Upcoming Trainings

This webinar will be translated into Spanish

Este seminario web será traducido al español

Description:

What does a meaningful life look like for an individual with a disability, and what do families and professionals need to know to help support a positive vision for the future? This session will highlight the importance of taking a strengths-based approach to planning for a person’s future. Tools and strategies will be shared that help establish a lifespan view to planning based on all the “life domains” and support an individual’s ability to be the main decision-maker in their own lives.

Descripción:

¿Cómo se ve una vida significativa para una persona con una discapacidad, y qué necesitan saber las familias y los profesionales para apoyar una visión positiva del futuro? Esta sesión destacará la importancia de adoptar un enfoque basado en las fortalezas para planificar el futuro de una persona. Se compartirán herramientas y estrategias que ayudan a establecer una visión a lo largo de la vida basada en todos los “dominios de la vida” y que apoyan la capacidad de la persona para ser el principal tomador de decisiones en su propia vida.

Presenter:

Sean Roy is the Chief Innovation and Training Officer for TransCen Inc. In this position he works to provide training and technical assistance to states, employment professionals and schools, leading to improved success for individuals with disabilities who are transitioning from school into the workforce and life in the community. Sean is a long-time family advocate and draws from life experience as a sibling of an adult with developmental disabilities.

Presentador:
Sean Roy es el Director de Innovación y Capacitación de TransCen Inc. En este puesto, trabaja para brindar capacitación y asistencia técnica a estados, profesionales de empleo y escuelas, con el objetivo de mejorar el éxito de las personas con discapacidades que hacen la transición de la escuela al mundo laboral y la vida en la comunidad. Sean ha sido un defensor de las familias por muchos años y se inspira en su experiencia personal como hermano de un adulto con discapacidades del desarrollo.

Learning Objectives:

• Family members attending will learn strategies and tools for setting a vision a meaningful life for their loved one with a disability.
• Attendees will learn about the importance of building self-determination in individuals with a disability and be given tools and strategies to meet this goal.

Objetivos de Aprendizaje:

• Los miembros de la familia que asistan aprenderán estrategias y herramientas para establecer una visión de una vida significativa para su ser querido con una discapacidad.
• Los asistentes aprenderán sobre la importancia de fomentar la autodeterminación en las personas con discapacidad y recibirán herramientas y estrategias para lograr este objetivo.

Description:

This session will provide parents and families with essential information about a school district’s Child Find services, focusing on children who are not yet of school age. You will learn what Child Find is, how and when families can access these services, and practical ways you can participate and support your child throughout the process.

Presenter:

Cathy Daentl has been working in the Early Childhood field for over 30 years, starting as an Early Childhood Special Education teacher. Before shifting into regional and statewide technical assistance for Early Childhood Special Education 10 years ago, Cathy has served in the Early Care and Education field in multiple capacities, including with a Wisconsin Head Start Program and managing her in-home child care program. When not supporting adult learners and school district programs, Cathy enjoys time with family and taking spontaneous trips with her husband.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will gain an understanding of what Child Find is and how it connects to children not yet of school age
• Parents will identify how they can use the Child Find process to support their child
• Parents will understand ways they can participate and support their child during the Child Find process

This webinar will be translated into Spanish

Este seminario web será traducido al español

Description:

Having a real job in the community brings many benefits, including being connected to the community and the empowering feeling of being valued by an employer. This session highlights the importance of people with disabilities getting the opportunity to explore employment and gives families and professionals strategies and tools to support people towards employment success. Topics include an overview of the employment process, the power of focusing on a good job match, and tips on how families can help build work skills.

Descripción:
Tener un empleo real en la comunidad ofrece muchos beneficios, como establecer conexiones con la comunidad y experimentar la satisfacción de sentirse valorado por un empleador. Esta sesión resalta la importancia de que las personas con discapacidades tengan la oportunidad de explorar el empleo y ofrece estrategias y herramientas a las familias y profesionales para apoyar el éxito laboral. Los temas incluyen una descripción general del proceso de empleo, la importancia de encontrar un buen ajuste laboral y consejos sobre cómo las familias pueden ayudar a desarrollar habilidades laborales.

Presenter:

Sean Roy is the Chief Innovation and Training Officer for TransCen Inc. In this position he works to provide training and technical assistance to states, employment professionals and schools, leading to improved success for individuals with disabilities who are transitioning from school into the workforce and life in the community. Sean is a long-time family advocate and draws from life experience as a sibling of an adult with developmental disabilities.

Presentador:
Sean Roy es el Director de Innovación y Capacitación en TransCen Inc. En este cargo, trabaja para brindar capacitación y asistencia técnica a estados, profesionales del empleo y escuelas, promoviendo el éxito de personas con discapacidades que están en transición de la escuela al empleo y la vida en la comunidad. Sean es un defensor de las familias desde hace mucho tiempo y se inspira en su experiencia de vida como hermano de un adulto con discapacidades del desarrollo.

Learning Objectives:

• Families will learn about the role employment plays in a person’s “good life”.
• Attendees will better understand the various aspects of an effective job search.
• Attendees will gain tools and strategies to initiate a strengths-based approach to employment.

Objetivos de aprendizaje:

• Las familias aprenderán sobre el papel que juega el empleo en una “vida plena”.
• Los asistentes comprenderán mejor los diferentes aspectos de una búsqueda de empleo efectiva.
• Los asistentes obtendrán herramientas y estrategias para iniciar un enfoque basado en fortalezas hacia el empleo.

Description:

Learn how this important program works and how it can support families. Includes helpful hints from families, tips for working through any challenges, and examples of the kinds of support the program provides.

Presenter: Danielle Tolzmann – As Director of Family Voices of Wisconsin, Danielle also brings the perspective of a parent to a young adult at home with special health care needs, and as a grandparent to neurodiverse teens and pre-teens. She lives in Portage.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how the program works and what to expect

Understand the kinds of supports the program may provide families

An overview of what families can do to work through any obstacles / differences