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Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (OVRS)

OVRS 2012 In-Service

Dates & Deadlines
 
7/13/12
Registration Opens
 
7/13/12
Speaker Information Forms due
 
Vendor applications due
 
7/20/12
Speaker Presentations due

Award Nomination Forms due
 
7/27/12
Vendor payments due
 
8/09/12
Registration ends at 9 a.m.
 
8/14-15/12
OVRS 2012 In-Service

Thriving in a Climate of Change
August 14-15, 2012
Salem Conference Center
Salem, OR

The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (OVRS) offers an annual in-service to bring together staff and partners to share and learn how to thrive in a climate of change. The goal is to improve outcomes for the people with disabilities we serve through improving practices with what we learn during the in-service.
 
Those participating in the 2012 conference can expect to learn about:
  • Innovative ideas and best practices in vocational rehabilitation
  • Successful vocational rehabilitation methods
  • Service equity and diversity
  • Ethics

We are pleased to host nationally recognized keynote speakers and authors Jonathan Mooney and Kate Adamson. Another highlight of this year's event will be hosted focus group tables during lunch on the first day of the conference. Each table will have a pre-assigned topic to discuss and notes from each table will be posted online after the conference to continue the sharing of valuable information.
 
Please note that a new registration process is being used for the 2012 in-service. You will be able to find step-by-step registration instructions and all other in-service information on this web page soon. Registration opens July 13, 2012. Vendor applications to exhibit can be submitted now.

 

Keynote Speakers


August 15, 2012
Kate Adamson
Author, "Paralyzed but not Powerless"
www.kateadamson.com
August 14, 2012
Jonathan Mooney
Author, "The Short Bus"
www.jonathanmooney.com



 

 
Have questions? Call the OVRS Training Unit at (503) 945-6936 or e-mail Susan Lincoln at susan.lincoln@state.or.us.
 
 

Conference Information


Registration

Program

Facility Information

Conference Evaluation Form

If you will be an in-service speaker, please complete and submit the "Speaker Information Form" by July 13, 2012 to Susan Lincoln at susan.lincoln@state.or.us. Electronic copies of presentation materials are due to Susan by July 20, 2012. Contact Susan at (503) 945-6936 or at susan.lincoln@state.or.us with questions.

    Vendors and partners from all areas of Oregon who are currently doing business with OVRS are invited to exhibit at the conference. Vendor applications are due Friday, July 13, 2012. Payment deadline is Friday, July 27, 2012. Vendors will be assigned spaces in advance.

    If your question is not answered in these FAQs, please contact the VR Training Unit at susan.lincoln@state.or.us or by phone at 503-945-6936.

    Volunteers opportunities are available and your help is appreciated.

    For more information about volunteering, please contact Caroline Tresidder at 503-947-2595 or via email at caroline.tresidder@state.or.us.

    During the in-service, OVRS recognizes the special efforts and achievements of its staff and partners over the past year. Nominations for these awards should come from OVRS staff only. We encourage you to give some thought to those you feel should be recognized for their special efforts this past year.

    The award categories for which we are soliciting nominations this year are listed below along with the criteria for each. If you would like to make a nomination, please fill out the nomination form below as completely as possible and return it to Donna DiDomenico via email at donna.didomenico@state.or.us or fax at (503) 947-5010 by Friday, July 20, 2012.

    If you have other questions or are looking for more information about this year’s awards process, please contact Donna at (503) 945-6201.

    • Make a nomination (due 7/20/12)
      • Creativity in Overcoming Barriers to Employment: An OVRS staff person or team who has used “outside the box” thinking to allow OVRS to create a specific solution to a barrier to employment not previously considered for a client.
      • Exceptional Statewide Improvement Solution: Awarded to an OVRS staff person or team who have used the Continuous Improvement process to change a practice resulting in an improvement of services for all OVRS clients.
      • Outstanding Employer Engagement: Awarded to an OVRS staff person and an employer who have worked together closely to improve opportunities to access employment for OVRS clients.
    • 2012 Professional Recognitions
    • 2011 Award Winners
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