Working with Ex-Offenders who also have Disabilities

Posted by on May 7, 2007

We are pleased to announce May teleconference call on Volunteers Working with Ex-Offenders who also have Disabilities.

Date:
Thursday, May 17th, from 3 ? 4 pm EST

Description:
Many ex-offenders have non-apparent disabilities and may not even know it. Non-apparent disabilities can vary from learning disabilities to different forms of depression. This teleconference call will focus on how to best work with ex-offenders with disabilities to successfully be part of their community/society. Our two presenters will talk about the reentry program, share useful resources, and strategies to working with ex-offenders with disabilities. Case study and ideas for accommodations will be shared here as well. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers.

Presenters:
Drew Carberry has served on the national service scene as a program director of an AmeriCorps program, the Director of Programs for a state commission, and for the last six years as the project director for two national training and technical assistance providers to the Corporation for National and Community Service. Currently, he is the director of the Faith and Communities Engaged in Service project of the National Crime Prevention Council based in Washington, DC. He is, at his core, a teacher, and owes much of his development to those positions and from conducting a dropout prevention program for at-risk inner-city youth for seven years.

Allison Fleming, M.S., CRC, has counseling and case management experience in the public vocational rehabilitation system as well as educational settings. Her background includes employment counseling for people with substance abuse and addiction history, psychiatric disabilities, people in transitional housing, and those with criminal records. Ms. Fleming was also part of a research project in a family court. She currently works as a Training Associate at Institute for Community Inclusion in Boston, MA,

Please email nsip@umb.edu to RSVP by Tuesday, May 15th with the following info:
– Name
– Organization
– Email
– Phone
– If you require CART* to participate, please also indicate that in your email
– Feel free to add in questions/concerns when working with ex-offenders with disabilities.

Elesheva Soloff will send out confirmation email to those who RSVP by Wednesday, May 16th with toll-free teleconference number and PowerPoint slides.

*CART service provides instantaneous translation of the speech text using real-time software. Teleconference participants receive caption services over the web. This is an accommodation we provide to participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing.