Home Care Commission Offers Training; New DD/Mental Health Committee Forming

by | Oct 6, 2011 | customers

Beginning January 1, 2011 Personal Support Workers who provide services to persons with Developmental Disabilities or Mental Health conditions have:

Access to training opportunities available through the Oregon Home Care Commission
Priority in registering for training classes for Homecare Workers and Personal Support Workers.
Access to Workers’ Compensation benefits.

If you would like to receive  monthly newsletter and updates, please send your e-mail address to DD-MH.OHCC@state.or.us.

New Developmental Disability and Mental Health Committee
House Bill 3618 requires that the Home Care Commission to create a Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Committee.  The Developmental Disability and Mental Health Committee will review issues related to (but not limited to) the areas below:

1)     Qualifications for Personal Support Workers;
2)     Registration of Personal Support Workers;
3)     Referrals for routine, emergency, and respite care;
4)     Training opportunities for Personal Support Workers; and
5)     Collective bargaining.

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/spd/adv/hcc/tools_psw.shtml

6th Annual Youth Transition Conference: Building Futures

by | Oct 6, 2011 | advocacy, aging into adult services, resource, training

6th Annual Building Futures Youth with Disabilities Secondary Transition Conference

October 24th & 25th, 2011  at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel  

8235 Northeast Airport Way Portland, Oregon 97220

Building Futures is for youth with disabilities and anyone who has an interest in supporting youth with disabilities as they transition from school to adult life.

This includes Secondary Educators, Post Secondary Educators, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, Special Educators, therapists, counselors, service providers, job developers, and other rehabilitation specialists, and especially secondary students with disabilities and their families.

Throughout this two-day event there will be presentations by regional and national experts on issues surrounding secondary transition, post-secondary transition, employment, higher education and assistive technology.

If you would like to sponsor this annual event or receive more information, please contact Karen Ripplinger at: 503.581.8156 ext. 210 or kripplinger@oregonrisecenter.org.