Webinar: Pre-Employment Transition Services Flexibility Based on Notice of Interpretation - GW Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research & Education

Pre-Employment Transition Services Flexibility Based on Notice of Interpretation

Recorded: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Create an Account or Login to watch the recorded version and complete the evaluation. CRC credit is available for viewing this training and completing the evaluation. Cost: Free, Registration is Required

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Training Resources

Download the Presentation PowerPoint (pdf)
Download a Copy of the Presentation Transcript (pdf)
Download Handout for Notice of Interpretation: Pre-Employment Transition Services Flexibility Regarding the Use of Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Funds (pdf)
Download RSA-911 Training Series & Pre-Employment Transition Services FAQs (pdf)

More About this Training

Join us for updates and conversation about using Federal funds to provide pre-employment transition services.

This "Watch Party" will include communal viewing of a presentation by NTACT:C staff members, Melissa Diehl and Christine Johnson that provides an overview and background of the Notice of Interpretation (NOI) published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2020 by the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) regarding the use of Federal VR funds reserved for pre-employment transition services.

The Watch Party also includes an interactive conversation immediately following the viewing. You will have the opportunity to ask questions, share ideas, and hear from other professionals in the field around the country.

Watch Party participants will gain:

Understanding about using reserve funds to pay for auxiliary aids and services for any student with a disability with a sensory or communicative impairment to access or participate in pre-employment transition services.
Updates on policy changes on additional VR services needed by eligible students with disabilities that may be paid for with Federal VR grant funds reserved for pre-employment transition services.
Insights into the potential impact of the status and implementation of the NOI.

This webinar will be close-captioned and a transcript will be available.

This training was developed with support from the: Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR) at The George Washington University, National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C), and the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM), funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS), Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.

Presenters:

Melissa Diehl, M.A. Ed., CRC

Project Director NTACT:C, The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)

Phone: (410) 430-9244
|Email: mpdiehl@gwu.edu

Christine Johnson, M.A. Ed. CRC

Senior Research Associate The George Washington University

Phone: (301) 922-8294
|Email: cj1957@gwu.edu

D.J. Ralston, M.A.

Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs

Senior Research Associate The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)

Phone: (740) 398-5247
|Email: djralston@gwu.edu

Areas of Expertise Include: The Public Workforce Development System, Partnership and Collaboration, the Integrated Resource Team Model, Social Security Work Incentives, the Intersection of Disability and Poverty, Working with LGBTQIA+ Populations and Transition-Age Youth, Professional Development and Organizational Change Management. DJ (they/them) has close to 20 years of experience, related to disability and employment programs and policy, across the public workforce development system at the local, state, and national levels. In DJ’s current role as a Sr. Technical Assistance and Research Analyst they provide technical assistance (TA) and training for the VA DARS EPIC Disability Innovation Fund grant, the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C) and the Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR). Their early career experience included working for the Alaska Department of Labor as a case manager for the Adult/Dislocated worker programs as well as leading Alaska’s Disability Program Navigator Initiative. Following their time in Alaska, they were hired by the National Technical Assistance Center for the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Disability Program Navigator Initiative and its successor the Disability Employment Initiative. More recently, they led GW's work supporting state VR agencies in improving engagement and outcomes for participants living at the intersection of disability and poverty as part of the Targeted Communities Technical Assistance Center, funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Additionally, they provided training and TA as a subject matter expert for the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC). They have a Master's in Rehabilitation Counseling from Western Washington University, completed and maintain a Community Partner Work Incentive Coordinator (CP-WIC) Certification from Virginia Commonwealth University, and recently completed their Doctoral coursework in Human and Organizational Learning, Executive Leadership Program and is in the process of completing their dissertation.