Webinar – “Charting the Course to Employment Success With Family Supports and Cross-System Partnerships”
A free webinar providing tools to help families and individuals remove barriers to achieving meaningful employment outcomes for people with disabilities across the lifespan
Join the Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) for “Charting the Course to Employment Success With Family Supports and Cross-System Partnerships” on Feb. 24 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Institute for Human Development’s Charting the LifeCourse framework helps individuals and families of all abilities and ages:
- Explore and develop a vision for a good life
- Identify needed supports
- Navigate pathways to achieve the lives they want to live.
This webinar will explore how family engagement and cross-system approaches can help remove barriers to achieving meaningful employment outcomes for people with disabilities across the lifespan.
Director of LifeCourse Nexus, UMKC, Michelle “Sheli” Reynolds, and assistant director of LifeCourse Nexus, UMKC, Sarah Adams will discuss:
- Core principles of the LifeCourse framework
- How the principles guide employment planning and retention
- Exploring supports across education, vocational rehabilitation, and community-based services systems to remove barriers and expand access
- Collaborating to increase engagement, effective practices and access to services