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Tag @nationalAPSE on Facebook and Twitter The theme for the #APSE2019 conference is “Gateway to Inclusive Employment.” Fittingly, APSE is the only national membership association dedicated to Employment First, a vision that all people with disabilities have a right to competitive employment in an inclusive workforce.

All of our efforts are geared towards this vision and we strive to educate and empower individuals who share this common goal. This year’s conference will be no different; the conference content will educate you about assistive technology solutions for employment, best practices to achieve the Employment First standard, along with diversity and inclusion efforts focusing on people with disabilities in the workforce.

Get ready to ask questions and hear from subject-matter experts, and keynote speakers, like Frances West who founded a global advisory company called FrancesWestCo, and Liz Weintraub, an advocate for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD).

We are confident that the #APSE2019 conference will exceed your expectations and we hope that you will walk away empowered and ready to take action at your workplace and in your community.

There is power in numbers. Take advantage of this amazing group of attendees so that you can continue to advocate for people with disabilities by spreading the message of Employment First. We are glad you’re here and we look forward to meeting you! Please stop by and introduce yourselves.

Jenny Stonemeier Heidi Maghan Executive Director President, APSE Board of Directors

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At-A-Glance 2019 Schedule Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Monday, June 17th, 2019 Day 1: General Conference Preconference Opening Session & Welcome, Exhibiting, Karaoke, APSE Museum celebrating 30 years Time Event Location 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Conference Check-in/Onsite Registration Grand Coat Room Breakout Sessions Tracks Represented: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Morning Preconference Sessions 4th Floor Breakout Rooms Transition (geared toward family and transition-aged students); Chapter Leadership; Leadership for 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch on Your Own the Future; Innovative Practices; Public Policy & Funding; Family, Student, & Self-Advocate; Mental 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Preconference Sessions 4th Floor Breakout Health, Employer Engagement (for providers) Rooms 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Chapter Leadership Institute (Invitation Gateway Terrace Time Event Location th only; RSVP required) (18 Floor) 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Check-in/Onsite Registration Grand Coat Room 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Exhibiting Grand Ballroom Foyer

9:00 am – 10:00 am General Session & Welcome Grand Ballroom 30 APSE Conferences: A Look Back, A Look Head 10:00am – 10:10 am Break 10:10 am – 11:25 am Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 11:25 am – 12:55 pm Lunch On Your Own 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 2:10 pm – 2:20 pm Break 2:20 pm – 3:20 pm Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 3:20 pm – 3:30 pm Break 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Welcome Reception for All Grand Ballroom Foyer Attendees 8:00 pm - APSE Karaoke: 80s themed! Parkview

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At-A-Glance 2019 Schedule Tuesday, June 18, 2019

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Thursday, June 20, 2019

Day 2: General Conference Thursday, June 20, 2019 Keynote with Frances West, Awards Luncheon & Featured Speaker, Exhibiting Day 3: General Conference Breakout tracks include: APSE Membership Breakfast, Breakout Sessions, Closing Remarks and Keynote Business Best Practices (SHRM Credit Offered), Transition (geared toward providers); Leadership for the Future; Innovative Practices; Public Policy & Funding; Family, Student, & Self-Advocate; Mental Health, Breakout Sessions Tracks Represented: Employer Engagement (for providers) Innovative Practices, Leadership for the Future, Transition, Employer Engagement (for providers)

Time Event Location Time Event Location 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Conference Check-in/Onsite Grand Coat Room Registration 8:00 am – 11:00 am Welcome desk Grand Coat Room 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Exhibiting Grand Ballroom Foyer 8:30 am – 9:25 am Membership Breakfast (Open Grand Ballroom to APSE Members) APSE Museum Mills 9 9:25 am – 9:35 am Break Quiet Room Mills 8 9:35 am – 10:50 am Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout 7:30 am – 8:30 am Employer Breakfast Sessions Rooms 9:00 am – 10:15 am General Session: Gateway to Grand Ballroom 10:50 am – 11:00 am Break Authentic Inclusion™ with Frances West 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Closing Remarks & Closing Grand Ballroom Keynote from Liz Weintraub 10:15-10:30 am Break

10:30 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Annual Awards Luncheon Grand Ballroom with Guest Speaker 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Break 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Break 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Concurrent Breakout 2nd and 4th Floor Breakout Sessions Rooms 7:15 pm St. Louis Cardinals v. Miami Busch Stadium Marlins

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Thursday, June 20, 2019

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Conference Tracks

Innovative Practices Share your innovative ideas and state-of-the-art practices in job development and job support.

Transition Lead discussions of innovative ideas and strategies that ensure young people leave school ready, willing, and able to work. Tuesday will feature sessions geared toward families and transition-age students. Wednesday will feature sessions geared toward transition providers.

Public Policy & Funding Help APSE attendees take a look at the “big picture” of systems and wide-scale movements.

Leadership for the Future Lead discussions for moving forward with innovation and excellence.

Family, Student, and Self Advocate Focus on engaging our families, self-advocates, and students in Employment First efforts.

Mental Health Facilitate a conversation on the unique needs of supported employment for people with a mental health diagnosis.

Best Business Practices (Wednesday only) Engage business leaders who currently or are interested in employing a diverse workforce, while focusing on cutting-edge practices to build more inclusive workplaces. These sessions are eligible for Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Professional Development Credits.

Employer Engagement Providing Employment Support Professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to communicate with businesses and promote inclusion as a best practice.

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Conference Tracks Keynote Speakers Frances West Innovative Practices Share your innovative ideas and state-of-the-art practices in job development and job Wednesday, June 19th • 9:00 am support. Grand Ballroom

Transition Frances West is an internationally recognized thought leader, public Lead discussions of innovative ideas and strategies that ensure young people leave school speaker, strategy advisor, and women-in-technology trailblazer known ready, willing, and able to work. for her work in innovation, technology, and business transformation. Tuesday will feature sessions geared toward families and transition-age students. She is also the author of the book Authentic Inclusion™ Drives Wednesday will feature sessions geared toward transition providers. Disruptive Innovation, recently selected by CES and SXSW for Best Books of 2019. She is the founder of FrancesWestCo, a global strategy Public Policy & Funding advisory company focused on operationalizing inclusion as a business Help APSE attendees take a look at the “big picture” of systems and wide-scale movements. and technology imperative through her unique Authentic Inclusion™ blueprint. Her insightful and impactful approach comes from her experience as a global executive in sales, marketing, business development, and research, as well Leadership for the Future as her groundbreaking work in accessibility as IBM’s first Chief Accessibility Officer. Frances Lead discussions for moving forward with innovation and excellence. brings a valuable business perspective, and technology research and innovation experience to this human rights-based initiative. Because of her expertise, she was invited as the sole IT industry representative to testify before the US Senate on the need to pass the UN Convention Family, Student, and Self Advocate on the Rights of People with Disabilities and holds an honorary doctorate from the University Focus on engaging our families, self-advocates, and students in Employment First efforts. of Massachusetts in Boston in recognition of her work in accessibility, research, and digital inclusion. Frances was born in Taiwan and educated in Hong Kong and the US. She is married with two adult sons and currently resides in Newton, Massachusetts. Mental Health Facilitate a conversation on the unique needs of supported employment for people with a Liz Weintraub mental health diagnosis. Thursday, June 20th • 11:00 am Best Business Practices (Wednesday only) Grand Ballroom Engage business leaders who currently or are interested in employing a diverse workforce, while focusing on cutting-edge practices to build more inclusive workplaces. These sessions Liz Weintraub has a long history of leadership in self-advocacy, and are eligible for Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Professional Development has held many board and advisory positions at state and national Credits. organizations. She is a full-time member of the AUCD’s policy team and also the host of Tuesdays With Liz: Disability Policy For All, where she attempts to make policies in accessible language, so policies Employer Engagement are accessible to all. Liz had a fellowship with Senator Casey of Pennsylvania. Liz also had the honor of testifying in the Kavanaugh Providing Employment Support Professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to nomination process about the importance of self-determination. communicate with businesses and promote inclusion as a best practice. Prior to coming to AUCD, Liz worked for the Council on Quality & Leadership (CQL). Liz is a past trainee alumni from Georgia State University. Liz was a past chair of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council. Liz received the Dr. Cathy Pratt award for Professional of the Year award.

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10:10 am – 11:25 Voices of Parents: A Person Centered APSE Public Policy 2019 Breakout Schedule am Look At Post- Planning – A Committee Meeting Sessions Secondary Community of Employment Practice, Practice, Monday, June 17, 2019 Practice Time Event Latonya Harris 8:00am – 8:00pm Check-in/Onsite Registration – Registration Desk (4th Floor) Emily Harris Katherine Titus 9:00am – 12:00pm Assistive Technology Applying the Ten Engaging in Policy Transition (Geared Pre-Conference Solutions for Elements for & Advocacy – an toward families, students) Innovative Practices Committee Meetings Sessions Employment Organizational Introduction and Grand A Grand B Grand C Transformation Refresher Raising Expectations We Are Not Just Your Organizational Tracy Keninger Earlier: Developing a Keynotes, We Are Transformation: A Dr. John Butterworth Julie Christensen National Movement to Subject Matter Rural Perspective Allison Hall Improve Employment Experts Innovative Practices David Hoff Outcomes Cindy Thomas Ross Ryan Scott Witte Derek Nord Toni Smith Toni Tewes Foundations of Scaling Practice Leadership Judith Gross Employment Mills 5 Mills 7

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch On Your Own Leadership for the Future Leadership for the Future Innovative Practices 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Upgrading the Job A Challenging Reality: Strategic Planning Mills 6 Sterling 3 Park View Pre-Conference Coach’s Toolbox Exploring the for Employment Generational Feud! How Benefits Jeopardy Disability, Sessions Application of Ethical First to Be a Leader Game Employment, and Ryan Aldrich Principles and Decision Ableism: Making in Everyday Karen Lee APSE National Delegate Sandy Keyser Transforming Practice Council Chaz Nickolaus Practices to Create

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Dr. Carli Friedman Foundations of Jennifer Quigley Employment Scaling Practice Leadership Family, Student, & Mills 6 Mills 5 Mills 7 Self-Advocate Innovative Practices 5:00 – 8:00 pm Chapter Leadership Institute – Gateway East and Gateway Terrace (18th Leadership for the Future Mills 1 Mills 3 Sterling 6 (Invitation only) Floor) Evidence-Based Military Veterans: The Autism Zone: Customized Transition "Truths" Understanding Employment When Entering the Sensory Integration Outcomes: Successes Civilian Workforce Innovative Practices Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in Pathways to Innovative Practices Careers Ann Schad Time Event John Funk Jen Kerner 7:00am – 5:00 pm Check-in/Onsite Registration – Registration Desk (4th Floor) Michael Callahan 7:00am – 6:00 pm Exhibiting – Grand Ballroom Foyer Amy Stapley 9:00am – 10:00am General Session & Welcome – Grand Ballroom Therese Fimian 30 APSE Conferences: A Look Back, A Look Ahead Corina Peugh 10:00am-10:10am Break

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Family, Student, & What's My Dream Our Words Matter - Capturing the Self-Advocate Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Job? I Don't Know, The Power of Employment Regency E Regency F Mills 5 No One Has Ever Language in Experiences of APSE Museum – Mills 9 Asked Me! Supported Individuals with Quiet Room – Mills 8 Employment ID/DD: PhotoVoice 11:25am – 12:55pm Lunch On Your Own Max Barrows as a Reflection Tool 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm Person Centered APSE Talks The Direct Service Katie Wolf Whaley Innovative Practices Sessions Approach to Workforce Crisis: Transition Planning: - Stephanie Potter What Do We Do? Stephanie Lau Moving Beyond - Rep. Sarah Unsicker Leadership for the Jaclyn Camden Compliance - Jared Daly Future Family, Student, & Transition - Kathleen DiRusso Self-Advocate Innovative Practices Innovative Practices and Laura Berry David Hoff Regency E Regency F Mills 5 Alice Jensen - Julia Barol APSE Museum – Mills 9 Leslie Caldwell Facilitator: Katie Quiet Room – Mills 8 Wolf-Whaley 2:10–2:20 pm Break

2:20pm – 3:20pm Expectations for Fill your Transition Screening of Transition (Geared Sessions Youth = Employment Toolbox: Tools, Tips "INTELLIGENT toward families, students) Innovative Practices Leadership for the Future Results and Practices for LIVES" Grand A Grand B Grand C Professionals Achieving the Finding our Future: The Skills We Need Melissa Johns Transition CONTINUED UNTIL Employment First How Do We Attract to Succeed: Kim Buckman 4:30 PM Standard: A National (And Keep) A+ Promoting Kriss Rita Conversation Employment Support Employment 1st and Toni DePeel Leadership for the Professionals? Best Practices in Heather Lindsey Future Employment Services Transition (Geared Jennifer Campbell with ACRE and CESP toward families, students) Innovative Practices Leadership for the Future Ryan Aldrich Grand A Grand B Grand C Michelle Sparling When Jupiter Aligns Supporting Innovative APSE Universal Kari Tietjen with Mars: Using Community Based Employment Community-Based Service Models Competencies: Day Services to Overview and Leadership for the Future Leadership for the Future Leadership for the Future Enhance Employment Stacy Collins Reasons for Change Mills 6 Sterling 3 Park View Outcomes Kelly Schuck Surviving and ALL HANDS ON "Try Another Way" to Thriving: Succession DECK! The Discovering Careers: Michael Petrick Planning for APSE Supported Integrating Discovery Justine Zawatski Chapters Employment and Systematic Abby Taylor Scenarios Gameshow! Instruction into IPS Committee Meetings; Sherry Beamer Mental Health Leadership for the Future Leadership for the Future Leadership for the Future Wally Tablit Mills 6 Sterling 3 Park View Steven Cutter Dr. Steven Hunt Therap Services: In the Know: Tools Strength Training: No Successfully and strategies for Workout Required! Chapter Leadership Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Implementing career exploration and Mills 1 Mills 3 Sterling 6 Electronic awareness Penny Liles Melissa DeHaven

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Documentation in Lindsay Krech Healthcare Goes to The Career Pathways The ADA and Employment Services Megan Vranicar Work: Incorporating Advancement Project: Fostering an Inclusive Chad Bouchard Employment Models Evaluation of the Work Culture for Calvin Christensen in Managed Care Upskill/Backfill Employees with Practices and Model in Nebraska Psychiatric Innovative Practices Transition Mental Health Business Disabilities Mills 1 Mills 3 Sterling 6 Kelly Haines Mental Health Increasing Today’s Mind Your Business: Braiding and Patricia Nobbie Diverse Workforce: Employment Blending to Create a Emily Davidson Barry Whaley The Customized Advancement of the Meaningful Life Patrick Cokley Pamela Williamson Employment Model Future for Disadvantaged Jenny Felty Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Mental Health Populations Ashley Oolman Katherine Garrison Mills 1 Mills 3 Sterling 6 Innovative Practices One Person at a Time Mind Your Business: Get Certified: -- A Story of Employment Everything You Need Wendy Quarles Transformation Advancement of the to Know about the Kim Kosmani Future CESP™ Kimberly Anderson Leadership for the Family, Student, & Employer Ann Graff Ashley Oolman Future Self-Advocate Engagement Innovative Practices Regency E Regency F Mills 5 Kari Tietjen APSE Museum – Mills 9 Terri Nelles Quiet Room – Mills 8 3:20-3:30pm Break Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Regency E Regency F Mills 5 3:30-4:30pm Working Towards Diversity and Screening of APSE Museum – Mills 9 Sessions Success in The UMSL Inclusion: Don't "INTELLIGENT Succeed Program Forget to Include LIVES" Quiet Room – Mills 8 Transition People with Chapter Leadership 4:30pm-5:30pm Welcome Reception for All Attendees – Grand Ballroom Foyer Disabilities! CONTINUED UNTIL Maya Harris 4:30 PM Andrew Holman Mary Thompson 8:00pm APSE Karaoke: 80s Style! – Parkview

Transition (Geared toward families, students) Innovative Practices Leadership for the Future Grand A Grand B Grand C Cultivating Intentional Managers CAN Be The Numbers and The Culture: Fostering a Everywhere At Once: Stories Behind Them: Welcoming Empowering Your Characteristics of Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Workplace Remote Team to Higher Performing Make the Right Calls State Employment Time Event Jaimie Laitinen Systems 7:00am – 5:00 pm Check-in/Onsite Registration – Registration Desk (4th Floor) Cesilee Coulson Jessica Short 8:00am – 5:00 pm Exhibiting – Grand Ballroom Foyer Allison Hall 9:00am – 10:15am Wednesday Opening Session: The Gateway to Authentic Inclusion™ with Frances West – Grand Ballroom Leadership for the Future Leadership for the Future Public Policy & Funding 10:15am-10:30am Break Mills 6 Sterling 3 Park View

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10:30 am – 11:30 Kessler Foundation HireAbility Spokane: Beyond Training: Andrew Burdick am National Employment A Modern Take on Improving Beth Crane Paula Collins Sessions Disability Survey- Employment Employment Supports Debbie Ball Supervisor Through Coaching Perspectives Charly Walters and Reflective Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Brian Nichols Practice Regency E Regency F John O’Neill Katherine Titus APSE Museum – Mills 9 Elaine Katz John Butterworth Quiet Room – Mills 8 Kelly Nye-Lengerman 11:30am – 1:00pm Annual APSE Awards Luncheon with Guest Speaker Tim Combs, Hyatt Cesilee Coulson Regency St. Louis at the Arch – Grand Ballroom Russell Sickles 1:00pm – 2:00pm Workforce Inclusion Partnering with APSE Talks Business Best Practices Leadership for the Sessions at Mercy - Tapping Employers: Funding (SHRM Credit) Innovative Practices Future into Underutilized Paid Co-Worker - Ryan Aldrich Grand A Grand B Grand C Talent Supports as - Will Fried Reverse Job Fair: Customized Mental Health and Alternative to - Luke Barber What Is It and How Employment: Transition: Kim Uhlmansiek Traditional Job Coach - Nancy Boutot To Do It Creating Intersectionality with Lathon Ferguson Opportunities and Other Disabilities Shannon Webb Facilitator: Erica Katie Page Reframing How We Erin Smith Belois-Pacer Bridget Kennedy Partner With Jessica Queener Lisa Mills Brett Bellinger Employers Karin Grandon Business Best Practices Marie Espinoza (SHRM Credit) Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Matthew Legaspi Grand A Grand B Grand C Sara Murphy Supporting Job Employing People Casting Your Net to Seekers with Criminal with Disabilities: Engage Using Your Employer Engagement Backgrounds Lessons from Kessler Most Powerful Tool: (For providers) Innovative Practices Mental Health Foundation's YOU! Mills 6 Sterling 3 Park View Christa Martin Signature Advancing It's Not a Cliff; It's a Using Virtual Employment Grants Stacy Seymore Employment First View of the Horizon: Technology to Keirstyn Silver Strategies for People Supporting Families Expand Employment Elaine Katz with Mental Health Through Challenges Supports in the John O’Neill Disabilities of Transition Midwest: A One Year Employer Engagement Project Update (For providers) Innovative Practices Mental Health Richard Davis Bethany Chase Mills 6 Sterling 3 Park View Rich Toscano Julie Christensen The Ethical It's the Chatter that Tammie Amsbaugh Intersection of Culture Matters: Promoting Wendy Parent- and Disability Meaningful Johnson Discussions about Transition (Geared Kim Osmani Employment through Public Policy & Funding toward providers) Innovative Practices Wendy Quarles Guided Conversations Mills 1 Mills 3 Sterling 6 Providing Next Level Employment Getting to Yes: Dispelling The Nancy Nickolaus Services Myths About Employing People Jeanine Lockie With Different Abilities

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Transition (Geared Family, Student, & Developmental Mission: Possible - Charting the toward providers) Self-Advocate Disabilities & Engaging Youth, LifeCourse Family Mills 3 Sterling 6 Vocational Families, and Group: Knowledge Connecting Data with Supporting the "Delivering" Rehabilitation Educators During the Translation through a Best Practice: A Data "WHY" of Competitive Collaboration: DC's Early Transition Social Media Platform Analysis Tool without Employment First in Integrated Person-Centered Years the Headache Maryland Employment - the Approach Crystal Bell UPS Transitional Keith Bosco Allison Hall Robert Kimmel Staci Jones Learning Center Erin Leveton Dr. Tina Sander- Loftus Philip Donahue Transition (Geared Family, Student, & Todd Coffey Public Policy & Funding toward Providers) Self-Advocate Mills 1 Mills 3 Sterling 6 O.M.G. Would You Michigan's Provider The Power of Student Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Look at That Data? Transformation Directed Meetings Regency E Regency F Mills 4 Mentoring Program: Innovative Practices APSE Museum – Mills 9 Medessa Bolton A Path to Sustainable Quiet Room – Mills 8 Change Alison DeYoung 2:00–2:15 pm Break Todd Culver 2:15pm – 3:15pm Refreshing Identifying Key True Inclusion in Cherie Johnson Sessions Partnerships to Ensure Metrics for Effective Employment Policy: Genni Sasnett an Inclusive Employment Supports Ways Agencies Can Workforce Tomorrow Work with Self- Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Alberto Migliore Advocacy Movement Innovative Practices Regency E Regency F Mills 4 Deb Russell Kelly Nye-Lengerman by Hiring Activist

Advocates APSE Museum – Mills 9 Quiet Room – Mills 8 Ivanova Smith 3:15-3:30pm Break Wally Tablit 3:30-4:30pm Need Reasonable Employment First: A Become Data-Driven Business Best Practices Sessions Accommodations? New Day For Day to Increase Employee (SHRM Credit) Innovative Practices Leadership for the Future We've Got the Services Engagement and Grand A Grand B Grand C Foundations! Satisfy Stakeholder The Economic Impact Keeping the Gateway Matchmaker Make Sara Murphy Needs of Customized Open to Inclusion for Me a Match Emily Munson Employment for Older Workers Bonnie Bomer Preston Finkle Participating Melissa DeHaven Henri McCracken Employers Margaret Gilbride Penny Liles Business Best Practices (SHRM Credit) Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Dale Verstegen Grand A Grand B Grand C Think Like a Boss: Stages of Change and Employer Supported Employer Engagement (For Providers) Innovative Practices Mental Health Development Employment Services: Mills 6 Sterling 3 Park View Techniques A Mental Health Perspective Bronna Crase Laura Gibson Meka McNeal

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Kate Drake 9:30am – 10:50am Innovative Practices Apprenticeships Set The Role of the Employer Engagement Sessions for Quality Outcomes: The Stage Supported (For Providers) Mental Health A Blueprint for Social Employment Mills 6 Park View Capital Building Scott Ellsworth Professional in Leveraging STEMSkills - Are You Listening?: Through Employment Martha Ponge Disability Disclosure Partnerships and Building a Future in The Employment First Innovative Practices Funding to Provide IT Innovative, Tech- Self Advocates Barry Whaley Career Pathways for Driven Industries Coalition Andrea Consigny Youth with Chelsea Lutts Disabilities Eric Duer Susan Rinne Zach Catarelli Pat Rogan Transition (Geared Employer Leadership for the Joe Cipolla toward families, students) Engagement Future Andrea Consigny Grand A Grand B Grand C Natural Supports - Advancing Systems Access to Training Transition (Geared Family, Student, & Getting Out of the Change through and Career Pathway Public Policy & Funding toward Providers) Self-Advocate Way Partnerships Programs: A Diversity Mills 1 Mills 3 Sterling 6 Innovative Practices Partners Reasonable What Would JAN Leveraging Cross- Partnering with Sandra Block Modification Do? A Q&A with Agency Resources for Families in Each Rebecca Salon Workshop Consultants from the Supported Phase of the Erin Leveton Job Accommodation Employment Employment Process Ellice Switzer Network Carrie Roberts Sean Roy Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Dr. Kim Cordingly Casey Stone-Romero Dale Verstegen Mills 6 Sterling 3 Mills 4 Melanie Whetzel John Fullinwider Certified Employment Parent Partnership, LIFE: How Will You Support Professional™: Involvement, and Know They Are Innovative Practices Innovative Practices Innovative Practices How to Maintain Your Empowerment To Ready? CESP Credential Via Regency E Regency F Mills 4 Increase Employment APSE Museum – Mills 9 Recertification Outcomes Reena Fish Quiet Room – Mills 8 Kari Tietjen JoAnn Genther 7:15pm St. Louis Cardinals Game v. Miami Marlins – Busch Stadium Andrew Johnson Kliethermes Leadership For the Future Innovative Practices Transition Mills 7 Sterling 6 Mills 5 Listening Session: Identifying Practical Steps to 14(c) Phase Out

APSE National Staff Thursday, June 20, 2019 Public Policy & Funding Park View Time Event 11:00-12:00 Closing Remarks & Closing Keynote from Liz Weintraub – Grand th 8:00 am – 11:00 am Check-in/Onsite Registration – Registration Desk (4 Floor) Ballroom 8:30 am – 9:25 am Membership Breakfast (Open to APSE Members) – Grand Ballroom 9:25 am – 9:35 am Break

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Continuing Education Credits Conference App

We want you to make the most of your conference experience, so learn more about the conference SHRM Credits app, session information, and earning continuing education credit here.

Join APSE for an engaging day on Workplace Diversity and Inclusion with a Best Business Practices How do I download the app? track designed specifically for employers and businesses looking to expand their current workforce. SHRM Certification credits will be offered to attendees for Wednesday, June 19. Downloading the app is easy! Click one of the following:

APSE is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM- CP ® or SHRM-SCP ®. This program is valid for 5 PDCs for the SHRM-CP ® or SHRM-SCP ®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.

CRCC Credits

In the past, APSE conferences have typically been approved for between 12-14 credits of continuing education credits for both the CRC and CESP.

Certified Employment Support Professional™ Credits

CESP credits are not pre-approved by the Employment Support Professional Certification Council (ESPCC).

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2019 NATIONAL APSE CONFERENCE

Continuing Education Credits Conference App

We want you to make the most of your conference experience, so learn more about the conference SHRM Credits app, session information, and earning continuing education credit here.

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In the past, APSE conferences have typically been approved for between 12-14 credits of continuing education credits for both the CRC and CESP.

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For the session, scroll down to "Resources" where you will see an option to select "Handouts" if handouts are Each year, APSE honors individuals, organizations and employers for their available. individual and collective contribution to Employment First. Seven awards will be presented at the 30th Annual National APSE Conference: “Gateway to You are then able to take notes on the handout, download the handout to that device, or email the handout to Inclusive Employment”. yourself. Award winners will be recognized at the Awards Luncheon on Wednesday of the 2019 conference.

When sharing slides or resources, please ensure that you cite the original presenter(s) for content/slides. APSE Employer Award

To recognize employers in the public and private sectors for outstanding achievements in advancing Please visit the FAQ section of the Core Apps website at https://www.core-apps.com/resources/faq/ Employment First. Running into any technical difficulties? Email our partner at Core Apps, Chris Gubanic at [email protected] Nominees Include:

Mercy Hospital St. Louis – St. Louis, MO Milt’s Extra Inning’s – Chicago, IL AMC Evansville 16 – Evansville, IN (Josh Boze) Shelbina Villa Life Care – Shelbina, MO (Kim Thompson) Kalahari Resort – Wisconsin Dells, WI (Traci Jones) Walmart – Athens, OH (Keith Adams) Wilmette Pet – Wilmette, IL (Dave Cozzolino) Anthony’s Pizza and Pasta – Lakewood, CO (Ben Nuss) MOD Pizza – Bellvue, WA Jerry’s Foods – Edina, MN (Steve Calhoun)

Lois Curtis Award - Person with a Disability

To recognize an individual’s personal achievement in advocating for inclusive, individualized, community-based employment and/or independent living. Lois Curtis paved the way for people with disabilities to live in their own communities while receiving the services they need. June 22, 2019 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Olmstead Decision. The plaintiffs in the case were Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson (deceased December 4, 2005), two women who were diagnosed with disabilities and had been treated in both institutional and in community- based settings. The case rose to the level of the Supreme Court and the court decided that "unjustified isolation" of a person with a disability is a form of discrimination under Title II of the

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When sharing slides or resources, please ensure that you cite the original presenter(s) for content/slides. APSE Employer Award

Lois Curtis Award - Person with a Disability

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ADA. Lois spent 18 years living in an institution. Since the Olmstead Decision went into effect in Wendy M. Wood Award - Emerging Leader

1999, Lois has been able to live in an apartment she shares with a woman who helps her with To recognize emerging leaders who are developing a vision and creating action toward full inclusion activities of daily living. Today, Lois says her life is a better life. of citizens with disabilities in our society.

Nominees Include: Wendy M. Wood is the founding Executive Director of APSE. To begin this organization took great vision, effort, determination and risk. To honor her contribution to this organization and to the overall Amanda Leftwich field of supported employment and Employment First, APSE’s Board of Directors established this Brandon Stover award.

Christopher (Cody) Missimer Nominees Include: Daniel Toops

Henry Tish Chelsea Jones Devin O’Connor Laurin Knox Kim Buckman Olga Deckman Madeline Webster

Stirling Peebles

Dave Hammis Innovation Award Public Policy Leader To honor Dave’s contributions to APSE and Employment First, this award is offered to individuals or organizations who demonstrate innovation in the area of technology, customized strategies, and/or To distinguish an individual who has excelled in grassroots advocacy to ensure that local, state self-employment for individuals with significant disabilities. Dave Hammis was an incredible and/or federal policies meet the goal of increasing Employment First. The Public Policy Leader is innovator in the field of community-based and customized employment. His creativity and fresh someone who inspires others to make a difference by engaging with elected officials and key approach to supporting people in inclusive workplaces---whether at a business or through self- stakeholders in discussions to promote policies that support the mission of Employment First! employment---inspired many of us to see beyond the realities of what we thought possible. To honor his contributions to APSE and to the overall field of customized employment, APSE has established Nominees Include: this award.

Jason Harris Nominees Include: Katie Wolf Whaley Staci Jones Aarti Sahgal

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ADA. Lois spent 18 years living in an institution. Since the Olmstead Decision went into effect in Wendy M. Wood Award - Emerging Leader

Christopher (Cody) Missimer Nominees Include: Daniel Toops

Henry Tish Chelsea Jones Devin O’Connor Laurin Knox Kim Buckman Olga Deckman Madeline Webster

Stirling Peebles

Jason Harris Nominees Include: Katie Wolf Whaley Staci Jones Aarti Sahgal

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Rebecca McDonald Award Special thanks to the following APSE members for To honor Rebecca’s contributions to APSE and the employment of people with disabilities, this their commitment to the 2019 National APSE award is presented to an APSE Chapter Leader who demonstrates exceptional leadership, tireless Conference planning: volunteerism and extraordinary commitment to the mission and vision of APSE within their state chapter. Fundraising & Marketing Cassy Beckman Rebecca McDonald was a tireless advocate for supported employment and a dedicated friend and Derrick Dancer champion of APSE. She passed away in August of 1999 after a long and valiant struggle with breast Judy Grainger Nicholas Holz cancer---this year will mark 20 years since her passing. She was one of supported employment’s Theresia Kody greatest advocates, serving APSE in various ways for 11 years. She was the organization’s Jenny Stonemeier founding Vice-President, served as its President for three years, and was an officer for the APSE Andrea Swope Stacy Wilson Foundation until a few months before her death. Employer Engagement Committee Lesa Barber Rebecca deeply believed in the principles APSE was founded upon and she supported and Cassy Beckman encouraged others to give and share resources to make those principles a reality. Erica Belois-Pacer Richard Coleman Tim Combs Nominees Include: Michael Cockson Tina Egan Derrick Dancer Dana Eisfeld Nancy Eaby Bonnie Forker Dr. SueAnn Morrow Amanda McDonald Jordan Knab Elaine Katz Jennifer Felty Kal238@cornell Kevan Rutledge Wally Tablit Mjannings@headinjury... prez@moresource-inc APSE Best Practice Awards - Organization Timothy Slater Tamara Weidler To recognize an organization for outstanding accomplishments in promoting state-of- the-art practices in Employment First. Students & Families for APSE Cassy Beckman Chaz Nickolaus Nominees Include: Erica Belois-Pacer Center for Human Services Gabrielle Szarek Allison Smale Jeanne Ricigliano Jeannine Pavlak Julia Barol Kim Gee Ryan Aldrich

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Sandy Keyser Will Fried Monday, June 17, 2019

Hospitality and Logistics Morning Sessions 9:00am-12:00pm Sarah Manley Cassy Beckman Debra Brock Assistive Technology Solutions for Employment Heather Parnell 9:00am-12:00pm Jessica Keenoy Presenter: Tracy Keninger Kanderson@... Room: Mills 6 Melissa Johns Track: Foundations of Employment Nancy Nickolaus Learn the fundamentals of Assistive Technology (AT) and about available resources for assistive Toni Smith technology solutions in your state! This session will include a hands-on demonstration of over 25 Wally Tablit devices that may support individuals with disabilities in their employment journey. Participants Will Fried will leave with the renewed passion and confidence to support individuals in recognizing opportunities for AT use, pre-assessing for device implementation, and identifying resources for Program and Awards loaning and obtaining devices. Case scenarios will be utilized to practice skills and individual Cassy Beckman support will be available to ensure each participant is prepared for AT questions. Each Kari Tietjen participant will create a Do It Yourself (DIY) version of a cell phone holder, as well as become Erica Belois-Pacer aware of national and state resources. Duane Shumante David Hoff Applying the Ten Elements for Organizational Transformation Kristine Leonard 9:00am-12:00pm Jackie Royer Presenters: Dr. John Butterworth, Allison Hall, David Hoff, Cindy Thomas Room: Mills 5 Chapter Leadership Institute Track: Scaling Practice Ryan Aldrich The process of transforming organizations to focus on competitive integrated employment and Cassy Beckman community life engagement is complex and challenging. This session will provide a research based framework for planning and implementing transformation, informed by research and the experiences of providers that are implementing a change process. Emphasis will be placed on self-assessment and application to your organization and development of an action agenda. The session will include providers engaged in transformation.

Engaging in Policy & Advocacy – an Introduction and Refresher 9:00 am-12:00 pm Presenter: Julie Christensen Room: Mills 7 Track: Leadership Have you ever wondered how to be part of the process of informing the local, state and/or Federal policy agenda? Have you been engaged as an advocate, but wish to learn how to have a greater impact? This is the session for you. Civic engagement is not just a basic right, but is critical for the continued advancement of the civil rights of people with disabilities. Participants will learn about the basics of policy and advocacy. In addition to a “Civics 101” refresher, emphasis will be placed on strategies for engaging with legislators to inform disability employment policy. Additionally, updates will be provided on APSE’s current policy efforts.

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Sandy Keyser Will Fried Monday, June 17, 2019

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Afternoon Sessions 1:00-4:00pm Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Upgrading the Job Coach's Toolbox 10:10-11:25AM 1:00 pm- 4:00 PM Presenter: Ryan Aldrich Room: Mills 6 Voices of Parents: A Look At Post-Secondary Employment Track: Foundations of Employment 10:10 am- 11:25 am “You’re hired!” These words can be among the greatest we hear as employment support staff, Presenter: LaTonya Harris but also can be daunting. Will this job be a good match? How do I ensure employee success? Room: Grand A How do I know what supports to provide? These questions and more have a direct impact on the Track: Transition (Geared toward families, students) success or failure of an individual’s competitive employment placement. This seminar will In this session, we will share findings from a local survey exploring views and perspectives of provide a comprehensive look at the ever-important role of a job coach. parents related to transition. The parents' values, concerns, and priorities for employment and community engagement will then serve as a springboard for discussion. Session participants will A Challenging Reality: Exploring the Application of Ethical Principles and Decision Making in be encouraged to share their own values, concerns, and priorities and discuss what might drive Everyday Practice differences among parents. Finally, a discussion of strategies and supports to address priorities 1:00 pm-4:00 pm and concerns will be facilitated. Presenter: Jared Schultz Intended Audience: Families, Transition-age students Room: Mills 5 Track: Scaling Practice Person Centered Planning – A Community of Practice, Practice, Practice Ethics play a critical role in every aspect of professional practice. While many people think of 10:10 am- 11:25 am ethics as a list of things you should or shouldn't do, ethical principles impact every decision we Presenter: Emily Harris, Katherine Titus make in professional settings. This workshop will address both mandatory and aspirational ethics Room: Grand B in practice and discuss the application of ethical principles in daily professional decisions. Track: Innovative Practices Multiple case studies and group activities will be used to gain experience applying principles in Industry-driven training can be a ticket to the middle class. Employment service professionals practice have an important role to play in advocating for job seekers who wish to access training opportunities that lead to good jobs. Participants will learn about reasonable modification of Strategic Planning for Employment First policies and/or procedures as a form of accommodation in training programs, and the "˜defenses' 1:00 pm-4:00 pm that are often claimed which may inappropriately screen-out candidates with disabilities. This Presenter: Karen Lee will be an interactive case-scenario based workshop. Room: Mills 7 Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals Track: Leadership Participating in Strategic planning is a great way for advocates, policy leaders, job seekers and APSE Public Policy Committee Meeting employment staff to shape the future of competitive integrated employment. Come to this session 10:10 am- 11:25 am to learn more about the steps of strategic planning, tools you can use on your state or agency and Room: Grand C how strategic plans have aligned polices, addressed workforce skills, created solutions to issues Track: Committee Meetings such as transportation in State’s and agencies across the country. Advancement of employment of people with disabilities is highly dependent on effective public policies. At this session, led by members of APSE’s Public Policy Committee, attendees will be provided the latest updates on national public policy issues and state trends. Among topics discussed will be the status of the federal definition of competitive integrated employments, CMS settings rule, and efforts to phase out of 14(c) and sub-minimum wage. A major portion of the session will be dedicated to strategizing and getting feedback from the audience on APSE’s public policy efforts, including supporting and engaging grassroots advocacy efforts. Join the discussion and learn how to get involved to make real jobs at real pay a reality for all. No public policy experience required! Intended Audience: APSE Members; State Chapter Board Leaders; Policy Specialists; Organizational Executives

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Raising Expectations Earlier: Developing a National Movement to Improve Employment Generational Feud! How to Be a Leader Outcomes 10:10 am- 11:25 am 10:10 am- 11:25 am Room: Mills 1 Presenters: Derek Nord, Judith Gross Track: Leadership for the Future Room: Mills 6 COME ON DOWN to this fun, “Family Feud” themed session, where we’ll Track: Leadership for the Future discuss generational difference and leadership within APSE. This session will discuss the The purpose of this interactive session is to engage the APSE network to begin formulating a increasing generational diversity in supported employment, what attracts different generations to plan to change the national conversation related to employment expectations, from early employers and boards, and how generational strengths can complement each other in the childhood to adulthood. The session will include a brief presentation of current research on these workplace! Attendees will be contestants and audience members in this session, facilitated by the topics; followed by a facilitated discussion and planning process to inform a framework from APSE National Delegate Council. We surveyed 100 conference attendees…name the most which the network can lead in the future. unique session at the 2019 APSE National Conference! SURVEY SAYS… Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Executives, State Chapter Board Leaders We Are Not Just Your Keynotes, We Are Subject Matter Experts 10:10 am- 11:25 am Benefits Jeopardy Game Presenters: Ross Ryan, Toni Smith 10:10 am- 11:25 am Room: Sterling 3 Presenters: Sandy Keyser, Chaz Nickolaus Leadership for the Future Room: Mills 3 People with disabilities want to be treated just like everyone else. We want jobs and proper Track: Family, Student, &Self-Advocate supports to help us decide how we want to live our lives in the community. There are lots of self- The long running TV show Jeopardy is the inspiration for this fun & interactive session where advocates attending conferences and giving keynotes about our "success stories," however, we students/youth will get to test their knowledge of how work affects government benefits. have much more to offer as professionals in the field, not just people with disabilities. Come hear Students will learn more about the differences between SSI and SSDI, the rules that apply to the how our Oregon APSE chapter is supporting our roles as professionals! different benefits, the work incentives they can use, & where they can go to learn more. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers Intended Audience: K-12 Students & Families

Organizational Transformation: A Rural Perspective Innovative Practices Disability, Employment, and Ableism: Transforming Practices to Create Equal Access 10:10 am- 11:25 am 10:10 am- 11:25 am Presenters: Scott Witte, Toni Tewes Presenters: Dr. Carli Friedman, Jennifer Quigley Room: Park View Room: Sterling 6 Innovative Practices Track: Innovative Practices Hope Haven, Inc. was “born and raised” in rural northwest Iowa. Throughout its first 50 years, Despite the ability to and interest in work, people with disabilities are employed at significantly Hope Haven provided supported employment services, but focused primarily on facility-based lower rates than nondisabled people. Moreover, those who are employed are often employment. In 2012, Hope Haven embraced integrated competitive employment as the first and underemployed. Employment disparities highlight persistent social and cultural stereotypes that preferred option for those it serves. Presenters Scott Witte and Toni Tewes will take you on equate disability with unemployability. The presentation will discuss the research of disability Hope Haven’s journey of organizational transformation, sharing the strategies, unique basis and how this information is useful when implementing employer engagement strategies. challenges, joys and pitfalls from a distinctly rural standpoint. Intended For: Employment Support Professionals; Mid-Level Managers; Organizational Intended Audience: Organizational Executives Executives

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Evidence-Based Customized Employment Outcomes: Successes in Pathways to Careers 12:55 PM-2:10 PM Employer Engagement 10:10 am- 11:25 am Presenters: Michael Callahan, Amy Stapley, Therese Fimian, Corina Peugh Person Centered Approach to Transition Planning: Moving Beyond Compliance Transition Room: Regency E 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm Track: Family, Student, & Self-Advocate Presenter: Alice Jensen & Leslie Caldwell The Pathways to Careers (Pathways) initiative is designed to customize and support competitive, Room: Grand A integrated employment options for individuals with disabilities, strategically engage employers Track: Transition (Geared toward families, students) to host internships and offer employment; and provide needed resources to achieve full inclusion. Planning for the future is a required component of every student's IEP. Post-secondary goals are Pathways provides individuals with disabilities with the knowledge and choices they need to find developed, action plans and services are outlined to help students achieve their goals. Yet data success in the workplace. During this session we will discuss findings from the original indicates that outcomes for students with disabilities remain below that of peers without Pathways sites and hear from a successful Pathways participant. disabilities. Utilizing quality planning tools, Charting the LifeCourse, along with a strong IEP Intended Audience: Self-Advocates, Families of Self-Advocates, Entry-Level Professionals, development process, Triangulated IEPs, we can move from compliance to quality, with a focus Organizational Executives, Policy Specialists, Post-secondary Students, Other on meaningful, relevant transition plans. Intended Audience: K-12 Educators Military Veterans: Transition "Truths" When Entering the Civilian Workforce 10:10 am- 11:25 am APSE Talks Presenter: John Funk 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm Room: Regency F Facilitator: Katie Wolf-Whaley Track: Innovative Practices Presenters: Stephanie Potter, Representative Sarah Unsicker, Jared Daly, Kathleen DiRusso and Veterans, their families, employers and even job developers and employment specialists often Laura Berry, Julia Barol put veterans “in a box” when it comes to what a veteran “should” do after they leave the military. Room: Grand B Let’s tear that box apart and get down to the truths about veteran employment! We’ll share Track: Innovative Practices stories, celebrate successes and discuss best practices to get veterans in the workforce! APSE Talks are short, powerful 12 to 15-minute talks intended to share ideas, challenge Intended Audience: Self-Advocates audience members' current thinking, and inspiration. APSE talks will be presented by Stephanie Potter, Representative Sarah Unsicker, Jared Daly, Kathleen DiRusso and Laura Berry, and Julia The Autism Zone: Understanding Sensory Integration Barol. 10:10 am- 11:25 am Presenters: Schad, Kerner The Direct Service Workforce Crisis: What Do We Do? Leadership for the Future Room: Mills 5 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm Innovative Practices Presenter: David Hoff The physical environment of the workplace creates sensory demands: sights, sounds, smells, and Room: Grand C so on. For the 80% of individuals with autism spectrum disorders who experience sensory hyper- Track: Leadership for the Future or hyposensitivity, these demands can present barriers to success. This session will allow Many organizations are at a crisis point in terms of their ability to attract and retain high quality attendees to learn first-hand what sensory overload may feel like, sparking conversations about professionals to assist individuals to succeed in employment, putting at risk efforts to advance strategies and tools that can help individuals manage sensory issues effectively in the workplace. employment and careers for people with significant disabilities. At this open-discussion session, Intended Audience: Families of Self-Advocates, Mid-Level Managers, Post-secondary Students we will take a look at this issue, and collectively brainstorm on solutions, including using the staffing crisis to fundamentally re-think our methods of delivering services and supports. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Executives, Policy Specialists

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Achieving the Employment First Standard: A National Conversation Surviving and Thriving: Succession Planning for APSE Chapters 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm Presenter: Ryan Aldrich Presenter: Sherry Beamer Room: Mills 6 Room: Mills 1 Track: Leadership for the Future Track: Chapter Leadership Over 30 years of APSE conferences, Employment First has made tremendous progress. Where APSE Chapter Members and Leaders are the lifeblood of the organization in local communities are we on our journey? What defines the TRUE essence of "Employment First?" Where are ideas to realize the vision of good employment, fair wages and career advancement for people with and practices moving forward, and what needs to change to continue in a positive direction? disabilities. Come learn the basics of good talent management and start creating a plan for your People of ALL roles are encouraged to share perspectives in an open and accepting place, where Chapter. Examples will be shared from the CA APSE recent Board expansion and Officer insight, wisdom, and brainstorming will foster tangible action steps and leadership opportunities succession. for the next 30 years! Intended Audience: Organizational Executives Intended Audience: Families of Self-Advocates, Self-Advocates ALL HANDS ON DECK! The Supported Employment Scenarios Gameshow! Finding our Future: How Do We Attract (And Keep) A+ Employment Support Professionals? 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm Presenters: Wally Tablit, Steven Cutter Presenter: Jennifer Campbell Room: Mills 3 Room: Sterling 3 Track: Innovative Practices Track: Leadership for the Future This session will strive to create a "think tank" approach to some of the common and not so Employment support is the most rewarding, challenging, and inspiring work a person could do, common job coaching and job development dilemmas that many direct support professionals right? Yet, many of us struggle with attracting employees who are (or could be) perfect for our and/or managers come across in our line of work. By creating a fun and brainstorming agencies. Finding employees who are the “right fit” includes refining recruitment and marketing environment, the hope is to collectively address some of these scenarios in a collaborative and methods, knowing how to spot talent, and appealing to “millennial” workers. This session will dynamic way. host a structured discussion about these challenges. Attendees will have to opportunity to share Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals, Mid-Level Managers their experiences and learn from each other. Intended Audience: Employment Support Professionals; Mid-Level Managers “Try Another Way” to Discovering Careers: Integrating Discovery and Systematic Instruction into IPS Mental Health The Skills We Need to Succeed: Promoting Employment 1st and Best Practices in Employment 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm Services with ACRE and CESP Presenter: Dr. Steven Hunt 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm Room: Sterling 6 Presenters: Michelle Sparling, Kari Tietjen Track: Innovative Practices Room: Park View The IPS model of supported employment is guideline driven but does not offer insight into Best Track: Leadership for the Future Practice techniques in implementing services and outcomes. By incorporating some best As the Employment 1st movement continues to spread throughout the States, the necessity for practices used in I/DD supported employment services, Discovery and Systematic Instruction, quality training and certification has become a significant need. Resources and funding, capacity and the IPS model remarkable outcomes for individuals come to fruition. The session will teach and training have been both barriers and keys to success. This session will provide an update on the general principles of the practices and how they fit into the framework of IPS using engaging the APSE CESP and ACRE Employment Certificates, with an emphasis on audience snapshots of individuals and activities. participation and discussion. What is happening around training and credentialing in your state? Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals We want to hear from you! What successes are you seeing? What barriers are you coming across? How are these two credentials supporting best practice and professionalism of the field? Let's have a conversation about these questions and more! Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Executives, Policy Specialists, Trainers

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What's My Dream Job? I Don't Know, No One Has Ever Asked Me! will serve as a foundation for successful employment outcomes. This session will give tools and 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm ideas to assist youth to become the creators of their own reality. Presenter: Max Barrows Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers Room: Regency E Track: Family, Student, & Self-Advocate Fill your Transition Toolbox: Tools, Tips and Practices for Professionals Transition During this session, self-advocates from SABE (Self Advocates Becoming Empowered) will talk 2:20 pm-3:20 pm about information from a survey of people with and without disabilities about dream jobs. They Presenters: Kriss Rita, Toni DePeel, Heather Lindsey will facilitate a conversation with audience members about jobs, careers, taking risks, and Room: Grand B dreaming big. Track: Innovative Practices Intended Audience: Self-Advocates; Families of Self-Advocates; Post-secondary Students Roll up your sleeves, come to this session with a problem solving mindset! Together we will share practices for supporting students to move through complicated systems as self-advocates Our Words Matter - The Power of Language in Supported Employment and transition from school to employment. We will share our tools around person-centered 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm approaches, inclusive hands-on activities, and pre-employment transition tips/tricks...but this Presenter: Katie Wolf Whaley isn't a one-way presentation. We want to hear from you too! What are you doing? We will Room: Regency F compile generated session resources for you. Track: Innovative Practices Intended Audience: Transition Professionals Too often, people with disabilities are underestimated and stereotypes abound. It is our responsibility to represent people respectfully and convey what they have to offer a potential Screening of “Intelligent Lives” Chapter Leadership employer in a way that makes sense to that business. This is easier said than done! Our words CONTINUED UNTIL 4:20 PM matter. This Campfire Conversation will engage everyone in discussion about the power of our 2:20 pm – 4:20 pm words in communicating with employers and others in the community. Room: Grand C Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals Track: Leadership for the Future Join APSE for a screening of INTELLIGENT LIVES. Enjoy a screening of the documentary and Capturing the Employment Experiences of Individuals with ID/DD: PhotoVoice as a Reflection question-and-answer session with award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib. Plus, learn how to host Tool a screening in your state! INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults 12:55 pm- 2:10 pm with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of Presenters: Stephanie Lau& Jaclyn Camden intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning Room: Mills 5 actor and narrator Chris Cooper contextualizes the lives of these central characters through the Track: Innovative Practices emotional personal story of his son Jesse, as the film unpacks the shameful and ongoing track Too often the voices of individuals with disabilities are missing from the dialogue surrounding record of intelligence testing in the U.S. INTELLIGENT LIVES challenges what it means to be employment and post-secondary education. PhotoVoice is an innovative strategy that gives intelligent, and points to a future in which people of all abilities can fully participate in higher people the opportunity to voice and share their own stories and experiences through photography education, meaningful employment and intimate relationships. The perception of intelligence is a and reflection. This session will describe and showcase the use of PhotoVoice at Virginia powerful force in the systematic segregation, maltreatment, and unfulfilled potential of hundreds Commonwealth University ACE-IT in College, where students documented the personal impact of millions of individuals with disabilities in the U.S. and worldwide. Only 17% of students with of employment and internship opportunities on their career pathway. intellectual disabilities are included in general education classrooms alongside their non-disabled Intended Audience: Organizational Executives peers, and just 40% will graduate with a regular high school diploma. As adults, just 15% of people with intellectual disability are employed. The documentary film project INTELLIGENT Expectations for Youth = Employment Results LIVES explores how the segregation of people with intellectual disabilities became the norm, 2:20 pm-3:20 pm why this segregation is slowly being dismantled, and how some people with intellectual Presenters: Melissa Johns, Kim Buckman disabilities are blazing a bold new path. The film project will explore these themes through Room: Grand A personal stories along with a historical perspective on the experience of people with intellectual Track: Transition (Geared toward families, students) disabilities, with narration from Academy Award winning actor, Chris Cooper. APSE RI Board Our culture's biases, lack of expectations, fears, and assumptions limit opportunities for Member Kiernan O’Donnell (who also appears in the film) will screen and discuss the film. transition age youth. Youth should be given opportunities to overcome potential barriers, to set expectations, and to be leaders in their own lives. Learning skills and developing connections

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When Jupiter Aligns with Mars: Using Community-Based Day Services to Enhance Therap Services: Successfully Implementing Electronic Documentation in Employment Services Employment Outcomes 2:20 pm-3:20 pm 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Presenter: Calvin Christensen Presenters: Michael Petrick, Justin Zawatski, Abby Taylor Room: Mills 1 Room: Mills 6 Track: Innovative Practices Track: Leadership for the Future Discover the tools and strategies employment providers across the country are taking advantage In order to fulfill strategic goals and organizational mission, SEEC recognized a need for better of within Therap's comprehensive web-based system. From on-the-go mobile apps allowing job collaboration and process flow between its Community Based Day Supports and Employment coaches to document and communicate with the support team remotely to reporting and services. Starting 2018, SEEC undertook a strategic re-envisioning of two departments focused employment tracking tools, organizations are gaining efficiencies and transparency. Therap on aligning their values and operations and moving them structurally closer together. This Services is the national leader in electronic documentation for service providers supporting session will share the good, the bad and the ugly on collaboration across departments in order to people with intellectual disabilities. Therap provides solutions for communication, achieve employment outcomes. documentation, reporting, scheduling/EVV, and billing. Intended Audience: Organizational Executives Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

Supporting Innovative Community Based Service Models In the Know: Tools and Strategies for Career Exploration and Awareness 2:20 pm-3:20 pm 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Presenters: Stacy Collins, Kelly Schuck Presenters: Lindsay Krech, Megan Vranicar, Chad Bouchard Room: Sterling 3 Room: Mills 3 Track: Leadership for the Future Track: Transition Supporting facility-based provider organizations to continue the transition to community-based As employment efforts for people with intellectual and developmental disability focus more and supports is foundational for creating successful futures for people with developmental more on a person-centered approach, the need for adequate career exploration, awareness, and disabilities. This presentation will focus on the evolution of a capacity- and community-of- discovery function as a critical component of a successful inclusive higher education program practice-building project that has taken place over several year among providers in Ohio. We (Kelley & Buchanan, 2017). This presentation will share concrete, applicable ways its inclusive will discuss the process of transformation and the evolution of the support that has been provided higher education program has successfully designed career exploration programming in order to to these organizations over the past several years in Ohio. give students more informed judgment about their career goals. Intended Audience: K-12 Students & Families APSE Universal Employment Competencies: Overview and Reasons for Change 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Strength Training: No Workout Required! Room: Park View 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Track: Committee Meetings; Leadership for the Future Presenters: Penny Liles, Melissa DeHaven This session will provide an explanation of APSE’s updated competencies that were released in Room: Sterling 6 early 2019. APSE first developed and adopted supported employment competencies in 2001. The Track: Mental Health significant shifts in the policy and practice landscape for employment services requires that Our mental health system is funded and driven by deficit based language, limitations, and APSE periodically review these competencies. APSE’s Professional Development Committee symptoms people experience in their everyday lives. The goal of this session is to understand and reviewed and revised these competencies in 2018 to ensure they reflect current best practices and apply the strengths based perspective in working with people who have mental health challenges standards in the field of employment support. As a result, APSE presents an updated, universal, in returning to work. We will delve into how embodying this spirit and belief in people will set of competencies for employment professionals across that U.S. that reflect the evolving assist in greater employment success. knowledge and skill sets needed to support job seekers with disabilities to find, secure, and Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals succeed in the competitive job market. We will explore the changes in the competencies and how they can be used to improve services from a top down level. Intended Audience: Organizational Executives; Mid-Level Managers; APSE Members; State Chapter Board Leaders

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Increasing Today’s Diverse Workforce: The Customized Employment Model for Disadvantaged 3:30-4:30 PM Populations Innovative Practices 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Presenters: Wendy Quarles, Kim Kosmani Working Towards Success in The UMSL Succeed Program Room: Regency E 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Track: Family, Student, & Self-Advocate Presenters: Maya Harris & Andrew Holman During this session, the presenters will provide a focused look at Customized Employment (CE) Room: Grand A and the Essential Elements of Customized Employment document which is critical for Track: Transition (Geared towards students & families) supporting disadvantaged youth in obtaining employment. Participants will propose ideas for Post-secondary Programs at Colleges and Universities for individuals with intellectual and how CE can be used to benefit disadvantaged youth and employers and leave with the developmental disabilities have been growing across the country. This presentation will knowledge and skills to begin their own journey. demonstrate the importance of developing strong employer partnerships on and off campus; to Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals ensure the satisfaction of student employees and their employers. It will also discuss the impact employment has on the transition of students into a post-secondary environment. Mind Your Business: Employment Advancement of the Future Intended Audience: Post-secondary Students 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Presenter: Ashley Oolman Diversity and Inclusion: Don't Forget to Include People with Disabilities! Room: Regency F 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Track: Employer Engagement Presenter: Mary Thompson Learn how to “talk business” with employers in order to maximize your influence on the Room: Grand B advancement of employment for people with disabilities. Explore messaging, data, and how to Track: Innovative Practices tie your organization’s mission to a business partner’s bottom line. By leveraging relationships When businesses talk about diversity and inclusion, people with disabilities are often left out of and expertise, you can transform from being a service provider to an industry expert in the area the conversation. AccessibleSTL is changing the conversation around employment. This of inclusive hiring. workshop will discuss best practices in creating a program like AccessibleSTL and highlight the Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers impact services like ADA surveys and training have had on organizational cultures. Finally, we will share successes and testimonials from area businesses that have partnered with us. Braiding and Blending to Create a Meaningful Life Intended Audience: Self-Advocates, Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Executives 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Presenters: Jenny Felty, Katherine Garrison Cultivating Intentional Culture: Fostering a Welcoming Workplace Room: Mills 5 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Track: Innovative Practices Presenters: Jaimie Laitinen, Cesilee Coulson Most of us can agree that work is REALLY important, but we can also agree that life shouldn't Room: Mills 6 all be about work. We need other things that make life more enjoyable and meaningful, and those Track: Leadership for the Future things help us enjoy our work more, too. In this session, we'll talk about how to support people It is common for organizations to have difficulty actively reflecting on their own cultural norms. with disabilities in braiding and blending their community integrated work with other community Leaders and individuals at all levels can affect an organization's culture by the ways in which activities to create a full and meaningful life. they interact with their teams. We will focus on effective leadership techniques to cultivate and Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers support diverse teams. Participants will be given tools to examine and reflect upon their own organizational culture, learn strategies to address unhealthy norms and to create new ones. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

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Managers CAN Be Everywhere at Once: Empowering Your Remote Team to Make the Right The Career Pathways Advancement Project: Evaluation of the Upskill/Backfill Model Calls in Nebraska 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Presenter: Jessica Short Presenter: Kelly Haines Room: Sterling 3 Room: Mills 3 Track: Leadership for the Future Track: Innovative Practices Supervising a growing remote workforce is one of the struggles of managing a community-based Vocational rehabilitation programs have typically focused on services and supports often leading employment support program. The most important parts of such programs are the Employment to entry-level positions rather than mid-level or high-quality occupations. Nebraska's Career Support Professionals that need to be skilled, motivated, and empowered to do their jobs Pathways Advancement Project uses an "upskill/backfill" approach to help individuals with effectively. It is time we begin looking at other industries to find techniques to create teams that disabilities gain credentials necessary to advance into jobs with better wages and more employer- can work efficiently while being empowered to make effective decisions in the field. provided benefits. The Institute for Community Inclusion's evaluation of the program Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals demonstrates a growing evidence base for this innovative practice. Intended Audience: Families of Self-Advocates The Numbers and The Stories Behind Them: Characteristics of Higher Performing State Employment Systems The ADA and Fostering an Inclusive Work Culture for Employees with Psychiatric 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Disabilities Presenter: Allison Hall 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Room: Park View Presenters: Barry Whaley & Pamela Williamson Track: Public Policy & Funding Room: Sterling 6 Staff at the Institute for Community Inclusion developed the State Employment System Track: Mental Health Performance Composite Indicator. Data on employment services and outcomes for state Supported employment professionals have an important role to play in fostering an inclusive Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities agencies, state Vocational Rehabilitation agencies, work culture. As the bridge between employers and employees, we must educate the employee and for transition age youth was used to create an indicator of state employment system with a psychiatric disability and the employer about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). performance. Case study research on collaborative inter-agency policies and practices were Learn how and when to disclose a disability, the pros and cons of disclosing, how to request conducted in three states whose composite score was in the top 20%. reasonable accommodations, and the role of the supported employment professional in Intended Audience: Policy Specialists disclosure.

Healthcare Goes to Work: Incorporating Employment Models in Managed Care Practices and Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals One Person at a Time -- A Story of Business Transformation 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Presenters: Kimberly Anderson, Ann Graff Presenters: Patricia Nobbie, Emily Davidson, Patrick Cokley 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Room: Mills 1 Room: Regency E Track: Innovative Practices Track: Innovative Practices It is widely acknowledged that youth with disabilities, despite interest and talent, don't have Tired of hearing people talk about how transitioning people out of sheltered workshops is better equitable access to job experiences as their peers without disabilities, limiting their options for but walking away with no roadmap or examples of how they did it? This session is for you. employment and career paths. Anthem has been developing several approaches to the inclusion Having started as the first sheltered workshop in the State of Missouri and being one of the first of young adults with disabilities, providing candidates with paid internships and apprenticeships to officially close its doors on June 30, 2018, this session will walk you through how the in professional environments which lead to or augment their careers. Participants in these transition occurred with concise examples of how. approaches share their experiences learning and working at Anthem. Intended Audience: Organizational Executives

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Mind Your Business: Employment Advancement of the Future HireAbility Spokane: A Modern Take on Employment 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 10:30 am- 11:30 am Presenter: Ashley Oolman Presenters: Charly Walters, Brian Nichols, Katherine Titus Room: Regency F Room: Grand B Track: Innovative Practices Track: Innovative Practices Learn how to “talk business” with employers in order to maximize your influence on the Brian Nichols of Spokane County, Charly Walters & Katherine Titus of Wise will be sharing advancement of employment for people with disabilities. Explore messaging, data, and how to how Spokane County is utilizing an innovative approach through HireAbility Spokane to tie your organization’s mission to a business partner’s bottom line. By leveraging relationships generate employment outcomes. This approach includes business to business networking and and expertise, you can transform from being a service provider to an industry expert in the area presentations, connecting to local government, taking advantage of media and collaborating with of inclusive hiring. local employment vendors. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

Get Certified: Everything You Need to Know about the CESP™ Leadership for the Future Beyond Training: Improving Employment Supports Through Coaching and Reflective Practice 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 10:30 am- 11:30 am Presenters: Kari Tietjen, Terri Nelles Presenters: John Butterworth, Kelly Nye-Lengerman, Cesilee Coulson, Russell Sickles Room: Mills 5 Room: Grand C Track: Innovative Practices Track: Leadership for the Future The growth in the Certified Employment Support Professional (CESP™) certification shows Employment specialists often work in isolation, managing complex competing demands from job there is increased demand for training and consultation to educate and certify professionals. As seekers, businesses, and their organization. Improving employment outcomes requires not just the popularity of the CESP™ credential spreads, more and more professionals are anxious to training, but intentional organizational and supervisory strategies for supporting employment know what it takes to become certified. This session will cover: Certification and its benefits; specialists to implement best and promising practices, problem solve, and engage in creative and responsibilities of certificants; application and testing and the online application system. breakthrough thinking. This session will provide a dialog about strategies for improving Intended Audience: Employment Support Professionals; Mid-Level Managers implementation support, and will engage participants in brainstorming efficient and effective strategies for supporting employment specialists. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

Reverse Job Fair: What Is It and How To Do It Wednesday, June 19, 2019 10:30 am- 11:30 am Presenters: Katie Page, Bridget Kennedy, Brett Bellinger Room: Mills 6 10:30am-11:30am Track: Employer Engagement (For providers) Tired of the same old job fairs? Want a new innovative way to have employers meet potential Kessler Foundation National Employment Disability Survey- Supervisor Perspectives employees? Learn how to creatively engage your local community to implement a reverse job 10:30 am- 11:30 am fair! Presenters: John O’Neill, Elaine Katz Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals Room: Grand A Track: Business Best Practices (SHRM Credit) Customized Employment: Creating Opportunities and Reframing How We Partner With Learn about effective and emerging practices used in business to improve employment for Employers people with disabilities. Presented are key findings from the 2017 Kessler Foundation National 10:30 am- 11:30 am Employment and Disability Survey: Supervisor Perspectives (KFNEDS-SP). Understand how Presenters: Marie Espinoza, Matthew Legaspi, Sara Murphy 6,530 supervisors view the recruiting, hiring and training of people with disabilities in their Room: Sterling 3 organizations and learn ways providers can use this information to develop employer Track: Innovative Practices relationships and increase placement of their clients with disabilities through real-life examples. Customized Employment is an effective strategy for assisting individuals with significant Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Executives, Policy Specialists disabilities achieve integrated employment. Why should employers consider creating customizing jobs? How do we identify opportunities for the job seekers we service? How do business needs impact the way we market our candidates and promote our program services?

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This is workshop will answer these questions and help job developers to reframe how they see Using Virtual Technology to Expand Employment Supports in the Midwest: A One Year their candidates, market their services and partner with employers. Project Update Intended Audience: Self-Advocates, Families of Self-Advocates, Entry-Level Professionals, 10:30 am- 11:30 am Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Executives Presenters: Julie Christensen, Tammie Amsbaugh, Wendy Parent-Johnson Room: Sterling 6 Mental Health and Transition: Intersectionality with Other Disabilities Track: Innovative Practices 10:30 am- 11:30 am This project, funded by the Kessler Foundation, is a partnership of the University Centers for Presenters: Jessica Queener, Karin Grandon Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, who Room: Park View joined together to form the Midwest Disability Employment Consortium. The Consortium has Track: Mental Health been implementing model projects across the three states aimed at addressing state-specific Youth with mental health conditions are often overlooked in the transition process. Oftentimes, concerns through the creative use of virtual technologies to deliver supports for supported they do not qualify as a student with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities workers, their job coaches, and employers. Education Act (IDEA) or provided accommodations/services through a Section 504 Plan. What Intended Audience: Organizational Executives happens as they navigate through high school? Join us as we discuss research- and evidence- based strategies for ensuring youth with mental health conditions have the tools, resources, and Providing Next Level Employment Services supports to achieve successful post-school outcomes. 10:30 am- 11:30 am Intended Audience: K-12 Educators and VRCs Presenters: Andrew Burdick, Beth Crane, Debbie Ball Room: Regency E Advancing Employment First Strategies for People with Mental Health Disabilities Track: Innovative Practices 10:30 am- 11:30 am Come hear from service providers in Southern California who embarked on a journey together to Presenters: Richard Davis, Rich Toscano provide Customized Employment as a service option. State, local and education agencies Room: Mills 1 collaborated in unique ways to provide affordable trainings to vendors, create pilot programs, Track: Public Policy & Funding develop a Fidelity Scale, and change the traditional attitudes towards employment. This presentation will focus on specific policies and practices that are effective in successfully Intended Audience: Organizational Executives supporting people with mental health disabilities to thrive in productive workplaces. Presenters will discuss current initiatives through the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) that Getting to Yes: Dispelling The Myths About Employing People With Different Abilities support Employment First systems change for people with mental health disabilities; dissect the 10:30 am- 11:30 am evidence and quality indicators of 21st century workforce development and mental health Presenter: Paula Collins practices; and identify the challenges to that system. Room: Regency F Intended Audience: Policy Specialists Track: Innovative Practices Interested in hiring people with disabilities but afraid it may cost too much, require extra hands It's Not a Cliff; It's a View of the Horizon: Supporting Families Through Challenges of on deck, or create a liability? In this session we will explore what a “disability” looks like and Transition think about the differences we all bring to the table. We will look at the facts, talk about how to 10:30 am- 11:30 am take the first steps, and offer resources to smooth the road. This is a high energy, interactive Presenter: Bethany Chase session. Room: Mills 3 Intended Audience: Organizational Executives Track: Transition (Geared towards providers) Parents and families of individuals with disabilities often share extraordinary challenges in their lives. When these stressors are coupled with the enormity and uncertainty of transition planning, families often become completely overwhelmed. This presentation will explore how the experience of grief and loss is often at play for families during transition. Support strategies will be discussed that ensure families and professionals can continue working in partnership with hope towards employment and independence. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

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1:00pm-2:00 pm Supporting Job Seekers with Criminal Backgrounds 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Presenter: Christa Martin Workforce Inclusion at Mercy – Tapping into Underutilized Talent Room: Mills 6 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Track: Employer Engagement (For providers) Presenters: Kim Uhlmansiek, Lathon Ferguson Session provides information to assist professionals in supporting job seekers with criminal Room: Grand A backgrounds. Many clients with disabilities seeking employment also have criminal records, Track: Business Best Practices (SHRM Credit) which can be an additional barrier to obtaining gainful employment. We will explore ways to People with disabilities are known for job dedication, motivation, high productivity and less overcome that barrier including: background checks, expungement, job applications, interviews, absenteeism yet unemployment rates are much higher among this population than for those "Ban the Box," employers with non-discriminatory hiring practices, and facilitated discussion to without disabilities. Mercy healthcare is taking great strides to change these statistics by breaking share what works and what doesn't, along with our experiences working with this client down workforce barriers and locating good job fits for people with disabilities. Innovative population. measures are being developed to grow an inclusive culture across Mercy. Find out what can be Intended Audience: Self-Advocates, Families of Self-Advocates, Mid-Level Managers, Policy duplicated in your organization! Specialists, Post-secondary Students, Other Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals, Mid-Level Managers Employing People with Disabilities: Lessons from Kessler Foundation’s Signature Partnering with Employers: Funding Paid Co-Worker Supports as Alternative to Traditional Job Employment Grants Coach 1:00 pm-2:00 pm 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Presenters: Elaine Katz, John O’Neill Presenters: Shannon Webb, Erin Smith, Lisa Mills Room: Sterling 3 Room: Grand B Track: Innovative Practices Track: Innovative Practices Learn what approaches and strategic elements are key to developing innovative practice models Supported employment (SE) providers struggle to recruit job coaches. Best practice involves to increase competitive, integrated employment. These opportunities and common features that fully engaging employers to support their employees. SE funders want more people in SE, define successful projects are "lessons learned" from Kessler Foundation's Signature necessitating attention to cost-effectiveness. Learn how supported employees (via consumer Employment grant evaluations from 2009-2015. These best practices are important for direction) or their SE providers can reimburse employers for co-workers to provide support a job developing new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects, or social ventures that generate new coach would otherwise provide. Learn the benefits of this option, federal Medicaid authority that models to address the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities. permits this, how it’s being implemented, and data illustrating cost-effectiveness. Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals Intended Audience: Organizational Executives Casting Your Net to Engage Using Your Most Powerful Tool: YOU! APSE Talks 1:00 pm-2:00 pm 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Presenters: Stacy Seymore, Keirstyn Silver Facilitator: Erica Belois-Pacer Room: Park View Presenters: Ryan Aldrich, Will Fried, Luke Barber, Nancy Boutot Track: Mental Health Room: Grand C Engagement in employment services remains a major challenge for individuals with mental Track: Innovative Practices health and/or substance use disorders, yet many want to work. This interactive session challenges APSE Talks are short, powerful 12 to 15-minute talks intended to share ideas, challenge professionals to think beyond the vague notion of disengagement and dig deeper into the root of audience members' current thinking, and inspiration. APSE talks will be presented by Ryan the behavior. Participants will engage in an experiential activity which will stretch even the more Aldrich, Will Fried, Luke Barber, and Nancy Boutot. experienced professional to think outside the box and adopt a more proactive approach to individual engagement and outreach. Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals

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The Ethical Intersection of Culture and Disability Supporting the "WHY" of Employment First in Maryland 1:00 pm-2:00 pm 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Presenters: Kim Osmani & Wendy Quarles Presenter: Staci Jones Room: Mills 3 Room: Regency F Track: Transition (Geared toward providers) Track: Innovative Practices Students and youth with disabilities are required to have transition planning coordinated between Large, state-wide systems change can be complicated and messy. Discovery how Maryland DDA schools and other agencies as mandated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act uses various approaches in supporting the "WHY" of Employment First through the use of and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. However, there is no emphasis on Charting the Lifecourse Framework tools and strategies, particularly the life stages trajectory and consideration of the cultural values and beliefs of the students, youth, and their families. This helping people create a vision for a good life. session will discuss this intersectionality and how to be culturally responsive in our work to help Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers them achieve positive post-school outcomes. Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals “Delivering” Competitive Integrated Employment – the UPS Transitional Learning Center 1:00 pm-2:00 pm It's the Chatter that Matters: Promoting Meaningful Discussions about Employment through Presenters: Philip Donahue, Todd Coffey Guided Conversations Room: Mills 4 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Track: Innovative Practices Presenters: Nancy Nickolaus, Jeanine Lockie What does successful workplace inclusion for people with disabilities look like? An innovative Room: Sterling 6 program at Worldport, UPS's main sorting facility in Louisville, Kentucky is game-changing, Track: Family, Student, & Self-Advocate reframing disability inclusion not only as social responsibility but also as a means of meeting Have you ever met resistance when the subject of community integrated employment arises? strategic business needs. Have you supported people who say they want to work, but are unclear how to move forward? Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers Have individuals & family members identified barriers that seem insurmountable? Spend time with us as we discuss how the State Employment Leadership Network's guided conversation tool 2:15pm-3:15 pm can help trouble shoot all of these concerns through having guided conversations that matter leading to employment success. Refreshing Partnerships to Ensure an Inclusive Workforce Tomorrow Intended Audience: Self-Advocates 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Presenter: Deb Russell Connecting Data with Best Practice: A Data Analysis Tool without the Headache Room: Grand A 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Track: Business Best Practices (SHRM Credit) Presenter: Robert Kimmel As today’s companies evolve quickly to remain competitive by responding to economic Room: Regency E pressures, their workforces must evolve as well. To recruit a truly agile, motivated and focused Track: Innovative Practices workforce, many HR professionals rely on best practices, innovative methods, and partners. This Lack of time or complexity are often cited as the reasons Supported Employment managers do session focuses on gauging disability partners and helping them level up to meet the company’s not take or analyze data, even when they know it will help them in the long run. We offer a free needs to maintain an inclusive workforce in the future. guide and tool that was created with this obstacle of time in mind; with basic input once a month, Intended Audience: Businesses the tool will give a manager valuable information on essential areas for agency success through automatically generated data. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

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Identifying Key Metrics for Effective Employment Supports Keeping the Gateway Open to Inclusion for Older Workers 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Presenters: Alberto Migliore, Kelly Nye-Lengerman Presenter: Margaret Gilbride Room: Grand B Room: Sterling 3 Track: Innovative Practices Track: Innovative Practices Join this conversation to learn and share ideas about key metrics for promoting effective Older workers, those 53 and older, are the fastest growing group in the US labor force. Like their employment supports and outcomes for job seekers with intellectual disabilities. Using data from peers without disabilities, many supported employees want to work competitively well into their a pulse daily survey of employment specialists, we will examine key metrics through the lenses older years. Participants will explore how aging with a developmental and/or chronic disability is of what supports were provided, who was involved, and where supports were delivered. Walk similar and different from aging without such a disability and strategies that can be employed to away with new ideas about using data to reflect on employment support practices, address address the aging supported employee. These strategies have universal application to the aging challenges, and improve outcomes. workforce. Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals, Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Executives Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals

True Inclusion in Employment Policy: Ways Agencies Can Work with Self-Advocacy Matchmaker Make Me a Match Movement by Hiring Activist Advocates 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Presenter: Melissa DeHaven & Penny Liles Presenters: Ivanova Smith, Wally Tablit Room: Park View Room: Grand C Track: Mental Health Track: Leadership for the Future Employment specialists often know how to assist people in finding employment opportunities, Learn how your agencies can improve employment policy by hiring activists with intellectual but oftentimes experience challenges in understanding and applying knowledge of mental health and developmental disabilities. symptoms in these processes. We will discuss the symptoms of some mental health diagnoses Intended Audience: Policy Specialists and strategize how to utilize this information in the job search and supports needed to sustain employment for the best possible match. The Economic Impact of Customized Employment for Participating Employers Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Room: Mills 6 Developmental Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation Collaboration: DC's Person-Centered Presenter: Dale Verstegen Approach Track: Employer Engagement (For Providers) 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm This presentation is based on a study, contracted by The Department of Labor Office of Presenter: Erin Leveton Disability and Employment Policy, of employers who have hired individuals with disabilities Room: Mills 1 into customized jobs. Join this presentation and discussion on how to offer employers innovative Track: Public Policy & Funding solutions through customized jobs that have a positive economic impact on the business's Creating state systems to support employment for people with I/DD requires change at every operation. Learn creative ways to assess employer's labor needs and estimate the economic level: how we engage with transition age youth and families; services we offer; working with impact and benefits of your employment services. vocational rehabilitation; and more! DC will discuss how person-centered thinking formed the Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers, Policy Specialists foundation of our systems change efforts; how stakeholders have guided our approach; early positive results; the challenges we have faced along the way; plus next steps to supporting employment first. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

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Mission: Possible - Engaging Youth, Families, and Educators During the Early Transition Years Michigan’s Provider Transformation Mentoring Program: A Path to Sustainable Change 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Presenters: Keith Bosco & Dr. Tina Sander-Loftus Presenters: Todd Culver, Cherie Johnson, Genni Sasnett Room: Mills 3 Room: Regency F Track: Transition (Geared toward Providers) Track: Innovative Practices Mission Possible is a collaboration between Community Integrated Services and Caesar Rodney Building on the foundation of ODEP’s technical assistance grant, the Michigan provider network Countywide Programs that engages 6th - 8th grade students, families, and educators in a partnered with the Developmental Disability Council, securing funding to support Capacity conference-style day of career and transition exploration. Complete with keynote speaker, Building, Rate Restructuring, and Provider Transformation. Promoting sustainability, and luncheon, and breakout sessions including ‘How to Get a Job’, ‘Self-Advocacy’, and ‘Supported expanding the footprint of subject matter expertise in the process of systems change, a Mentoring Employment 101’, the program aims to create a strong culture of Employment First, inspiring Program was developed, sharing knowledge and best practices among provider organizations students and families to explore the endless possibilities of employment beginning at a young throughout the state. Come hear successes achieved and lessons learned in the first year. age. Intended Audience: Organizational Executives Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers The Power of Student Directed Meetings Charting the Life Course Family Group: Knowledge Translation through a Social Media 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Platform Presenter: Alison DeYoung 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Room: Mills 4 Presenters: Crystal Bell & Allison Hall Track: Innovative Practices Room: Sterling 6 Although student directed meetings have been around for many years, unfortunately this strategy Track: Family, Student, & Self-Advocate is still rarely used when supporting students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, "Imagine a disability system where all self-advocates and families think, plan and share their especially those with the most extensive support needs. This strategy can be a powerful tool for vision using a common language and way of thinking..." (Sheli Reynolds). This session presents students to share about their strengths, support needs, career interests and other experiences. preliminary findings about an online family engagement intervention guided by the Charting the Student Directed Meetings allow students to gain ownership over the meeting process and take a Charting the LifeCourse curriculum. Presenters will share insights from family members about more active and meaningful role in the entire process. In this breakout session, we will explore how this knowledge translation strategy impacted their vision for "the good life" and the future how to implement student directed meetings and create a dynamic website portfolio for students for their youth with IDD. in K-12, post-secondary education settings and into adult life. A student will also be present to Intended Audience: Families of Self-Advocates share his portfolio and ways it has supported him in gaining competitive, integrated employment. Intended Audience: Organizational Executives O.M.G. Would You Look at That Data? 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Presenter: Medessa Bolton 3:30pm-4:30pm Room: Regency E Track: Innovative Practices SHOW ME THE DATA! Could you PROVE that the individuals you serve are making progress Need Reasonable Accommodations? We’ve Got the Foundations! on employment goals? When progress isn’t made, can you PROVIDE what different strategies 3:30 pm -4:30pm have been tried? This jam-packed immersion into writing S.M.A.R.T. Goals with measurable Presenters: Emily Munson, Bonnie Bomer outcomes will improve decision making, set high and realistic expectations for individuals being Room: Grand A served, and provide documentation for justifying funding and services. Yes, learning about using Track: Business Best Practices (SHRM Credit) data can be fun and profitable! Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act mandates the provision of reasonable Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals accommodations. This presentation will define “reasonable accommodation” from a legal perspective, and engage attendees in a discussion about best practices for requesting and receiving reasonable accommodations from employers. Our examination will include not only the bare minimum actions required to begin the interactive process, but also will provide tips for how job seekers and employees with disabilities can be more proactive Intended Audience: Self-Advocates, Entry-Level Professionals, Mid-Level Managers, Policy Specialists

2019 NATIONAL APSE CONFERENCE

Employment First: A New Day For Day Services Stages of Change and Supported Employment Services: A Mental Health Perspective 3:30 pm -4:30pm 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Presenter: Sara Murphy Presenters: Meka McNeal, Kate Drake Room: Grand B Room: Park View Track: Innovative Practices Track: Mental Health As the demand for integration and Employment First grows, service approaches and mindsets Understanding and using the stages of change can assist employment staff with helping must change. This session will explore how braiding customized employment and "community- individuals with psychiatric disabilities who present unmotivated and/or ambivalent about based day services" can improve employment outcomes and help people with I/DD to lead achieving their employment goals. Whether that goal is to find employment or change jobs, this productive, meaningful lives. Sara Murphy, the director of TransCen's WorkLink Program will session will provide examples and tools on how to assist individuals with working through demonstrate how "day services" can be used to create community connections and foster barriers while pursuing employment. independence while encouraging the idea of work and creating pathways to employment. Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals

Become Data-Driven to Increase Employee Engagement and Satisfy Stakeholder Needs Leveraging Partnerships and Funding to Provide IT Career Pathways for Youth with Disabilities 3:30 pm-4:30 pm 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Presenters: Preston Finkle & Henri McCracken Presenters: Joe Cipolla, Andrea Consigny Room: Grand C Room: Mills 1 Track: Innovative Practices Track: Public Policy & Funding Utilizing data to drive employee engagement and organizational excellence has typically been a This collaborative partnership has piloted an IT Career Pathways Project for youth with topic for larger agencies with more resources to develop complex tools and procedures. With disabilities, using braided funding sources to address the WIOA mandate on Pre-Employment modern electronic systems built for this industry, these capabilities are now available to Transition Services. This skills-training and internship model supports youth with disabilities to everyone. In this session, participants will learn about why being data-driven is important, and transition from school to a career in the IT sector, whether their next step is pursuing additional discuss methods and technology solutions available to help their organization excel. education or employment. Attendees will get the opportunity to brainstorm application of this Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers innovative model to their own supported employment-related programs. Intended Audience: Organizational Executives Think Like a Boss: Employer Development Techniques 3:30 pm-4:30 pm STEMSkills - Building a Future in Innovative, Tech-Driven Industries Presenters: Bronna Crase, Laura Gibson 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Room: Mills 6 Presenters: Eric Duer, Zach Catarelli Track: Employer Engagement (For Providers) Room: Mills 3 Traditional job development places the job seeker at the center and the business as a passive Track: Transition (Geared toward Providers) participant. When you think like a boss, the employer becomes an equal client to the job seeker. STEM careers - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math - are the jobs of the future. How This session will outline a 3-step process to help you serve as a consultant to businesses in their can youth access careers in this rapidly growing field? Real-world exposure to exciting tech- hiring of people with disabilities. Success stories and activities will engage participants in driven industries! STEMSkills is a program with pilots in DC and Philadelphia, helping youth learning to think like a boss. with disabilities build a future in innovative STEM-related fields. Hands-on skills development, Intended Audience: Employment Support Professionals workplace culture training, and career exposure in partnership with high-performing tech companies set youth on a path to STEM success! Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

2019 NATIONAL APSE CONFERENCE

Are You Listening?: The Employment First Self Advocates Coalition Partnering with Families in Each Phase of the Employment Process 3:30 pm-4:30 pm 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Presenters: Susan Rinne, Pat Rogan Presenters: Sean Roy, Dale Verstegen Room: Sterling 6 Room: Mills 4 Track: Family, Student, & Self-Advocate Track: Innovative Practices People with disabilities have first-hand knowledge of policy and practice issues that get in the Employment providers are beginning to recognize the valuable role families can play as partners way of competitive employment. Often, they are not part of those larger systems change efforts in employment success for individuals with disabilities. This session will discuss how or play a minimal role. The Employment First Self-Advocate Coalition aims to answer the employment staff can use common job development tools such as the Positive Personal Profile question, "What if people with disabilities were in charge of building a new paradigm for and innovative strategies like a structured parent interview to help families see their sons or services? " Hear results of a project that brought together people with disabilities across the state. daughters (of any age) in a new light and be partners in every phase of employment services. Intended Audience: Families of Self-Advocates, Mid-Level Managers, Organizational Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers Executives, Policy Specialists

What Would JAN Do? A Q& A with Consultants from the Job Accommodation Network 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Thursday, June 20, 2019 Presenters: Dr. Kim Cordingly, Melanie Whetzel Room: Regency E Track: Innovative Practices 9:30am-10:50am What would JAN do? Over the years, APSE conference attendees have shared with us they often Innovative Practices for Quality Outcomes: A Blueprint for Social Capital Building Through ask themselves this question when faced with a perplexing accommodation situation. The Job Employment Accommodation Network remains the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance 9:30 am-10:50 am on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. In this session, JAN Presenters: Andrea Consigny, Chelsea Lutts consultants will provide an overview of our services, discuss your specific accommodation Room: Grand A questions, and provide guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Track: Transition (Geared towards families and students) Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers While Employment is the first and preferred service for all people, Community Participation services can develop individual passions and personal networks that support employment Leveraging Cross- Agency Resources for Supported Employment outcomes and create full and meaningful days. As services move into the community with 3:30 pm-4:30 pm limited funds and evolving staff responsibilities, providers seek strategies to plan community Presenters; Carrie Roberts, Casey Stone-Romero, John Fullinwider exploration activities that complement employment goals and builds social capital. Let's shake Room: Regency F up our thinking and imagine differently what a meaningful day really looks like! Track: Innovative Practices Intended Audience: Other New Mexico has developed collaborative approaches for increasing employment outcomes. This session will share information about multiple projects including training options; a project that Apprenticeships Set The Stage uses Discovery methodologies to establish informed choice about employment and community 9:30 am-10:50 am engagement activities; and the creation of a Memorandum of Understanding which led a project Presenters: Scott Ellsworth, Martha Ponge to incentivize case managers to increase supported employment outcomes. Come and hear the Room: Grand B creative approaches, outcomes from each project and lessons learned along the way! Track: Employer Engagement Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers Employers consider not hiring individuals with disabilities for a number of reasons. Hear firsthand from an employer that has overcome the fear. You may have heard in the workforce world, apprenticeship is all the rage. Employers see it as a tool to structure training for advancing employee skills and grow their own workforce. We, in manufacturing, believe that it can also be a useful strategy for employees with disabilities. Intended Audience: Organizational Executives; Employment Support Professionals

2019 NATIONAL APSE CONFERENCE

The Role of the Supported Employment Professional in Disability Disclosure Access to Training and Career Pathway Programs: A Diversity Partners Reasonable 9:30 am-10:50 am Modification Workshop Presenter: Barry Whaley 9:30 am-10:50 am Room: Grand C Presenter: Ellice Switzer Track: Leadership for the Future Room: Mills 4 Disability disclosure is fundamental in seeking reasonable accommodation. Often, we forget that Track: Innovative Practices disclosure is a personal decision that can only be made by the person who has a disability. This Industry-driven training can be a ticket to the middle class. Employment service professionals session will discuss the role of the Supported Employment professional in disclosure. This have an important role to play in advocating for job seekers who wish to access training session will discuss the "hows and whys" of disability disclosure, what is a reasonable opportunities that lead to good jobs. Participants will learn about reasonable modification of accommodation, and how to represent someone in a respectful way. policies and/or procedures as a form of accommodation in training programs, and the ˜defenses' Intended Audience: Organizational Executives that are often claimed which may inappropriately screen-out candidates with disabilities. This will be an interactive case-scenario based workshop. Natural Supports Getting Out of the Way Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals 9:30 am-10:50 am Presenter: Sandra Block Certified Employment Support Professional™: How to Maintain Your CESP Credential Via Room: Mills 6 Recertification Track: Innovative Practices 9:30 am-10:50 am Employment Specialists are encouraged to build, find and use them in the workplace. “Well, Presenter: Kari Tietjen how do I do THAT?” This session will introduce information and strategies for inviting and Room: Mills 7 facilitating natural supports, explaining what they are and are not and how the Employment Track: Leadership for the Future Specialist can get out of the way. We will share with example and illustration, complete small As the popularity of the CESP™ credential spreads throughout the United States and beyond, group exercise and have ample time for sharing the challenges which often get in our way. more and more professionals who are already certified are anxious to know what it takes to Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals maintain their credential. This session will cover: Certification and its benefits; recertification timeline; ways to recertify; recertification requirements; application submission via online Advancing Systems Change through Partnerships application system. Session attendees will have the opportunity to walk through the online 9:30 am-10:50 am application system by creating an account, entering basic information, and reviewing the overall Presenters: Rebecca Salon, Erin Leveton layout if they bring a device such as a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Room: Sterling 3 Intended Audience: CESPs, Mid-Level Managers Track: Innovative Practices Creating state systems that support employment and community inclusion for people with I/DD Parent Partnership, Involvement, and Empowerment To Increase Employment Outcomes requires change at every level, from the very first conversation we have with people/their 9:30 am-10:50 am families, to the waiver services we offer, to how we work with VR, other state systems and Presenter: Andrew Johnson Kliethermes community partners. In DC, we are reframing our entire system to advance employment and Room: Sterling 6 community inclusion. Learn how partnerships, stakeholder engagement and person-centered Track: Innovative Practices thinking shape our systems change efforts across systems. Parent and professional partnership is a leading indicator for positive outcomes in employment Intended Audience: Organizational Executives, Policy Specialists, Mid-Level Managers, Self- for people with disabilities. The Succeed Program at The University Of Missouri-St Louis Advocates includes an innovative parent support model empowering parents to be a key factor in their student's independence in employment and community engagement. Succeed provides the Joyzen Parent Workshop Series, coupled with Person Centered Planning and access to community resources to support parents in confidently moving their student to independence. Intended Audience: Mid-Level Managers

2019 NATIONAL APSE CONFERENCE

LIFE: How Will You Know They Are Ready? 9:30 am-10:50 am Presenters: Reena Fish, JoAnn Genther Room: Mills 5 Track: Transition Are you confident that you know how to prepare your students and/or adults with significant disabilities for employment? How do you know that what you are doing works? Do you have the data to back it up? Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals

Listening Session: Identifying Practical Steps to 14(c) Phase Out 9:30 am-10:50 am Facilitator: National APSE Staff Room: Park View Tracks: Public Policy & Funding, Innovative Practices Join us for this opportunity for the E1 community to identify practical strategies and steps to inform the national dialogue around the phase out of subminimum wage for PWD. If you have direct experience moving from sheltered work to CIE, we particularly want to hear from you! Self-advocate, family and provider voices are all important. Intended Audience: All

LIFE: How Will You Know They Are Ready? 2019 Conference App 9:30 am-10:50 am Presenters: Reena Fish, JoAnn Genther Room: Mills 5 Session Surveys Track: Transition Are you confident that you know how to prepare your students and/or adults with significant disabilities for employment? How do you know that what you are doing works? Do you have the data to back it up? Award Nominees Intended Audience: Entry-Level Professionals

Listening Session: Identifying Practical Steps to 14(c) Phase Out Speaker Information 9:30 am-10:50 am Facilitator: National APSE Staff Room: Park View Tracks: Public Policy & Funding, Innovative Practices Connect with others! Join us for this opportunity for the E1 community to identify practical strategies and steps to inform the national dialogue around the phase out of subminimum wage for PWD. If you have direct experience moving from sheltered work to CIE, we particularly want to hear from you! Self-advocate, family and provider voices are all important. Intended Audience: All

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