The Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT) is for Kansas families, youth/young adults who have disabilities and individuals who serve and support them.
For ten years, Families Together has hosted in-person FEAT trainings. This year we are excited to offer a new interactive virtual format. We hope you will join us for this FREE training as we share
- information about the services, programs and supports available to support gaining and maintaining employment for youth/young adults who have disabilities, and
- how to utilize person-centered planning to individualize the employment outcomes.
Attendees will have an opportunity to explore talents, strengths and interests using person-centered planning to discover outside the box job possibilities. Families who attend five of six sessions as part of the series (i.e. Spanish or July) will receive a gift card.
Overview
Building the Dream of Employment: “Outside the Box” Job Possibilities
- Session 1: A New Path: Exploring “Outside the Box Job Possibilities” Using Supported and Customized Employment
- Session 2: Individualizing Employment Possibilities: The Family and Community’s Role and Transition to Adulthood and the IEP
- Session 3: Kansas Stories of Employment Success Panel
Identifying and Accessing Employment Resources
Overview of the services, programs, supports and other information to support gaining and maintaining employment
- Session 4: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: Supports Available for Employees & Employers
- Session 5: Working and Maintaining Needed Benefits
- Session 6: Agencies and Resources Panel
Bonus Youth & Family Session: Individualized person centered planning with youth and their family members who attend sessions 1-3. Youth who attend sessions 1-3 and the bonus session will receive a gift card. Must attend sessions as part of one of the webinar series (i.e. January or July).
July FEAT
- July 8th – Session 1
- July 13 – Session 2
- July 15 – Session 3
- July 20 – Bonus Family & Youth Session
- July 22 – Session 4
- July 27 – Session 5
- July 29 – Session 6
All sessions will be from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Employment is possible for youth/young adults who have disabilities!
The goals of FEAT are to:
- Increase expectations for competitive employment of the young adult with a disability
- Increase knowledge of state and federal resources to support the employment of the young adult
Benefits to Students, Families, Schools, and Teachers
Youth and Young Adults who have Disabilities
- gain knowledge of supports and services
- brainstorm possible employment options
- learn self-advocacy skills related to employment
- gain an understanding of disability disclosure
Families
- increase understanding of transition to employment and knowledge of resources to support post-secondary employment of their youth
- network with other families going through transition
- meet representatives from various employment resources in your community
- plan for transition and employment meetings
- participate in follow-up technical assistance meetings
- learn about “outside the box” customized employment possibilities
Schools
- receive free, up-to-date, in-service training for special education teachers and staff
Teachers
- gain knowledge of the adult service systems
- learn about “outside the box” customized employment possibilities
- plan with families and young adults, increasing successful transition to adulthood and family involvement
- meet representatives from various employment resources in your community
- learn more how to support students with various needs to be competitively employed
