NCRTM Library

This teleconference discussed secondary educataion, transition,advocacy, decision-making skills, assertiviness skills, employment,post-secondary educaton options and technology.

This manual contains ideas and information that will help clarify board and staff roles and responsibilities, identify and recruit potential leaders, ideas to help avoid fiscal disasters an create and maintain working relationships between executive directors and board members.It also contains overheads of presentation Board Basics for IL Board Members and Staff.

This material discusses the areas of current funding, trends among private foundations, and government, how to identify fund raising approaches, establish relationships with funders, ways to ask for money that make clear who the organization is and what the funds will be used for, and staying true to IL mission and philosophy while fostering growth.

This material covers the issues of how to control and safeguard an organizations assets and resources, track, interpret and report an organizations financial status, build better budgets, define board and staff roles in financial management, and identify outcomes and why they are important.

This teleconference was held to discuss methods of obtaining research data in the area of consumers becoming full participants in society. The research methods that were discussed were concern reports and a community concerns report participation survey which was included in the material.

This teleconference covered the movements that influenced the disabilities rights movement, the civil rights laws, Rehab. Act of 1973,and a section on Freedom of Movement-Independent Living Philosophy.

The objectives of this teleconference was to help the participants gain knowledge, acquire the tools to develop a media plan in their organization, learn how to use the power of the media to change attitudes, strengthen advocacy efforts, and develop skills in creating a message and marketing campaign.

This material is the final report on the findings that were compiled to determine the effectiveness of VR Services and the delivery of those services and their outcomes. This study was conducted over a 5 year period with 8,500 participants from 40 local VR offices.

This workbook, which is an introductory course, contains sections on the history, philosophy of rehabilitation ethics, medical and psychosocial aspects, vocational issues and theory of change.

This workbook contains exercises to identify counselor barriers and attitudes that may cause problems handling difficult clients. There are also sections on motivational interviewing, solution focused theory, and resources.