Distinctability Nova Scotia Presents Employment: The Gold Standard for Inclusion
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What does it take to create an inclusive employment vision for young people who have developmental and/or intellectual disabilities?
Distinctability Nova Scotia Presents Employment: The Gold Standard for Inclusion
Date: Thursday, March 23rd
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm AST
Format: Virtual
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Event Details
The Youth Success Strategy, developed by the Ontario Disability Employment Network, was based on research to understand what strategies and employment service components lead to successful employment outcomes for youth who have a disability.
The research also found that for students who have developmental and/or intellectual disabilities, early perceptions of “unemployability” continue to foster lower expectations from families and educators, creating barriers to accessing critical supports and opportunities needed to prepare them for a future that includes paid employment.
The global findings from the Youth Success Strategy in Ontario are applicable for family and educators’ networks across Canada and could impact how key stakeholders perceive the benefits of volunteering while still in school, part-time employment, paid internships, co-op opportunities in the community, all foundational to building employability skills. ODEN has received funding to expand this work and create the Canadian Youth Success Strategy Project (C-YSS). Promoting this awareness and empowering families and educators is one of the goals of this national project.
In collaboration with DistinctAbility Ltd of Nova Scotia, ODEN is hosting an Information Session to speak about the Canadian Youth Success Strategy, to discuss an overview of the workshop: "Employment: The GOLD Standard for Inclusion" and give information on how family network/organizations can apply to receive training and resources to be able to deliver this impactful workshop on their own.
Check out this great video THE HIRING CHAIN performed by STING Created for World Down Syndrome Day 2021
For more information, contact the Canadian Youth Success Strategy Project Lead, Dr. Jennifer Crowson at jcrowson@odenetwork.com.
