Employment - Yes You Can! 2009 Annual Conference Monday, May 18th 2009 Earle Brown Heritage Center 6155 Earle Brown Drive Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 Keynote Presentation: Jennifer Fox Other Featured Presenters: Dr. Richard Luecking, President of TransCen, Inc.; Dr. Laura Owens, Executive Director of APSE; Sara Christiansen, Ideation Consulting. Breakout Sessions: Customized Employment Sessions with Richard Luecking Legislative Updates with Executive Director of APSE
About Our Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Fox is an international award-winning author and speaker and a recognized leader of the Strengths Movement within our educational system. Her message is focused on the need to develop strengths not only as a means to help the individual but as an important step to secure our nation’s economic status as well as our democracy. In her critically acclaimed book, Your Child’s Strengths, Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them, Fox gives practical advice to parents and teachers. Widely recognized as the foremost expert on strengths development in educational settings, Fox is a visionary, a storyteller and a giver of practical advice. In addition to her many speaking engagements, Jennifer Fox has made dozens of appearances on television, has been interviewed on radio and podcasts and featured in magazines and newspapers. Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. Registration fee includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks.
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Minnesota APSE 2009 Annual Conference Monday, May 18th, 2009 Earle Brown Heritage Center 6155 Earle Brown Drive Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 Complete form and mail with payment to: MN APSE PO Box 23087 Richfield, MN 55423 Early Bird Rates (Must be received by April 1st): $85 Members and $105 Non-Members Regular Rates (Received After April 1st): $95 MN APSE Member, $115 Non Member $50 Family Members and Self Advocates* *Guests accompanying self advocates for lunch should pay $50 registration fee.
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Join us for the 2009 Annual MN APSE conference “Employment - Yes You Can!” Minnesota APSE - The Network on Employment
Be sure to take advantage of the special rates by registering early!!! See Registration form for more details. We’ll see you at the conference!!!
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The day will open with a keynote presentation from Jennifer Fox, an international award-winning speaker and recognized leader of the Strengths Movement. Other featured presenters will include Dr. Richard Luecking, a leader in the field of supported employment, trainer and author of numerous publications on topics related to employment for persons with disabilities. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet and attend a session by Dr. Laura Owens, the new Executive Director of APSE. In addition, we are pleased to bring you Sara Christiansen who will share more about how to bring the Strengths Movement to reality.
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MN APSE is proud to present a line up of speakers that will share knowledge and expertise about emerging practices aimed at achieving integrated employment for all persons with disabilities.
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2009 Annual Conference and Membership Meeting Employment - Yes You Can! Monday, May 18th, 2009 8:15 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Earle Brown Heritage Center 6155 Earle Brown Drive Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
