For community employment specialists, program managers, and Indiana VR counselors, coordinators, and leadership staff.
Indiana employment professionals support Hoosiers with disabilities who have a variety of needs and who represent different walks of life. The archived Topic Trainings listed below, are from a series of webinars presented to Indiana employment specialists, consultants, supervisors, and managers, as well as their VR colleagues. Trainings are sponsored by Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation and facilitated by the Center on Community Living and Careers.
Starting the Journal Toward Cultural Responsivity
Family values, access to resources and health care, poverty, and language can all be factors in establishing trust and working successfully with job seekers and supported employees. Indiana employment professionals must be aware of and understand cultural differences in order to ensure an effective rehabilitation process for each consumer.
This three-part series was led by Renae Azziz, Virtuoso Educational Consulting.
Webinar topics:
- Cultural Responsivity
- Culture in the Employment Process
- Strategies and Tools
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Effective Employment Services for the LGBTQ+ Community
How do you effectively support LGBTQ+ identified people with disabilities in employment services? This August 2020 webinar focused on common challenges in employment and how to help clients navigate challenges while doing so in a respectful and affirming way.
This Topic Training was led by Jean Capler, Department of Resource Facilitation, RHI-NeuroRehabilitation Center, Indianapolis.
Webinar topics:
- Terminology, concepts, and language (pronouns too!)
- Sexual orientation/gender identity and disability
- Supporting a client who is coming out and/or transitioning on the job
- Documentation for transgender clients (driver’s license, birth certificate, Social Security)
- Navigating social relationships at work
- And more!
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Supported Decision-Making
With effective team-based supports, supported decision-making can create options to full guardianship and gateways to independence. In this March 2021 webinar presented to Indiana VR staff and employment specialists, Sandy Block, a research associate with the Center on Community Living and Careers, discusses how guardianship can inadvertently be put in place for transitioning students, why it's important for VR counselors and employment professionals to promote self-determination, the rights of VR participants who may be wards under a guardianship, and the specifics of using supported decision-making in Indiana.
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