Recorded Date: September 26, 2024
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About this Event
Join us for an interactive and insightful session designed to empower both youth and adults in fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment for individuals with disabilities. This session will spotlight the resources and strategies employed by the National Technical Assistance Network on Transition the Collaborative (NTACT:C) through the Youth Engagement Transition Initiative (YETI) and the Youth Engagement Now (YEN) website. Our focus will be on fostering open-minded listening, nurturing self-determination/youth leadership, and promoting an understanding of disability as a shared human experience.
Training Objectives:
- Cultivate inclusive communication practices: Participants will learn techniques for creating a dialogue that values diverse perspectives, ensuring that both youth and adults with disabilities feel heard, understood, and respected in all interactions.
- Enhance self-determination and leadership: Attendees will explore strategies to support and nurture youth leadership, empowering young individuals with disabilities to take charge of their lives, advocate for their needs, and lead initiatives that reflect their unique perspectives and strengths.
- Promote disability as a shared human experience: Participants will gain a deeper understanding of disability as an integral part of the human experience, learning how to foster inclusive environments that recognize and value the diverse experiences of individuals with disabilities.
Amanda Waldron
Amanda Waldron is originally from Pennsylvania, but moved last year to Delaware to start her teaching career. She has an Associates degree in Special Education from Lehigh Carbon Community College and a bachelor’s degree in special education for visual impairments from Kutztown University. She started her disability advocacy journey when she was 17 and joined her local chapter of the American Council of the Blind. She has been involved with NTACT:C since 2019, and I helped to create as well as actively participate in the Youth Engagement Transition Initiative (YETI).
Candence (Cady) Russell
Candence “Cady” Russell is from Austin Texas and is in her senior year at Daemen University in New York studying Environmental Science with minors in history, biology, chemistry, and global and local sustainability. She has been a Group Leader with the Youth Engagement Transition Initiative (YETI) since 2021, Diversity Ambassador with Daemen University's Center for Diversity and Inclusion since 2022, Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society since 2023.
Everett Deibler, M.A.
Director of Strategy and Engagement
J. Badger Consulting
Everett Deibler, M.A., obtained his degree in Special Education and Human Development from George Washington University. Prior to joining J. Badger Consulting, he spent five plus years as a Learning Specialist at Lehigh Carbon Community College, where he led initiatives to promote accessibility, diversity, equity, inclusion, and disability sensitivity. Everett has over 10 years of experience in facilitating programs and discussions on the local, state, and national level around youth engagement, competitive integrated employment, person-centered approaches, inclusion, disability awareness and sensitivity.
Hunter Steinitz, BA, MDiv.
Youth Engagement Specialist
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)
Hunter Steinitz, BA, MDiv., is from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and works for the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) as a Youth Engagement Specialist. Hunter’s experience living with a visual difference and her faith have become the foundation for her advocacy
Michael Stoehr
Knowledge Development and Technical Assistance Specialist
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative (NTACT:C)
UNC Charlotte - Cato College of Education
UNC Charlotte - Cato College of Education
William (Billy) Pickens III
William (Billy) Pickens III is a graduate of UNC-Charlotte and has a B.A. in Communication Studies and minor in Journalism. He served as the President of the Student Advisory Board for Disability Services at UNC-Charlotte. He has worked as an Intern at the NC Division of Services for the Blind and Seacrest Studios at Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC. He also worked as the Youth Outreach Coordinator for the Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center (ECAC). Billy has traveled to all 50 United States. He was born with a condition called Norrie’s Disease and is totally Blind with hearing loss.