Essential Workers: Reflections from Self Advocates in the Workforce
essential workers reflect on their role in our economic recovery and the impact of Covid 19 on them.
Online University
Everyone Communicates
Everyone Communicates! This has been a long-standing belief held by Networks' staff. Join us as we explore the many ways people communicate as Jessica challenges us to "notice what we notice."
Facilitated Brainstorming & Graphic Facilitation
The human services field is bursting with opportunities to collaborate with internal and external partners, but how do you bring people together in positive, effective, and creative ways; ensuring full participation and buy-in? This session focuses on how to utilize Facilitated Brainstorming and Graphic Facilitation in meetings and as planning tools, while supporting successful employment outcomes
Finding Your Energy (and Learning to Use it!)
This session discusses how you can discover your inner energy and harness it to help yourself and others. This is the first episode in our Taste of Wellness Series. Don't forget to check out all of the other episodes in this series.
Greyston Bakery – Inclusive Employment
Join us as Greyson Bakery shares their innovative hiring approaches, with an eye towards breaking down barriers to employment for all.
Habits of Happiness with Jill Gromen and Marianne Roche
This session discusses the science behind feelings of happiness, and what you can do to increase happiness in your own life.
High Level Practices & Collaboration in Secondary Transition
LaQuenta Montañez shares the importance of effective collaboration, Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and agency involvement, and provides practical tips and resources for parents, educators, and students.
Home S-T-R-E-T-C-H with Networks
These brief pre-recorded "stretch breaks" are available as a way to help us all have a healthy break in our day, re-ground, and get revitalized.
How Far Can a Needle Carry You
An inspiring twi part conversation with three world famous quilters who use their craft to promote social justice.
How to Tell Stories That Open Hearts & Change the World
In this session Leah Lamb introduces us to Transformational Storytelling, encouraging us to not only look inward, but also to develop creative tools and techniques that will make a difference as we share our stories.
In Our Own Voice
A personal perspective of mental health conditions, shared by leaders with lived experience talking openly about what it's like to have a mental health condition. NAMI's "In Our Own Voice" presentations change attitudes, assumptions, and ideas about people with mental health conditions.
Informed Choice In Employment – It’s More Than Just Asking
David and Stirling share strategies that will ensure that choice in terms of employment is truly “informed”, particularly for individuals with significant disabilities with limited experience in both employment and choice making, and who may be in the habit of deferring to the wishes of others.