Training Opportunities & Information Updates

From the Kentucky Supported Employment Training Project
August 8^th, 2024

Kentucky APSE Conference 2024: Engage. Include. Amplify.

September 9^th - 10^th, Lexington (in-person)
This is a statewide conference focusing on learning and providing quality supports to people with disabilities seeking to find and maintain employment. It will offer 8 hours of training, the annual Meet & Greet, and our KY APSE Awards Lunch. This is a great chance to gather with Employment Specialists, VR Counselors, and others interested in increasing employment options from across Kentucky!

Register for the Kentucky APSE Conference 2024
Check out the location and schedule

Keynotes announced!

Concurrent Session Options Announced!

• OVR Hot Topics, Ashley Taylor, OVR
• Rehabilitation Technology - Identifying tools in the workplace to increase performance, Karen Perry and Josiah Fowler, OVR
• The Olmstead Decision: A Call for Disability Justice, Elizabeth Kries, UK - HDI
• Employer Engagement, Katie Wolf Whaley, UK - HDI
• Maximizing Employment Service Quality for Waiver Participants, Jeff White, Lisa Carrico, and Elizabeth Markle, DDID
• Informational Interviews - A Tool for Job Development, Tricia Jones-Parkin, Utah State University
• The Americans with Disabilities Act Title I: Employment Protections, Barry Whaley, Southeast ADA Center
• Using KY DB 101 On Your Smart Phone, Carolyn Wheeler, UK – HDI and Jeff White, DDID
• Pre-ETS- Stepping Stones to Transition: Amplifying Services to Kentucky Students, Audra Shutt, OVR
• Empowering Financial Futures: Navigating Resources and Banking Solutions in Kentucky, Jennifer Inman, Ajla Faust, and Richard Bryant, Kentucky Financial Empowerment Commission
• Teamwork is the Key: Effective Supervision, Lisa Lewis, Pennyroyal Center
• Natural Supports - Navigating Employer Understanding and Success on the Job, Tricia Jones-Parkin, Utah State University
• Utilizing Pre-Vocational Services to Enhance Person Centered Job Selections and Job Development, Kaitlyn Paschall and LeeAnn Creech, AOK
• Tailored Talent: A Customized Internship Story, Merry-Reid Sheffer, Edge Employment, Kaitlin Keane, QK4 and KKP Boudoir and Kirsten Webb, Intern with QK4 and KKP Boudoir
• Outcome Based Supervision, Deandra Howard, UK - HDI
• To "With" or not to "With": Answering all your Questions About Respectful Language and IDD, Laura Butler and Bev Harp, UK – HDI

Continuing Education Hours

• 8 hours will count toward the required hours to provide SE or E&R for OVR.
• We are approved to offer 8 hours of CRC credit, including 1.25 Ethics*.
• We are approved for 8 hours of CESP credit.

Early bird rate is good through 8/21: register now!
Registration will be open through 5:00 pm ET on 9/3 or until sold out.

Are you staying overnight in Lexington? Reserve a room at the Campbell House, for a reduced rate under KY APSE’s room block, by August 13^th. We cannot guarantee rate or availability after August 13^th, so book soon!

2024 Call for KY APSE Awards – submit a nomination by August 12^th at 12 pm ET. 

• Nancy Hall Supported Employment Advocacy Award was established to honor a Rehabilitation Professional who has demonstrated exceptional determination and motivated individuals with the most significant disabilities to obtain their maximum vocational potential through Supported Employment.
• Sam Serraglio Community Employment Award is given to a person who fosters the ideas of self-determination, individual excellence, and independence for individuals with disabilities to successfully obtain community employment.  The candidate demonstrates an ability to advocate for people with disabilities while building partnerships with the business community, service provider, the family/provider, and the individual.
• Willie Byrd Legislative Award is given to a person who has supported and promoted the employment of people with significant disabilities through legislation and/or legislative efforts.  Consideration for this award should be given to a legislator and/or individuals who have worked effectively within the legislative and advocacy realm to ensure that people with significant disabilities have the opportunity to work.
• The Jim Chesser Award for Advocacy was established in memory of Jim Chesser, a long-time self-advocate and friend of KY APSE.  The winner shall reflect the ideas of advocating for the full inclusion of people with disabilities, including employment.  Preference may be given to persons who experience disability, but anyone who furthers the goal of inclusion will be considered.

We will feature Exhibit Tables at the conference for you to visit and learn about resources. Sign up to be an exhibitor if interested.

Meet & Greet!

Monday evening will be our annual Meet & Greet at 5:30 pm ET. This is a great time to network, relax, and meet others in our field. We will have appetizers and a cash bar. For anyone interested, we will also host Trivia Night! Bring a team, join a team, or just watch & cheer.  

SPONSOR Thank you!

Kentucky APSE thanks Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for their sponsorship of this conference!

Questions?
Contact Katie Wolf Whaley, conference chair, at kwolf@uky.edu or kyapse@apse.org

Kentucky APSE is our state chapter of APSE: Association of People Supporting Employment First. We are a membership organization, whose mission is to advance employment equity for people with disabilities.

The conference is open to members and non-members! Interested in accessing the reduced member rate and additional benefits of APSE membership? Learn more and become an APSE member!
 

Katie