Career - related Presentations from Annual Conferences
2009
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#4.9 Bachelor Level College Graduates
with Disabilities in the American Labor Market
Ruth Bork, Northeastern University
Veronica Porter, Northeastern University
#5.9 A Webcast Series to Preapare
Secondary School Students with Disabilities for STEM College and Careers
Clark Shingledecker, Wright State University
Jeffrey Vernooy, Wright State University
#7.9 Symposium : Successful Career Paths that Span the Globe
Paving the Career Employment Transition
Path: Making the Commitment to Maximize Success
Alan Muir, Career Opps for Students w/ Disabilities
Sarah Helm, The University of Tennessee
Preparing Students With Disabilities
For Careers In A Globalized World
Avraham Rabby, Consultant on employment of people with disabilities
Strategies and Resources to Support
Students with Career Goals in Global Corporations
Kathy McCreedy, DiverseAbility LLC
#8.7 Working Able Mentoring: Working
with Leading Employers in Ireland to place Graduates with Disabilites
in Work Internships
Ann Heelan, AHEAD Ireland
#9.7 Facilitating Successful Transitions
into STEM Fields for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities
Kimberly Collins, University of Illinois
#9.9
Supporting Teacher Trainees with Learning Disabilities or ADHD in Transition
from College to Work
Brenda Liptz, David Yellin College of Education
#IS1 AmeriCorps: Get Involved, Give
Back, Gain Skills, Earn an Ed Award and Obtain a Living Allowance!
Paula Sotnik, National Service Inclusion Project, ICI
Lanny Taulbee, KY Commission on Community Volunteerism
#IS4 The Ticket to Work Program:
Get Paid for Helping Social Security Beneficiaries with Disabilities
Achieve Their Employment
Leslie Barrett, CESSI, Ticket to Work
Nicole Harrison, CESSI, Ticket to Work
2008
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Session Number: 2.6
Title: Community Colleges: Connecting Students to Careers?
Session Number: 3.6
Title: Job Search Strategies for a Smooth Transition from School to
Work
Session Number: 4.5
Title: Go to the Head of the Class: A Panel Discussion on the Challenges
Facing Students with Disabilities in their Chosen Career of Teaching
Session Number: 4.6
Title: Community Collaborations + Demonstrated Supportive Program =
Successful Postsecondary Transition: Learn and Earn
Session Number: 5.4
Title: Career Planning and Placement: Personal Development and Decision
Making Skills for Students with Disabilities
Session Number: 8.6
Title: Transition from Postsecondary Education to the Labor Market:
A Review of Current Research
Session Number: 9.5
Title: College Students and Graduates with Disabilities in the American
labor Market
Session Number: IS7
Title: Discover the NEW Ticket to Work!
Session Number: PS1
Title: Entry Point: 12 years of successful internships and career launches
equals solid recommendations to help students
2007
#1.2 Self-Disclosure or Concealment?
A Dilemma among Minority College Students with Disabilities
Rosezelia Roy, Virginia State University
Evelyn Whitehead, Virginia State University
Racial differences in self-disclosure of psychiatric and learning disabilities among college students are seen by student service personnel. A panel of counseling and disability professionals will highlight research findings on minority students’ decision to self-disclose or conceal in college. Examples of outreach activities and counseling approaches to encourage self-disclosure will be presented.
#1.7 Making Career Decisions after Brain Injury: Women’s Experiences
Maria Iaquinta, Douglas College
This session will present the findings of a qualitative study that investigated the experience and meaning of career decision-making for women with brain injury. The presenter, a service provider and researcher, will take a social model of disability perspective and use case examples to present common themes in the womens’ stories. The presenter will facilitate a discussion of potential applications of the findings to a valuing of experience and the creation of psychological access on campus.
#2.9 Preparing Students with Disabilities
for Access in the World of Work: A Look at Current Research and Best
Practices
Larry Markle, Ball State University
Veronica Porter, Northeastern University
Since the passage of the ADA in 1990, employment of individuals with disabilities has declined according to current research using major surveys. This presentation will focus on current research that has been done on how college graduates with physical disabilities have fared in the labor market. Successful strategies, from two universities, for helping students transition and gain access to the labor market will be discussed.
#5.6 Transition to Career: Student Experiential
Education and the Role of Disability Services
Sarah Helm, The University of Tennessee
Katherine McCary, Sun Trust Bank
Alan Muir, Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
Work experience is the key for students with disabilities to be competitive in searching for an appropriate career. This session focuses on several internship programs for students, as well as providing an employer’s perspective on career preparation. A new resource that directly connects students with disabilities with employers for full-time and internship positions will also be highlighted.
