25 April 2012

 Introductions (5 min)  Basic LOV Dane (15 min)  Transitions and Next Steps: Small Group Discussions (50 min)  Dinner Break (30 min)  Employment Group Meeting (60 min)  Direction of LOV Dane Employment Action Team  Workshop: Portfolios  Workshop: Transferrable Skills Worksheet

 LoV Dane Staff  Amanda Bell  Stefanie Primm  LoV-Dane Employment Action Team  Tom Gilbert  Jim Howard  Barb McPherson  Nathan Wernerehl  Doug Hunt (Dane County)

 Doug Hunt and Kurt Svensson  Dane County Dept. of Human Services  Cheryl Schiltz  Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development (DVR)  Emmie Coan & Pam Staab  Family Support Resource Center (FSRC)

Amanda Bell

Living Our Visions is a grassroots organization of community members including individuals with disabilities and their families committed to building fulfilling, community centered lives for all citizens

People and Communities are Gifted “Using what we have to get what we don’t have!” Collective Action and Relationships “Doing together what we can’t do alone.” Inside Out “Never do anything nobody wants” “ABCD uses relationships to find and mobilize the gifts a community already has so it can realize its self selected goals.”

Decide Deficits Remediate Reliance Own Act Offer Ask “Never do anything nobody wants”

Collective Action Relationship Common Care

action relationships care

Increasing Independence Finding strength, support and creativity through each other Contributing to Community Creating Meaningful Days

Increasing Independence- Steven and his friend Marshal golf together. Finding strength, support and creativity through each other- LOV members meet regularly to innovate together. Contributing to Community-Daniel and friend Tom work on a “Little Library” Creating Meaningful Days- Azalea joins a Bingo Club with support from another club member.

Small Group Discussions

 Families that currently have a Family Support Resource Center (FSRC) Case Manager.  Presenters: Emmie Coan & Pam Staab, Family Support Resource Center  LOV Dane Host: Jim Howard

 Families that currently do not have a Family Support Resource Center (FSRC) Case Manager.  Presenters: Kurt Svensson, Dane County, Self Directed Services Coordinator  LOV Dane Host: Barb McPherson

 Families with DVR Support Only Seeking new employment, additional employment or other goals.  Presenter: Cheryl Schiltz, DVR, Case Coordinator  LOV Dane Host: Tom Gilbert

 Presentation and Discussion: 40 Minutes  Reconvene and Review  LOV Dane Hosts will summarize common problems, concerns, and opportunities identified in the small group discussions.

6:40 to 7:10

The Beginnings of Portfolio Development

 This action team arose out of a need to understand employment options for LOV families  Micro enterprises and Co-ops  Supported employment  Other opportunities that may be available.  Portfolio Development viewed as useful for all options.  Understanding the assets of LOV Families  Providing a tangible tool for job seekers and brokers

 Most of what we are presenting is from the IRIS Employment Toolkit, 2011, Working Draft.  IRIS = Include, Respect, I Self-Direct  Funded by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services / Pathways to Independence.  Authored by Shannon Munn, with contributions from Nancy Molfenter and Angela Klemm

 It is not necessary to follow this linear flow.  We feel it is important to create tangible outcomes from these meetings.

 Informed Choice  Individual Ownership  Stefanie would like to work with a small group of young adults on employment issues.

 We will address Planning Teams in a future meeting  Tonight we want to work on tools that can help with:  Determining what is Important to you.  Porfolio Development

 Will we have someone to present this?  Presenter TBD

 Copy in your handout.  Start thinking about other people who can help you identify skills.  Amanda Bell will present a simple example of this worksheet.

 Also in your handouts.  Start the conversation with your young adult.

 Date TBD  Early review for those who missed the 4/25 meeting  Share Transferrable Skills Worksheet Examples  Creating a Planning Team  Identifying contacts outside of traditional service providers  Worksheet provided  Examples  Possible presentation: Young adults (and parents/care providers) sharing stories about life after school  What transition was like for them  What is life like now