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RRTC on Advancing Employment for Individuals with IDD

RRTC on Advancing Employment for Individuals with IDD. Individual and family knowledge and engagement Effective employment supports Organizational change for community providers State-level policy and strategy.

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RRTC on Advancing Employment for Individuals with IDD

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  1. RRTC on Advancing Employment for Individuals with IDD • Individual and family knowledge and engagement • Effective employment supports • Organizational change for community providers • State-level policy and strategy

  2. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end”Robin Sharma

  3. Heading for the Summit By: Jeff Gentry, Triangle www.peoplewithability.org

  4. Walking Mt. Washington in the Winter

  5. Cairn 1: Clear Goals

  6. Cairn 2: Clear Procedures

  7. Cairn 3: Clear Communication

  8. Conclusion • The Stockdale Paradox • You must retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties. • AND, at the same time… • You must confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.

  9. Conclusion • We are not simply doing a job, we are responding to a calling to connect people of all abilities to careers and their communities • Yet, we realize that disability employment numbers have not markedly improved in 30 years and facility based non-work services are the fastest growing service in our industry • We must continue on towards the summit of full disability inclusion and employment. Keep an eye out for the cairns of clear goals, clear procedures, and clear communication that mark the way

  10. Keep in touch! Cindy Thomas: cindy.thomas@umb.edu Jeff Gentry: jgentry@triangle-inc.org

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