The webinars below discuss ways to utilize apprenticeship programs with the IDD population to assist with employment opportunities.
1. Adapting Registered Apprenticeship for the IDD Population
Kate McSweeny, President and CEO, ACCSES and J.W. Gibb, CIE and Apprenticeship SME will discuss how Federally Registered Apprenticeships provide a foundation to collaborate with business, schools, and community organizations to develop employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
2. A2A Apprenticeship Program
This webinar explores how a partnership between University of Rochester, Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), and the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) created opportunities for training, pre-apprenticeship, and apprenticeship for individuals, including those with significant disabilities. Representatives from MACNY, MVCC and The Strong Center share the ways this partnership facilitated engagement, training, and employment and describe the program, its successes and challenges, how it has become a sustainable program and their plans for the future.
Presented by:
Franca Armstrong, Executive Director, Apprenticeship Programs, Mohawk Valley Community College
Colleen Blagg, Manager of Corporate Services and Workforce Development, MACNY, The Manufacturers Association
Pat Dowse, MACNY Consultant
Brandy Solomon, Employment Project Coordinator, Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, URMC
Marilee Boylan, Director of Employment Programs, Strong Center for Development Disabilities, URMC