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"Developing Talents, Strengths and Interests to Discover a Dream for Tomorrow" Webinar
Thursday, November 5, 2020
12:00-1:30 PM MST
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Greetings!
The Montana Deaf-Blind Project is pleased to announce the first session in our webinar series on work experience and employment for students with a significant impact of disability, including students with deaf-blindness. OPI renewal unit credit is available.
Developing Talents, Strengths and Interests to Discover a Dream for Tomorrow
Thursday, November 5, 2020
12:00-1:30 PM Mountain Standard Time
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After an alarming "SLAM, SLAM, SLAM," Kim often comments to complete strangers how her daughter, Alana's, perfect job would be testing the durability of new products for Anderson Windows and Doors. This one-liner joke is quite successful in bringing smiles to previously startled faces, but there's quite a bit of truth to it. Alana was born with complex multiple disabilities, so Kim has known for years that her daughter's path to employment would be unique.
Beginning in elementary school, Kim started pairing Alana's strengths and interests with activities that could springboard into vocational opportunities. Alana graduated from Hysham High School in 2019, and the mother-daughter team have been busy ever since! In this webinar, you will learn how to open the floodgates of possibility for individuals like Alana by seeing the potential in their preferred tasks. Whether it's zipping up plastic baggies, throwing balls, ripping paper, exploring sensory bins, or triggering a cause-and-effect gadget - there is a place for most any passion in the vocational realm and beyond!
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Kim Norris-Scrano is a self-proclaimed "everything-ologist,' but her role as a mother is a driving force in most endeavors. Her oldest daughter and greatest teacher, Alana (19), was born with a rare chromosome difference. Kim's love for Alana took her into the role of advocate. And, sharing her life experiences with others is a way of both paying it back and paying it forward to other families of children with disabilities. Before leaving the traditional workforce to raise her other three children Sal (10), Serena (7) and Cecelia (6), Kim taught special education in 4th and 5th grades. Kim and Alana have built a hobby business together. Their weekdays are filled with baking dog treats, tending barnyard critters (sheep, ducks, chickens, dogs and cats), and planning their next adventure. |
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After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
One hour of Montana Office of Public Instruction renewal credit is available for the webinar. You must request the credit when you register, and you must attend the full training to receive OPI credit.
Live captioning will be provided for this webinar. Please contact Kim Brown by 5:00 PM Monday, November 2nd to arrange any other necessary accommodations.
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About the Work Experience Series:
The Montana Deaf-Blind Project is pleased to announce our webinar series on work experience and employment for students with a significant impact of disability, including students with deaf-blindness. The purpose of this series is to provide teams supporting students with deaf-blindness and a significant impact of disability the tools to:
- Explore community employment as a post-school outcome for all of their students,
- Begin identifying students’ interests, skills, abilities, and support needs, and
- Identify tasks individual students could offer in employment.
The end goal of the webinar series is for teams to use the information to create an individualized work experience for a student with whom they are currently involved.
Webinars include:
November 5, 2020 from 12-1:30 MST: Kim Norris-Scrano will share her daughter Alana’s story. Kim began thinking about employment for Alana in elementary school, identifying her strengths and interests and turning those into vocational opportunities.
December 3, 2020 from 1-2:30 MST: Montana Vocational Rehabilitation staff will present information on Pre-Employment Transition Services and how they are supporting Montana students with disabilities to prepare for a working life.
January 14, 2021 from 1-2:30 MST: Ellen Condon will discuss using a Customized Employment strategy to think about employment for everyone…
February 11, 2021 from 12:-1:30 MST: Kim Norris-Scrano will continue the conversation about meaningful work experiences.
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This webinar is brought to you by the Montana State Deaf-Blind Project, with support from the Montana Transition Resources Project.
The Montana Deaf-Blind Project is supported by grant #H326T180038 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The statements herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Department.
The Montana Transition Resources Project is funded in whole or in part under a contract with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. The statements herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Department.
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Univ. of MT
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Phone: 406.243.4134
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