seekers they support. This session leads participants into the next
session of the EU on customized job search.
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In this interactive session participants will learn successful practices
when approaching potential employers, identifying business needs,
creating successful matches, and establishing lasting employer
relationships. This session leads participants into the next session in
the EU on customized supports.
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Time
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
10:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Session/Activity
Customized Supports
Featuring: Lori Pace
Thursday, August 11th
Description
The job seeker has accepted a job offer, what’s next? Participants will
learn how to identify necessary supports, create a plan for support,
and provide or facilitate those supports to be key to on-going success.
(Employment University Participants Only)
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Employment Summit Registration
Although agencies and organizations transforming work centers into
Key Note: Transforming from Within
integrated wage or entrepreneurial programs will face a number of
Featuring: Tom Golden
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significant challenges at the individual, program and systems level,
perhaps the most pervasive challenge is addressing attitudes and
expectations- our underlying values and beliefs. Understanding how
attitudes, beliefs and expectations held by various stakeholders in the
employment process can impact transformation is a first step toward
real organizational change. Moving from that baseline to practice
though presents a considerable barrier to some organizations. This
keynote address will address the barriers to transformation that
attitudes and beliefs can hold and service strategies at each
stakeholder level that need to occur to establish facilitators of
transformation and innovation in our organizations.
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Break
APSE- MO Member Lunch
Session 1A: Missouri Connections
Featuring: Tom S.
Session 1B: Supercharged Employment Staff
Featuring: Tyler Paris
Session 1C: Story Telling
Featuring: Dr. George Gotto
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Supercharged and revved up employment staff produce results. The
three key ingredients to supercharged employment staff include:
curiosity, enthusiasm and energy. Infusing these three characteristics
into employment staff should be fun, exciting and achievable. This
session looks at how individuals, supervisors and managers can
implement strategies to rev up results, boost energy and fuel
enthusiasm. During this session participants will: 1. Explore
techniques to make employment services fun 2. Implement strategies
to increase staff energy and enthusiasm 3. Incorporate an easy to use
system for accomplishing goals and objectives 4. How celebrations
rev up employment staff.
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2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Break
Session 2A: Missouri DD Council
Featuring: Chaz Nickolaus
Session 2B: Leadership
Featuring: Tom Golden
Session 2C: Think Like an Employer
Featuring: Tyler Paris
3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Break
Session 3A: Benefits of the TTW Program from
Employment Networks and Job Seekers
Featuring: Maximus
Session 3B: Self Determination Activities in
Missouri
Featuring: Kyla Eversman
Session 3C: Statewide Employment Efforts
Featuring: Nancy Nickolaus
The Missouri DD Council’s employment projects are innovative and focus on
meeting the needs of individuals with disabilities in a new way. From
supporting small business development to benefits planning to career
planning, this session will feature something for everyone!
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So, what is leadership? Many might begin a definition of leadership
from a position of authority, others would focus on a preconceived
set of leadership principles that must be embraced, while yet others
would define it from a social influence perspective. More important
than how you define it though is how you demonstrate and develop
it. Inspiring others to dream more, learn more, do more and
become more is a goal of leadership. This session will focus on those
traits that set leaders apart from followers and provide participants
an opportunity to explore their own personal frame of reference in
regard to being an effective leader.
When developing customized employment opportunities,
understanding how employers think and developing a strategy based
on that thinking are essential for success. This session explores the
thoughts, strategies and processes employers use in making hiring
decisions. Understanding this thought process allows the job
developer to develop, implement and negotiate effective
employment strategies with employers. During this session
participants will: 1. Discover the three outcomes employers look for
in hiring decisions 2. Understand the risks employers experience
when making hiring decisions 3. Develop a strategy based on
employer thinking to improve employment outcomes.
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There are many partners across the state working together to support
individuals in reaching their goal of community employment. This
session will provide employment updates from the Department of
Mental Health, Vocational Rehabilitation and the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education. Come to this session to be “in
the know” about Missouri’s employment initiatives.
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Teams of up to 10 people compete in a series of silly challenges to be
performed in under 1 minute. Each challenge is assessed a point
value and the team will receive the allotted number points for each
challenge completed in 1 minute or less. There will be a prize for the
winners!
Minute to Win It Social
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
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Friday, August 12th
Time
9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
Session/Activity
Session 4A: Interviewing and Disclosure
Featuring: Connie Ketsenburg
Session 4B: Organizational WRAP
Featuring: Darla Wilkerson
Session 4C: YES Program
Featuring: Cyndi Johns
Description
During this session geared toward employment professionals and job
seekers, you will learn several aspects of hiring and the differences
recruitment in the business world may hold for applications. This will
be a more conversational presentation with questions welcomed
throughout the presentation. The presentation will discuss the “R’s”
of recruiting- relationships, realism, regulation, results and replication
with real examples and tools to use when applying for positions in
competitive jobs.
Mary Ellen Copeland founded Wellness Recovery Action Planning to
assist individuals who are experiencing mental health symptoms.
WRAP is a structured planning tool to monitor uncomfortable and
distressing symptoms that can help you reduce, modify or eliminate
those symptoms by using planned responses. This includes plans for
how you want others to respond when symptoms have made it
impossible for you to continue to make decisions, take care of
yourself or keep yourself safe. How does this relate to your
organization? While originally designed for individuals many are
finding this tool very effective to use to help maintain a wellness and
balance with their organizational culture. Since each culture is made
up of people and their unique personalities they bring to the work
environment there are ways WRAP can help maintain a structured
proactive way to wellness and stability. This session is an
introduction to organizational WRAP and will cover the key concepts
and WRAP process as it relates to keeping your organization well and
balanced to operate as effectively as possible.
This session will discuss how one agency has infused its summer
recreation program with a strong component of work. Not sure
where to begin? This presentation will outline how to establish a
summer youth program, including: 1. Insight into curriculum
development 2. Ways to include fun, employment and self-advocacy
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3. Developing partnerships with other local agencies 4. Using a
mentoring model for staffing.
10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Break
Session 5A: Promoting Your Employment
Network-Ticket to Work
Featuring: Maximus
Session 5B: Legislative Advocacy
Featuring: Angela Gorley
Session 5C: Assistive Technology: Solutions &
Strategies for Successful Employment
Featuring: David Baker
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Break
Closing Keynote & Lunch: Leading in Full
Swing…RISK IT!
Featuring: Cathy Newton
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In this session participants will learn about the basics of grassroots
advocacy. The Arc of Missouri provides training to families and
individuals with developmental disabilities that helps reduce the
intimidation factor people often experience in relating to legislators
about their needs, and to educate them about the legislative process.
This session will provide highlights from this training as well as incite
and perspective from real families who actively participated in the
2011 legislative session.
Assistive Technology (AT) can “bridge the gap” between the desire
people with disabilities have for employment and the requirements
of the job. Many workplace barriers can be overcome through the
use of assistive technology and/or other types of workplace supports.
Session attendees will be introduced to various AT solutions and be
provided a blueprint for the successful assessment of AT needs in
employment settings.
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In these challenging times, maybe you feel like you’ve been pushed
off the swing of leadership! Don’t settle for risk aversion. And don’t
lose hope. Get up, get out, and get in the swing of purposeful risk
taking. Exercise your “risk-taking” muscles and learn practical
strategies to develop the head, heart and guts of leadership. Get
back in the swing…so you can get great results. RISK IT!
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