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National Joint Committee on Communication for People with Severe Disabilities (NJC) - part of ASHA.  Check out the Communication Bill of Rights.  Asha.org/njc

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National Joint Committee on Communication for People with Severe Disabilities (NJC) - part of ASHA.  Check out the Communication Bill of Rights.  Asha.org/njc

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1.) Creative
2.) Optimist
3.) Passion
4.) Action
5.) Small Results that lead to bigger long-term plans

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Result oriented, actionable steps, collaborator, emphasizing needs, passion.

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System design is a core problem. What are our federal and state policies to design what works for people, vs. what works for systems.

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When we look at systems, can't be individual fights that go on over and over again. How do we create, tap into people that are figuring it out

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Copier, hard worker, frustration, advocate of our children, and difference maker.

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Systems are siloed and disjointed. Lived experience with my dad. Visionist - where are we trying to go? Roadmap - good at asking how and why, plus a pragmatic approach. Thinking outside the box.

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Who are the people to connect with per State? Employer challenges. What supports are needed for employers?  Symme PA 

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Who are the people to connect with per State? Employer challenges. What supports are needed for employers?  Symme PA 

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Systems categorize her by medical dreams and not hopes/desires and dreams

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Continuous learning

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Potential policy considerations

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Ideas to promote "Quality of Life"

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"Youth stories matter in these spaces."
Bringing a youth perspective to this important topic as well as sharing my experience going through transition without much of a voice.

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Christine Cuvo passion for connecting students with communities.

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Christine Cuvo passion for connecting students with communities.

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Some of the national/ federal interest in this topic.
Passion
Expressed family and individual's input on solutions
High expectations - fostering those
Learning more details from others

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OTs role in transition
How my OT eyes look at the "situation" differently from other professionals
Opportunity to collaborate with other professionals in educational/medical realm

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A realistic evaluation about what is, and how it can be changed to what could be

What adult systems need to be involved, and how?

Is lack of funding a limiting factor?

How to 'educate' the community at large about the world of disability and special needs, to engage in positive converastions

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Finding ways to grapple with the history of institutionalization.  We have to be careful with replicating these systems issues.  As a director of a state system, how do we intervene with this complex system?  What is different - how can we approach this in a different way? Open to innovation.  Take research and advocacy into places they need to be

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Entrepreneural options; experiences through PT moving into vocational options; environmental modifications; vocational assessment testing; following the Nike motto..."just do it".

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Healthcare perspective, passion for change

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Healthcare perspective, passion for change

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VR background, working with students and youth with disabilities, employment

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Experience
Collaboration
Transition
Problem-solving
Connections

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Interdisciplinary perspective, thinking about systems integration, rules for funding sources - helping families, how do you blend and braid funding, map this out for teams, how do we work with multiple funding systems

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Family experience, connector, interagency connector, question asker:  why / why not

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-planning methods/strategies
-out of the box thinking
-provding experiences
-entitlement vs. eligiblity
-collaboration acorss agencies

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Program evaluation & systems change and improvement
Inter-agency and intra-agency collaboration
Meaningful engagement-parent, students
Connections across all systems

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HMS can connect to 58 families with unique needs and journeys, talking about transition at age 6, 27 school partners/expectations

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Improvement vs. Change, Engaging Policymakers in Improvement, Understanding the user-perspective

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listener, learner, connecting the dots for systems change and program building

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Lived experience with Helena, excited to be part of it because of my work with families and advocate. How can we tap into the advocacy efforts, joining together. There is such inequity

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Systems change, interagency collaboration, interagency collaboration, engagement versus involvement

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Michael Stoehr - history, family, youth, creative, engagement

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Michael Stoehr - history, family, youth, creative, engagement

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meaningful engagement
occupational performance
innovation
creative solutions
strategic thinking

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Planning strategies while prioritizing collaboration

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Outsider
Holistic
Multidisciplinary
Connector
Educator

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family wisdom & experience
cultural humility
connector
state and national lens
listener

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Integration with school and employment
Working with our Children's Hospital
Dreaming Differently -- HCT workshop for families of children with complex needs

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Share ideas for moving forward
Get ideas to share
Share history
Explore areas that I haven't thought of previously
Looking for the hook