Ohio Regional Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) is a week-long career leadership training program, held during the summer, for high school students with disabilities. Participation in YLF can prepare you to become one of Ohio’s future leaders by improving your leadership, citizenship, and social skills.
At YLF you will: •Learn about choosing a career •Learn about available resources and assistive technology •Identify existing barriers to personal and professional success and develop plans to overcome those barriers •Interact with professionals with disabilities who serve as mentors and role models •Develop a personal leadership plan, which includes specificaction steps to follow when you return to your community •Gain the power to reach your goals in education, employment, and community leadership •Develop a social network with your peers
Applications are available by contacting the site location.
Ohio Regional Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) Locations
Don’t miss the special joint session for Family Advisory Council and Disability Connect!
Family Advisory Council & Disability Connect Joint Session: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Family Advisory Council and Disability Connect meetings occur regularly and are open to everyone.
The Family Advisory Council and Disability Connect provide a forum for Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) to provide information and updates about the department’s work and hear directly from people with disabilities and family members.
This gathering will be in person — with a webinar feature available for the DODD presentations as well.
Presentations with valuable information and updates will be provided by different divisions and DODD leadership. Participants will engage in activities to provide feedback and cultivate a community of connections.
· Lunch will be provided by DODD
· Free Parking
· ASL and CART Transcription will be provided
· In-person registration is limited.
A webinar feature will be available for the DODD presentations as well.
Accommodations: Attendees requiring special accommodations should notify Ohio LifeCourse Nexus by emailing ohiolifecoursenexus@dodd.ohio.gov at the time of registration so that proper arrangements can be made.
Family Advisory Council and Disability Connect meetings take place regularly and are an opportunity for people with disabilities and family members to connect directly with DODD.
Ohio SILC Full Council Meeting June 6, 2024 at 1:30PM Meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Columbus Airport 2886 Airport Dr, Columbus, OH 43219
Links to the agenda, agenda packet and Zoom link to view the meeting virtually is available on our new meeting website.
If you need any reasonable accommodations for the meeting, please contact the SILC staff at (614) 892-0390.
Committees will not be meeting at this time.
The Ohio SILC is working on a new meeting website to give you even easier access to information about the SILC council, committees and meetings. Meeting WebsiteWhile we continue to work on updating and improving the website, we are excited to give the public a new and improved way to interact with the SILC.
Future Ohio SILC Meetings August 22, 2024 October 24, 2024
Nutrition & Aging Resource Center Summer Webinar Series
Join the ACL-funded Nutrition and Aging Resource Center for an upcoming four-webinar series on navigating aging services network partnerships. The series emphasizes improved communication and collaboration, and each event will offer valuable insights to help participants identify resources and strategies to grow and maintain successful partnerships. Attendees will also learn how to approach new partners and manage change with existing partners.
Navigating Successful Partnerships: Benefits and Strategies
Jun 12, 2024 01:00 PM ET
Addressing societal issues as big as hunger and nutrition are bigger than any one organization – partnership and collaboration are critical to meaningful change and improvement. This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the advantages of partnerships, and the essential strategies required for establishing and maintaining successful collaborations. Resources from the Community Tool Box, a free online resource for community change and improvement, will be shared to support participants’ efforts.
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Speakers
Christina Holt, MA
Assistant Director for the Center for Community Health and Development·University of Kansas
Christina serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. She directs the Community Tool Box and specializes in capacity building for community change and improvement and supporting evaluation of community-based efforts. Christina has served as a speaker and technical consultant for groups including the World Health Organization, World Bank, United Nations, Peace Corps, and the Institute of Medicine. As a volunteer, Christina worked with a local coalition for more than a decade in various roles, including as Coalition Chair and supporting the Healthy Food for All work group. Christina provides trainings to non-profits, coalitions, and those implementing collaborative community-based efforts. Her passion is helping people make a difference on socially important issues.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET Speakers: Alex Bauman, RD, LDN, Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, and Sarah Francis, PhD, MHS, RD, Iowa State University
Are you interested in learning about how work will affect your Social Security benefits?
If you are interested in learning about the Ticket to Work program or Work Incentives, you can attend a free Work Incentive Seminar Event (WISE) online webinar.
WISE webinars are online events held for people who are age 18 through 64 and receive Social Security Disability benefits. You’ll learn about the Ticket to Work Program and available Work Incentives through accessible learning opportunities. WISE webinars are generally held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
When an elevator is installed, no one asks why the elevator is needed or how to use it. In comparison, when an assistive listening system (ALS) is installed, almost everyone will say “Huh?”
In this session, you’ll learn that even when people wear hearing aids, they still need assistive listening systems to hear clearly in public and private entities. The session will cover which systems fall under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the ADA standards, the practicality of the different ALS, and best practices for managers so that users have a positive experience, whether they wear hearing devices or not. Also, the session will cover how Auracast may be used as an assistive listening system with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards to be released in 2027. For years to come, all assistive listening systems will coexist for users to access clear speech anywhere they go.
Individuals will be able to submit questions for the speaker in advance during the registration process.
Sign Language Interpreters and Human Generated Real-Time Captioning will be provided for this session.
Continuing Education Recognition Available
Certificate
Credit hours
ACTCP
1.5
Certificate of Attendance
1.5
Speakers:
Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD, Professional Advisor for Hearing Loop (and other Assistive) Technology, Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
Join us for a “Deeper Dive” into disability statistics! Using data from a population survey released mid-month, our team of experts will explore important trends and topics with guest speakers each month.
12:00 pm: Welcome and Purpose of this Deeper Dive
12:05 pm: Updated numbers pertaining to today’s area of focus
12:20 pm: Guest Presenter
12:35 pm: Open discussion and questions for all
Note. All webinars will be recorded and closed captioned and will be added to our website archives along with full transcripts following the live broadcast.
Presenters
Andrew Houtenville, PhD, is a Professor of Economics and Research Director of the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Houtenville is extensively involved in disability statistics and employment policy research. He has published widely in the areas of disability statistics and the economic status of people with disabilities. He is the Principal Investigator on the NIDILRR-funded Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center. Dr. Houtenville received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire in 1999 & was a National Institute on Aging Post-Doctoral Fellow at Syracuse University in 1998/1999.
John O’Neill, PhD is the director of employment and disability research at Kessler Foundation and has over 28 years of experience in vocational rehabilitation as a rehabilitation counselor educator, disability employment researcher, and advisor to state vocational rehabilitation agencies. Dr. O’Neill has been a PI or co-PI on six NIDILRR funded, five-year research and training centers focusing on TBI and community integration, disability statistics, disability employment service system, and how individual and contextual factors relate to employment outcomes among people with disabilities.
Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC-SLP is Senior Vice President of Grants and Communications at Kessler Foundation. Elaine Katz oversees the Foundation’s comprehensive grantmaking program and its communications department. During her tenure, the Foundation has awarded more than $49 million in grant support for national and community-based employment programs. For more than 25 years, Elaine has worked with non-profit organizations in the areas of board development, fundraising, marketing, and business development. Elaine often speaks about innovative practices for employing people with disabilities, authors/co-authors articles and papers on related topics, and is a member of several aligned organizations.
Denise M. Rozell, JD is the Director of Policy Innovation at the AUCD. Prior to joining AUCD, she spent fifteen years as Assistant Vice President for State Government Relations with Easter Seals. Denise was the primary resource to Easter Seals 75 affiliates in building capacity to increase awareness of and support for Easter Seals in state government. Prior to that, Denise was the Executive Director of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, an international membership organization for the professionals serving individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Denise holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Occidental College in Los Angeles and a juris doctorate from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California in Berkeley.
SciAccess is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing disability inclusion and equity in STEM education, outreach, and research. At the SciAccess 2024 Conference, connect with a global community of educators, scientists, students, disability advocates, and industry leaders to discuss best practices in accessible STEM.
We are proud to feature keynote speeches by:
Blue Origin Astronaut and Co-Founder of Planet Labs Dr. Chris Boshuizen
Registrants who donate will be entered into a raffle to win a telescope, signed by our very own keynote speaker Blue Origin Astronaut Dr. Chris Boshuizen! Teachers interested in bringing their classrooms to ask questions to an astronaut will be automatically entered to win the telescope for free by filling out this special teacher form.
Join the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) Lunch & Learn webinar, which will include a series of brief presentations where panelists will present on federal funding opportunities for disability and rehabilitation research at their respective agencies. At the end of the panel presentations, there will be a 15-minute Q&A session with the audience. The audience will include a wide range of ICDR stakeholders, federal interagency partners, researchers, practitioners, disability organizations and ICDR Committee members.
Panelists:
Timothy J. Brindle, Ph.D., Veterans Administration
Rebecca A. Fisher, Ph.D., Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Theresa Hayes Cruz, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey Hemmeter, Ph.D., Social Security Administration
Radha Holavanahalli, Ph.D., National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Courtney Pollack, Ed.D., National Center for Special Education Research
Catherine Rice, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Edward Vitelli, Ed.D., Rehabilitation Services Administration
Space is limited. Register now to reserve your spot and to receive instructions for joining the meeting. Registration closes May 7, 2024.
ASL interpreting and live captioning will be provided. An opportunity to request additional disability-related accommodations will be included on the registration form and must be requested at least one week prior to the event. If you have difficulties registering, please email events@1sourceevents.com.
Welcome to the National Trends in Disability Employment (or nTIDE) Lunch & Learn series. On the first Friday of every month, corresponding with the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, we will be offering a live broadcast via Zoom Webinar to share the results of the latest nTIDE findings. In addition, we will provide news and updates from the field of Disability Employment, as well as host an invited panelist who will discuss current disability related findings and events.
12:00 p.m.: Introduction & Welcome 12:10 p.m.: Overview of National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Jobs Report 12:15 p.m.: Announcements from the field of Disability Employment 12:30 p.m.: Guest Presenter: Adene Karhan, CAPE-Youth 12:45 p.m.: Question and Answer for Attendees Note: All webinars will be recorded and closed-captioned and will be added to our website archives along with full transcripts following the live broadcast.
The StatsRRTC is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90RTGE0005).
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