FW: NTAC Calendar Update and Webinar on Strategies for Providing Effective Vocational Rehabilitation to Underserved Populations

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The National Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center (NTAC) is sending you this email to remind you of two exciting updates. The NTAC monthly calendar update is now available on the new RSA Technical Assistance Network website http://rsatac.ed.gov launched last month. Please click on the Calendar tab for upcoming activities and click on the TA Library tab for newly released information and resources.

Also, you are invited to the webinar “Strategies for Providing Effective Vocational Rehabilitation to Underserved Populations†on September 21, 2011. Please follow the directions at the bottom of this invitation labeled “Webinar Access.†Please carefully follow the instructions to ensure your participation on the day of the webinar. Pre-registration is not required for this webinar and you will be able to join 30 minutes before the start. We hope you attend this exciting webinar.

Please Join Us for Our Webinar!

Strategies for Providing Effective Vocational Rehabilitation to Underserved Populations

September 21, 2011

3:00-4:15 pm (Eastern)

Presented by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and the National Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center (NTAC)

Overview

This webinar focuses on cultural competence and the presentation of culturally sensitive techniques that can be used by VR counselors when working with underserved populations. Cultural competency will be discussed followed by specific examples of implementing culturally sensitive techniques with Native Americans and the Hmong population. The techniques presented have application across underserved populations.

Features include:

Presentation of major cultural competency issues related to VR services

Discussion of the issues and concerns for outreach, referral and service delivery to underserved populations, examples provided (Native American and Hmong)

Examples of innovative and effective strategies for outreach that can be utilized across populations

Questions and answers

Presenters include:

Huber, PhD (NTAC Project Manager)

J. Gordon Swensen, M.S, LVRC, CRC, CPM, GCDF (Utah VR, Field Service Director)

Dan Wheeler, M.S, LVRC, CRC, CPM (Utah VR, District Director)

ita Cantsee, M.S, CRC (Utah VR, Supervising Counselor)

Chao Xiong, MS, CRC, LPC (WI DVR, Counselor)

Webinar Access

Information necessary for participation in the webinar is provided at link https://ncrtm.org/moodle/mod/page/view.php?id=2640 Please carefully review information provided at this site to ensure your participation on the day of the webinar. Pre-registration is not required for this webinar. In addition to containing all information necessary to access the webinar, the site also provides the handouts, slides and the accessible version of the slides to be used during the webinar. A complete recording of the webinar will be available at this site the day following the webinar.