2022 CONSORTIUM LEARNING CALLS
GAIPSEC Learning Tools: Visual Resume
November 2022
GAIPSEC's learning call features Alexis Szelwach. Ms. Szelwach serves as the Transition Coordinator at Destination DAWGS, The University of Georgia's IPSE Program. In her presentation she discusses the visual resume as a tool for students to connect with potential employers and other IPSE stakeholders.
November 2022
GAIPSEC's learning call features Alexis Szelwach. Ms. Szelwach serves as the Transition Coordinator at Destination DAWGS, The University of Georgia's IPSE Program. In her presentation she discusses the visual resume as a tool for students to connect with potential employers and other IPSE stakeholders.
GAIPSEC Learning Tools: Strategies to Connect IPSE Students to Potential Employers
October 2022
Happy National Disability Employment Awareness Month! GAIPSEC's learning call features Doug Crandell. Mr. Crandell is Public Service Faculty at the Institute for Human Development (IHDD) at the University of Georgia. He is also the Director of the Advancing Employment Technical Assistance Center (https://www.advancingemployment.com). His presentation is about strategies for connecting IPSE students with potential employers.
October 2022
Happy National Disability Employment Awareness Month! GAIPSEC's learning call features Doug Crandell. Mr. Crandell is Public Service Faculty at the Institute for Human Development (IHDD) at the University of Georgia. He is also the Director of the Advancing Employment Technical Assistance Center (https://www.advancingemployment.com). His presentation is about strategies for connecting IPSE students with potential employers.
2014 Webinar Series
The Georgia Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Consortium is pleased to share our four part webinar series by Dr. Karla Wade to introduce and train students, family members, educators, K-12 staff and administrators, and professionals about strategies surrounding inclusive PSE.
*Please feel free to share these links far and wide, just remember that they were created with Georgia residences in mind, but could be helpful for parents and professionals in other states.*
Webinar One:
POWERFUL STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSIVE COLLEGE PREPARATION:
Best Practices for Preparing Your Young Adult with IDD for College Life
Audience: Parents, grandparents, family members and supportive agency members interested in helping a young adult who wants to go to college via an Inclusive Post-Secondary program, Special Education Case Managers, Special Education Administrators, CTI Counselors, VR Counselors, Guidance Counselors, School Psychologists.
Topics will include:
¨ Goals and Activities to pursue in the years before College, and how to include them in the IEP.
¨ Tips for a successful College Interview.
¨ Leveraging technology and helpful apps.
Click here for recorded webinar.
POWERFUL STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSIVE COLLEGE PREPARATION:
Best Practices for Preparing Your Young Adult with IDD for College Life
Audience: Parents, grandparents, family members and supportive agency members interested in helping a young adult who wants to go to college via an Inclusive Post-Secondary program, Special Education Case Managers, Special Education Administrators, CTI Counselors, VR Counselors, Guidance Counselors, School Psychologists.
Topics will include:
¨ Goals and Activities to pursue in the years before College, and how to include them in the IEP.
¨ Tips for a successful College Interview.
¨ Leveraging technology and helpful apps.
Click here for recorded webinar.
| powerful_strategies_gaipse_presentation.pdf |
Webinar Two:
WRITING EFFECTIVE TRANSITION PLANS FOR LEARNERS WITH ID HEADED FOR INCLUSIVE COLLEGE PROGRAMS:
Tips for Effectiveness and Compliance
Audience: Special Education Teachers, Case managers, CTI Counselors, Special Education Administrators, VR Counselors, School Psychologists
Topics will include:
¨ Constructing meaningful & compliant Annual Transition Goals and Activities
¨ Measuring and reporting progress
¨ Including the family and student in the planning process
¨ Compliance with Indicators 12 and 13
Click here for recorded webinar.
WRITING EFFECTIVE TRANSITION PLANS FOR LEARNERS WITH ID HEADED FOR INCLUSIVE COLLEGE PROGRAMS:
Tips for Effectiveness and Compliance
Audience: Special Education Teachers, Case managers, CTI Counselors, Special Education Administrators, VR Counselors, School Psychologists
Topics will include:
¨ Constructing meaningful & compliant Annual Transition Goals and Activities
¨ Measuring and reporting progress
¨ Including the family and student in the planning process
¨ Compliance with Indicators 12 and 13
Click here for recorded webinar.
| transition_plan_gaipse_presentation-2.pdf |
Webinar Three:
I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE:
A Webinar on Being a Success on Campus
Audience: Self-Advocates, High-School and Middle School students who are interested in Inclusive Post-Secondary Programs, Project Success Students, Transition Classes, Special Education Case Managers, Parents, School Psychologists, Special Education Administrators
Topics will include:
¨ How to tell your teachers and your parents that you want to go to college.
¨ What you can do to get ready now
¨ How to be more confident in your entrance interview
¨ Tips for success on the college campus.
Click here for recorded webinar.
I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE:
A Webinar on Being a Success on Campus
Audience: Self-Advocates, High-School and Middle School students who are interested in Inclusive Post-Secondary Programs, Project Success Students, Transition Classes, Special Education Case Managers, Parents, School Psychologists, Special Education Administrators
Topics will include:
¨ How to tell your teachers and your parents that you want to go to college.
¨ What you can do to get ready now
¨ How to be more confident in your entrance interview
¨ Tips for success on the college campus.
Click here for recorded webinar.
| i_want_to_go_to_colllege_gaipse_presentation.pdf |
Webinar Four:
LEVERAGING COMPLIANCE WITH BRIDGE LAW INDIVIDUAL GRADUATION PLANS, IEP/TRANSITION PLANS, AND INDICATORS 13 &14:
Planning for Inclusive PSE Programs
Audience: High School and Middle School Guidance Counselors, Special Education and Guidance Administrators, CTI Counselors, VR Counselors, Special Education Case managers, School Psychologists
Topics will include:
¨ Coordinating the Individual Graduation Plan and the IEP/Transition Plan for learners with ID desiring an inclusive Post-Secondary outcome
¨ Leveraging agency and system cooperation
¨ Planning with an eye on compliance with indicators 13 & 14
¨ Tips for effective communication between departments, agencies, and families
Click here for recorded webinar.
LEVERAGING COMPLIANCE WITH BRIDGE LAW INDIVIDUAL GRADUATION PLANS, IEP/TRANSITION PLANS, AND INDICATORS 13 &14:
Planning for Inclusive PSE Programs
Audience: High School and Middle School Guidance Counselors, Special Education and Guidance Administrators, CTI Counselors, VR Counselors, Special Education Case managers, School Psychologists
Topics will include:
¨ Coordinating the Individual Graduation Plan and the IEP/Transition Plan for learners with ID desiring an inclusive Post-Secondary outcome
¨ Leveraging agency and system cooperation
¨ Planning with an eye on compliance with indicators 13 & 14
¨ Tips for effective communication between departments, agencies, and families
Click here for recorded webinar.
| leveraging_compliance_of_bridge_law_gaipsec_presentation.pdf |
Dr. Karla Wade has been an educator of students with exceptionalities since 1982. She is currently director of the Spring/Summer Break Intensives for the Academy for Inclusive Learning and Social Growth at Kennesaw State University (KSU), and Executive Director of the American International Leadership Institute. Dr. Wade recently retired from a 30 year career in public education, most recently as Transition Coordinator for a larger Metro Atlanta school system where she had also worked as a classroom teacher and a vocational coach. She is co-author of From the Classroom to the Workplace (Mayer-Johnson, 1997) and author of Strategies for Success In Inclusive Post-Secondary Programs: Books I & II (KDP, 2012. Dr. Wade is honored to serve on the Advisory Board of the KSU Academy for Inclusive Learning and Social Growth, the Accessibility Advisory Council of Cobb County Transit, the Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities Transition Task Force, and the Georgia Inclusive Post-Secondary Consortium Steering Committee. In 2012 she established Club College-Bound, an organization that helps bridge the gap between high school and the newly emerging Inclusive Post-Secondary programs. She is happiest when helping individuals with disabilities recognize their positions of power and worth within their families, programs, institutions, and cultures.