Jennifer McDonough and Lucy Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University This webcast will identify the 10 most common myths that providers have on the impact of work on Social Security Disability benefit payments, Medicaid, and Medicare. The presentation will provide a broad overview of the work rules and highlight areas where the most mistakes are made. Proven strategies and techniques for avoiding common pitfalls will be discussed. In addition the presenters will share several easy-to-use tools to enhance staff understanding of Social Security work rules and incentives.

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John Miller, V.P. AHEDD All young adults need to transition to post secondary or vocational training or graduate with a job. This should be the "mantra" of the disability community. This webcast will explore the value-added roles that providers can serve in the transition from school to careers. Included in the presentation will be information on networking with business, taking an active role with high school, completing benefits planning, and continuing education.

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Susie Rutkowski, Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, Manager of Disability Education and Co-Director of Project SEARCH Ten years ago, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center partnered with Great Oaks Institute of Technology to create an on-site business based transition program. Project SEARCH is a one year program for students and young adults beginning at age 18. The key concepts of this program include immersion of the young person at the organization for one school year, 3-4 internships in the organization, employability curriculum taught on and off the job, on-site staff including special education instructor and job coaches, and employment outcomes. This program has grown to include other business settings and has expanded throughout Ohio and across the country. Find out why this program is successful and if it could work in your community.

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Dennis Born, S.E.C.T. Director In this webcast, the presenter will discuss employment barriers and strategies for individuals with psychiatric disabilities and criminal histories. An overview of employment barriers and contributors to successful employment outcomes will be given along with an indepth discussion on the types of supportive interventions that have worked for job placement, development, and retention for individuals with disabilities that have criminal records.

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Marilyn Henn, National Speaker on Transition Marilyn is the mother of a daughter with severe autism who is nonverbal and exhibits severe behaviors such as kicking, biting, screaming, pica, and self-injurious behaviors. Despite these obstacles, her daughter has held a fulltime job in the community with supports and full benefits for over 12 years. She has her own car and lives in her own "Family Consortium." This presentation covers the journey and the outcome that Marilyn and her daughter have made told over thirty years in words and video.

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Karen J. Lee, Executive Director of SECC Steve Blanks, Director of Employment Services This webcast will focus on organizational change based on the experience of SEEC of Silver Spring, Maryland. Stories will be shared of how SEEC transitioned to providing customized employment including the discovery process that have resulted in employment outcomes for individuals with the most significant developmental disabilities. During the change process, SEEC became committed to focusing on "one person at a time."

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Corey Smith, Director of Employment Supports, Via of Lehigh Valley Entrepreneurship as a career choice is an important employment option for individuals with disabilities. Self-employment can provide a customized job overcoming barriers to traditional employment such as greater flexibility and income opportunities. Also discussed will be resource ownership. Using this strategy, an individual purchases equipment or property that he or she brings as a "resource" to a paid job in the community. Case studies providing strategies and issues of planning and starting a business will be shared as well as examples of resource ownership.

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