2024 TASH Conference: Full Schedule

Welcome to the official website for the 2024 TASH Conference!

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together our constituents to share resources and success stories, learn about field-driven best practices, and network within a community engaged in shared values. The Conference is attended by passionate leaders, experts, and advocates from every corner of the disability community. Conference attendees are influential in their fields and communities, and play an important role in the provision of services and supports for individuals and organizations around the world; and include professors and researchers from leading institutions; those involved in local, state, and federal governments and public policy; special and general educators, and school administrators; self-advocates, adult service providers; students, family members, and many others. This year’s conference theme is Celebrate Together: Let the Good Times Roll!

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2:15pm CST

Learn To Earn-Leveraging Community Engagement to Increase Job Opportunities

Friday December 6, 2024 2:15pm - 3:10pm CST

3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin H

In August 2022, federal policy makers collaborated on a joint policy concerning the utilization of Community Engagement services to assist individuals with significant support needs in securing and maintaining employment. Job seekers with limited community life experience often face disadvantages in their quest for employment as they struggle to articulate their passions and strengths. By leveraging Community Engagement alongside the four guideposts of Community Life Engagement developed by the University of Massachusetts Boston Institute on Community Inclusion, providers, job seekers, and their families can chart a part towards employment. This session aims to share anecdotes and strategies illustrating how CE is deployed to aid individuals supports needs who have been isolated or lack experience with community employment in their journey to work. Additionally, the presentation will delve into concepts of the utilization of Community Life Engagement as a wraparound service.

Presenters

Kelly Paparazzo

Program Director, Community Engagement, SEEC

Tona Craviotto

Program Director Employment Services, SEEC

Senior Workforce Development Professional with over 18 years of experience in the development/planning, implementation, operation, and evaluation of adult education, vocational training, work preparedness and workforce development programs. Additional expertise in labor development... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2024 2:15pm - 3:10pm CST
3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin H Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113

Breakout Sessions

Primary Topic Employment
Themes of Interest Wrap Around Services
Key Words Pathways, Employment, Wraparound, Innovation
Presentation Type General