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This multi-media training series will provide you with an overview of
different disability topics. At the end of each session, we have
included resources and links for additional information on this topic.
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Jim Rothrock
Video
8 min.
This video is captioned.
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Untapped Resource - Pool of
Qualified Potential Employees
Presenter: Jim Rothrock,
President, The Rothrock Group, Ltd., provides the introduction to this video on
the benefits of hiring people with disabilities. Employers share their positive
experiences of hiring and working with people with disabilities, and employees
with disabilities give their testimonials about working.
Here are just a few of the
employers highlighted in this video:
Borders Books & Music
Embassy Suites Hotels
Manpower
Philip Morris USA
SunTrust Bank
US Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Nancy Brooks-Lane Shares an
Example of Resource Ownership (From a T-TAP Online
Seminar*)
Presenter: Nancy Brooks-Lane, Cobb Douglas Counties Community Services Board in
Georgia.
*Please visit the T-TAP website for additional resources on this topic:
T-TAP Online Seminars |
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Making Your Business
Accessible
Presenter: Marian Vessels, Director of the ADA and IT Information Center for the
Mid-Atlantic Region.
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Future Outlook of Employment
for People with Disabilities
Presenter:
Lex Frieden, Sr. VP at TIRR; Dir. of TIRR's ILRU; & Professor of PM&R at Baylor
College of Medicine
Original Source: RRTC & PMR's Spinal Cord Injury and Employment Telecast,
June 23,2004 |
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Seeking Mental Health
Treatment - A Primer for African Americans
Presenter: Cheryl S. Al-Mateen, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University |
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Max Starkloff reads the Farewell
Message of Justin Dart Jr.
Justin Dart,
Jr. advocated for human rights for over four decades. He
served five Presidential appointments in the area of disability
policy. |
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Manpower, VCU-RRTC, &
SunTrust Bank Put Ability to Work in the 21st Century
Millie Hewett,
MANPOWER; Paul Wehman,
VCU-RRTC; C.T. Hill,
CEO, SunTrust Bank; Katherine
McCary, SunTrust Bank; Howard Green,
VCU-RRTC
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Telecommuting
and People with Disabilities
Debra Ruh, C.E.O. TecAccess,
Over 75% of
the staff at TecAccess are people with disabilities. |
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Work Incentives
Associated with Medical Insurance Coverage
Connie Ferrell is a consultant and trainer providing information
on employment and inclusion for people with disabilities. |
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SSI and Work Incentives - 1619b
Susan O'Mara is the
Technical Assistance Associate with the Virginia Commonwealth
University Project Office |
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Employment & Individuals with
Psychiatric Disabilities
Laurie Ford, Dir. for Community Rehab
Training at the Center for Continuing Ed in Rehab (CCER), WWU |
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and
Return to Work - Case Study
Dr. Paul Wehman, Professor, VCU & Director of the RRTC on
Workplace Supports |
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Disability Management Best Practices
Don Shrey, Ph.D., C.R.C. is the President of Advanced
Transitions, Inc. an international consulting business |
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Investing in People Through
Technology
Lex Frieden, Sr VP, Institute for Rehabilitation & Research,
Houston,TX |
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Supported Employment Best Practices
Dr. Paul Wehman, Professor, VCU & Director of the RRTC on
Workplace Supports |
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Self Determination
Wendy Wood, Associate Professor, UNC
Larry Cooper, Self-Advocate |
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Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
Improvement Act
Ken McGill |
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