Employment for Individuals with Disabilities
 Virtual Events, Webinars and More

Live virtual events:

• 3/31/2020 - Supporting Youth who are Experiencing Homelessness: Achieving Employment through Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Partners (Y-TAC)
• 3/31 - 4/6 - The 12th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York will be available virtually
• 4/2/2020 - Supporting the Social Lives of Children with Disabled Parents.  
• 4/6/2020 - NCRE Spring 2020 Conference – Celebrating 20 Years! (NCRE)
• 4/14/2020 - Upskill/Backfill Model The goal is to upskill past successfully closed VR clients through training/education programs and backfilling the positions they formerly held with qualified, job-ready VR candidates.  
• 4/16/2020 - Locating, Serving, and Supporting Youth with Disabilities Involved in the Justice System (Y-TAC)
• 4/2/2020 - Supporting the Social Lives of Children with Disabled Parents.  
• 4/21/2020 - Understanding the Partnership Benefit Between the American Job Center and Vocational Rehabilitation (NCRTM/ETA-USDOL)
• 4/23/2020 - Transportation Mini-Series, Webcast II: Transportation Pilot (E3TC)

On-Demand Webinars and Reading

• The State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program - The First 100 Years (RSA)
• The Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures: Building Self-Determination and Community Living and Participation (Pathways RTC) (90RT5030) has published Dropping In, Volume 4 in the Pathways Comics series. These issues discuss meeting new people and dropping in to a local center for youth with disabilities. Pathways Comics are created by and for young adults with lived experience with mental health challenges and those who care about them. Previous volumes discussed topics such as natural supports and engaging with youth. Study guides are available for use individually or in a group.

Research Study

The Temple University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Living and Participation of People with Serious Mental Illness (TU Collaborative) (90RTCP0001) seeks people with serious mental illness and mental health providers to share their stories and experiences with three factors that can impact community participation: transportation, social media, and parenting. The TU Collaborative will provide a platform with some prompts to help participants share their individual experiences. Researchers ask participants to refrain from including full names, addresses, or other identifiable information.