Upcoming Conferences, Workshops and Events

2010

September 2010 

TRN, Inc., Career Development for Youth and Adults with Disabilities Web Course
Web-based Event
Date: September 14, 2010 - September 27, 2010
Website: https://trn-store.com/drupal/course_cardev
Abstract: Career Development is a 2-week, approximately 20-hour web training on developing career goals through vocational assessment, career development skills, and vocational profiling for youth and adults with disabilities. Topics will include principles of self-determination, the discovery process, and situational assessment, as well as entry jobs versus dream jobs, self-employment, career exploration strategies, self-presentation, and other approaches. Participants can log on at any time from any computer with internet access during the course access period to participate in the training. Successful completers receive a certificate. The course will be facilitated by Rob Hoffman, a well-known consultant who has taught extensively on the employment of people with disabilities.

Think College/TASH Webinars
Web-based Event
Date: September 15, 2010 - October 13, 2010 - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM   (Eastern)
Website: http://www.thinkcollege.net/for-professionals/training-and-technical-assistance
Abstract: Think College and TASH are holding a series of webinars together on issues relating to persons with disabilities in September and October: Sept. 15, “Postsecondary Education For People With Intellectual Disabilities: Overview, Higher Education”; Sept. 22, “Funding Postsecondary Programs For Students With Intellectual Disabilities”; Sept. 29, “Transition To College For Students With Intellectual Disabilities”; Oct. 6, “Creating Inclusive College Options: Strategies And Promising Practices”; and Oct. 13, “Strategies To Support Employment In PSE Programs.”

USBLN: Aligning Disability with the Bottom Line: Talent, Market Share, and Supplier Diversity
Conference
Date: September 19, 2010 - September 22, 2010
Location: Chicago, IL
Website: http://www.usblnannualconference.org/
Abstract: The 2010 US Business Leadership Network (USBLN) Annual Conference & Expo theme is Aligning Disability with the Bottom Line: Talent, Market Share, and Supplier Diversity. It is a national employer-to-employer event that taps into the economic potential of people with disabilities. It brings corporate, government, disability-owned businesses, and BLN affiliates together to create workplaces, marketplaces, and supply chains where people with disabilities are fully included as professionals, customers and entrepreneurs.

“Honoring Our Past, Shaping Our Future”
Conference
Date: September 27, 2010 - September 28, 2010
Location: Orlando, FL
Website: http://www.nacdd.org/meetings/annual-conference.aspx
Abstract: The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities is sponsoring “Honoring Our Past, Shaping Our Future: 40 years of Councils on Developmental Disabilities,” in Orlando, Florida. The conference provides opportunities to share resources and ideas that highlight Council accomplishments and best practices on a range of issues affecting people with developmental disabilities. This year’s conference will have sessions on employment, transition, capacity building, housing, technology, health, and self-advocacy.

Conference of the Acquired Deafblindness Network (8th)
Date: September 29-October 3, 2010
Location: City of Aalborg, Denmark
Abstract: The theme of the conference is Building bridges - connecting people. The conference will take forward the work from the 7th conference of ADBN held in Norway in 2008. Using the theme of Building Bridges we will be exploring notions of developing relationships between deafblind people, families, friends and professionals. Bridges not only connect people but enable movement and development, independence and growth of potential.
Website: http://www.adbn.org
Contact Information: Else Marie Jensen-+45 4439 1250
Email: adbn2010@cfd.dk

October 2010

“Transition in the 21st Century”
Conference
Date: October 14, 2010 - October 16, 2010
Location: Groton, CT
Website: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=199916
Abstract: The “Transition in the 21st Century” Regional Conference, sponsored by the Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT), will be held in Groton, Connecticut. It will feature keynote speaker, LeDerick Horne, a nationally recognized motivational speaker, poet, and advocate for people with disabilities.

2010 Closing the Gap Conference
Conference
Date: October 21, 2010 - October 23, 2010
Location: Bloomington, MN
Website: http://www.closingthegap.com/conference/
Abstract: This year’s conference builds on a tradition of providing a comprehensive examination of the most current uses of technology by persons with disabilities and the professionals who work with them. Topics will cover technologies being applied to all disabilities and age groups in education, rehabilitation, vocation, and independent living. First-hand information about products and best assistive technology (AT) practices and strategies will be presented by and for teachers, therapists, clinicians, parents and end users alike.