Presenter: Dina Klimkina  By the end of this session, participants will be able to:  Identify emerging national trends, policies, and innovative practices that are improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities.  Describe how state and local initiatives are addressing barriers to competitive integrated employment through partnerships, technology, and systems change strategies.  Discuss ways that promising […]

Communities of Practice (COP) are groups of people who come together because they care about improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Members share ideas, solve problems, build skills, and create practical tools that support competitive integrated employment.   The COP is meant to grow naturally over time and will eventually be led by its […]

Presenter: Dr Phillip Rumrill, PhD, CRC Objectives: Discuss the progress made in making the American workforce more inclusive and accessible to the disability community. Describe persistent concerns on the part of employers about hiring and accommodating workers with disabilities. Provide empirical evidence that workers with disabilities often prove equal to the task in comparisons with […]

Communities of Practice (COP) are groups of people who come together because they care about improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Members share ideas, solve problems, build skills, and create practical tools that support competitive integrated employment.   The COP is meant to grow naturally over time and will eventually be led by its […]