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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND DOCUMENTS 

Fall Conference 2024 - Seattle, WA

Leadership Forum: Sunday, Oct, 20th

Final Draft Agenda

State Plans/Use Them Don't Shelve Them 

              - Utah-C

              - Indiana-C

AI/What is it good for?

      Universal Classifications

      Phrases to Improve Job Posting Applicants

      AI Classification Comparison Tool

Serving Students with Disabilities: Internal and External Coordination and Collaborating Strategies To Improve Student and Youth Outcomes

Employment Networks (EN) and You

Organizational Change/Building Your Culture

All Roads Lead to the RSA-17

Monday, Oct. 21st 

First General Session:

 Tribal & Washington VR - Michael MacKillop, WA-B & Dana Phelps, WA-G

 The Value Proposition of VR: Past, Present & Future - Felicia Johnson, SC-G

 

Second General Session:

 Getting our VR Message House in Order - Dacia Johnson, OR-B

 

Concurrent Sessions One

 Careers in Media: Increasing Employment Outcomes

 Using Authorized Pre-ETS Activities to Enhance Service Delivery in Indiana

 Counselor Intent to Remain or Leave the State VR Program

 

Concurrent Sessions Two

Recovery Works: Job-driven Training for Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Recovery 

Equipping Workforce System Professionals with the Tools They Need to Support Mental                                                       Wellness for Youth & Young Adults Through Access to High Quality Training

Supporting Counselors to Empower Entrepreneurs: Enhancing Skills and Resources for                Self-                                  Employment Services

 

Concurrent Sessions Three

Taking the Dull Out of Data - Making Data Relevant to VR Staff

From Learning to Earning: Unlocking Success through Work-Based Learning in VR

Applying Culturally Responsive Communication in Outreach, Recruitment & Retention                                                          Strategies in VR

 

Third General Session

The Value Proposition of VR Through Employment

Fourth General Session

The Value Proposition of VR Through Scaling Impact & Strengthening Our Partnership with Service                Providers. 

Fifth General Session     

The Value Proposition through Talent Innovation & Working with Business to Develop & Retain the Talent                of American's Workforce
Disabled Talent in the AI-powers Workplace

 

Concurrent Sessions Four

Intersection of Artificial Intelligence & VR:  Panel Discussion with State Innovators

Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE): A National Framework for a Path Forward

Innovative Pre-ETS Ideas: VR/Provider Collaborations That Work in  Rural Areas

 

Concurrent Sessions Five

Transforming VR Service Delivery: A Strategic Model for Increasing Access & Removing Barriers

Building Effective Stay-at-Work/Return-to-Work Services: Lessons from RETAIN and VR Partnerships

Inspiring, Retaining & Growing the VR Leaders of Tomorrow

Concurrent Sessions Six

Building College Pathways to Employment: A Panel on Collaboration Between VR Agencies & Inclusive                     Postsecondary Education Programs

Advancing VR: Successful Strategies for Impactful Business Services for VR Programs & Customers

Beyond Subminimum Wage:  VR as a Gateway to Equitable Employment

 

Sixth General Session

Scaling Up: Amplifying the Voice of VR with Modern Marketing Strategies

Seventh General Session

Fireside Chat with RSA Commissioner Dante' Allen: About the Employment & Independence of People with Disabilities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - No PowerPoint Presentation

Eighth General Session

RSA Updates - Supporting the Value Proposition

Spring Conference 2024 - Bethesda, MD

Leadership Forum: Sunday, April 7th 

Creating a Culture of Belonging

Partnering with your CILs   

        CIL Fact Sheet 

        SC Partnership VR & CILs

        NY-G & ILC Collaboration

Panel Discussion with State VR and ED: Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Through Partnership & Collaboration

Virginia's Journey to Building a Culture of Mattering

Staff Retention:  3 Models for Building a Culture of Relationships using Stay Interviews

Monday:  

Omar and the Fork in the Trail

1.2  Strategic Partnerships:  Promising Practices for Win-Win Outcomes

1.3 We are VR:  NH's Experience Implementing An Integrated Public Awareness Campaign

1.4 Change Through Establishing Higher Education Partnerships

2.1 Transforming the VR Organizational Environment to Enhance Staff Thriving & Performance 

2.3 Rapid & Meaningful Engagement Strategies, Practices & Implementation

2.4 Lessons Learned: Massachusetts & Maine's Experiences Launching an Intake Unite

Tuesday:  

Optimizing the Federal VR Award: Mastering Fiscal Forecasting & Strategic Spending

The Power of Partnerships - Achieving Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) Together

3.1 How to Integrate Business Relations for Agency Success:  Perspective from VR Agency Directors

3.4 Leveraging Medicaid in the Redesign of Internal Processes

4.1 Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Emerging Technologies

4.3 Innovative Approach to Pre-ETS: Unique Music Therapy Model with Powerful Outcomes for VR in North Carolina

4.4 Partnerships to Serve Agricultural Workers With Disabilities

Wednesday:  

RSA Competitive Integrated Employment - Snapshots of Success 

Agents of change: Partnering with Business to Develop Talent and Build Career Opportunities in an Inclusive Workplace 

 

Fall Conference 2023 - Savannah, GA

 

Keep checking back as we will update as we get presentations:

General Downloads:

1st General Session - Welcome & CSAVR Strategic Priorities Update
                                    Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation Services, US DOE
                                    CSAVR Strategic Priorities Update
2nd General Session - 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Two Roads Diverged in a Wood - Facing the Challenges that Lie Ahead
3rd General Session - The Power of VR
4th General Session - CVS Health & The Net:  Connecting VR Talent to Training & Career Opportunities at the National, State & Local Levels
5th General Session - Artificial Intelligence (AI) & the Future of Work for People with Disabilities
6th General Session - RSA: Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment for the Next 50 years.

Concurrent Downloads:

1.1 Positioning VR for the Future - An Update on the Spring 2023 Conference
1.3 How Business Relations Can Support VR
2.2 Minority MH for CSAVR 10.27.2023
2.3 Five Cs of Employment Engagement
3.2 Pre-Service Recruitment HBCU Langston 
3.3 Collab between state agencies and local providers 
4.1 Long Term Outcomes for SSI/SSDI in the VT VR Program
4.2 Minnesota VRS Presentation 
4.3 Adult-Ally-CSAVR-Fall 2023 final 
5.1 What we wish we knew - VA 
5.2 Goodman Dressel Diplock ppts for CSAVR vers 10.27.23
6.1 Branding and Beyond 
6.2 CO Strategic Staffing Initiative
6.3 Justice Youth Slides - CSAVR 10.27.2023 
7.2 MN General's Innovation in Policy and learning Development.  
7.3 Innovative Accessible Career Pathways in the Financial Industry Through VR Partnerships
 

 

 

Spring Conference 2023:

Session Downloads:

1st General Session
2nd General Session
3rd General Session
4th General Session
5th General Session
6th General Session
7th General Session
8th General Session
9th General Session
10th  General Session
11th General Session

Fall Conference 2022:
        Leadership Forum Presentations

Conference Day 1:

7th General Session:

10th General Session:

11th General Session:

CSAVR Fall Conference 2021 Materials:

YesLMS/CSAVR Fall 2021 informational video below:

Veterans Day 2020 Slideshow in mp4 Format -

For PowerPoint presentation, Download Here

Fall 2020 Virtual Conference Supplemental Materials:

Fall 2020 CSAVR Conference integrated live and recorded sessions led by highly respected leaders in our field and some amazing special guests. 

Fall Conference Resource Page

CSAVR Fall Conference 2019 Materials:

Concurrent Sessions:

Health Care System Collaboration & Innovation

Directors Forum Oct. 27th 

Workforce Development 14C Transition Program - Source American

Leadership Presentations Oct. 26-27th 

Knowing & Managing Your Finances - A Cautionary Tale

Effective Internal Controls

Working with Your Umbrella Agency/Preparing for 107 Monitoring

How to on Business Engagement & Outreach

CART Transcripts:

1st General Session

2nd General Session

3rd General Session

4th General Session

5th General Session

6th General Session

The Power of You 

Investing In America: 2019 

Now Available!

Please click here to download

CSAVR Spring Conference 2019 Materials

Monday 4/8 Materials:

Ohio : VR Staff Embedded in Business Presentation - PowerPoint

Next Gen Presentation from Research Committee

Monday CART Transcript

Wednesday CART Transcript

 

Wednesday 4/10 Materials:

Trends in the VR Program Post WIOA - PowerPoint

CSAVR Fall Conference 2018 Materials

Monday 10/29 Materials:

Report on the Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Study of VR’s Work With Business - PowerPoint 

Report on the GAO Study of VR’s Implementation of Pre-Employment Transition Services Under Title IV of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) - Power Point

CSAVR, NET, JDVRTAC & ENGELMAN ASSOCIATES PSA PROJECT - PowerPoint

 

Tuesday 10/30 Materials:

Artificial Intelligence - The Future of Accessibility in the Classroom, Workplace & Community  LIVOX

California Competitive Integrated Employment Blueprint for Change

Pathway to Employment

Early Findings from the Wisconsin PROMISE Project:  Implications for VR Policy & Practice

Peer Mentoring Works    Video

From Transition Services to Student Services:  The impact of CaPROMISE

Workforce Consortium:  A Cooperative Model that Benefits All     Attachment

Aligning VR and Inclusive Higher Education for a Talent-Driven Workforce

Project E3:  Strategies to Increase Employment for Individuals from Underserved Communities

VR & State Education Agency Collaboration in the Implementation of Pre-ETS

Expedited Enrollment

VR's Strategic Role in Building an Inclusive Workforce Development System

 

 

Wednesday 10/31 Materials:

RSA - Fiscal Conference Follow Up - The Rest of the Story

RSA - the Year in Review and a Look Ahead - 911 Data    

 

New Directors Training Sat-Sun, Oct. 27-28, 2018

 

Fiscal Conference 2018 Materials

 
 

 

 

Spring 2018 Materials 

 

Fall 2017 Presentation & Committee Materials

 

 

 

Spring 2017 Presentations

 

 

Council of State Governments Work Matters Report:

http://www.csg.org/NTPWD/documents/SEED_Report_2016_000.pdf

 

 

Fall 2016 Presentations

 

 

Fall 2015 Presentations

 

 

Spring 2015 Presentations

 

Starbucks_Peaberry Premium_CSAVR

 

Fall 2014 Presentations

 

 

Spring 2014 Presentations

 

       

ReThink VR performance - Update & Next Steps

RSA vid
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