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Partnerships In Employment: What Matters Most: Research On Elevating Parent Expectations, Tash Town Hall, December 2014, Erik W. Carter, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston Dec 2014

Partnerships In Employment: What Matters Most: Research On Elevating Parent Expectations, Tash Town Hall, December 2014, Erik W. Carter, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston

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The brief goes into detail about the most powerful force in changing transition outcomes for young people with significant disabilities. This brief explains this force is not ultimately found in the transition plans we craft, the educational services we offer, the instruction we provide, or the systems we build, but rather in the expectations and aspirations individual parents hold for their sons and daughters.


Partnerships In Employment Brief: Engaging Families Of Youth With Intellectual Disabilities In Systems Change Efforts, Sean Roy Jan 2014

Partnerships In Employment Brief: Engaging Families Of Youth With Intellectual Disabilities In Systems Change Efforts, Sean Roy

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This brief will highlight the reasons why parents and families are essential partners in any systems change effort. It will describe the importance of the family’s perspective, and how their experiences should be used to shape policy recommendations. It will offer strategies on how to engage parents and families in systems change efforts, and how to promote family involvement to state-level partners.


Partnerships In Employment: Summary Of: Section 1915(C) Home And Community Based Services Waivers And Section 1915(I) State Plan Home And Community Based Services, Cady Landa, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston Jan 2014

Partnerships In Employment: Summary Of: Section 1915(C) Home And Community Based Services Waivers And Section 1915(I) State Plan Home And Community Based Services, Cady Landa, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston

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This is a resource document prepared for a Community of Practice (COP) on using Medicaid funds as a resource to support individual integrated employment. The COP is hosted by the Partnerships in Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center for Partnerships in Employment grantees. The goal of the COP will be to provide opportunities to learn about the ways in which 1915(c) Home and Community Based Waivers and 1915(i) State Plan Home and Community Based Services have been used to support integrated employment in federal statue and in states with PIE grants.