IA-‐APSE Employment Summit
Employment First in Iowa: When Everybody Works, Everybody Wins!
Sessions for Executives, Supervisors, Policy Makers, People with Disabilities, Job Developers, Job Coaches, Family Members
October 9th and 10th, 2013 Ramada Tropics Des Moines, IA
Employment First Mission: To change beliefs, practices, systems and funding so that employment in the general workforce is the first and preferred outcome in the provision of publicly funded services for all working age Iowans with disabilities, regardless of level of disability.
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Join us for the Iowa-APSE Annual Employment Summit This year the Iowa-APSE Summit brings together an allstar line-up of national and local experts in the area of integrated employment. The Summit will start at 1:00 pm Wednesday October 9th with our own David Mitchell of Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Rick Shults of Mental Health and Disability Services providing us with their vision of Employment First in Iowa. Cary Griffin of Griffin-Hammis and Associates will follow with a rousing, thought-provoking and sure-to-be-entertaining keynote. The Summit offers three tracks this year: Advocacy and Policy Leadership/Supervision Direct Support There will also be an entire day devoted to skill building for direct service personnel in the area of Customized Employment with Michael Callahan of Marc Gold and Associates, one of the leading experts of Customized Employment. Iowa-APSE is proud to have Margaret Lee Thompson a highly acclaimed parent advocate as part of the Summit lineup. After meeting with a core group of parents during the first concurrent session period on Thursday, she will be hosting the session on advocacy that will continue the rest of the day. Prior to the Summit on the morning of the 9th, IA-APSE is hosting the Certified Employment Support Professional Exam. After successfully completing it, employment personnel earn the title of Certified Employment Support Professional, a national recognition. This requires a separate registration and fee. The application is contained on pages 11-16 of this information. Be sure to plan to attend the Welcome Reception held 4:30-6:00 Wednesday evening. It offers a great way to get reacquainted with old friends, make new ones and just have some fun.
Come, join us! Get energized, rejuvenated and learn from each other!
Registration Due September 25th CEU’s and CRC’s have been applied for
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Key Note Day One Speaker CARY GRIFFIN Senior Partner at Griffin Hammis Associates Griffin-Hammis Associates is a full service consultancy specializing in building communities of economic cooperation, creating high performance organizations, and focusing on disability and employment. He is also Co-Director of the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s National Self Employment Technical Assistance, Resources and Training project with Virginia Commonwealth University, and is a Subject Matter Expert hired by the U.S. Dept. of Labor to help implement Employment First nationally. Cary provides training to administrative and direct service level professionals in the rehabilitation field; consultation to businesses and rehabilitation agencies regarding the employment of individuals with significant disabilities; field-initiated research & demonstration; family & consumer consultation; resource development; and organizational development. Cary is author of the book Working Better, Working Smarter, and co-author of the books Making Self Employment Work for People with Disabilities (currently under revision), and the first book on Customized Employment, The Job Developer’s Handbook: Practical Tactics for Customized Employment. Current projects include development and management of a statewide Rural Florida Customized Employment initiative, a statewide disability selfemployment project in Kansas, and a similar project in Appalachia, developing the strategic plan for British Columbia’s CE and Employment First program, several state Money Follows the Person and Medicaid Infrastructure Grant initiatives (Rhode Island, Minnesota, Iowa, et al.), and inner city Customized Employment projects (Philadelphia, Los Angeles, et al.). Cary is currently writing a new book on career planning tentatively titled: Your Vocational Themes: Going Where The Career Make Sense.
Topic Employment First: If You Aren’t Living On The Edge, You’re Taking Up Too Much Space The national conversation about Employment First is revitalizing policy and practice. Some worry that customized community employment will be too expensive and difficult for everyone, even though we already managed to erect a parallel system of some 5,000 sheltered programs, our own transit systems, and housing that mimics but often precludes real life in our communities. This session uses humor, national examples, and strong evidence to illuminate: critical economic leverage points for success; the unlimited ways to make a living in this world, new skills we each need for customizing employment; augmenting self-advocacy & family power; how Bridging & Bonding Social Capital help make sheltered/segregated work models irrelevant; why running parallel systems is too expensive and unproductive to continue; that hiring someone remains both a personal and an economic decision for employers; and why fear keeps us running the same old expensive programs.
Cary also serves as Deputy Director and Board Chair of the Center for Social Capital, a non-profit affiliate of Griffin-Hammis Associates.
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Key Note Day Two KATHLEEN MARTINEZ Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy Kathleen Martinez was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the third Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 25, 2009. As head of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), Ms. Martinez advises the Secretary of Labor and works with all DOL agencies to lead a comprehensive and coordinated national policy regarding the employment of people with disabilities. Blind since birth, Ms. Martinez comes to ODEP with a background as an internationally recognized disability rights leader specializing in employment, asset building, independent living, international development, diversity and gender issues.
Because We are EQUAL to the Task
A critical priority for the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), is to invest in systems change efforts that result in increased integrated employment opportunities for individuals with significant disabilities. This priority reflects growing support for a national movement called Employment First, a national movement in which publicly-financed systems are urged to align policies, regulatory guidance, and reimbursement structures to commit to integrated employment as the priority option for services. In 2012 ODEP launched the Employment First State Leadership Mentor Program (EFSLMP), a cross-disability and cross-systems change initiative. Iowa has been part of this initiative and has received mentoring, intensive technical assistance and training along with two other states as they transform their delivery systems to an Employment First approach.
She was appointed Executive Director of the World Institute on Disability (WID), based in Oakland, California, in 2005. Ms. Martinez directed Proyecto Visión, WID's National Technical Assistance Center to increase employment opportunities for Latinos with disabilities in the United States, and Access to Assets, an asset-building project to help reduce poverty among people with disabilities. At WID, she also led the team that produced the on her personal acclaimed international webzine DisabilityWorld Based experiences, AS Martinez will (www.disabilityworld.org) in English and Spanish. share her perspective on what it In 2007 she was appointed a member of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a Congressionally-created agency dedicated to research and projects in conflict management. In 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed her as one of eight public members of the newly-established State Department advisory committee on disability and foreign policy. In 2002 she was appointed by President Bush as one of 15 members of the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency advising the President and Congress on disability policy.
takes to transform our thinking as a society and as systems to support individuals with disabilities. Martinez will also provide her reflections on ODEP’s investments in the EFSLMP generally and in the state of Iowa specifically. Finally, Martinez will challenge the audience to rise to the occasion in terms of being innovative, dedicated, and collaborative in helping the state of Iowa in achieving its ambitious systems transformation goals.
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Other Featured Speakers for the 2013 IA-APSE Annual Employment Forum In Alphabetical Order Michael Callahan: Michael has consulted throughout the US, Canada and Europe in the area of employment and transition for the past thirty years. He has worked with Marc Gold & Associates (MG&A) for 34 years, and has served as president of the organization since Marc Gold’s death in 1982. MG&A is a network of consultants that provides training and technical assistance to systems, agencies and families interested in insuring the complete community participation of persons with significant disabilities. He is a co-author of two popular "how-to" books on employment for persons with significant disabilities, Getting Employed, Staying Employed and Keys to the Work Place. He has written numerous articles, chapters, manuals and curriculums pertaining to employment. He has a master’s degree in special education and did doctoral work at Syracuse University in vocational rehabilitation. He is currently a national board member for TASH and was a founding board member of APSE. Michael’s current work focuses on Customized Employment and Discovery as an extension of the concept of supported employment for persons with significant disabilities. Nancy Gurney, M.A.: Nancy is the President and CEO of Opportunity Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is responsible for leadership, innovation and performance for multiple state services including Minnesota, Florida and Wisconsin. Services include Vocational Rehabilitation, Medicaid Waiver, Extended Employment, Day Training & Habilitation, Ticket to Work Employment Network, and Project Search. Services are provided in communities for a wide range of persons with disabilities including developmental disabilities, Brain Injury, CADI, hearing impaired and mental health. Opportunity Services has an annual budget of eight million with services to 1,000 persons annually. She has experience in transformation of sheltered workshops, day services to community employment and diversion from sheltered work, TANF reform employment demonstration, and TTW employment network. Her education includes expertise in education, psychology, business, leadership and Baldrige Quality Performance measurements. She serves the ODEP as a subject matter expert for Employment First. Geery Howe, M.A.: Geery is a consultant, executive coach and trainer in the fields of leadership, strategic planning and organizational change. Since the late 1980’s, Geery has worked extensively with thousands of executives from large corporations to small non-profits, from colleges and universities to public school districts, from hospitals to organizations that serve people with disabilities. Through stories, research, lessons learned, and practical advice based on working with people, teams and organizations through many difficult challenges, Geery will help participants understand how successful organizational change takes place and how effective leaders move people through the difficult periods to a new level of performance. Serena Lowe is the Senior Policy Adviser at the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) within the U.S. Department of Labor as a Senior Policy Adviser. In this capacity, Serena is responsible for a number of Federal policy initiatives focused on promoting the socioeconomic advancement of citizens with disabilities, including the Department’s Employment First State Leadership Mentoring Program. Through this initiative, ODEP provides access to mentoring and indepth training and technical assistance to support states’ efforts to align public policy and funding toward an emphasis on integrated employment as the preferred outcome for citizens with significant disabilities.
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Prior to joining ODEP, for the past fifteen years, Serena worked in both government and the private sector as a consultant to over 35 national corporate and not-for-profit entities in the areas of public policy, advocacy, coalition building, strategic & commercial planning, and organizational development. Most recently, Serena started AnereS Strategies LLC in 2009, a consulting enterprise focused on developing innovative strategies for pursuing high-impact public policy reforms predominately aimed at promoting the economic empowerment of low-income working families, citizens with disabilities, and other at-risk populations. During this time, Serena also served as the Executive Director of the Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination (CPSD), a dynamic coalition of fifteen national disability organizations committed to promoting high-impact public policy reform aimed at ensuring that citizens living with significant disabilities have access to opportunities for meaningful engagement in the areas of education, employment, independent living, and community engagement. Earlier in her career, Serena served as a senior policy advisor to a global pharmaceutical company and two Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Serena earned a B.A. in International & Public Affairs from Westminster College (Fulton, MO) in 1997; an M.P.H. in International Health Policy and M.A. in International Development Policy from George Washington University (Washington D.C.) in 2002; and is currently pursuing a PhD in public administration at American University’s School of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. Dr. Laura A. Owens: Dr. Owens has been the Executive Director of APSE (the Association of People Supporting EmploymentFirst), a national organization focusing on the advancement of integrated employment for citizens with disabilities based in Washington, DC since October 2008. (www.apse.org). She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the department of Exceptional Education where she teaches courses focusing on high school inclusion and transition from school to work. Dr. Owens is the Director of Creative Employment Opportunities, Inc. (CEO), an employment agency for individuals with disabilities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (www.ceomke.com) which she founded in 1991. She is an internationally known speaker having presented to business organizations, schools and conferences in Ireland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Chile and other countries. Laura earned her M.S. degree in special education from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Margaret-Lee Thompson: Margaret Lee has recently retired as the Coordinator of the King County Parent Coalition for Developmental Disabilities, which is a program of The Arc of King County. The Parent Coalition, formed by Margaret-Lee in 1990, is active in systems advocacy with the state legislature. The King County Parent Coalition was the first in the state of Washington. There are now Parent Coalitions established or forming in 18 counties in Washington State. Margaret-Lee and her husband are the parents of a son with Down Syndrome, who passed away at the age of 36 years. He worked at Microsoft in the Supply Center and Mail Room for over fourteen years. While raising their three children, she worked as a volunteer advocate in four states (Washington, Texas, Wisconsin and California) for twenty years. She is a graduate of the University of Washington and was a teaching assistant and research technician in the Department of Botany.
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Conference At A Glance Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:00-12:00
Certified Employment Support Professional Examination (Separate Registration)
12:00-1:00
Conference Registration
1:00-2:30
Dr. SueAnn Morrow, President IA-APSE Welcome Keynote Addresses: David Mitchell, Administrator, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services: The Vision of Employment First in Iowa from IVRS’s Perspective Rick Shults, Administrator, Mental Health and Disability Services: The Vision of Employment First from MHDS’s Perspective Cary Griffin, Griffin-Hammis and Associates: Employment First: If You Aren’t Living on the Edge, You Are Taking Up Too Much Space
2:30-2:45
Break with Snacks
2:45 to 4:15
Concurrent Sessions: Dr Laura Owens, Executive Director of APSE Employment First: The Modernization of Employment Policy Cary Griffin, Griffin-Hammis and Associates: The Contractions of Leadership: Ten (Maybe 9, Could be 10) Considerations for Leader at All Levels Panel of CRP Personnel from the EFSLMP/ICIE Pilot Projects: Customized Employment: Making It Happen in Iowa
4:30-6:00
Iowa APSE Welcome Reception and Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:15 am to 8:15 am
Buffet Breakfast from Restaurant (Need a Ticket)
8:30 to 10:00
Concurrent Sessions: Panel of Successful Individuals with Disabilities: My Road to Success Michael Callahan, Marc Gold and Associates Job Development for Customized Employment: Connecting Job Development and Job Coaching With a Task-Focused Strategy (This is a daylong workshop for specific skill building.) To Be Determined: DC Update: Promoting Disability Employment in a Challenging Fiscal and Political Environment
10:00 to 10:15
Break with Snacks
10:15 to 11:45
LeAnn Moskowitz, IME; Lin Nibbelink, MHDS; Lee Ann Russo, IVRS: Employment Services: What We’ve Been Doing and Where We Are Going
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Serena Lowe, ODEP: Rising to the Occasion through Transformational Leadership: A National Review Employment First State Systems Change Efforts Margaret Lee Thompson, Parent Advocate: It Takes A Village for Effective Advocacy Michael Callahan: Continued 12:00 to 1:30
Christina Moffett, Owner Crème Cupcakes: Customized Employment: It’s Working in Iowa Assistant Secretary, ODEP, Kathleen Martinez: Because We are EQUAL to the Task
1:30 to 1:45
Break
1:45 to 3:15
Margaret Lee Thompson: Continued Michael Callahan: Continued Gerry Howe, Morning Star Associates: When Change is the Only Constant Nancy Gurney, Opportunity Services: Transformation: Page 2
Conference Logistics Location:
Ramada Tropics 5000 Merle Hay Rd. Des Moines, IA 50322 Exit 131 off I-80
Contact:
A block of rooms has been reserved at a special rate of $55.00 plus tax. Call the hotel direct and ask for the IA-APSE room block. Rooms will be held until September 17th. 515-278-0271
Dates:
Begins 1:00 Wednesday October 9; ends 3:15 Thursday October 10
Questions:
Dr. SueAnn Morrow, President 319-430-8710 Ashlea Lantz, President-Elect 515-259-8115
CEU’s and CRC’s have been applied for.
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Iowa APSE is partnering with national APSE to offer the first national certification program for Employment Support Professionals on October 9, 2013 From 8:00 to noon Ramada Tropics| 5000 Merle Hay Rd. |Salons A & B Des Moines, Iowa Now job coaches, job developers, transition employment specialists, job placement personnel, and employment specialists/consultants can earn the designation of Certified Employment Support Professionals (CESP) by passing the national CESP examination. The fee to take the exam is $159.00 Applications must be received by September 20th and applications will not be processed after this date. Seats are limited to 30 and will be filled on a first come-first served basis. Benefits of Certification for Provider Agencies and Employment Support Professionals (ESPs): CESP certification provides national guidelines to validate and support the training currently provided by university, community college, and other technical training centers across the country. CESP certification, unlike state level licensure, also enables portability across states and regions. For Employment Support Professionals: CESP certification shows colleagues, supervisors and the individuals you serve that you completed a rigorous process to earn your national professional credential. CESP certification opens the door to: Improved professional advancement & job opportunities Increased income opportunities Enhanced credibility with employers How do I prepare to take the CESP examination? The exam is based on the results of a national Role Delineation Study and the resulting content outline. The exam includes questions from each content area in the percentage ranges noted in the test blueprint. Candidates should carefully review the content outline, also known as the test blue print as they prepare for the exam. Download the test blue print at www.apse.org/certification To register for the CESP exam in Iowa mail the registration and fee for $159.00 to: APSE/CESP/IA Exam, 416 Hungerford Drive, Suite 418, Rockville, MD 20850 301.279.0075 Fax | 301.279.0060 Phone Questions? Please contact: Jennifer Polkes, CESP Program Coordinator at
[email protected] or Patricia K. Keul, ESPCC Director at
[email protected] or 704-534-1943
This is not part of the Summit program and requires a separate registration and fee.
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Registration Form
Registrations Due September 25 th
Names: (Groups of 3 or more receive a special registration rate – see below) 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Organization: ________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ Email: ______________________________________________________ Special Diet Requests: ______________________________________________________________________ Reasonable Accommodations Requests: __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ If an interpreter or materials in Braille are needed, please notify us by August 31st. Registration includes breakfast and lunch on Thursday, break goodies both days and hors d’oeuvres at the Wednesday evening reception. #
Type of Registration
Unit Price
Total
Self-‐Advocate, family member or self-‐advocate support staff
$75.00
Group registration for 3 or more (members and non-‐members)
$125.00
APSE Member Registration Member # -‐
$150.00
Non-‐member Registration
$175.00
Total Enclosed: $_______________________ Iowa-‐APSE does not currently have the capacity to accept on-‐line or credit card payments. For planning purposes, please let us know if you plan to attend: Circle One Both Days
Days One Only
Day Two Only
Please send completed registrations and payment to: IA-‐APSE, c/o Van Buren Job Opportunities, 308 Mulberry St., Keosauqua, IA 52565
Thank you!
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CESP Exam Application, 2013
Certified Employment Support Professional Exam Application
The following pages are the Application for those interested in taking the Certified Employment Support Professional Exam. This is not part of the IA-ASPE Summit Program and requires a separate application and fee.
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CESP Exam Application, 2013
CESP Exam Application October 9, 2013 Ramada Tropics| 5000 Merle Hay Rd Salon A & B Des Moines, Iowa 50322 Please print clearly and neatly. Fill out all sections of the application. Incomplete or illegible applications will not be processed. Confirmations and other important exam information will be sent to you via email. Please ensure your email address is correct. All applications must be received at APSE before September 20th at 5pm. The exam room is limited to 30 test takers so registration will close on September 20 or earlier if 30 eligible test takers apply before the closure date. Mail the application and fees to: APSE/CESP/IA Exam 416 Hungerford Drive, Suite 418 Rockville, MD, 20850
SECTION 1. Candidate Information (print clearly) Last Name
First Name
Middle Initial/Name
Street Address/PO Box City
State
Home Phone Number (including area code)
Email Address (required)*
Credentials
Employer/Company
Job Title
Work Phone Number
Zip
Address City
State
•
Zip
Please provide the e-‐mail address where your exam results may be sent to you and maintain your privacy-‐ Usually home e-‐mail is preferred. The name and address listed above must match the name and address on your government-‐issued photo identification required for entrance to the exam.
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CESP Exam Application, 2013
I am: a new applicant (not currently certified) applying to retest, date of last exam:
Exam Date October 9, 2013: Photo ID required for check- in. 8:00 am to noon Mail your CESP exam application and fee $159.00 to: APSE/CESP/IA Exam 416 Hungerford Drive, Suite 418 Rockville, MD, 20850
Exam Location: CESP Exam October 9, 2013 Ramada Tropics| 5000 Merle Hay |Salons A & B Des Moines, Iowa 50322 I am including a Request for Accommodations. Candidates requesting special accommodations must submit the Request for Accommodations form at least 2 weeks prior to the examination date with appropriate documentation as described in the handbook. Accommodation requests are due by: September 20, 2013 SECTION 2. Eligibility Education (please list highest level of education completed below): School:
Degree:
Date Completed:
School:
Degree:
Date Completed:
Length of paid ESP work experience (see definition below):
Years:
Months:
Length of internship(s):
Internship #1:
Internship #2:
Course Name:
Date Completed:
Total Hours:
Course Name:
Date Completed:
Total Hours:
Experience:
Training:
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CESP Exam Application, 2013 Code of Conduct: I hereby attest that I have read and understand the ESPCC Code of Conduct and agree to abide by the Code of Conduct. Required Signature:
Date:
Work experience is defined as at least 20 hours per week of paid ESP related work. Work completed as part of an internship, practicum, or other on-‐the-‐job training may be counted up to the limits noted above. Work experience includes employment as a direct employment services professional, provision of direct employment services as an agency/company employee, and/or managerial or supervisory work in employment services. Experience in school-‐to-‐work transition environments providing employment services also qualifies as acceptable work experience. Training is defined as an internship or practicum of at least 2 months in length and/or successful completion of an intensive training course that includes at least 32 hours of ESP related course work. The content for acceptable training courses must be directly related to the CESP content outline. Acceptable training content is related to supported and customized employment as well as training relevant to providing employment and community based supports to people with disabilities. Examples of acceptable training content includes: specialized training to work with specific disability groups (i.e. autism or mental illness), training on small businesses development, American with Disabilities Act (ADA) training, benefits counseling, and strategies for job development. Training related to segregated employment services or services that are not widely considered to be best practices will not be accepted.
SECTION 3. Attestation I have read and understand the CESP Certification Handbook and agree to abide by the policies of the ESPCC, including confidentiality and disciplinary rules. I understand that the information I provide to ESPCC may be audited to verify my eligibility. I authorize ESPCC to make any necessary inquiries to verify my eligibility. I understand that submission of false or misleading information at any time may be cause for withdrawal or revocation of this application and/or certification without refund of any fees. I certify that the information contained in this application is true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge. Required Signature
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Request for Accommodations Form ESPCC will provide reasonable accommodations for exam candidates with disabilities that are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Candidates requesting special accommodations must submit the Request for Accommodations Form at least 2 weeks prior to the exam date accompanied by appropriate documentation as described in the CESP Certification Handbook. ESPCC reserves the right to review any request for accommodations and have requests considered by its own experts to ensure an appropriate level of accommodations and protect the integrity of the examination and the certification.
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CESP Exam Application, 2013
Last Name
First Name
Middle Initial/Name
Street Address/PO Box City
State
Zip
Home Phone Number (including area code)
Email Address (required)
Special Testing Accommodations I request special accommodations as follows (check all that apply):
Special seating or other physical accommodation Extended exam time Separate exam room Other (please describe):
Signature
Date
Professional Documentation Professional evaluation must have been made no earlier than 3 years prior to application I have evaluated
Professional title
Candidate name
on ____ / ____ / _____ in my capacity as a date
. I have been informed of the nature of the examination to
be administered. It is my opinion that because of this candidate’s disability, as described below, he/she should receive the special testing accommodations requested above. Description of disability (please attach any supporting documentation):
If extra exam time is recommended, please specify the amount of time requested (e.g. 1 extra hour):
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CESP Exam Application, 2013
Professional’s Name
Credentials
Address City
State
Professional License Number & State of Issue
Email Address (required)
Signature
Date
Zip
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