nTIDE Lunch & Learn Webinar Series

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Online Only

United States


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On the first Friday of every month, corresponding with the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, the Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center will be offering a live broadcast via Zoom Webinar to share the results of the latest nTIDE findings. In addition, we will provide news and updates from the field of Disability Employment, as well as host an invited panelist who will discuss current disability related findings and events.

Webinar Agenda:

  • 12:00 pm: Introduction & Welcome – Michael Murray, AAPD

  • 12:05 pm: Overview of National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Jobs Report Release – Andrew Houtenville, UNH-IOD & John O'Neill, Kessler Foundation

  • 12:15 pm: Announcements from the field of Disability Employment – Michael Gamel-McCormick, AUCD

  • 12:30 pm: Jane Boone -  Retired Washington State DDD, Jobs by 21 Partnership Project Manager

  • 12:45 pm: Open Question & Answer period for attendees

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Brought to you by the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability and the Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) in partnership with Kessler Foundation and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.

Registration Fee

Free

Presenter(s)
Andrew Houtenville, PhD

Dr. Houtenville is extensively involved in disability statistics and employment policy research. He has published widely in the areas of disability statistics and the economic status of people with disabilities. He is the Principle Investigator on the NIDILRR-funded Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center. Dr. Houtenville received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire in 1997 and was a National Institute on Aging Post-Doctoral Fellow at Syracuse University in 1998/1999. He was also a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University and New Editions Consulting in McLean, Virginia.

Michael Gamel-McCormick, PhD

Michael Gamel-McCormick is the Associate Executive Director at the Association of University Centerson Disabilities (AUCD). Prior to joining AUCD he was the Disability Policy Director and Senior EducationPolicy Analyst with the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions under thechairmanship of Senator Tom Harkin. For 17 years, Michael was professor and Dean of the College ofEducation and Public Policy at the University of Delaware, the interim chair of the Department of HumanDevelopment and Family Studies, and the director of the Center for Disabilities Studies, Delaware’sUniversity Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. He has also been the director of a rural early intervention program, the director of health and education services at a large urban community services agency, the coordinator of an early childhood special education technical assistance center, and a preschool teacher.

John O Neill, PhD, CRC

Dr. O'Neill is the Project Co- Director of two NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC), “Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics” and “Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Individual-Level Characteristics Related to Employment Among Individuals with Disabilities” He is a former principle investigator of the RRTC on the Community Integration of People with TBI, and worked for more than eight years on NIDRR-funded research to improve the quality of vocational rehabilitation services for persons with AIDS. For six years Dr. O’Neill sat on the NY Rehabilitation Council and was the Council’s representative working with the State vocational rehabilitation agency to create a comprehensive system of personnel development. Dr. O’Neill also directed the graduate program in rehabilitation counseling at Hunter College, CUNY for 25 years.  He is a guest editor for the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin for an upcoming special issue on Disability, Person-Environment Interaction and Employment (Spring 2013).  Dr. O’Neill is a national expert in the employment of individuals with disability.  He recently joined KF as Director of Vocational Research.  In this capacity, he will work with the NNJTBIS as a co-investigator focused on dissemination activities regarding employment issues in TBI.  Dr. O’Neill will additionally serve as a co-investigator on our site specific research project, assisting with the measurement of employment-related outcomes.

Michael Murray

Michael Murray is the Deputy Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Michael’s passion and enthusiasm is powered by his experience as a person with a disability. Previously, Michael served as the Chief Operating Officer for the AAPD and the principal advisor to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), steering and designing the policies and programs of 56 Federal agencies throughout the country to implement the President’s Executive Order on Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities. By fostering teamwork and collaboration, Michael led the Federal government in hiring the largest percentage and number of people with disabilities into Federal service in history. He has also worked on a state level as a disability rights advocate and to develop the Beyond Academics program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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