Webinar

This webinar was part of the Getting to Know the NCC webinar series in Spring 2021.

Dee Sapp and Kathy Becht, two moms of sons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, share what prepared their sons for the independence of college life. Lawrence (21 years old) began his college program at the University of Cincinnati in 2020, and Pete (30 years old) graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2019. Through personal stories, they also share a few surprises and hiccups along the way. Pete shares his perspective of his 3-year college career.

Looking for a job can sometimes feel overwhelming and frustrating. There are some key strategies that can make the process easier and get you a job offer faster. Research has shown that careful planning, using your networks, and successful negotiation with employers can assist individuals with disabilities to find and maintain good jobs, with good pay. Watch this webinar to learn more about these techniques, hear success stories, and get your questions answered.

The future is bright! The Think College National Coordinating Center was refunded through 2025, and is looking forward to continuing its work first begun in 2010. In this webinar, you can meet the team and learn how the work of the National Coordinating Center supports higher education professionals, K-12 educators, families and students who are interested in higher education for students with intellectual disability.

Key staff of Center shared their activities and plans for the next five years, including:

Topic: A discussion about voting

Hosted by: Liz Weintraub and Lauren Blachowiak, Liz’s co-worker

What happened: Liz and Lauren made a presentation on how to how to register to vote and how to vote safely. They also told students good ways to learn about the people running for office and more. You can watch the video to hear what they had to say.

Heading off to college brings excitement as well as new challenges for students and their families. In this webinar recording from 2020, PACER's Simon Technology Center specialists discuss technology tools to support students with intellectual disabilities as they learn to navigate the college campus and college life. Demonstrations include mobile apps to help students manage their time, schedule, money, and social connections.

This webinar, hosted by the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT), provided information for employment and VR professionals, educators, and families to: discuss collaboration strategies to develop and/or maintain engagement between families, education, vocational rehabilitation and other agency partners in the delivery of work-based learning opportunities for students with disabilities; identify resources, supports and tools related to the implementation of one of the five required pre-employment transition services, work-based learning experiences, that can be utilized

Who among us doesn’t have a tribe, or a village, or a network of friends and family that supports us? In good times and challenging ones, we use circles of support to help us out. The same goes for people with disabilities, only they are sometimes even more intentional in seeking out just the right people to be part of the Circle. In this webinar recording from March, 2020 a parent (Janice) and sibling (Emma) talk about how they have used Circles of Support with their son and brother, and how it’s also a model that has been used in schools and communities around the country.

This webinar is for families who are considering college options for their child with ID and are embarking on the application process. As exciting as the prospects are, there is a lot that goes into assembling the necessary materials for the college application: references from employers, friends, teachers, and more; photos; letters of support from those your child’s network; academic records; and more. Additionally, items needed for the application package may vary greatly for higher education programs for students with ID.

 Lindsay Wertenberger from Federal Student Aid at the U.S. Department of Education explains the process for applying to become a CTP program in the webinar recorded in January 2020.

 Attached to this resource is the webinar recording, transcript, and PowerPoint presentation.

This 55-minute webinar is designed for higher education faculty and staff who are teaching students with intellectual disability (ID). Hear how three postsecondary education faculty from Florida and South Carolina not only support the students with intellectual disabilities enrolled in their courses, but through a Universal Design for Learning lens, are enhancing their courses to better support all students.