Webinar: Achieving Dreams: Discovery & Successful Transition Planning for Individuals with Autism -4/21/11

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Florida Center for Inclusive CommunitiesUniversity Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)University of South Florida

CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT WEBINAR*This webinar is free and registration is not required*Achieving Dreams:Discovery & Successful Transition Planning for Individuals with Autism

WHEN: Thursday, April 21, 2011TIME: 5:00 – 6:30 PM EST

WHAT: This free webinar will provide case examples and successful strategies that optimize transition outcomes for youth with autism. The Individualized Career Planning Model is an individualized process that includes the Discovery person-centered planning approach. This differs from traditional vocational assessments and standardized tests in that it culminates in a rich and detailed vocational profile which is a written picture of the job seeker that leads to customized employment and post secondary education opportunities.MODERATOR: Debra NoelPRESENTER: Nila Benito is Coordinator of Community Supports for the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the University of South Florida. Nila’s primary focus is to help her sons with autism, & ph, be the best they can be. Through her work at USF, she promotes positive outcomes for, and a greater understanding of people with developmental disabilities and their families. Nila’s professional journal publications and primary interests are in family/professional collaboration, inclusion, peer supports, transition, customized employment, person centered planning, and positive behavior supports.TO ATTEND THE WEBINAR: Go to http://usf.na4.acrobat.com/discovery/

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Instructions for receiving a Certificate of Completion will be given at the close of the meeting. Make sure you sign in using your full name if you will be requesting a certificate.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Debra Noel or debranoel@...

This webinar is part of a series focusing on employment.Join us on the third Thursday of each month.

The Florida Center for Inclusive Communities (FCIC) is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. The mission of the FCIC is to provide training, technical assistance, research, systems change, and dissemination activities focused on supporting individuals with developmental disabilities to:

Make informed choices and decisions about their lives.

Receive support and services that are based on individual goals and outcomes.

Achieve full inclusion and participate in society, in an individualized manner, consistent with the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, and capabilities of each individual.

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