Webinar

Medicaid Reforms is the second in a four part webinar series designed for emerging leaders in Medicaid advocacy. We will look at the foundational elements of the Medicaid program and how states adjust and differ in their programmatic design. Presenters will include individuals with State, Federal, Health Plan and CIL experience. Participants will be enhance their ability to shape the Medicaid environment in their state by deepening their understanding of the Medicaid program, emerging policy, avenues for influence and opportunities for collaboration.

Join us on Tuesday, December 13th at 1:30pm ET to talk about the power and impact that mentorship can have for young professionals with disabilities. We are delighted to have the chance to speak with Derek Shields and we are going to be talking about the National Disability Mentoring Coalition. NDMC is dedicated to increasing the awareness, quality, and impact of mentoring for individuals with disabilities across the nation.

Speaker/Host: Tad Asbury, VP & Executive Director, Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Time: 1:30PM (Eastern) / 12:30PM (Central) / 11:30AM (Mountain) / 10:30AM (Pacific)

Tad Asbury

Disabilities to Diverse Abilities: How EY is Educating Their People About Mental Illness and Addiction 

Lori Golden

Tuesday, November 22, 2016
1:30pm ET

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Featuring Lori B. Golden, Abilities Strategy Leader, Americas Talent Team,  Ernst & Young, LLP

WEBINAR: Disability & Criminal Justice Reform- Key to Success and Challenges Ahead

DATE: Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
TIME: 1:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. CT / 11:30 a.m. MT / 10:30 a.m. PT

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Janie L. Jeffers of Jeffers and Associates, LLC.

Disability Training for Police: Lessons from Special Olympics

DATE: Monday, November 28, 2016
TIME: 1:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. CT / 11:30 a.m. MT / 10:30 a.m. PT

Featuring:
Timothy Shriver, Chairman, Special Olympics
Patti Saylor, self advocate and mother of Ethan Saylor
Angela Ciccolo, Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Special Olympics

Oral Health America is hosting a webinar as part of their Wisdom Tooth Project. S2S Solutions, Ltd, focuses on the needs of family caregivers and quality of life/care concerns for today's older Americans. Learn more S2S Solutions in this webinar. The basics in human care are often overlooked in today’s healthcare system, especially for our nation’s older adults. These “small” gaps in care, things like personal hygiene, cost everyone greatly. There is hope, however.

The American Society on Aging (ASA) is hosting a webinar on Alzheimer's disease and wandering. Wandering is a significant issue for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and their loved ones. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, three of five people with Alzheimer’s disease will wander. If not found within 24 hours, up to half of individuals who wander will suffer serious injury or death.

The American Society on Aging (ASA) is hosting a webinar for professionals in the field of aging on social media platforms. Social media platforms are changing the way Area Agencies on Aging, health promotion programs, gerontologists, geriatricians, doctoral candidates, students and professionals in aging services communicate. Today, social media offers us a way to directly connect and interact with clients, influencers and policy makers.

The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) recently launched a national campaign highlighting research suggesting that older adults who volunteer for as little as two hours a week reap major physical, mental and emotional health benefits. They are hosting a webinar on their new campaign that focuses on health benefits of volunteering and how to give recruitment a boost.