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Not Just Responding To Change, But Leading It! |
IL Net Presents... A National On-site Training Youth Leadership and Transition September 11-13 , 2007 Online Registration to attend this event in person is now closed. You may still purchase the Do-It-Yourself Kit online. Or, Click here to purchase by traditional mail or Fax. For further training and registration information, contact Eleanor Canter at NCIL, 202-207-0334 (voice) 202-207-0340 (TTY) 202-207-0341 (fax) or eleanor@ncil.org The best way to protect the IL movement we have worked so hard to create is to encourage and maintain the active participation of young leaders with disabilities. Young people from our community offer unique perspectives on the contemporary disability experience and life in general. They can and should have a vocal presence as consumers, volunteers, staff, and board members. It is imperative that the Independent Living Movement embrace and develop the leadership capacity of this new generation of disability rights advocates. To achieve this end, NCIL is offering a national conference training to give CILs and SILCs a first-hand look at the programs and skills they need to effectively include youth, develop their sense of pride and leadership skills, and help them prepare for the transition from school to community and work. Join us in Denver to learn how to prepare all young people with disabilities for independent lives in the communities they choose to live in! Transition: Youth Development and Leadership: Tuesday, September 11 Participants will learn about tools to increase their capacity to serve emerging leaders with disabilities and become connected to existing Youth Development & Leadership programs. Connect with resources to begin serving youth through a Facilitated panel of CILs successfully implementing youth leadership and development programming! Wednesday, September 12 An Introduction for Independent Living Center Staff: Improving Knowledge and Abilities for Youth Services Thursday, September 13 High School / High Tech: Proven Transition Models:
Learn strategies to build trusting relationships with youth with disabilities and gain an understanding of youth attitudes and culture. This session will cover the High School/High Tech program and how it can fit into the context of the ILC focus and reporting mechanisms. Who Should Attend? This training is primarily geared towards Executive Directors and Program Directors at Centers for Independent Living. SILC Executive Directors from states where CILs are creating or expanding youth programs should also consider attending. And, of course, young advocates from CILs and SILCs are especially encouraged to join us to learn about youth programs and share their personal experience and opinions with the audience. Learning Objectives: How can our Center effectively accommodate and include young people with disabilities? Where do we start in creating a Youth Leadership Forum in our community? What are the most successful CIL led youth leadership programs and how can we use these models to develop strategy for our community? How do we utilize the Guideposts for Success as a comprehensive work-readiness program? How can we ensure that our Center is preparing all young people with disabilities in our community for independent lives? Meet Your Trainers: Curtis Richards has worked for two decades in the public policy arena, blending advocacy skills with knowledge of governmental operations to address education, workforce development, and health policy issues with a focus on youth with disabilities. He is a nationally-recognized leader in the disability community who draws on extensive experiences with the Departments of Rehabilitation and Education at the state and national levels. He currently serves as a Senior Policy Fellow with the Institute for Educational Leadership and maintains the public policy consulting firm The Advocrat Group. Rebecca Hare is the Project Coordinator for the National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth, one of 15 Youth Led Resource, Information, and Training Centers funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. NCLD/Youth is currently working in nine states supporting young leaders in creating public policy to educate students in public schools about disability history. An ardent advocate for youth-led models of leadership development, Rebecca has worked with the National Youth Leadership Network and the National Council on Disability, where she served as the Vice-Chair of the Youth Advisory Committee.
IL NET: Expanding the Power of the IL Movement This seminar is brought to you by IL NET, a project spearheaded by the Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) Program in partnership with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). Through IL NET, you have access to a variety of resources to advance your understanding of independent living, including: Highly rated training programs, technical assistance resources to answer your specific questions, publications, organizations, and other valuable resources, and much more!
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