APSE Supported Employment Institute
SE 101 Teletraining Series
Fall, 2007
Go no further than your workplace to take advantage of this
exciting learning opportunity.
The APSE Network on Employment Supported Employment Institute premiered in July, 2001 at the
APSE Conference with the first SE 101 – a 3-4 day training on the application of supported
employment. SE 101 has returned by popular demand each year and has become an integral part
of the annual APSE Conference. For individuals unable to attend the conference SE 101 series, the
high quality training is available year round for front line workers, administrators, management
staff, consumers and family members in this teletraining format.
Each session includes a lecture and interactive time to ensure the opportunity to ask questions and
dialogue with the presenter. Registrants receive visuals via e-mail prior to the session and have
access to power point materials as they participate via teleconference.
Administrators and Managers !
The APSE Network on Employment Institute Teletraining Services provides a rare opportunity for your
agencies to economically purchase training for your entire staff. Register your agency and make the
power point materials and teleconference available to your as many staff members as you like at one site,
for the cost of a single registration.
Fall, 2007 SE 101 Schedule
(Session descriptions attached)
Date
October 4, 2007
Available Trainers
Bob Niemiec
Topic
Foundations of Supported Employment
October 18, 2007
Rob Hoffman
Career Planning
November 1, 2007
Tyler Paris
Job Development
November 15, 2007
November 29, 2007
December 13, 2007
Bob Niemiec
Jon Alexander & Becky Brink
Bob Lawhead
Systematic Instruction
On-going Supports
What’s Next? The Future of Supported
Employment
REGISTRATION FORM
APSE NETWORK ON EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTE
APSE TELETRAINING SERIES, FALL, 2007
Copy this form and send it completed as instructed below.
To register for one or more of the SE Teletraining Sessions, please complete the following and send to The
APSE Network on Employment, 1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220, or fax to Gracie Burwell,
804-278-9377, or email to Gracie Burwell at gracie@aspe.org.
NAME: ___________________________________________________________
Check one:  - agency  - individual
ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________________________________
FAX NUMBER: ______________________________________________________
E-MAIL: (essential in order to receive session visuals): _____________________
SESSIONS: September 13, 2007 – November 20, 2007.
Registration fees:
Individual session:
$75.00 per site
Entire Package (6 sessions)
$400.00 per site
10% Discount for APSE Members
20% Discount for Contributing and Gold Organizational Members
Payment due in full before each session
Mark teleconference session/s you are registering for:
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The whole package All Six Sessions
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October 4, 2007 Foundations of SE
Bob Niemiec
October 14, 2007 Career Planning
Rob Hoffman
November 1, 2007
Job Development
Tyler Paris
November 15, 2007
Systematic Instruction
Bob Niemiec
November 29, 2007
Supporting People on the Job
Jon Alexander/Becky Brink
December 13, 2007
The Future of SE
Bob Lawhead
You will receive confirmation of registration and instructions for participation. Audio visuals of each
session will be sent to your e-mail address in advance of the scheduled date.
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bob Niemiec – 952-851-6186
Celane McWhorter – 703-683-1166
bniemiec@cipmn.org
celanem@yahoo.com
Gracie Burwell – 804-278-9187
gracie@apse.org
APSE NETWORK ON EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTE
APSE TELETRAINING SERIES, FALL, 2007
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOS
Foundations of Supported Employment - Bob Niemiec
What is Supported Employment? What are the values, guiding principles and features that influence this approach to working
with people who have significant disabilities? How and why did it begin? Learn about the evolution of SE. You will discover
the critical factors that lead to the development of SE and how it differs from other, more traditional approaches to
employment. You will be exposed to the underlying values & d principles that guide organizations and people in the quest to
facilitate SE in their communities. You will learn about the critical roles that employment specialists play in the successful
employment of people with disabilities in community businesses. You will also hear about some of the best practices in SE as
well as in school-to-work and community living transitions. Finally, there will be a brief discussion about how organizations
and states have managed to fund SE services.
Bob Niemiec is an internationally known trainer and consultant. Bob has a long history of providing high quality training and
consultation services to businesses, organizations and individuals throughout the United States and Canada. He is an
accomplished coach, trainer, strategic planner and organizational consultant. A graduate of Indiana University, Bob has been in
the field of employment for persons with disabilities for twenty-two years. He has performed at virtually every level within a
human service organization, from direct service to executive director. Bob is currently the Director of Employment and
Community Supports for Community Involvement Programs in Bloomington, Minnesota. Bob is an accomplished coach, trainer,
consultant, and public speaker. Bob is a Past-President of APSE, a founding member and Past-President of Minnesota APSE,
Immediate Past-President of the APSE Foundation, and a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Vocational
Rehabilitation. Bob also coordinates SE 101 and the APSE Tele-Training Series.
Person-Centered Career Planning – Rob Hoffman
This section of SE 101 will provide in-depth information and training on person-centered career planning, with emphasis on
best practices in this most important area. Key topics will include the following:
 Introduction to Person-Centered Career Planning
 Moving from a Deficiency towards Capacity view of persons with disabilities
 Mobilizing and implementing career planning teams that work
 Developing Career Profiles
 Creating individual Employment Support Plans that get results
 Strategies & tactics for building employment connections and effectively tapping personal networks
Rob Hoffman is the Project Manager for Region VII’s CRP-RCEP with the University of Missouri-Columbia and is responsible
for the development and delivery of training and technical assistance on employment services and business partnership strategies.
Prior to coming to Missouri, he was the Executive Director of the Wyoming Business Leadership Network, a network of business
partnership initiatives in various communities throughout the state. He has trained and consulted nationally on business
partnership strategies and continues his efforts to support communities in Missouri to develop these initiatives. Rob is also the
owner of Hoffman Promotionals, a company that provides marketing and promotional items for businesses, schools and
organizations.
Job Development – Tyler Paris and Joe Lewis
Start your own job development revolution. This session teaches the basic, yet critical, job development skills necessary for
successful Supported Employment Professionals. Discover a potent arsenal of effective skills no job developer should be
without. By using a combination of consultative sales (the customer helps you make the sale) and relationship sales
(knowledge, trust and respect are the foundation for the sale) you can customize an irresistible approach to business. These
crucial skills include: features, advantages and benefits; networking, prospecting, the art of questioning, and overcoming
objections. Spend 90 minutes to become the job development sensation you’ve always dreamed about.
Tyler Paris. Come saddled up and ready to ride. Tyler’s varied career has fashioned a unique perspective on employment for
people with disabilities, job development, Social Security benefits and supported employment management. His experiences and
creative spirit produces a training style which is concise, easily followed, worthwhile and fun. Tyler’s previous experience
includes insurance agent, radio advertisement salesperson, security guard, hod carrier, low income weatherization project director,
self-employed bicycle repair shop owner, consultant and jeweler. He received B.S. and M.P.A. degrees from the University of
Wyoming and is a graduate of Stewarts International School for Jewelers.
Joe Lewis brings more than 25 years experience in the field of employment for people with disabilities to his position at CTAT.
Joe has worked as a vocational counselor and program director for some fine community-based organizations such as the Center
for People with Disabilities, EmployAbility, Inc., Colorado Easter Seals, and most recently, Employment Link. He also has more
than 12 years experience with the State of Colorado, serving as a valuable link between state government and
applicants/employees with disabilities. Joe has been a member of the Colorado Workplace Equity Coalition, has chaired a
successful annual job fair for people with disabilities in Denver, and has conducted numerous trainings in areas such as practical
applications of the ADA in the workplace.
Session 4: Systematic Instruction – Bob Niemiec
Supported employment professionals need to be excellent instructors who can help individuals with disabilities master complex
work and work-related activities. This session will introduce participants to essential strategies used in systematic instruction.
Particular emphasis will be placed on using effective prompting, error correction and motivation strategies, and on
approaches to fading the intensity of instruction. Participants will leave this session with the skills to develop comprehensive
instructional plans for supported employees.
Session 5: Facilitating Ongoing Supports – November 28, 2006 - Jon Alexander & Becky Brink
What constitutes effective on-going supports in supported employment? Finding a job is just the beginning. Once the employee
has learned the job either through natural means or with the assistance of an employment specialist/consultant, there must be
a planned effort to support the individual and the employer. Among the items to be discussed in this section include nurturing
the ongoing relationship between the employer and the employee, helping the employee and his/her family and supports
navigate the world of Social Security, Medicaid, and financial planning, to name but a few. You will leave with tools and ideas
to provide superior ongoing support to help people maintain their jobs and improve their economic self reliance.
Jon Alexander is the Director of Operations of Kaposia, inc in St. Paul, MN. He directs the delivery of services for over 250
people with disabilities and other challenges. Throughout his career, Alexander has been a leader in the creation and
implementation of innovative programs and methodology to promote competitive, integrated employment. These programs were
some of the first to try the use of natural job supports for people with significant barriers to employment.
Becky Brink is the Director of Skills Training for Goodwill Easter Seals and has over fifteen years experience in employment
services serving a variety of populations. She is a member of the Minnesota Apse Network on Employment and has served as
past president of the state chapter and currently serves on the National Delegates Council.
Session 8: The Ever-Changing World of Supported Employment and its Future - Bob Lawhead
The concept of supported employment has proven to be a viable option for many individuals with high support needs. At the
same time, it has also created a good deal of tension in the education and rehabilitation service system. The practice of
supported employment has caused the education and rehabilitation service system to change the way of business, specifically,
its services, organizational structure, job descriptions, supervision, and funding. It is these changes that cause the excitement,
challenges and tensions within organizations. This presentation will discuss the impact of community-based services,
specifically supported employment on the organization and management of human service programs. It will focus on factors
and strategies that can minimize resistance to change that ultimately impact the real and meaningful jobs for people with
disabilities.
Bob Lawhead is the Executive Director of Employment Link in Boulder, CO. He is well recognized for his commitment to full
inclusion, which is reflected in the commitment and work of his agency, and his advocacy in the state of Colorado as well as
nationwide. Bob is Past President of the APSE Executive Board, is a current member of the Board and Chair of the APSE Public
Policy Committee, Past President of CO APSE, and currently serves on the APSE Delegates Committee. He was appointed last
year to the prestigious APSE Emeritus Circle. Bob is a popular speaker and trainer.