On Thursday, May 31, ADDP will offer a series of Professional Development workshops on Technology-related topics. The goal of this day-long devotion to technology is to help organizations recognize the importance of technology, and to help them find the tools to develop, upgrade and implement new technologies in the areas of Assistive Technology, Administrative efficiencies, and Social Media marketing/outreach. For more information, click here.
Professional Development Basics for Managers
presented by Jean Phelps, CEO, LifeLinks, Inc Two dynamic workshops designed especially for managers working in developmental/intellectual or brain injury disabilities field. Learn new skills, brush up on your managing techniques, and get inspired!
Whether you’re a newly hired or promoted manager, or if you already have management experience, this session is designed to offer “a tune up” to improving your skills. From stepping in to a management role to planning, organizing, staffing, activating and controlling a manager needs a repertoire of skills to get the job done. Learn more about the skills you need and probably don’t know you have to be an effective manger and valued leader!
About the workshop presenter: Jean Phelps is currently the CEO of LifeLinks Inc. Jean has worker for over 30 years in the field of human services. She brings her personal experience to bear in her presentation and draws much of her presentation from real life experience over her career from direct care through agency executive. Jean has had extensive experience as both a teacher and a trainer in both formal and informal settings. She likes her presentations to be dynamic and interactive!
Disability community stunned by Senate
Unexpectedly, the Senate Ways and Means Budget for FY 13 contains stunning reversals for key disability programs, plus no monies for a desperately needed annual raise for direct support professionals, despite the assurance of the Senate President who earlier pledged to do all within her power to provide a long needed raise for direct support professional (if funds were available).
A first glance, the FY 13 budget reveals many instances of raises for state employees, but none for the private provider system, now in the fourth year of no annual raises.
Further painful to the disability community are the following cuts from the proposed House budget:
DDS Respite & Family Support, Line Item 5920-3000 - $10 million cut
DDS Transportation, Line Item 5911-2000- $3 million cut
DDS Community Residential, Line Items 5920-2000 and 5920-2002 - cut $2 million
MassHealth Day Hab, Line Item 4000-0600 cut $7.5 million
These numbers are shocking knowing how much the disability and human service workforce has suffered during the Great Recession.
ADDP and our allies plan to seek floor amendments and will urge our friends in the Senate to ask for recorded roll call votes to allow the public to be able to confirm the pledges of support we receive from members with an official record. To see the full budget, click here.
Open enrollment for applications to the ABI Waiver is open May 1-May 21. If you know someone who has survived a brain injury, click here for more info on this program which helps individuals move from nursing/rehab facilities into the community.
Unexpectedly, the Senate Ways and Means Budget for FY 13 contains stunning reversals for key disability programs, plus no monies for a desperately needed annual raise for direct support professionals, despite the assurance of the Senate President who earlier pledged to do all within her power to provide a long needed raise for direct support professional (if funds were available).