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Maximizing Assistive Technology in Consumers' Hands







April 29,  2010

Upcoming PEATC Webinars 


 
 
Bringing together all the elements needed for a
successful transition for a youth with a disability
can be a monumental effort. The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) in collaboration
with Virginia Commonwealth University -
Rehabilitation Research Training Center is offering
a webinar series for parents, students with
disabilities, and the professionals who work with
them.
All of the webinars are free and are archived. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Continuing Rehabilitation Credits (CRCs)are available. For more information contact healy@peatc.org

All webinars are Free and begin at 2:00pm EST.

May 3: The New Ticket To Work Program -
What's in it for Young People?
Sallie Rhodes, CESSI Ticket to Work
Program Specialist
 
The Social Security Administration is serious about ensuring young people with disabilities have the option of embarking upon meaningful careers and life long self-sufficiency. The Ticket to Work program is one tool to support new job seekers. Learn how young people with disabilities can access the array of Social Security work incentive programs and how they can take advantage of the resources Ticket to Work employment networks provide.
 
May 17: Universal Design for Learning-a Pathway for Lifelong Learning
Frances G. Smith, Ed.D.,CVE, Coordinator of
Technology and Distance Learning VCU TTAC
 
Technology advances are opening doors for people
with disabilities in ways never before imagined.
Families and educators can learn how classroom accommodations may be transferred in the
transition to post school life. Parents can leverage
this information to help their transition age youth
with disabilities embrace strategies to help them
become life long learners.
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