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Meeting Documents
Youth Advisory Council Meeting, Manchester, ME
October 12, 2009
Work: It's Everyone's Business, MPF Conference, South Portland, ME
October 2, 2009
- Personal Profile (doc)
- While You Wait (doc)
- Top 10 Actions Parents Can Take (doc)
- Finding the Right Job (doc)
Youth Advisory Council Meeting, Manchester, ME
July 13, 2009
Youth Advisory Council Meeting, Augusta, ME
March 28, 2009
ICYCC Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
May 27, 2009 - Handouts
- Reflection Log (pdf)
- Builders & Barriers (pdf)
- Quick Write (pdf)
- Begin Slowly, Just Begin Jigsaw Template (pdf)
- In Order to Invlove Youth Checklist (pdf)
- Silence Starter directions (pdf)
- Best Working Conditions directions (pdf)
- Working Agreements directions (pdf)
- Celebratory Learning Web (pdf) - Live Version (html)
- Attributes at the Heart of Celebratory Learning (pdf)
- How Maine Involves Youth (pdf)
- Charts on the Wall directions (pdf)
- Reflection Log directions (pdf)
- Parking Lot directions (pdf)
Transition Workshop - UMPI
March 3, 2009
- Activity Map (doc)
- Consumer Assesment Form (doc)
- Finding the Right Job (doc)
- Itinerary for Discovery (doc)
- Personal Profile (doc)
- Preferences Map (doc)
- Routine Map (doc)
- Vocational Profile Form (doc)
Leadership & Communication: Taking a Closer Look, Leadership Development Series for Youth with Special Health Needs or a Disability, Augusta, ME
December 13, 2008
Power Point - MCHB Grantee Meeting, Silver Spring, MD, September 2007
Charts from January 5, 2008 Meeting (pdf)
Handouts from AMCHP Meeting March 4, 2008
Learning From and With Youth to Facilitate Leadership & Advocacy Power Point - PACRIM Meeting April 2008
Farming - with Autism - by Jesse Bell
Power Point
Helpful Links
THE 411 ON YOUR JOB RIGHTS
This new fact sheet from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) explains to teens and young people their employment rights. The
fact sheet is available in English at
http://www.youth.eeoc.gov/downloads/factsheet_en.pdf and in Spanish at http://www.youth.eeoc.gov/downloads/factsheet_es.pdf
DISCLOSURE RESOURCES FOR YOUTH
These fact sheets of specific interest to youth with disabilities, their
families, and the professionals who work with them are available on the
web site of the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment
Policy. All of the fact sheets provide guidance and explore issues
related to disclosing one's disability.
"The Why, When, What, and How of Disclosure in an Academic Setting,
After
High School"
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/wwwh.htm
"Youth, Disclosure, and the Workplace: Why, When, What, and How"
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/ydw.htm
"Advising Youth with Disabilities on Disclosure: Tips for Service
Providers"
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/advising.htm
Employer Perspectives on Employment of People with Disabilities (pdf)
A brochure from the Office of Disability Employment Policy
Going To Work: A Guide to Social Security Benefits and Employment for Young People with Disabilities (2010 Edition)
http://www.communityinclusion.org/article.php?article_id=211