Fw: Webcast Featuring Wildwood Programs on Dec 14, 2011

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Webcast Dec 14, 2011, 2-3:00 p.m. CST, Featuring Wildwood ProgramsIf anyone from

IPADD signs up for this free webinar, please report back to the group what is

learned. I looked on their website but could find no specific information about

their employment approach for clients with autism. Still, it sounds interesting

& I’d like to know more. Always learning! Thanks.

Laurie-

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ADVANCING RESEARCH, IMPROVING EDUCATION

Webcast - Wildwood Programs:

Increasing independence by providing

effective employment services to people with ASD

December 14, 2011, 2-3:00 p.m. CST

Dear Colleague,

Please join us for a webcast hosted by SEDL's Vocational

Rehabilitation Service Models for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

(ASD) project, Wildwood Programs: Increasing independence by providing effective

employment services to people with ASD.

PRESENTER: Muchmore, Director of Employment Services,

Wildwood Programs

DATE: Wednesday, December 14, 2011

TIME: The hour-long webcast will begin at 3 p.m. Eastern, 2 p.m.

Central, 1 p.m. Mountain, 12 p.m. Pacific, and 11 a.m. Alaska.

REGISTER for Webcast (no fee to participate):

http://survey.sedl.org/efm/wsb.dll/s/1g101

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participation in this webcast. Further information will follow.

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About the Webcast

Employment rates for people with disabilities are declining: people

with ASD are among the least likely to be employed. In fact, only 15 percent of

working aged adults with ASD are currently employed (Cameto et al, 2003).

Effective interventions are clearly needed to improve employment rates for this

population. SEDL and partners on the National Advisory Panel of the Vocational

Rehabilitation Service Models for Individuals with ASD project have implemented

a rigorous process for identifying programs that help increase competitive,

long-term employment for people with ASD.

Wildwood Programs was designated as an effective program in the

summer of 2011. Located in Latham, New York, this program serves people with ASD

needing employment-related supports. Wildwood Programs works collaboratively

with individuals, families and businesses to increase individuals' independence

and integration into the community. To hear more about Wildwood Program's

replicable employment services please register for this free webcast.

About the Presenter

Muchmore, Director of Employment Services at Wildwood

Programs, has ten years of experience in vocational rehabilitation. He

originally entered the field as an Employment Specialist with a not-for-profit

agency in Pennsylvania that exclusively provided employment services to

individuals with a variety of disabilities. Currently based in the Albany, New

York area, Mr. Muchmore oversees a team of 19 staff whose mission is to " provide

businesses with competent employees and give individuals with disABILITIES an

opportunity to thrive in the workplace. " Mr. Muchmore has been an active member

of the New York State Association for Persons in Supported Employment Board for

the last four years, advocating for the improvement of integrated employment

outcomes for workers with disabilities as well as the design of systemic

enhancements that can further that goal.

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If you have a question, please send e-mail before or during the

webcast: vr-autism@...

NOTE: If you are not able to participate at this time, please visit

the VR Autism webcast page: http://autism.sedl.org/index.php/webcasts/

We hope you will join us on Wednesday, December 14, 2011!

This webcast is supported through SEDL's Vocational Rehabilitation

Service Models for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (VR Autism),

funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

(NIDRR), part of the U.S. Department of Education. The opinions and views

expressed are those of the presenter and no endorsement by the funding agency or

the federal government should be inferred.

NIDRR Project Number: H133A080007

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