Bluffton to Host Family Employment Awareness Training in June

March 30, 2020

Due to necessary COVID-19 precautions, IIDC’s Center on Community Living and Careers (CCLC) has rescheduled its spring Family Employment Awareness Trainings (FEAT) to June 20 and 26. FEAT offers families, students in transition, young adults, and professionals the opportunity to learn about state, federal, and community resources that support employment. The two days of training include individual and group activities, discussions, pullout sessions for young adults, and presentations from local employers, entrepreneurs, and community resource agency members.

FEAT trainings are a collaboration of CCLC and IN*SOURCE, Indiana’s parent training and information center. Registration is free and attendees can register for one or both days of training. Sponsored by the AWS Foundation, the trainings will be held at the Wells County Arts, Commerce and Visitors Centre, 211 W. Waters St., Bluffton, IN 46714.

Register and learn more about Family Employment Awareness Training on the CCLC website.

Examining the Impact of Expectations: A Webinar on Collaborating with Families in Transition

Judith Gross, Ph.D., director of IIDC's Center on Community Living and Careers, will co-host the second webinar in the upcoming series: Including Families in School-to-Work Transition.

Gross and Sean Roy will present Webinar 2: We Can Do Better: Examining the Impact of Expectations on Families and Students on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Eastern Time.

The webinars, sponsored by TransCen Inc., are intended for stakeholders involved in the transition process and are particularly useful for school staff, employment service providers, community partners, and families themselves. Gross and Roy will discuss research, best practices, strategies, and tools attendees can use.

The three-part series, sponsored by TransCen Inc., will also offer strategies, tools, and practices to help attendees to establish collaborative partnerships and work more seamlessly with families during the transition process from school to employment.

The cost for all three webinars is $100, or $35 per individual webinar. Register at Family-Focused Webinar Series.