Webinar: Building An Annual Calendar for Success (Including Families and the Community)

This session will detail the activities of successful programs by creating an annual calendar of the Project SEARCH year. Important topics such as student recruitment, internship development, job search, Health & Wellness, Family Involvement Activities, and marketing will be folded into the year. Gain information of how to utilize families and engage communities in the business setting for positive program results. Veteran Project SEARCH Coordinator and her husband, site volunteer and program chaperone will share their own experiences, challenges and successes, while actively engaging ideas from the audience.

Patti Moore, Upper Valley Career Center Project SEARCH Coordinator of Upper Valley Medical Center, Sidney, OH. Patti coordinates a partnership between the Upper Valley Career Center, Upper Valley Medical Center, Koester Pavilion, Miami and Shelby County Boards of Developmental Disabilities, Capabilities Inc., and Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities. Currently in its eighth year locally, Upper Valley Project SEARCH is a high school transition program designed to provide training and education in a business setting, with the goal of competitive, community employment. This is Patti’s 25th year working in special education, 14th year as a Career Tech Special Needs Transition Coordinator, and 8th year as a Coordinator in Project SEARCH.

Contact Patti:  http://www.uppervalleycc.org/ProjectSearch.aspx

PLEASE NOTE
There is no cost for these webinars.
CEUs are not offered for these webinars.
For disability accommodations email Jasmina Sisirak (jsisirak@uic.edu) at least 10 days before the webinars.

This webinar is part of the Project SEARCH and HealthMatters Program 2019 Employment, Health, and Wellness Webinar Series
The webinars are hosted by the HealthMatters Program^TM in partnership with Project SEARCH^® and funded by The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Developmental Disabilities and Health (RRTCDD). The RRTCDD is funded through United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Grant # 90RT5020-01-00, and a grant from the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council.