[Nfbk] FW: Empower Students with Disabilities to Work Today!

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That is really exciting!

On 9/1/17, Todd E. Stephens via NFBK <nfbk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good Evening, Everyone:
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> From: Ashland Coalition for Workforce Diversity
> [mailto:ASHLAND-COALITI at LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of Wheeler, Carolyn
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 4:10 PM
> To: ASHLAND-COALITI at LSV.UKY.EDU
> Subject: Empower Students with Disabilities to Work Today!
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> KentuckyWorks Website Launches Today to Empower Youth with Disabilities to
> Reach Their Potential!
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> We’re excited to announce the launch of our new website and first learning
> module for teachers, youth with disabilities, employers, families, and
> employment professionals at
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> kentuckyworks.org! The purpose of this website is to help navigate the
> transition process and find the most valuable transition resources in
> Kentucky and nationwide to make sure youth with disabilities can get jobs
> and higher education after they finish school.
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> You can also read about employment success stories in Kentucky and find out
> tips for helping all people with disabilities learn work skills, find jobs
> and flourish. We have resources available for families and youth embarking
> on this journey and the educators and employment specialists alongside
> them.
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> The youth section of the website is also written be accessible for people
> with intellectual disabilities with an accessible reading level, resource
> content with an audio button, and photos. In addition, the website can
> adjust to the size of any screen, and you can
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> create a shortcut on your phone or tablet to access the website like an app.
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> Photo of young woman with a disability at work
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> Photo of young woman with Down syndrome and another adult.
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> Free Transition Training Available Now
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> We are also pleased to share
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> Transition 101, (
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> kentuckyworks.org/modules)  which is an online module overview of the
> current status of employment outcomes for youth with the most significant
> disabilities in Kentucky. This module reviews the key steps in the
> transition process itself, the legal requirements and the roles of each
> agency, types of employment (competitive, supported, and customized), and
> the development of measurable post-secondary goals for transition-age youth.
> The module has a series of guiding questions, with interactive questions
> interspersed throughout. We anticipate that we will soon offer professional
> development/continuing education credits to educators, VR counselors, and DD
> case managers/providers who successfully complete the training
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> What is KentuckyWorks?
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> KentuckyWorks is a partnership program between the Human Development
> Institute and the KY Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), KY
> Department of Education, Special Education Cooperatives, KY Division of
> Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, KY Protection & Advocacy, KY
> Office for the Blind, Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities, KY
> Office of Autism, and the KY Autism Training Center. The University of
> Kentucky’s Human Development Institute  (HDI), along with our partner
> agencies, has received a five-year Partnership in Employment Systems Change
> grant from the US Administration for Community Living. The grant will help
> students with the most significant disabilities transition from school to
> meaningful employment or postsecondary education in their communities. This
> state-level intervention will impact students at the most critical point –
> their final years of school.
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> The over-arching goal of our Partnership is to increase positive post-school
> outcomes (integrated employment; participation in post-secondary education;
> or both) for students with the most significant disabilities in our state by
> 20 percentage points over the five years of this grant! If we work together,
> we can do this!
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