25 April 2012

Introductions (5 min) Basic LOV Dane (15 min) Transitions and Next Steps: Small Group

Discussions (50 min) Dinner Break (30 min) Employment Group Meeting (60 min)

Direction of LOV Dane Employment Action Team

Workshop: Portfolios Workshop: Transferrable Skills Worksheet

LoV Dane Staff Amanda Bell Stefanie Primm

LoV-Dane Employment Action Team Tom Gilbert Jim Howard Barb McPherson Nathan Wernerehl Doug Hunt (Dane County)

Doug Hunt and Kurt Svensson Dane County Dept. of Human Services

Cheryl Schiltz Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development

(DVR) Emmie Coan & Pam Staab

Family Support Resource Center (FSRC)

Amanda Bell

Living Our Visions is a grassroots organization of community members including individuals with disabilities

and their families committed to building fulfilling, community centered lives for

all citizens

People and Communities are

Gifted“Using what we have to get

what we don’t have!”

Collective Action and Relationships

“Doing together what we can’t do alone.”

Inside Out“Never do anything nobody

wants”

“ABCD uses relationships to find and mobilize the gifts a community already has so it can realize its self selected goals.”

Decide

Deficits

Remediate

Reliance

Own

Act

Offer

Ask

“Never do anything nobody wants”

Collective Action

Relationship

Common Care

action

relationships

care

Increasing Independence Finding strength, support and creativity through each other

Contributing to CommunityCreating Meaningful Days

Increasing Independence- Steven and his friend Marshal

golf together.

Finding strength, support and creativity through each other- LOV members meet regularly

to innovate together.

Contributing to Community-Daniel and friend Tom work

on a “Little Library”

Creating Meaningful Days- Azalea joins a Bingo Club with

support from another club member.

Small Group Discussions

Families that currently have a Family Support Resource Center (FSRC) Case Manager. Presenters: Emmie Coan & Pam Staab,

Family Support Resource Center LOV Dane Host: Jim Howard

Families that currently do not have a Family Support Resource Center (FSRC) Case Manager. Presenters: Kurt Svensson , Dane County,

Self Directed Services Coordinator LOV Dane Host: Barb McPherson

Families with DVR Support OnlySeeking new employment, additional employment or other goals.Presenter: Cheryl Schiltz, DVR , Case CoordinatorLOV Dane Host: Tom Gilbert

Presentation and Discussion: 40 Minutes

Reconvene and Review LOV Dane Hosts will summarize

common problems, concerns, and opportunities identified in the small group discussions.

6:40 to 7:10

The Beginnings of Portfolio Development

This action team arose out of a need to understand employment options for LOV families

Micro enterprises and Co-ops Supported employment Other opportunities that may be available.

Portfolio Development viewed as useful for all options.

Understanding the assets of LOV Families Providing a tangible tool for job seekers and

brokers

Most of what we are presenting is from the IRIS Employment Toolkit, 2011, Working Draft. IRIS = Include, Respect, I Self-Direct Funded by the Wisconsin Department of

Health Services / Pathways to Independence. Authored by Shannon Munn, with

contributions from Nancy Molfenter and Angela Klemm

It is not necessary to follow this linear flow.

We feel it is important to create tangible outcomes from these meetings.

Informed Choice Individual Ownership Stefanie would like to

work with a small group of young adults on employment issues.

We will address Planning Teams in a future meeting

Tonight we want to work on tools that can help with: Determining what

is Important to you.

Porfolio Development

Will we have someone to present this?

Presenter TBD

Copy in your handout.

Start thinking about other people who can help you identify skills.

Amanda Bell will present a simple example of this worksheet.

Also in your handouts.

Start the conversation with your young adult.

Date TBD Early review for those who missed the 4/25 meeting Share Transferrable Skills Worksheet Examples Creating a Planning Team

Identifying contacts outside of traditional service providers

Worksheet provided Examples

Possible presentation: Young adults (and parents/care providers) sharing stories about life after school What transition was like for them What is life like now