>From: "Teri Blankenship" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Please announce to your listserv.
>Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 11:11:51 -0400
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>Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports Training
>Opportunity:
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>Live Webcast on Customized Employment Strategies
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>Date: May 5, 2 - 2:45 PM ET, followed by a chatroom session
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>Presenter: Michael Callahan, Marc Gold & Associates
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>Register Online: http://www.vcu.edu/rrtcweb/cyberu/orderform.html
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>Or Register by Phone: (804) 827-0735 or (804) 828-2197
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>Cost: $35 per person or $100 per agency (access for 5 individuals)
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>Location: Your Desktop
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>Customized employment can make employment in typical work settings for
>typical wages a part of life for all. All people who wish to be employed
>can become employed. In this webcast, Michael Callahan will discuss the
>characteristics that provide the necessary supports, representation,
>resources, and values of customized employment. The following strategies
>will be covered: job descriptions and responsibilities are negotiated by
>an applicant or a job developer with an employer; the job description is
>focused on contributions; employers are presented with proposals; and,
>applicants voluntarily disclose their disabilities to resolve support and
>accommodations. Michael will describe how to use the template strategy as
>a customized job description tool.
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>Michael Callahan is the President, Marc Gold & Associates (MG&A). He has
>consulted throughout the US, Canada and Europe in the area of employment
>for the past twenty-one years. MG&A is a network of consultants that
>provides technical assistance to systems, agencies and families interested
>in insuring the complete community participation of persons with severe
>disabilities. Michael has recently joined three other colleagues, Joe
>Skiba, Norciva Shumpert and Melinda Mast, to form a non-profit
>organization, Employment for All. EFA is dedicated to assuring full access
>to employment for all persons with disabilities. He is an editor of a
>popular "how-to" book on employment for persons with severe disabilities,
>Getting Employed, Staying Employed and co-author of a recently published
>book Keys to the Work Place. He has written numerous articles, chapters,
>manuals and curriculums pertaining to employment.
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Dick Banks
CIO  EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information
http://www.rit.edu/~easi