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2024

Autonomy, Tech, and Future Planning

February 10, 2024

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: What You Need to Know 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas

Peace of Mind Planning: Key Steps to Protect Your Child 

  • Elizabeth Tucker, EveryChild, and Ivy Goldstein, Children with Special Health Care Needs, DSHS

Transition Services: Who Gets Invited to the Party? 

  • Christine Broughal and Mara LaViola, Texans for Special Education Reform (TxSER)

Understanding The Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule: Overview & Updates 

  • Katherine Layman, Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHCS)

Age of Majority: The Transfer of Rights 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas

Personal Support Networks: Creating Community for People with Disabilities 

  • Jennifer Vincent, Texas Parent to Parent

STAR+PLUS and Community First Choice 

  • Elizabeth Tucker, EveryChild

Transition Services: Maximizing Benefits 

  • Mara LaViola, Texans for Special Education Reform (TxSER)

Finding Your Path to a Place to Call Home 

  • Jacky Sylvie, Finding Independence

Personal Support Networks: Do It Yourself…Together 

  • Jennifer Vincent, Texas Parent to Parent

Summer Camps! Panel Discussion

Voting, Elections, and Getting Involved: A Conversation About Voting and Disability Rights 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas

May 11, 2024

Disability Cultural Humility Training: An Overview of History, Care, and Services for Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 

  • Carrie Parks, Metrocare Services

Practicing Boundaries and Consent in Healthy Relationships 

  • Ronni Jupson, The SAFE Alliance

Protection/Advocacy - Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) 

  • Preston Kolb and Randi Turner, Disability Rights Texas

What’s in Charge? Medicaid Waiver or Person-Centered Plan: Ensuring Your Services are Truly Person Directed 

  • Kelsey Ceniceros, CW Disability Transition Consulting

Creating a Plan for the Future 

  • Mary Jane Williams, Family to Family Network

My Rights, My Life, My Internet: Navigating Safe and Healthy Relationships Online 

  • Ronni Jupson, The SAFE Alliance

Recreation, Leisure & Community Connections - Panel Discussion

The Person-Centered Approach to Executive Functioning 

  • Kelsey Ceniceros, CW Disability Transition Consulting

Disability Disclosure Considerations 

  • Randi Turner, Disability Rights Texas

Let’s Go to Work!! 

  • Stacey Levrets, Imagine Enterprises

Preparing For Your Financial Future: The Basics of Supplemental Needs Trusts, Pooled Trusts and ABLE…What You Need to Know! 

  • Ashley Melero, The Arc of Texas Master Pooled Trust

Transition Planning: Making the Future a Reality 

  • Mary Jane Williams, Family to Family Network

August 10, 2024

Living the Good Life - Enabling Vulnerable People to Have Valued Social Roles: An Introduction to Social Role Valorization 

  • Guy Caruso, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

Inclusive Community Living Across the Age and the Life Span 

  • Guy Caruso, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

Texas Medicaid LTSS Programs & Wait Lists 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas

The Road to Employment: Competitive, Integrated, Customized, and Accommodated

  • Aracely Fuentes, UNT WISE, and Kellie Nix, UNT ENGAGE

THINKing College - The Who, When, Where, Why, and How of College for Students with Intellectual Disabilities 

  • Dr. Mindy Lingo, THINK College

Beyond the Comparison Chart: The Ins and Outs of Medicaid Waiver Programs 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas

  • Cindi Paschall, M.O.M. & Disability Rights Advocate

If I Knew Then What I Know Now: The Ah-Ha Moments that Made a Difference 

  • Jennifer Jordan

  • Michelle Lunday, M.O.M.s

Mastering Autonomy While Transitioning to Adulthood 

  • Daniel Durany, Self-Advocate

Media Imaging and Disability 

  • Guy Caruso, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

November 9, 2024

Considering Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) in Placement Decisions 

  • Kathryn Hogan, Disability Rights Texas

Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Alternatives Overviews 

  • Heidi Angel, Trust & Estate Attorney, 

  • Lynn Kelly, Probate & Guardianship Attorney

Smart Home Technology: What Is It and How Can It Increase Independence, Autonomy, & Safety 

  • Alexa Brill, Self-Advocate

  • Wendy Davis, PATF

Soft Skills for Workplace Success

  • Robin Kuntz, Transition Consultant & Certified Employment Service Provider

Children with Disabilities and Divorce: What A Texas Parent Needs to Know 

  • Mike Day, Attorney

  • Mary Ann Hughes, Special Needs Divorce Coach

My Disability Roadmap: Documentary Film Screening & Discussion 

  • Michelle Lunday, M.O.M. & AAC Advocate

  • Cindi Paschall, M.O.M. & Disability Rights Advocate

Step Up to Self Advocacy 

  • Amy Litzinger, Texas Parent to Parent

Supporting Victims and Defendants with IDD: Updates from The Arc’s NCCJD 

  • Leigh Anne McKingsley, The Arc’s NCCJD

I’m Meeting with A Financial Planner: How Do I Prepare for My 1st (& maybe 2nd) Meeting 

  • Curtis Klieger, ChSNC ® Financial Planner

Sexual Violence and What to Do About it: Let’s Talk! 

  • Leigh Anne McKingsley, The Arc’s NCCJD

  • James Meadour, Civil Rights & Sexual Assault Prevention Advocate

Transition Planning: Paving the Way to Positive Post-School Outcomes for Students

  • Kathryn Hogan, Disability Rights Texas

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