webinars
RAISE hosts webinars for the RSA PTIs, individuals with disabilities and their families, and for our partners. Recordings of the webinar are available here and on our YouTube page. Each webinar is accompanied by a PowerPoint slide deck, a list of relevant resources, and other handouts for use by participants. Click on any title below to view that webinar in more detail.
Webinar: Family Guideposts – It Takes a Family for Successful Youth Transition
Any one family, school, or program cannot meet the diverse needs of youth. The Family Guideposts helps families navigate the complicated world of transition. This webinar highlights what families can do and need to know to promote students' transition into...
Webinar: Unraveling the Mysteries of Pre-employment Transition Services under WIOA
It has been a few years since the pre-employment requirements went into effect. Now is the perfect time to take a step back and reconsider what the employment services requirements actually are so we can gauge how well VR agencies are implementing them and so we can...
Webinar: The Family Guideposts–Engaging in Youth Transitions
Families play an essential role in assisting youth to make the right choices at the right times based on the right information as they transition to adulthood. This webinar introduces a new resource guide, "The Family Guideposts: Engaging in Youth Transition," which...
Webinar: Enhance Authentic and Meaningful Youth Engagement – Using the Y-VAL
In this webinar, Youth MOVE National cover the value of youth and young adult participation in advising and decision-making at the organizational level, and how the need for a defined set of best practices and an assessment of the extent to which these are in place,...
Webinar: The Art of Youth Development and Leadership Programming Development
Youth development and leadership programming has been recognized as a vital element of a successful transition. This webinar—originally presented on Wednesday, January 16, 2018—discusses the value of youth-led and -driven programming, near peer mentoring, the role of...
Webinar: Smart Homes Made Simple
This presentation focuses on defining and learning about "smart home" technology and how these devices can be integrated into home and work environments to enhance independence, safety and quality of life. Funding resources for the acquisition of smart home devices...
Webinar: The Makings of a Beautiful Relationship-VR and PTI Centers
This webinar discusses three relationships between Parent Training and Information Centers and their state's Vocational Rehabilitation. These partnerships have discovered and implemented multiple programs and statewide policies that have improved transition and...
Webinar: VR and Post-secondary Education–Understanding the Obstacles and How to Overcome Them
This March 13, 2018 webinar discusses how vocational rehabilitation agency’s (VR’s) willingness to pay for a client’s post-secondary education can sometimes be a major point of contention. Issues range from the willingness to approve post-secondary education,...
Webinar: Breaking Barriers-Reaching the Hard to Reach
This webinar, originally presented on February 13, 2018, explores creative models and best practices for parent centers seeking to reach families that have historically been under-served. Representatives from each of the four parent centers comprising the New York 1...
Webinar: Family Support in Post Secondary Education
This webinar looks at positive ways that families can help support their youth with disabilities in post-secondary education opportunities. Youth and families both need to adjust to the new experience of post-secondary education and it is important to know the major...