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      <description><![CDATA[<p>This episode, we are discussing trainings offered for employment professionals by the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services. Joining me is Gene Rada, training coordinator and policy analyst with the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services.</p><p></p><p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/ep_43.pdf" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">clicking here</a>.</p><p></p><p>Links:</p><p>Department Approved Trainings for CEC's</p><p><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Documents/Department-Approved%20Employment%20Service%20Provider%20Training%20Courses.pdf">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Documents/Department-Approved%20Employment%20Service%20Provider%20Training%20Courses.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Employment Policy for Individuals with I/DD</p><p><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx</a></p><p></p><p>Training and Technical Assistance</p><p><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/training.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/training.aspx</a></p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Oregon Employment First podcast. Please join our host Angela Yeager as she discusses supported decision making, which is an alternative to guardianship that allows people with disabilities to make choices about their lives with support from people that they trust.  This episode Angela is joined by Allison Enriquez, a policy analyst with the Office of Developmental Disability Services, and Sally Simich, education specialist for secondary transition at the Oregon Department of Education.  </p><p></p><p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/ep_42.pdf" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">clicking here</a>.</p><p></p><p>Visit the ODHS  Supported Decision-Making website:</p><p><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/Supported-Decision-Making/Pages/index.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/Supported-Decision-Making/Pages/index.aspx</a></p><p></p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Oregon Employment First podcast. Please join our host Angela Yeager as she discusses the service called Benefits Counseling, which is offered by the Office of Developmental Disability Services and the Work Incentives Network or WIN. Angela's guests this episode are Alison Enriquez, a policy analyst with the Office of Developmental Disability Services and Sheila Barker with the provider agency Edwards Center.  </p><p></p><p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/ep_41.pdf" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">clicking here</a>.</p><p></p><p>ODDS Approved Benefits Counselors: </p><p><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Policy/ODDS-Approved-Benefits-Counselors.pdf">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Policy/ODDS-Approved-Benefits-Counselors.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>ODDS I/DD Policy Page: </p><p><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx</a></p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hello, and welcome to the Oregon Employment First podcast.  I am Angela Yeager, communications officer with Employment First and the Office of Developmental Disability Services.  Today, we are discussing National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which happens in October every year.  I am joined by statewide Employment First coordinator, Acacia Maguire Anderson, as well as Kim Alejo for workforce and business coordinator with Vocational Rehabilitation and Morgan Rincon, business relations coordinator with the Oregon Commission for the Blind.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Rachel and her employment team discuss her job success at Cadence Academy Preschool in Portland.</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi and welcome to the Oregon Employment First podcast. I’m Angela Yeager, communications officer with Employment First. This episode our guest is Diane Ashley, a Vocational Rehabilitation counselor in Eastern Oregon. Diane is discussing trainings she has developed for job development in rural areas.</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Hi and welcome to the Oregon Employment First podcast. I’m Angela Yeager, communications officer with Employment First. This episode we are discussing the transition from iLearn Oregon to Workday Learning, happening June 16, 2021.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Joining me on the show today is Steve Hastings, Organization and Employee Development Unit Manager with the Oregon Department of Human Services, Kristine Duffy, Quality Improvement Analyst, and Gene Rada, Training Coordinator and Policy Analyst with the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Download full script by <a title="Episode 37: iLearn to Workday Transition" target="_blank" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_37.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Links:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a target="_blank" title="iLearn to Workday Learning Transition" href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/PROVIDERS-PARTNERS/Pages/iLearn-to-Workday.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/PROVIDERS-PARTNERS/Pages/iLearn-to-Workday.aspx</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a target="_blank" title="Transition from iLearn to Workday Learning" href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/BUSINESS-SERVICES/Pages/iLearn2Workday.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/BUSINESS-SERVICES/Pages/iLearn2Workday.aspx</a></p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Hi and welcome to the Oregon Employment First podcast. I’m Angela Yeager, communications officer with Employment First. This episode we are discussing new training, tools and resources available for the service called Discovery. Discovery is an employment service funded by the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services. Joining me on the show today is Julie Huber, policy analyst with the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_36.pdf" target="_blank" title="Episode 36: Discovery Training and Tools">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Links:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a target="_blank" title="Employment Policy for Individuals with I/DD" href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx</a></p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Angela Yeager, communications officer for the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services and Employment First, is joined by Gene Rada, training coordinator and policy analyst with the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services.</p>
<p>This episode we are discussing 32 new on-demand trainings developed by the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Download full script by <a title="Episode 35: Employment Online Training Modules" target="_blank" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_35.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Links:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx" title="Employment Policy for Individuals with I/DD" target="_blank">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Pages/policy.aspx</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Documents/Department-Approved%20Employment%20Service%20Provider%20Training%20Courses.pdf" title="Department Approved Trainings for CECs" target="_blank">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Documents/Department-Approved%20Employment%20Service%20Provider%20Training%20Courses.pdf</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Policy/Employment-Professional-Qualifications-Training-Worker-Guide.pdf" title="Employment Professional Qualifications and Training" target="_blank">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Policy/Employment-Professional-Qualifications-Training-Worker-Guide.pdf</a></p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Angela Yeager, communications officer for the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services and Employment First, is joined by Becky Simpson, CEO with Pathway Enterprises out of Medford, Oregon and Peter Hice, who received services from Pathway Enterprises.</p>
<p>This episode, we are talking to people with intellectual and disabilities who have received a vaccine for COVID-19 and providers who support them.</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Angela Yeager, communications officer for the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services and Employment First., is joined by Chelas Kronenberg, Case Management Services and Supports Manager for the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services.</p>
<p>They will be discussing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for Oregonians with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their family members and support staff.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_33.pdf" target="_blank" title="COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Resources:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Pages/ODDS-COVID-19-Information.aspx" title="ODDS-COVID-19-Information" target="_blank">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Pages/ODDS-COVID-19-Information.aspx</a></p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:00:37 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Acacia McGuire Anderson, Statewide Employment First Coordinator, is joined byAngela Yeager, communications officer for the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services and Employment First. They will be discussing a new website that the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services launched, called Impact Oregon, found at <a href="https://impactoregon.careers/" title="Impact Oregon website" target="_blank">ImpactOregon.careers</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Download full script by <a title="Impact Oregon Website Launches " target="_blank" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_32.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Resources: <a href="https://impactoregon.careers/" title="Impact Oregon website" target="_blank">https://impactoregon.careers/</a></p>
<p> </p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On this episode host Angela Yeager is joined by two guests from the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services’ Employment First initiative. Acacia McGuire Anderson is the Statewide Employment First Coordinator and Allison Enriquez is an employment policy analyst. They will be discussing how employment policies have shifted during COVID-19 to support providers and also keep people safe.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_31.pdf" target="_blank" title="How to Enroll as a Personal Support Worker Job Coach ">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Resources:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Pages/ODDS-COVID-19-Information.aspx" title="ODDS-COVID-19-Information" target="_blank">https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/Pages/ODDS-COVID-19-Information.aspx</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions? Email: <a href="mailto:employmenttraining.review@dhsoha.state.or.us">employmenttraining.review@dhsoha.state.or.us</a></p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Angela Yeager is joined by two guests from the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services’ Employment First initiative. Gene Rada is a program analyst in charge of the coordination of employment training. Tim Acker is a project manager in charge of many employment initiatives, including interactive tools to help enroll new providers. </p><p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/ep_30.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p><p>Resources:</p><p><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYMENT-FIRST/Policy/How-to-Become-PSW-Job-Coach-Tool.pdf">PSW Job Coach Enrollment Tool</a></p><p>Questions? Email: <a href="mailto:employmenttraining.review@dhsoha.state.or.us">employmenttraining.review@dhsoha.state.or.us</a></p><p> </p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Angela Yeager along with guest Mer Stevens, director of supported employment with Community Access Services, will discuss some creative ways that employment specialists can support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to work during COVID-19. </p>
<p>Download full script by <a target="_blank" title="Supporting Remote Work During COVID-19" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_29.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:51:09 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Angela Yeager will discuss the Student Summit held in October 2019. The Student Summit brought together transition students from across Oregon to explore and engage in pre-employment skills and future planning. Joining Angela on the podcast today will be Michael Salatori, Director of Supported Education at Molalla River School District; Kriss Rita, who is a transition network facilitator, and Marilyn Morris, a youth transition program coordinator. We also have students Eddie, Cameron, and Destiny, who participated in the Student Summit.</p>
<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_28.pdf" title="Student Summit" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this episode host Angela Yeager will focus on Taran and his employment success with Palm Harbor Homes in Albany. Taran is a good example of someone who started with a carved job and is now working 40 hours per week. Joining Angela on todays podcast is Taran, employee at Palm Harbor Homes, his supervisor, Freddie; Darcy with Home Life; and Vocational Rehabilitation counselor, Kelly.</p>
<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_27.pdf" title="Taran’s Employment First Success Story" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>ODDS COVID-19</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Host, Acacia Maguire Anderson is joined by Lilia Teninty, Director of the Office of Developmental Disability Services and Michelle Patton who's an emergency services coordinator with Occupational Health, Safety and Emergency Services. They will be discussing COVID-19.</p>
<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_26.pdf" title="ODDS COVID-19" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Statewide Referral and Release: How it Works</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">Host, Angela Yeager is joined by Allison Enriquez, policy analyst with the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services, and Melissa Glover, Coordinator of Student Services for Salem-Keizer Public Schools. They will be discussing the Statewide Release of Information and how it can be used to coordinate services or share information between Oregon’s social service agencies.</p>
<p>Download full script by <a target="_blank" title="Statewide Referral and Release: How it Works" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_25.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>LifeCourse Framework</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_24.pdf" title="LifeCourse Framework" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p>Host, Angela Yeager is joined by Ryley Newport, Communications Director with the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Nick Casa, a self advocate who has worked for organizations including Full Access and ARC of Lane County. They will be discussing LifeCourse, the tool to help individuals and families of all abilities and all ages develop a vision for a good life, think about what they need to know and do, identify how to find or develop supports and discovery what it takes to live the lives that they want.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Data and Outcomes</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_23.pdf" title="Data and Outcomes" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p>Host, Angela Yeager is joined by Acacia Maguire Anderson, statewide Employment First coordinator, and Andre Harboe, research and data analyst with Employment First. They will be discussing data and outcomes for employment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in Oregon.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Road to Work</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a target="_blank" title="Road to Work" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_22.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p>Host, Angela Yeager is joined by Tim Acker, project manager, with Employment First, and creator of the Road Map, and Phil Matthews, a vocational rehabilitation counselor with the South Salem VR Branch. They will be discussing the new Employment First Road Map, called Road to Work and how this web tool can be used.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Oregon ABLE Savings</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a target="_blank" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_21.pdf" title="Oregon ABLE Savings">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p>Host, Angela Yeager is joined by Kaellen Hessel, an advocacy and outreach manger with Oregon ABLE, to discuss the Oregon ABLE Savings Plan and how Oregon ABLE makes it possible for people with disabilities to save money without risking their benefits.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Oregon Transition’s Everyone Can Work!</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a target="_blank" title="Oregon Transition’s Everyone Can Work!" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_20.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p>The Oregon Transition Podcast explores Employment First in Oregon this episode. In Oregon, we believe anyone can work with the right supports. Students, professionals and others will explore what it means to say “everyone can work.”</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Accommodations in the workplace</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_19.pdf" title="Accommodations in the workplace" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Attorneys from Disability Rights Oregon discuss reasonable accommodations in the workplace and how workers are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. They discuss what accommodation an employee with a disability can expect, and how an employee can request an accommodation.</p>
<p> </p>]]></description>
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      <title>Benefits Counseling</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>VR I/DD Counselor</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_17.pdf" title="VR I/DD Counselor" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mark Foster, Vocational Rehabilitation I/DD Counselor,  joins host Angela Yeager to discuss Vocational Rehabilitation counselors who specialize in services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. </p>
</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Behavior Support Services in the Workplace</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a target="_blank" title="Behavior Support Services in the Workplace" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_16.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p> Stephanie Hunter, behavioral support professional with the Opportunity Foundation of Central Oregon, joins host Angela Yeager to discuss her job, and how a positive behavior support plan can help a person succeed in the workplace.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>State as Model Employer</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_15.pdf" title="State as Model Employer" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>
<p>Acacia McGuire Anderson, Statewide Employment First Coordinator, and Clayton Jamison, office specialist with the State of Oregon join host Angela Yeager.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>A family’s employment journey</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:26:02 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Download full script by <a target="_blank" title="A family’s employment journey" href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/EP_14.pdf">clicking here</a>.</p>
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      <title>A Self-Advocate’s Employment Journey</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<p>Guests: Gabrielle Guedon, Executive Director of the Oregon Self-Advocacy Coalition, and Julie Huber, policy analyst with the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services</p>]]></description>
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