Raising Kellan

16/05/2025

This is a video clip from our recent podcast based on Medicaid and the services and programs it funds in the US. Join us for the full conversation with Leo Cuello from GeorgeTown University McCort School of Public Policy https://youtu.be/DnIPmBUIwGk

16/05/2025

✅ Latest Podcast Drop will be released soon!

This interview is with Leo Cuello J.D., who I got to listen to at the Disability Policy Seminar in Washington DC April 7-9.

Here is Leo’s Bio:

Leo Cuello, J.D., is a Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

His areas of focus include Medicaid litigation, demonstrations and waivers, managed care and delivery system reform, and immigrant health. Before joining CCF, Leo was a Health Policy Director for the National Health Law Program, where he worked on a wide range of Medicaid issues.

Prior to that, Leo worked for the Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP), focusing on a wide range of healthcare issues dealing with eligibility and access to services in Medicaid and Medicare and direct representation of Medicaid enrollees. Leo graduated with a B.A. from Swarthmore College and received his J.D. from The University of Pennsylvania Law School.

16/05/2025

Inclusion at its BEST🖤💛



Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging
Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
Tennessee Department of Education

07/05/2025

Join me in wishing Jordan a Happy Birthday 🎂🎉 💕 We would like to thank Tommie and Brad St John for joining us today Resource Ability Employment Expo! Come get your lunch at the Lannom Center from 11:30 onwards today!

EVERYONE STOP 🛑 WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HELP US WISH JORDAN A HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! 🎉🎂🎁

01/05/2025

There couldn't be better timing for this podcast as we head next week (5/7/25)into our Resource Ability Employment Expo!

In Episode #140, you will hear from Jessica Awsumb and Hilary Travers, co-leads at ⁠Transition Tennessee⁠ based at Vanderbilt University.

Timeline of Content:

2:15 Introduction

3:15 Hilary's work at ⁠Perkins School of the Blind⁠ and what led her to Vanderbilt and transitional planning.

5:00 Jessica's pathway to transitional training and employment for students with IDD.

8:13 How do we prepare for transitions (legal and evidence-based practice), which starts at Age 14 in TN?

Key points mentioned:
- 4 future goals in transitional planning are: post-secondary education, employment, community involvement, and community living.
- A Course of Study (9th to 12th grade) is a selection of classes that are needed and individualized to a student to reach their post-secondary goals.
- Annual goal to build competency for life skills.
- Transition Services is a coordinated set of outcome-based activities to supplement post-secondary goals and school goals (can be assigned to the parent or third-party provider).

18:00 Job Exploration Pointers for Parents to consider for their loved one:
What would you like to do for work?
What are your areas of interest?
Explore the skills needed for the job that are present in the community.

21:14 Thinking about employment as a family.

23:09 Support of job coaching vs natural supports- team-based approach.

28:24 Job experiences and work-based learning: rural vs urban. What are students' skills?
What is their motivation?
What are their supports?
These pointers will influence their experience. Another consideration type of employment: full vs part-time employment, self-employed.

32:27 VR for formal supports, faith communities are informal supports, the Chamber of Commerce(who know the local businesses), and career fairs.

35:00 CTE courses are based on local community needs assessment, and if they align with students' interests, this is a great way for students to gain job skills.

37: 00 Helpful Resources: https://transitiontn.org/ ⁠Empowering Youth with Vision Impairments ⁠ - free resources

Here are your links to listen:

👉https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/TnvTPGks0Sb

👉https://youtu.be/h-bXEoEHKEQ

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