Free Transition Webinar About Discovery Vocational Profiles

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Partners In Transition

Free Transition Webinar About Discovery Vocational Profiles for Students with Severe Disabilities

The Who’s and the How’s of Discovery (And What Do We Do Now?) You know that Discovery is an alternative assessment, focusing on an individual’s preferences and strengths. But how do you do it? And who does it? And when? Join us as Callahan shares his insight and experiences in Discovery. The first webinar will include strategies for typical facilitated Discovery, and the second will focus on incorporating Discovery into classroom activities.

Monday, May 24: 3:00 to 4:15pm EDT (2:00 to 3:15pm CDT)

Tuesday, June 1: 3:00 to 4:15pm EDT (2:00 to 3:15pm CDT)

TO REGISTER

Send an email including your name and the webinar in which you would like to participate to thompsont@.... If you have any specific questions, or would like to see specific issues addressed in the presentation, please include them in the email.

THE PRESENTER

Callahan has consulted throughout the US, Canada and Europe in the area of supported employment for the past twenty-three years. He has worked with Marc Gold & Associates (MG & A) since 1979 and has served as president of the organization since Marc Gold’s untimely death in 1982. MG & A is a network of consultants that provides technical assistance to systems, agencies and families interested in insuring the complete community participation of persons with severe disabilities. An editor and author, he has written numerous articles, chapters, manuals, curriculums and books pertaining to employment of persons with disabilities. In addition, he has directed and/or managed various grants from organizations such as United Cerebral Palsy Association and the Department of Labor; these projects employed hundreds of persons with significant physical disabilities using individualized supported employment.

After you register

Information, additional materials, and any ‘homework’ will be sent the week prior to the event. If you have any other questions or need materials in alternate formats, contact Tara at thompsont@... or . When accessing the webinar service, (information to be provided upon registration,) please allow sufficient time to download and install necessary plug-ins. All webinar materials will be posted on www.NCWD-Youth.info/webinars afterward.

Sponsored by United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities and the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc.

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