08:24:36 CAPTION TEST. CAPTION TEST..
08:24:44 >> THIS IS A CAPTION TEST.  CAPTIONS ARE READY TO GO.
08:24:48 >> I SEE THAT CAPTIONS HAVE BEEN ENABLED.
08:25:02 >> AND SADLY CAPTIONS DON'T EMBED, SO WE WILL HAVE TO CAPTION THE VIDEO ONCE IT'S ALL DONE.  ONCE I PRESS START WEBINAR, WE SHOULD HAVE THE RECORDING GOING.
08:26:44 [ON STANDBY].
08:29:58 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR HERE ON A SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5.  WE ARE WELCOMING YOU TO OUR VIRTUAL EVENT.  AND GO AHEAD AND GET SETTLED, GET YOUR COFFEE, YOUR COCOA, GET A SNACK, SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH, AND WE'LL BE STARTING SHORTLY.
08:30:40 WELCOME, EVERYBODY, WE'RE JUST GETTING READY TO GET STARTED HERE IN A FEW MOMENTS.  THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR.  AND WE'LL GIVE A COUPLE MORE MOMENTS FOR FOLKS TO JOIN US, AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED.
08:30:58 >> OKAY.  IT IS 8:30.  WELCOME TO A SATURDAY MORNING FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR.  WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU COULD JOIN US THIS MORNING.  WE HAVE A GREAT DAY LINED UP FOR YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE AGENDA HERE, LOTS OF INFORMATION, LOTS OF PRESENTERS, LOTS OF TIME FOR ASKING QUESTIONS.
08:31:26 SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.  BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUTOUT TO OUR FOOTSTEPS PLANNERS.  THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS FAIR TO YOU THIS SCHOOL YEAR.  THIS IS A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SPONSORED EVENT, AND EVERY YEAR A DISTRICT WILL TAKE ON -- DISTRICT FROM OAHU WILL TAKE ON THIS EVENT.  SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE PARTNERS, HONOLULU DISTRICT AND WINDWARD DISTRICT HELPING TO SPONSOR THIS FAIR.
08:31:46 WE'VE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND CENTRAL DISTRICT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN PLANNING THIS YEAR.  WE COMBINE THIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WE HAVE THE DD COUNCIL, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS BRANCH, SPIN AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY DIVISION.  AND.
08:31:58 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WE HAVE DVR OR DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AS WELL AS HILOPA'A WHO HELPED CREATE OUR WONDERFUL WORKBOOKS YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE.
08:32:09 SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU I'M GOING TO LET PATTI MEYER AND TAMMY OGATA GIVE OUR WELCOME, AND INTRODUCTIONS THIS MORNING.  TAMMY AND PATTI, TAKE IT AWAY.
08:32:33 >> HI.  GOOD MORNING.  I'M TAMMY OGATA FROM WINDWARD DISTRICT OFFICE.  WELCOME TO THE 13TH ANNUAL FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR.  THIS EVENT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE OUR YOUTH WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES POSTSECONDARY SUPPORTS AND SERVICES IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
08:32:53 THIS FAIR IS OPEN TO ALL FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE STATE.  SO WELCOME AGAIN.  NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE WINDWARD DISTRICT'S COMPLEX AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, LA NEL HIBBS.
08:33:13 >> ALOHA, GOOD MORNING.  THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND PARTNERING AGENCIES WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU, ALL OF YOU, TO THE 2022 FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR.  TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH WHAT'S OUT THERE AS YOU PLAN YOUR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
08:33:32 THIS INCLUDES UTILIZING THE MANY STUDENT RESOURCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.  WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, EVERYTHING IS MAPPED OUT AND CLEAR, BUT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, THE PROCESS OF PLANNING MAY BE CONFUSING AND MAY BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
08:33:43 THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR.  WE WANT TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SO THAT YOU CAN PLAN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEXT.
08:34:09 IT MAY BE GAINING AWARENESS OF WHAT COLLEGES, WHAT JOB TRAINING OR WHAT LIFE SKILL OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE AND APPROPRIATE.  WHATEVER YOU NEED HELP WITH FOR THE NEXT STEP, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.  THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.  WE HOPE THAT IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU.  AND WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AS YOU PLAN YOUR NEXT STAGE OF YOUR LIFE.  THANK YOU.
08:34:28 >> HI.  GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.  AND THANK YOU FOR JUST THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER.  I LOVE THIS WHOLE IDEA ABOUT FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION.  AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE, IT'S NOT EVER A JOURNEY THAT YOU DO ALONE.
08:34:50 SO THESE FOOTSTEPS ARE LIKE THESE PATHWAYS, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, LIKE MYSELF WHEN I WAS AT YOUR AGE, I HAD MANY FOOTSTEPS TO FOLLOW.  I HAD A LOT OF FOLKS IN MY LIFE WHO HELPED KIND OF BE THE TRAILBLAZER.  I HAD MY OLDER SISTER WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE IN OUR FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE.
08:35:07 AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT PATHWAY.  AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT TODAY REPRESENTS, THESE PATHWAYS TO ALL THE SUPPORTS, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO US.  SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE A GREAT DAY OF YOU BEING TOGETHER WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING ALL THE RESOURCES.
08:35:26 AND LASTLY, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE THE TRAILBLAZERS.  YOU MIGHT BE THAT FIRST PERSON, THE OLDEST CHILD VENTURING OUT SO YOU HAVE NOW THAT OTHERS TO FOLLOW.  SO EITHER WAY, A REALLY EXCITING DAY.  THANKS FOR JOINING US.
08:35:29 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.  PATTI.
08:35:46 >> HI.  I'M PATTI MEYER.  WELCOME, EVERYONE.  I'M A RESOURCE TEACHER FROM THE HONOLULU DISTRICT.  AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MY TWO AWESOME BOSSES, AND THEY'LL INTRODUCE OUR HONOLULU CAS.  STEWART.
08:35:59 >> HI.  GOOD MORNING.  MY NAME IS STUART KIM THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST FOR MCKINLEY ROOSEVELT COMPLEX AREA.  AND MY COUNTERPART IS DEAN.
08:36:15 >> THANK YOU, STUART AND PATTI.  MY NAME IS DEAN, AND I'M A DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST IN THE HONOLULU DISTRICT.  REPRESENTING THE KAISER COMPLEX AREAS.  WELCOME TO THE FAIR.
08:36:29 AT THIS TIME IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME AND INTRODUCE TO YOU DR. ROBBER MAHOY, COMPLEX SUPERINTENDENT.
08:36:54 >> ALOHA AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.  ON BEHALF OF MY COUNTERPART FOR MCKINLEY ROOSEVELT AND MYSELF WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL OCCASION, AND A VERY RESOURCEFUL ONE AT THAT.
08:37:25 TO BE HONEST, I'M IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF BEING A COMPLEX AREA SUPERINTENDENT, SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING INTO WHAT EXACTLY THE PURPOSE OF THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR STATE AGENCIES PARTNER WITH OUR PRIVATE SECTOR TO GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION.  AND I HOPE YOU UTILIZE THE TIME TO REALLY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE YOU CAN'T DO AT AN IEP OR WHATEVER ELSE.
08:37:43 SO THAT YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, AND JUST KNOW THAT ONCE THEY LEAVE THE DOE, THEY'RE NEVER ALONE.  THERE'S ALWAYS ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS FOR YOU.  WE LOVE TO KEEP OUR KIDS FOREVER, BUT PLEASE KNOW THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE TO HELP YOU.
08:38:02 AND OUR GOAL FOR THE DOE IS TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AND TO HELP REALLY EASE THAT TRANSITION TO THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR LIVES OR YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.  SO I THANK ALL THE PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.  I THANK OUR COUNTERPARTS FOR HELPING HOST IT, THE WINDWARD DISTRICT.
08:38:24 AND I HOPE -- PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REALLY ASK THOSE HARD QUESTIONS OR SOMETIMES MAYBE THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR YOURSELVES, FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR THOSE THAT WE SERVE.  SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND TO OUR PARTNERS.
08:38:37 >> FANTASTIC.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.  WE ARE SO HAPPY AND EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE AND JOINING US ON OUR FOOTSTEPS FAIR TODAY.  WHEN WE ALL LEARN TOGETHER, WE GROW TOGETHER, WE HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION, AND IT'S REALLY SPECIAL.  SO THANK YOU.
08:38:50 OKAY.  JUST A COUPLE FRIENDLY REMINDERS BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY.  THIS IS A WEBINAR.  AND SO OUR ATTENDEES VIDEOS AND MICROPHONES ARE TURNED OFF FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
08:39:16 ONLY THE PRESENTERS AND INTERPRETERS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SCREEN FOR YOU.  YOU CAN USE THE INTERPRETERS BY PINNING THEM IN YOUR VIEW.  WE'VE GOT A LITTLE VIEW IN THE CORNER.  LIVE CAPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.  WE HAVE A CAPTIONER TODAY.  WE'RE NOT USING AI CAPTIONS.  YOU CAN TURN THEM OFF BY USING THE CC BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.  YOU CAN HIDE THEM OR SHOW THE CAPTIONS.
08:39:40 AND YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD A TRANSCRIPT AT THE END IF YOU'D LIKE.  TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR PANELISTS BECAUSE TODAY IS ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION AND GETTING THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, PLEASE USE THE Q&A BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.  IT WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE THE Q&A QUESTIONS BUT OUR PANELISTS AND OUR FOOTSTEPS FOLKS CAN SEE THEM AND WILL BE ASKING THEM ON YOUR BEHALF.
08:40:06 WE WILL BE USING THE CHAT BUTTON TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.  SO WE'VE GOT SOME LINKS TO SHARE WITH YOU.  WE HAVE AN EVALUATION AT THE END.  SO ANY TIME WE WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU WE'RE GOING TO DROP THAT IN THE CHAT.  AND YOU GUYS WILL USE THE Q&A TO RESPOND BACK.  EVEN PRIZES.  WE DO HAVE PRIZES TODAY.  IF YOUR NAME GETS CALLED OUT FOR A PRIZE, PLEASE DO CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE HERE BY DROPPING YOUR E-MAIL IN THE Q&A.
08:40:14 ONLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.  IT WILL BE KEPT PRIVATE FOR YOU BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT E-MAIL SO WE CAN GET THAT PRIZE SENT TO YOU.
08:40:27 AND THE LAST ONE IS WE ARE RECORDING THIS WEBINAR TODAY.  AND WE WILL BE CAPTIONING THIS AND POSTING IT ON THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION WEBSITE FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE LATER.
08:40:56 ALL RIGHT.  SO LET'S MOVE ON, HERE AND TALK ABOUT OUR DAY.  THIS IS OUR AGENDA.  WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE SETS OF PRESENTATIONS.  IN EACH SET WILL BE TWO PRESENTER.  EACH PRESENTER WILL HAVE A CHAT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.  EACH ONE.  AND THEN 15 MINUTES FOR Q&A.  WE'LL DO A SHORT BREAK FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF RESET, GRAB SOMETHING TO DRINK, GRAB A SNACK, AND THEN COME BACK FOR THE NEXT SET OF PRESENTATIONS.
08:41:23 WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SHORT BREAK, ANOTHER SET OF PRESENTATIONS AND THEN WE'LL DO OUR LAST SET OF PRIZE DRAWINGS.  SO STICK AROUND TILL THE END.  AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE Q&A FOR EVERYBODY.  SO IF YOU HAVE -- SAY RHONDA IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND YOU THINK OF THAT LATER, OH I FORGOT TO ASK THAT QUESTION, STILL DROP IT IN THE CHAT.  SHE'S A GOING TO BE HERE TILL THE END AND WE CAN GET TO HOPEFULLY ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
08:41:45 WE WILL HAVE A Q&A SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE THE QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED.  WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR FIRST SET OF PRESENTERS.  WE HAVE FROM UH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, WE HAVE RHONDA BLACK, AND FROM THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHAB OR DVR WE HAVE CHERYL MATHEWS.  SO LADIES, TAKE IT AWAY.
08:42:12 >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING, EVERYONE.  THIS IS KIND OF EXCITING TO BE HERE.  AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE THE FIRST ONE AND TALK ABOUT PLANNING FOR LIFE AFTER SCHOOL BEGINS NOW.  SO WHETHER YOU'VE ALREADY PREPARED OR WHETHER YOU ARE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT, LET'S TALK ABOUT ANYWHERE ALONG THAT CONTINUUM.
08:42:24 SO TO HIT THE TARGET TRANSITION PLANNING SHOULD START EARLY.  THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO GET STARTED.  AND IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.
08:42:37 SO, CONSULTING, YOU'VE ALL HEARD THAT TERM, CONSULTING.  IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.  IT'S A LONG PROCESS.  AND THAT IS THE TRANSITION PLANNING IS PLANNING FOR CONSULTING.
08:43:04 SO AT ANY AGE, INTRODUCE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO THE EXPECTATION OF WORK AND CONTRIBUTING TO ONE'S OWN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.  AND THAT CAN OCCUR AT ANY AGE.  SO JUST LIKE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT INFANCY, CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENCE, ADULTHOOD, STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, WELL, THERE'S STAGES OF TRANSITION TOO.
08:43:26 SO THIS IS TAKEN FROM CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORIES WHERE FIRST THERE NEEDS TO BE AWARENESS.  THEN AN ORIENTATION, EXPLORATION, AND PREPARATION AND PLACEMENT.  AND I'M GOING TO TALK VERY, VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT PARENTS AND TEACHERS, SCHOOL PERSONNEL CAN DO ALONG THOSE STAGES.
08:43:46 THE FIRST ONE, AWARENESS.  AWARENESS.  JUST BEING AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT ROLES AND OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.  WE NEED TO BROADEN THE VISION.  SO MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ONLY KNOW WHAT THEY'VE SEEN, THEREFORE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MORE.
08:44:07 SO IF THAT VIEW IS WAY TOO NARROW, AND THEY ONLY KNOW ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS, OR THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ROLES THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY, IF THAT VIEW IS TOO NARROW, TUNNEL VISION, THEN GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS WILL ALSO BE NARROW.
08:44:25 SO, THE THINGS YOU CAN DO.  WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?  JUST WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY, POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT, OH, LOOK AT THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO?  AND JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT.  WHAT DO THEY DO.
08:44:45 HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR FRIEND AND FAMILY NETWORK TELL YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.  WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT JOBS THAT ARE EVEN OUT THERE?  WE ALSO NEED TO START INDEPENDENCE SKILLS EARLY.  SO THIS WHOLE AWARENESS PHASE SHOULD BE HAPPENING DURING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
08:45:13 AND WE NEED TO GIVE KIDS CHOICES.  THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN CHOICES.  AND ALSO START BECOMING AWARE OF YOUR LIKES AND DISLIKES.  EVEN FOR SMALL CHILDREN, WHAT DO YOU LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE?  WHICH SHIRT DO YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE?  AND THEN CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO SHIRTS.  SO, CHOICES.
08:45:20 AND ALSO JUST LEARNING YOUR PREFERENCES, WHERE THE CHILD NEEDS TO LEARN THEIR PREFERENCES.
08:45:40 SO I LIKE THIS ANALOGY, IF YOU HAD BEEN FLOATING WITH A LIFEJACKET FOR 12 YEARS AND THE LIFEJACKET WERE SUDDENLY REMOVED, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE?  MANY TIMES WE HAVE DONE JUST TOO MUCH FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
08:46:01 WE CAN'T BE THE LIFEJACKET FOREVER.  IT'S REALLY DOING STUDENTS A DISSERVICE IF WE DO TOO MUCH FOR THEM.  IT'S ALSO A DISSERVICE IF WE RIP THE LIFEJACKET OFF WAY TOO SOON.  SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS OVER TIME, THAT IT'S A PROCESS.
08:46:26 AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE HAD PREPARATION FOR LIFE AFTER SCHOOL.  THE NEXT STAGE, ORIENTATION.  MAYBE LATE ELEMENTARY AND DEFINITELY MIDDLE SCHOOL.  BUT THEY'LL LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT JOBS.  AND WHAT ARE DIFFERENT JOBS WITHIN CLUSTERS.
08:46:42 SO SAY YOUR CHILD IS INTERESTED IN MEDICINE.  WELL, BEING A DOCTOR OR BEING A NURSE IS NOT THE ONLY OCCUPATION WITHIN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE.  SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AROUND AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOBS WITHIN THESE CLUSTERS.
08:46:56 GIVE STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITIES, WHETHER THAT'S IN THE CLASSROOM OR AT HOME.  STUDENTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY WITH A TIMELINE THAT THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
08:47:12 MAYBE A CHECKLIST SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN TO COMPLETE A TASK AND THEN KNOW FROM START TO FINISH TASK COMPLETION.  LEARN HOW GOOD IS GOOD ENOUGH.
08:47:25 ALSO PERSONAL DISPOSITIONS.  SO BEING PLEASANT, BEING DEPENDABLE, THAT PEOPLE CAN DEPEND ON YOU, IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, THAT YOU DO.
08:47:52 ALSO JUST ATTITUDES ABOUT WORK, CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOME, TO THE CLASSROOM, TO THE SCHOOL, TO THE COMMUNITY.  BUILDING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT WORK DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A DAY.  SO WE NEED TO WATCH THE MESSAGES WE'RE SENDING AND START SENDING THOSE MESSAGES EARLY SO THAT DURING MIDDLE SCHOOL, THOSE ATTITUDES, THOSE DISPOSITIONS ARE ALREADY FORMING.
08:48:24 COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES.  VOLUNTEER TO BROADEN THAT VISION, INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY.  HOME EXPERIENCES.  A VARIETY OF CHORES, OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE DECISIONS.  WATCH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS.  FAMILY AND FRIENDS NETWORK.  INTERESTINGLY [LAUGHS] THAT FAMILY AND FRIEND NETWORK IS ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE.  YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERM NATURAL SUPPORTS.
08:48:46 WELL, WE NEED TO START BUILDING THOSE NATURAL SUPPORTS EARLY.  THEY CAN HELP WITH JOB SHADOWING.  TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORKDAY CANNOT JUST BE WITHIN A NUCLEAR FAMILY, THAT CAN BE WITHIN AN EXTENDED FAMILY SO THE CHILD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SEVERAL DIFFERENT WORKPLACES AND MAKE THOSE FUTURE CONNECTIONS.
08:49:07 ANOTHER THING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT CERTIFICATE VERSUS DIPLOMA TRACK.  TEACHERS AND PARENTS, YOU ASK.  TEACHERS, BE READY TO TALK ABOUT.  BUT WHAT ARE THE PROS AND THE CONS?
08:49:32 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROS AND CONS ON EITHER SIDE.  AND WE COULD SPEND AN HOUR JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT.  BUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF JUST THINKING IT, START THE CONVERSATION, AND THE WHOLE TIME FOCUS ON HOPES, DREAMS, AND WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST FEARS.
08:49:59 ANOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO START IS PARTICIPATION IN THE IEP.  IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT MAY NOT BE LEADING THE IEP, BUT PARTICIPATING, INTRODUCING ONE SELF, HAVING A SHORT POWERPOINT WHERE THE KIDS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND WHO AM I, THIS IS ME.  THIS IS WHAT I LIKE.  AND HAVE THAT AS AN INTRODUCTION AT THE IEP MEETING.
08:50:13 IT'S REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE, BECAUSE WHEN A CHILD INTRODUCES THEMSELVES AND PRESENTS AT THE IEP, IT REALLY CHANGES THE TONE, AND WE REALIZE THIS IS A PERSON-CENTERED MEETING.
08:50:21 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM.  IT IS ABOUT THE CHILD THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR.
08:50:38 SO THEN WHEN WE GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, WE NEED TO START ACTUAL EXPLORATION.  SO JOB TRYOUTS.  SO MORE THAN JUST VISITING A WORKPLACE FOR A DAY, HAVE A JOB TRYOUT FOR A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS.
08:51:08 THE VERY FIRST JOB THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE IS CONNECTED TO A FAMILY FRIEND NETWORK.  THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN.  YOUR OWN FIRST JOB.  DID YOU GET THAT THROUGH SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY, EXTENDED FAMILY, A FAMILY FRIEND?  WERE THEY THE ONES WHO GAVE YOU YOUR FIRST JOB?  SO USING THOSE NATURAL SUPPORTS, WE CAN HAVE JOB TRYOUTS, JOB VISITS, AND MAYBE EVEN A FIRST JOB.
08:51:33 ANOTHER THING DURING THIS EXPLORATION PHASE IS JUST INCREASING THOSE SELF-CARE SKILLS:  BUDGETING, HEALTHCARE, BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE SICK, HOW TO CALL A DOCTOR, HOW TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS ON YOUR OWN.  AND I KNOW WE HAVE A SPEAKER ABOUT THAT LATER.
08:52:06 BUT MORE THAN JUST BROADENING THE VISION, AT THIS PHASE, SO EARLY HIGH SCHOOL, WE NEED TO BROADEN THE EXPERIENCE.  SO NOT JUST A VISION, BUT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE.  THIS IS THE PHASE ALSO WHERE WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT DO DIFFERENT JOBS ENTAIL?  WHAT KIND OF TRAINING, EDUCATION, WHAT KIND OF STAMINA DO DIFFERENT JOBS REQUIRE?  WHAT KIND OF SOCIAL SKILLS DO DIFFERENT JOBS REQUIRE?
08:52:37 AT THIS POINT WE REALLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PREFERENCE, INTERESTS, NEEDS, AND STRENGTHS.  AT THIS POINT THE TRANSITION PLAN IS GOING INTO EFFECT, AND THAT TRANSITION PLAN IS BASED ON PINS.  SO THEREFORE IT'S NOT JUST THE SCHOOL, IT'S NOT JUST THE FAMILY, BUT IT'S THOSE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CHILD TO IDENTIFY THE PREFERENCE, INTERESTS, NEEDS AND STRENGTHS.
08:52:51 IF YOU THINK OF THAT AS A TRIANGLE -- [LAUGHS] MY FINGERS ARE SHOWING WELL ENOUGH, THAT IS GOING TO BE INCOMPLETE WITHOUT ALL THREE OF THOSE PARTIES, WITHOUT THE FAMILY, WITHOUT THE TEACHERS AND WITHOUT THE CHILD.
08:53:14 IDENTIFYING THE PREFERENCE, INTERESTS, NEEDS AND STRENGTHS.  BECAUSE WE HAVE A POINT, A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.  SOMETIMES THEY CALL THAT LIKE THE TRIANGULATION, LIKE WHERE SURVEYORS GO OUT AND THEY'RE GOING TO SURVEY SOME LAND, THEY LOOK AT IT FROM THREE POINTS OF VIEW TO MAKE SURE THEY GET AN ACCURATE MEASURE.  THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TOO.
08:53:43 AT THIS POINT, CHOICES AND DECISION-MAKING NEED TO BE NATURAL.  THE ONE THING WE NEED TO THINK OF, THOUGH, THE RIGHT TO FAIL, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES.  I HEARD A QUOTE JUST LAST WEEK.  THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS IS NOT CONTINGENT ON MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.  SO WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS AND THE RIGHT TO LEARN FROM FAILURE.
08:54:11 SELF-DETERMINATION AND SELF-ADVOCACY, AT THIS PHASE BY HIGH SCHOOL, THE CHILD REALLY SHOULD KNOW WHAT IS MY DISABILITY AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, AND WHAT DOES IT NOT MEAN?  WHAT DOES IT MEAN I CAN DO AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN I MIGHT NEED SUPPORT WITH?  BECAUSE VERY SOON, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADVOCATE THEMSELVES FOR THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED.
08:54:36 AND AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT ADULT SERVICES.  SIGNING UP FOR ADULT SERVICES SUCH AS DVR AND SSI.  IT TAKES TIME.  SO YOU DON'T WANT TO START IN THE LATE PHASES OF HIGH SCHOOL.  START DURING THIS PHASE.  START DURING THAT ORIENTATION EXPLORATION PHASE.
08:54:50 SO I WOULD SAY EARLY HIGH SCHOOL.  AND WE HAVE SPEAKERS TODAY, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DVR.  WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF SPEAKERS TODAY THAT ARE GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE ADULT SERVICES.
08:55:17 OUR LAST PHASE IS PREPARATION AND THEN PLACEMENT.  SO PREPARATION, JUNIOR, SENIOR YEAR, OR IF CERTIFICATE TRACK, AT LEAST AT AGE 18, ACTUALLY JOB PREPARATION.  ACTUAL TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC JOBS.  COMMUNITY ACCESS PREPARATION TOO.
08:55:39 PREPARATION, IF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER OR YOUR STUDENT IS GOING TO USE THE HANDY MAN, THE BUS, OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THOSE ALL NEED PREPARATION.  HOW DO YOU CALL THE HANDIMAN AND WHAT DO YOU DO?  HOW DO YOU TAKE THE BUS AND WHAT ROUTE DO YOU TAKE?  AND DRIVER'S LICENSE, THAT TAKES PREPARATION TOO.
08:55:54 SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS OR STUDENTS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE COMMUNITY.
08:56:14 AT THIS PHASE, WHAT CAREER ACADEMY ARE THEY INTERESTED IN?  TAKING SOME VOCATIONAL CLASSES.  THE BEST PREDICTER OF WHETHER SOMEONE WILL HAVE A JOB AFTER HIGH SCHOOL IS WHETHER THEY HAD A PAID JOB DURING HIGH SCHOOL.
08:56:34 SO ANY KIND OF PAID JOB, ON THE WEEKENDS, DURING THE SUMMER, AFTER SCHOOL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FULL TIME AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO INTERFERE WITH THEIR SCHOOLING, WITH THE ACADEMICS, ANYTHING AT ALL.  BUT JUST SOME PAID EMPLOYMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
08:56:54 IF PAID EMPLOYMENT ISN'T AVAILABLE, VOLUNTEERING, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE LEARNED, JUST ABOUT BEING DEPENDABLE, ABOUT BEING ON THE JOB, ABOUT HOW YOU INTERACT ON THE JOB.  THERE'S SO MUCH TO LEARN IN ADDITION TO THESE SPECIFIC SKILLS.
08:57:19 THE ONE LEARNS THROUGH EXPERIENCE.  SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN LATE HIGH SCHOOL.  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.  ARE YOUR STUDENTS OR YOUR ADOLESCENT ENROLLED IN ANY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION?  JOB TRAINING, JOB EXPERIENCE?  ARE THEY LEARNING WORKPLACE SOCIAL SKILLS?
08:57:36 AND IF THE PLAN IS TO GO TO COLLEGE, HAVE THEY ACTUALLY VISITED A COLLEGE CAMPUS, ATTENDED A COLLEGE CLASS, SAT IN ON A COLLEGE CLASS, GO ON A CAMPUS TOUR AND CONTACT THE DISABLED STUDENT SERVICES OFFICE ON THE CAMPUS.
08:58:05 THERE WAS ONE STUDY OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO WERE SENIORS, AND THEY ASKED HOW MANY OF YOU PLAN TO GO TO COLLEGE?  80 PERCENT SAID THEY PLAN ONGOING TO COLLEGE.  BUT WHEN THEY ASKED THEM HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTACTED DISABILITY STUDENT SERVICE OFFICE AT A COLLEGE, THE NUMBER WAS 5%.
08:58:17 SO THEREFORE THE ASPIRATIONS ARE THERE, THE DREAMS ARE THERE, BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO HELP FOLLOW THROUGH AND GIVE DIRECTIONS SO THAT THOSE DREAMS CAN BECOME A REALITY.
08:58:41 AND THIS IS MY LAST ONE.  YOU CAN'T LEARN TO SWIM IN THE PARKING LOT OF A POOL.  YOU CAN'T SIT ON THE SIDE AND WATCH AND LEARN HOW TO DO SOMETHING.  YOU JUST NEED TO GET IN THERE AND JUST NEED TO DO IT.  OUR STUDENTS NEED EXPERIENCE.  THEY NEED TO SEE, THEY NEED TO HEAR, THEY NEED TO BE THERE.
08:59:15 REMEMBER THE LIFEJACKET WHEN WE FIRST STARTED?  WELL, WE NEED TO START THE SWIMMING LESSONS EARLY.  WE CAN'T JUST DEPEND ON THE LIFEJACKET TO ALWAYS BE THERE.  WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE LESSONS.  SO, THAT IS STARTING NOW, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.  AND START NOW.  THANK YOU.
08:59:32 >> THAT WAS AWESOME, RHONDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.  IF YOU FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT RHONDA SHARED WITH YOU OR WANT TO FOLLOW UP, PLEASE DO DROP THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT.  RHONDA IS WITH UH.  SHE'S WITH THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.  DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT, RHONDA?
08:59:40 >> YEAH, I'M IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AT UH MANOA.  THANK YOU.
08:59:53 >> AWESOME.  THANK YOU.  AND AGAIN, DROP YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT, AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHERYL MATHEWS, AND SHE'S FROM DVR, THAT'S THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.
09:00:30 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.  YES.  I AM CHERYL MATHEWS, AND I AM REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.  NEXT SLIDE.  RHONDA, THAT WAS A GREAT FOUNDATION FOR WHAT I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON.  THIS SLIDE DEPICTS WHO WE ARE, AND AS WE ARE THE STATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND AS SUCH, WE OFFER A VARIETY OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR INDIVIDUALS
09:00:51 WHO HAVE A DOCUMENTED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY.  AND I PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE MORE COMMON DISABILITIES THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST.  OUR MISSION HERE IS TO WORK AS A TEAM TO ASSIST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, ACHIEVE THEIR HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT.  I HAVE TRUNCATED THAT MISSION.
09:01:23 BUT IN ESSENCE, WHAT RHONDA WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY TRY TO PICK UP AND PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE DOE.  OUR VR COUNSELORS ADVOCATE FOR OUR CONSUMERS AND EMPLOYERS.  SO WE HAVE TWO SETS OF CUSTOMERS THAT OUR AGENCY SERVES.  WE SUPPORT ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT IN COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT.
09:01:45 OUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES VARY AND ARE UNIQUE USUALLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER AS WELL AS TO THE EMPLOYER.  TOPICS INCLUDE DISABILITY AWARENESS TRAINING, IDENTIFYING ACCOMMODATIONS.  WE PROVIDE COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, JOB-RELATED SERVICES, JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
09:02:13 WE ALSO -- OUR COUNSELORS WILL WORK WITH A VARIETY OF MEMBERS OF THE TEAM SURROUNDING THE INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE CIVIL RIGHTS AWARENESS AS WELL AS TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO HELP THEM WITH DISCLOSING THEIR DISABILITY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO DISCLOSE, AT LEAST IMMEDIATELY, TO AN EMPLOYER WHAT THEIR DISABILITY IS OR WHETHER THEY HAVE A DISABILITY.
09:02:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.  AND SO WHEN I MENTIONED THE TYPES OF DISABILITIES, THERE ARE BASICALLY VISIBLE DISABILITIES AND INVISIBLE DISABILITIES.  AND SOME ARE VERY OBVIOUS.  YOU CAN SEE A PERSONA WHEELCHAIR, YOU CAN SEE THEIR DISCONFIGURATIONS OF WHETHER IT'S LIGAMENTS OR FACIAL.
09:02:58 THERE ARE VISIBLE DISABILITIES THAT CAN BE OBVIOUS.  NEXT SLIDE.  AS OPPOSED TO THOSE INVISIBLE DISABILITIES.  AND THESE WOULD BE MORE OF THE ONES THAT WE WILL BE HELPING PEOPLE IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT DISCLOSURE OF THEIR DISABILITY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
09:03:14 SO IN THE CASE OF A SEIZURE DISORDER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD WANT AN INDIVIDUAL TO DISCLOSE TO THE EMPLOYER, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF SAFETY CONCERNS THAT MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTOR FOR AN EMPLOYER.
09:03:36 SO WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MEDICATION MONITORING WAS UNDERWAY AND THAT A SAFETY PLAN IS AROUND THAT INDIVIDUAL.  SO YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE HOW THE DISABILITY REALLY WILL KIND OF GUIDE THE KINDS OF SUPPORTS AND SERVICES AND THE COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY RECEIVE.  NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:04:05 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR DVR AND DOE PARTNERSHIP, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT A CONTINUATION OR A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES.  THE TOP LINE DEPICTS OUR POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE CASE TYPE THAT WAS IMPOSED UNDER WIOA, THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITIES ACT, THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BACK IN 2014.  UP UNTIL THAT POINT, WE HAD THE BOTTOM PROCESS IN PLAY ONLY.
09:04:30 WHICH CURRENTLY WE'RE IN AN ACTIVE ORDER OF SELECTION.  SO AFTER APPLICATION, AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE PLACED ON OUR WAITING LIST AFTER BEING DETERMINED ELIGIBLE.  AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ABOUT THAT WAITING LIST, WE HAVE CURRENTLY PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FROM OCTOBER OF 2017 TO BEGIN TO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM OUR AGENCY.
09:05:02 SO THE SOONER WE ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH JUST AS RHONDA HAD SUGGESTED, THE SOONER WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE STUDENT AND THE FAMILY AND THE SUPPORT TEAM FROM THE IEP TEAM COMING OUT OF THE DOE, THE MORE TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE THAT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE THAT SMOOTH CONTINUAL TRANSITION INTO COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT AFTER THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL.
09:05:32 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.  SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF PARTNERS THAT DVR WORKS WITH, MANY ARE STATE AGENCIES.  BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE A HOST OF CONTRACTED PROVIDERS THAT WE REFER TO AS COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROVIDERS.  AND OFTENTIMES OUR COUNSELORS ARE RELYING ON COMMUNITY PROVIDERS, OUR VENDORS, OUR CRPS TO ASSIST THE FAMILIES WITH THAT PROCESS.
09:05:49 AND SO THE EARLIER WE CAN BEGIN THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CRPS, THE EASIER THE TRANSITION IS GOING TO BE, NOT ONLY FOR THE STUDENT, BUT FOR THE FAMILY TRUSTING THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED WITH, WITH DVR.
09:06:02 AND THEN WE HAVE A RESOURCE SITE THAT WE WORK WITH EMPLOYERS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCOMMODATIONS.  AND THAT'S THE ASK JAN.ORG WEBSITE.
09:06:16 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.  WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAINING THROUGH EMPLOYMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON LEARNING AND EXPERIENCES.
09:06:30 SO WE DO OFFER STUDENT AND SUPPORT STUDENT INTERN LEARNING, THE FIRST FAR LEFT SLIDE DEPICTS A PICTURE OF A STUDENT IN HIS INTERN LEARNING LANDSCAPING SKILLS.
09:06:55 AND THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE HE ACTUALLY REALIZED I DON'T LIKE WORKING OUTDOORS, AND THAT'S GREAT.  SOMETIMES THEY CAN HAVE A PRIOR EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES THEM BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PREFERENCE, BUT WHEN WE START TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND WE GET THEM MORE INVOLVED IN A MORE INTENSE EXPERIENCE, THAT'S WHERE THE STUDENT REALLY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE WHETHER THEY REALLY LIKE IT OR THEY DON'T.
09:07:16 AND SOMETIMES IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN NATURAL PROGRESSION OF DEVELOPMENT, WHEN YOU'RE EXPOSED TO SOMETHING, SAY A FOOD ITEM, WHEN YOU'RE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERSUS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOMETIMES THOSE HORMONAL CHANGES THAT GO ON IN OUR BODIES WILL EVENTUALLY PRODUCE A DISLIKE FOR A FOOD ITEM.
09:07:45 THE SAME IS TRUE FOR WORK EXPERIENCES.  AN INDIVIDUAL MIGHT HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE EARLY ON, BUT THROUGH A DEVELOPED PLAN, STRATEGY OF EXPOSURE, THEY COULD CHANGE THEIR MIND AND REVISIT THAT IDEA AGAIN.  AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXPLORE WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRULY LIKE THAT TYPE OF AN EXPERIENCE.
09:08:10 FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ON DIPLOMA AS WELL AS CERTIFICATE TRACK, WE HAVE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIPS.  AND THESE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT DON'T INTERFERE WITH THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE, BUT ALLOW THE STUDENT SIX OR EIGHT WEEKS, IN SOME CASES UP TO THREE MONTHS, TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON LEARNING, PAID WORK EXPERIENCE.
09:08:32 MOST OF OUR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIPS ARE PAID.  VERY FEW OF THEM END UP BEING NON-PAID WORK EXPERIENCES FOR THE STUDENTS.  AND AGAIN, THIS HELPS THE STUDENT TO EXPLORE A VARIETY OF WORKPLACES AS WELL AS ACTUAL WORK TASKS THAT THEY MAY CONSIDER THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
09:08:52 BUT AGAIN IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO GET THAT HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE.  THEN WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS THAT UPON EXITING HIGH SCHOOL, THESE YOUNG ADULTS BECOME, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT EXPOSURE WITH VARIOUS EMPLOYERS THROUGH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, OUR COUNSELORS ARE HEARING FROM EMPLOYERS THEY WANT TO HIRE THEM.
09:09:15 SO ON THE FAR RIGHT I'VE GOT A STUDENT WHO WENT THROUGH AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WAS RECOMMENDED FROM ONE EMPLOYER TO ANOTHER EMPLOYER, AND ACTUALLY GOT HIRED AND TODAY STILL IS EMPLOYED.  SHE'S ACTUALLY AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.  AS AN OFFICE CLERK.
09:09:49 NEXT SLIDE.  THIS IS THAT JAN WEBSITE I WAS TALKING ABOUT.  SO EVEN THOUGH WE WORK TO EMPOWER EMPLOYERS UTILIZING THESE KINDS OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE NATIONALLY SUPPORTED AND UPDATED, WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY GET IN THERE AND EMPOWER THE EMPLOYER SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEIR EMPLOYEE THAT WE'VE INTRODUCED TO THEM AND KIND OF SETUP FOR THAT WORK OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
09:10:24 AND THIS JUST, AGAIN, BEGINNING THAT CONTINUUM OF SUPPORT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ONCE THEY'RE PLACED IN THAT PARTICULAR JOB.  AS FAMILIES, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR WEBSITE IS THAT THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP ACCOMMODATIONS.  YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH DISABILITY TYPE, YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH THE JOB TYPE THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED, WHAT KIND OF ACCOMMODATIONS MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DISABILITY VERSUS THE KIND OF JOB THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
09:10:39 WHAT CONSIDERATIONS COULD BE MADE.  SO THIS IS A GREAT TOOL, GREAT RESOURCE AND WEBSITE FOR EVERYONE TO NOT JUST EMPLOYERS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS IS THE ONE WE WORK WITH WITH OUR EMPLOYERS.  NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:11:11 WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF SERVICES THAT THEY ARE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS.  WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AGAIN, CAN BE PAID OR UNPAID.  WE ALSO HAVE ON THE JOB TRAINING EXPERIENCES.  AND THESE ARE USUALLY SOMETHING THAT PERSON THAT HAS CREDENTIALS OR A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, BUT THEY'RE VENTURING OFF INTO A NEW KIND OF JOB,.
09:11:44 USUALLY AN ON THE JOB TRAINING MEANS JUST THAT.  THEY'RE ON THE JOB, THEY'RE BEING PAID BY THE EMPLOYER.  AND THEY'RE GETTING TRAINED FOR LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT.  WE USUALLY CONTRACTED THE EMPLOYER AND THERE'S AN AGREEMENT SIGN BY ALL PARTIES IN THAT KIND OF A MODEL WHERE THERE IS VR SUPPORT FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE PERSON'S COMPENSATION, THEIR HOURLY OR SALARY WAGE, THROUGH A SPECIFIC TIMELINE OR TIME FRAME.
09:12:22 BEFORE THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EMPLOYEE AND THEIR SALARY.  ON THE JOB EXPERIENCES WILL NOT HAVE THAT SAME EXPECTATION OF A JOB AFTER THE EXPERIENCE IS OVER.  SO -- BUT THERE'S A CONTRACT SET UP BASICALLY THE SAME WAY.  SO YOUR VR COUNSELOR WOULD WALK YOU THROUGH THESE OPPORTUNITIES, EXPLAIN IT, AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENT OR FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH, ALONG WITH THE TEAM OF SUPPORT.
09:12:50 THEN WE VENTURE INTO SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT OR CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT.  THIS IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY DOING MORE JOB CARVING.  SO WE'RE WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS TO IDENTIFY THE KINDS OF TASKS THAT THEY HAVE THAT ARE NOT GETTING DONE.  AND AN EXAMPLE OF THIS, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE THE INTERN, THEN YOU KNOW ROBERT DENIRO WAS THE INTERN THAT WENT IN AND JUST CLEANED UP THAT OFFICE SPACE WITH EVERYTHING THAT NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH.
09:13:23 AND HE GOT THE ATTENTION OF EVERYBODY.  AND BECAME THE STAR INTERN.  IF YOU GO BACK TO WATCH THAT MOVIE IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.  BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT OR SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, CARVING OUT A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR OUR CLIENT WITH THE SPECIFIC EMPLOYER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE EMPLOYER WITH OUR CANDIDATE THAT WE HAVE TRAINED AND GOT READY FOR THIS KIND OF A WORK EXPERIENCE.
09:13:37 SO WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, OUR VR COUNSELORS CAN OFFER A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET BOTH THE NEEDS OF THE CONSUMER, THE STUDENT, AND AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYER.  MOVING ON.  NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:14:07 SO THIS IS THE LIST OF OUR CONTRACTED PROVIDERS.  WE HAVE EASTER SEALS, AND I PROVIDED A BRIEF SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY DO FOR YOUR REFERENCE.  AND NEXT SLIDE.  THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.  AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE DURING THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:14:29 >> FANTASTIC.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHERYL.  THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.  AND WITH OUR SPEAKERS' PERMISSIONS, WE WILL BE POSTING THESE PRESENTATIONS UP ON THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION WEBSITE SO YOU CAN ACCESS THEM.  WE'LL CREATE A TAB THAT SAYS FEBRUARY 2022.  AND IT WILL HAVE THIS RECORDING AND IT WILL HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS, THE Q&A DOCUMENT WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
09:14:51 SO LOOK FOR THAT TO COME PROBABLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL GET THOSE POSTED FOR YOU FOLKS.  DID WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT?  OR IN THE Q&A?  WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS?  OUR MONITORS?
09:14:55 I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.  HI, HEATHER, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
09:15:16 >> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AND WE ANSWERED BUT MAYBE SHE USUALLY CAN ANSWER TOO IS HOW EARLY SHOULD THE STUDENT START APPLYING FOR DVR.  AND THE QUESTION SAID SHOULD WE WAIT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?  AND THEN THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY QUESTION.
09:15:50 >> OKAY.  GREAT.  THANK YOU, HEATHER.  YES.  WE ARE FEDERALLY ALLOWED TO BEGIN WORKING WITH STUDENTS AS EARLY AS 14.  AND SO WE ASK THAT THE DOE TRANSITION COORDINATORS AND IEP CARE COORDINATORS CONSIDER THAT INITIAL IEP MEETING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS THEY ENTER HIGH SCHOOL TO SEND A REQUEST OUT, TALK TO THE FAMILIES, AND ASK DVR COUNSELOR TO ATTEND THAT INITIAL MEETING.
09:15:55 SO AS EARLY AS 14, IF APPROPRIATE, AS APPROPRIATE, I SHOULD SAY.
09:16:05 >> THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER QUESTION, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S SERVICES AVAILABLE IN MAUI.
09:16:19 >> YES.  DVR IS STATEWIDE.  SO WE HAVE OFFICES ON ALL ISLANDS.  YES.
09:16:42 >> YOU CAN WORK WITH YOUR -- WORK WITH YOUR DVR COUNSELORS ON YOUR SPECIFIC ISLANDS, IF WE HAVE NEIGHBOR ISLAND FAMILIES HERE, DVR IS A STATEWIDE AGENCY.  SO YOU CAN GET SUPPORT ON EVERY ISLAND FOR THEM TO HELP YOU.  AND A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOWCASE TODAY ARE STATEWIDE.  THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO OAHU.
09:17:06 IF YOU VISIT OUR FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR WEBSITE, MAYBE WILLIE, YOU CAN DROP THAT IN THE CHAT FOR US.  THERE ARE TOOL KITS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THAT.  AND IT'S KIND OF A TIMELINE.  IT TALKS ABOUT CITIZENSHIP, IT TALKS ABOUT TRANSITIONING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, IT TALKS ABOUT JOBS OR COLLEGE OR CORE IDEAS.
09:17:26 AND IT HELPS YOU TO SORT OF PLAN HOW TO GET THAT ID AND LINKS TO SIGN UP FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE.  AND THE PROCESS OF CHANGING DOCTORS.  WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM MICHELLE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRANSITION IT'S OFTEN DOE-FOCUSED.
09:17:45 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LEAVE SCHOOL, ARE WE GOING TO GET A JOB OR GO TO COLLEGE.  BUT THERE'S MORE TO TRANSITION THAN THAT.  WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE MOVING INTO ADULTHOOD, WE'RE MOVING FROM DOCTORS, CARE, CIRCLES OF FRIENDS SOMETIMES AS WELL FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO ADULT FRIENDS SO IT DEFINITELY IS A PROCESS.
09:18:15 AND THESE FOLKS HERE TODAY CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.  SO WE'LL JUST GIVE A MOMENT HERE TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS.  I DID FORGET TO DO PRIZES BEFORE THIS.  SO I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW NAMES IN A MOMENT BUT I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON TOES.  SO IF THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT DVR OR SOMETHING FOR RHONDA ABOUT THAT PREPARATION, GETTING YOUR KIDS READY.
09:18:21 >> WE HAVE TWO MORE, AMANDA, IF YOU WANT US TO ANSWER NOW OR WE COULD ANSWER PRIVATELY IN THE CHAT.
09:18:27 >> WE CAN DO.
09:18:46 >> HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR MY SON, THIS KIND OF JOB TRAINING?  ANOTHER QUESTION WAS IF A STUDENT WANTS TO GO INTO COLLEGE DOES DVR SUPPORT THEM BY PAYING THEIR TUITION AND BOOKS,ETT, ET CETERA?
09:19:17 >> I'LL ANSWER.  I WAS TYPING IT OUT.  FIRST OF ALL, THE QUESTION REGARDING TUITION, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.  IF -- THERE'S A PROCESS.  SO FIRST THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO BE ELIGIBLE, AND COLLEGE NEEDS TO SUPPORT THEIR JOB GOAL.  AND SO THERE'S A PROCESS, AND THE DISCUSSION NEEDS TO OCCUR WITH THE VR COUNSELOR.  WE ALSO REQUIRE BECAUSE WE ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED, WE DO REQUIRE ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT WE SUPPORT TO APPLY FOR FAFSA.
09:19:29 AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE ESTIMATED FAMILY CONTRIBUTION, THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN THE ELIGIBILITY AMOUNT THAT VR IS ABLE TO SUPPORT FOR TUITION, FEES, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.  GREAT QUESTION THOUGH.
09:20:04 AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO MY E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND I PUT THAT IN THE CHAT.  EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THAT I AM ON EMERGENCY LEAVE RIGHT NOW.  I APOLOGIZE.  BUT I WILL BE BACK LATE FEBRUARY.  AND I'LL RESPOND TO E-MAILS AT THAT TIME.  OTHERWISE YOU CAN REACH OUT TO YOUR CARE COORDINATORS AT YOUR DOE SCHOOL, THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND GET YOUR VR COUNSELOR NAME, TELEPHONE NUMBER AND BEGIN THE DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE WITH THE VR COUNSELOR.
09:20:31 >> EXCELLENT ADVICE, CHERYL.  NOT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL HAS A TRANSITION COORDINATE POSITION AVAILABLE BUT EVERY SCHOOL, YOUR KID HAS A CARE COORDINATE, SOMEONE WHO'S LOOKING TO DRIVE THE IEP AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THOSE GOALS.  SO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHO IS OUR VR COUNSELOR AT THE SCHOOL.  AND CAN WE INVITE THEM?  BECAUSE THE THING IS WE CAN'T INVITE -- THE SCHOOL CAN'T INVITE THE DVR COUNSELOR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.
09:20:59 SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCH 22.  WE HOPE THEY SHARE THAT WITH YOU BUT IF THEY FORGOT BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.  SO YOU KNOW NOW I CAN INVITE THE DVR PERSON TO MY NEXT IEP MEETING AND YOU'LL SIGN A CONSENT AND THEN THEY'LL COME.  SO YOU CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF AN IEP MEETING BEFORE THE KIDS LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL.  AND TALK ABOUT THESE PRE-TRAINING, PRE-EMPLOYMENT, BUILDING RESUMES,.
09:21:07 BUILDING YOUR INTERVIEW SKILLS.  AND THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP KIDS TO DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS.
09:21:33 >> RIGHT.  AND PIGGYBACKING OFF THAT, AMANDA, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE CAN ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE DOE THROUGH THE IEP.  YOU CAN CONTACT AND REACH OUT TO YOUR DVR COUNSELOR AT ANY TIME AND WORK WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF THE IEP TEAM.  I'VE HAD FAMILIES DO THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY WEREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THE IEP KNOWING.
09:21:50 AND THAT'S FINE.  BUT WE DO WORK WITH THE IEP TEAM, CARE COORDINATOR AND TRANSITION COORDINATOR TO IMPLEMENT USUALLY THOSE TRANSITION SERVICES, AND THAT'S SO THAT WE DON'T DUPLICATE SERVICES WITH THE DOE.
09:22:18 WE'RE BOTH COMING FROM THE SAME POCKET OF FEDERAL DOLLARS.  AND WE DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE SERVICES.  SO IF THE DOE CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE STUDENT THROUGH THE TRANSITION PLANNING, THAT IS IDEALLY THE WAY IT SHOULD HAPPEN.  BUT IF IT'S NOT FOR WHATEVER REASON, DVR CAN COME IN AND POTENTIALLY SUPPLANT SOME OF THOSE -- SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY.
09:22:37 SOME OF OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOLS.  SOME OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS.  COVID HAS PRESENTED A VERY UNUSUAL AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.  WE CAN GO VIRTUALLY.  SO THOSE THAT ARE DOING IN-HOME LEARNING OR HYBRID LEARNING, MAYBE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE ONLINE IN A VIRTUAL CLASS.
09:22:54 SO THERE'S -- THE BEST RESOURCE IS YOUR VR COUNSELOR TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN YOU CAN REACH OUT AND TALK ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION AND NEEDS.  THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
09:23:17 >> THANK YOU.  MY KID -- WE'RE IN TRANSITION, MY SON, AND HE DID SOME OF THE SUMMER LEARNING LAST YEAR.  HE DID A PAID INTERNSHIP BUT HE ALSO BEFORE THAT HAD CLASSES TO TEACH HIM HOW TO DO THE RESUME, HOW TO DO THE INTERVIEW, HOW TO BE APPROPRIATE AT SCHOOL.  LIKE RHONDA WAS TALKING ABOUT OR IN A JOB.  BECAUSE THOSE ARE SKILLS THAT WE ALL NEED, RIGHT?
09:23:48 AND HOW TO TALK TO OUR EMPLOYERS, HOW TO ASK A QUESTION.  AND SOME KIDS CAN GET THOSE RIGHT AWAY AND SOME KIDS NEED SUPPORT AND REPETITION TO GET THOSE DONE.  SO TALK TO DVR AND YOUR SCHOOL AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNSELOR, CHERYL AND RHONDA WHO'S DROPPED HER E-MAIL IN THE CHAT FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PREPARATION FOR YOUR KIDS.
09:24:07 DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LAST-MINUTE QUESTIONS HERE FOR THIS TEAM BETWEEN PREPPING OUR KIDS FOR TRANSITION, WHICH STARTS EARLY, RIGHT?  WE'RE NOT PREPPING THEM WHEN THEY'RE 19, WE'RE PREPPING THEM HOPEFULLY AS SOON AS WE CAN.  NOW, IF YOUR KID IS 16 AND 17 AND YOU HAVEN'T STARTED YET, TODAY YOU CAN START.
09:24:33 SO DON'T WORRY THAT YOU DIDN'T START EARLY ENOUGH.  WE HAVE ENOUGH GUILT ON OUR CONSCIENCES AS PARENTS OF KIDS, RIGHT?  SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE.  JUST THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND PLAN PLANTING THOSE SEEDS FOR OUR KIDS.  I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ABOUT 30 SECONDS.  DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION?
09:25:02 I'M GOING TO DO SOME PRIZES.  ALL RIGHT.  OKAY.  SO I'M SO SORRY, I WAS SO EXCITED TO GET STARTED I FORGOT TO NAME -- CALL OUT SOME NAMES FOR PRIZES SO IF YOU DO HEAR YOUR NAME TODAY, PLEASE DROP YOUR E-MAIL IN THE Q&A.  SO Q&A IS PRIVATE.  NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE IT.  BUT WE CAN SEE IT AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE AND BE ABLE TO E-MAIL YOU THEN YOUR DIGITAL PRIZE PACK.
09:25:30 SO I'M GOING TO DO EIGHT NAMES HERE.  MY FIRST ONE IS SHARON AND DONALD BRAY.  IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY, COULD YOU PLEASE DROP YOUR E-MAIL IN THE Q&A FOR US?  MY NEXT ONE HERE IS ARIEL PUAVIN.  IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY, PLEASE DROP YOUR E-MAIL IN THE Q&A.  IF THEY'RE NOT HERE AND THEY DON'T CLAIM UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PRIZES FOR YOU AT THE END.
09:26:15 OUR NEXT ONE HERE IS RACQUEL.  THEN MACKENZIE.  NUMBER FIVE IS JANELLE KAMAHELE.  ARE YOU HERE TODAY?  WE HOPE SO.  WE'RE SO EXCITED WE GET TO HAVE THIS VIRTUALLY.  I KNOW COVID STINKS FOR EVERYBODY, WE ALL WANT TO HAVE THESE THINGS IN PERSON BUT THE GREAT THING IS WE CAN ALL BE TOGETHER AND IT'S NOT JUST ON OAHU.  THIS REALLY IS A STATEWIDE CONFERENCE TODAY.
09:26:36 OUR NEXT ONE IS ROSALIND BROWN.  ROSELYN, ARE YOU HERE TODAY WITH US?  I HOPE YOU ARE.  PLEASE DROP YOUR NAME IN THE Q&A WITH YOUR E-MAIL IF YOU ARE HERE.  AND ONE MORE, MARY LAPOINTE.  IF YOU ARE JOINING US TODAY, PLEASE SHARE YOUR E-MAIL SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT -- THOSE PRIZES OFF TO YOU.
09:26:59 ALL RIGHT.  WELL, WE DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THERE IN THE CHAT.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.  BUT I DO SEE SOME WINNERS IN THERE.  SO GOOD JOB.  IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, I'M GOING TO SAY IT.  SHARON OR DONALD, ARIEL, RACQUEL, KAALA.  JANELLE, ROSELYN AND MARY.  ARE YOU HERE TODAY?
09:33:52 OTHERWISE LET ME PULL THIS ONE UP.  AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.  IT IS 9:27 NOW SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK UNTIL 9:30 WHERE WE WILL BE BACK FOR OUR SECOND SET OF PRESENTERS.  THAT'S FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FROM THE DIVISION DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY DIVISION.  THAT ONE ALWAYS TIES UP MY TONGUE.  SO GO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK, GRAB A SNACK, USE THE FACILITIES AND COME BACK AND JOIN US AT 9:35.
09:34:19 >> WE HAD SHARON AND DONALD, ARIEL, RACQUEL, KAALA, MACKENZIE, ROSELYN BROWN AND MARY LAPOINTE.  IF YOU ARE HERE, DROP YOUR NAME IN THE Q&A AND WE WILL GET THOSE ASSIGNED.  AND THANK YOU, MICHELLE, AND SORRY IF I WENT A LITTLE FAST ON THOSE NAMES THERE.  I APOLOGIZE.
09:35:41 IF WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY CLAIMING A PRIZE THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE MORE AT THE END SO BE SURE AND STICK AROUND.  SO JUST A COUPLE MORE MINUTES AND WE WILL RESUME WITH OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.  THANK YOU.
09:36:05 >> OKAY, EVERYBODY, IT IS 9:35, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET GOING AGAIN.  WE HAVE GOT A NEXT LINEUP FOR YOU TODAY.  LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THE RIGHT SCREEN THERE.  THERE WE GO.  WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL PRESENTERS COMING UP NEXT.  FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS BRANCH, WE HAVE MICHELLE MAEDA, AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE HEALTH PART OF TRANSITION.
09:36:21 AND THEN WE HAVE FROM THE DD DIVISION, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY DIVISION, OUR PRESENTER ABIGAIL GEORGE IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DD SERVICES.  SO LADIES, I'M GOING TO STOP SHARE, AND YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY.
09:36:43 >> THANKS, AMANDA.  YOU GOING TO PUT UP MY SLIDES?  GREAT.  HELLO, EVERYBODY.  MY NAME IS MICHELLE MAEDA.  I'M THE PEDIATRIC DIETITIAN WITH THE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS PROGRAM.  I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO ADULT HEALTHCARE.  NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:36:56 SO WHAT IS HEALTHCARE TRANSITION?  HEALTHCARE TRANSITION IS MORE THAN JUST FINDING AN ADULT DOCTOR.  IT'S ACTUALLY LEARNING HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE ADULT SYSTEM AND UTILIZE IT EFFECTIVELY.
09:37:06 THIS TOPIC IS SO BROAD THAT I THOUGHT FOR MY 15 MINUTES TODAY, I WOULD JUST FOCUS ON A FEW AREAS.  SO NEXT SLIDE, AMANDA.
09:37:20 I WANTED TO TOUCH ON INSURANCE AND MEDICAL PROVIDERS, MOSTLY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME INFORMATION THAT I FOUND THAT A LOT OF MY FAMILIES WERE REALLY NOT AWARE OF, BUT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM OF CARE.
09:37:47 SO NEXT SLIDE.  INSURANCE REALLY QUICKLY.  SO WE HAVE USUALLY TWO WAYS OF OBTAINING INSURANCE, PRIVATELY, EITHER PURCHASING DIRECTLY OR THROUGH OUR EMPLOYER OR PUBLICLY, WHICH WE WOULD QUALIFY FOR STATE FEDERAL INSURANCE WHICH IN HAWAII IS OUR QUEST MEDICAID COVERAGE.  SO KEY POINTS, PRIVATE INSURANCE, 2010, A LANDMARK LEGISLATION WAS PASSED AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
09:38:06 THE BIG THING THAT IT REALLY SAFEGUARDED WAS IT ALLOWED CHILDREN TO STAY ON THEIR PARENT'S INSURANCE UNTIL 26 YEARS OF AGE.  AND THIS IS REGARDLESS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT OR SCHOOL STATUS.  PRIOR TO THAT, KIDS COULD STAY ON UNTIL THEY WERE 24, IF THEY WERE FULL-TIME STUDENTS.
09:38:26 IF THEY WERE NOT FULL-TIME STUDENTS, THEY WERE KICKED OFF AT 18 YEARS OF AGE.  ANOTHER THING IS IF FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOUR ADULT CHILD ON YOUR PRIVATE INSURANCE PAST THE AGE OF 26, THERE IS A MECHANISM TO DO THAT.  YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO DECLARE THEM AS A DEPENDENT DISABLED ADULT.
09:38:37 BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH YOUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.  AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN AGE AT WHICH THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE BY.
09:39:08 IN HAWAII WE ARE LUCKY, WE HAVE OUR PREPAID HEALTHCARE LAW.  SO IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED AND WORK AT LEAST HALFTIME, YOUR EMPLOYER HAS TO OFFER YOU HEALTHCARE INSURANCE.  SO WITH PUBLIC INSURANCE, OUR QUEST MEDICAID INSURANCE, A KEY POINT TO KNOW IS THAT ONCE YOUR CHILD REACHES 18 YEARS OF AGE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S EYES, THEY ARE A FAMILY OF ONE.
09:39:34 SO ANY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WOULD BE BASED ON THEIR INCOME ALONE.  SO IF YOUR CHILD DID NOT QUALIFY FOR QUEST WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON YOUR FAMILY INCOME, MOST ADULT CHILDREN WOULD ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR QUEST MEDICAID.  JUST MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE BIG ASSETS, LIKE A BIG BANK ACCOUNT TIED TO THEM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD DISQUALIFY THEM.
09:39:57 NOW, IF YOUR CHILD CURRENTLY HAS QUEST MEDICAID, THEIR KIDS QUEST COVERS THEM UNTIL THEIR 19TH BIRTHDAY.  SO PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR CASE MANAGER TO SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE IN ORDER TO CHANGE THEM OVER TO ADULT MEDICAID QUEST GETS DONE TIMELY.
09:40:28 BIG NOTE, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KIDS QUEST AND ADULT QUEST IS ADULT QUEST DOES NOT PAY FOR PREVENTIVE DENTAL.  THEY ONLY PAY FOR EMERGENCY DENTAL.  SO IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS ANY DENTAL WORK DONE, I THINK YOU HAVE UNTIL AGE 20.  PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT DONE, UNLESS YOU APPLY FOR ALOHA CARE.  ALOHA CARE I THINK IS THE ONLY HEALTHCARE PLAN THAT DOES PROVIDE PREVENTIVE DENTAL.
09:40:49 NEXT SLIDE.  SO WITH PROVIDERS, WITH OUR PHYSICIANS, OUR PEDIATRICIANS AND PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS, MOE OF THEM WILL SEE PATIENTS UNTIL AGE 18, SOME TILL 21.  PLEASE ASK.  IT'S NOT LIKE IF YOU DON'T ASK, IT'S JUST GOING TO GO AWAY.
09:41:12 IF YOU KNOW THE AGE AT WHICH YOU NEED TO TRANSFER CARE, IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO PLAN A LITTLE BIT BETTER.  HOW DO YOU FIND AN ADULT PROVIDER?  YOU CAN START BY ASKING YOUR PEDIATRICIAN AND YOUR CURRENT MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT REALLY I WOULD GO WITH FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS.  SOMETIMES KNOWING THE DOCTOR IS A BIG PLUS.
09:41:22 ALSO YOU CAN CHECK WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE PLAN AND ASK FOR A LIST OF DOCTORS WHO ARE ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS UNDER THAT INSURANCE.
09:41:48 WITH THE HOSPITAL, KAPIOLANI WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER IS JUST THAT, A WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER.  THEY WILL TYPICALLY NOT ADMIT ADULTS PAST THE AGE OF 21.  AND THIS IS EVEN IF YOUR CHILD IS AN ADULT DISABLED CHILD, IT'S A FEMALE, BECAUSE THEIR ADULT CARE IS GEARED MORE TOWARDS OBGYN TYPES OF ISSUES.
09:42:02 SHRINER'S HOSPITAL, THEY SEE PATIENTS UNTIL AGE 21 FOR THE MOST PART.  SO PLEASE DOUBLE-CHECK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP WITH WHEELCHAIR, ORTHOPEDICS AND PROSTHETICS.  NEXT SLIDE.
09:42:19 SO LIKE I MENTIONED, TRANSITION TO ADULT HEALTHCARE IS NOT JUST ABOUT FINDING ANOTHER DOCTOR.  ADULT HEALTHCARE IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL OF WAX.  AND WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH DIFFERENT RESOURCES, THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPARISONS.  SO I JUST HIGHLIGHTED A FEW.
09:42:49 SO WITH PEDIATRICS, PEDIATRICS IS FAMILY-CENTERED, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE CHILD NEEDS CARE, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, KNOWING THE FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES WOULD BE A BIG BENEFIT IN PLANNING OUT THEIR HEALTHCARE.  WHEREAS WITH ADULTS, IT'S PATIENT-CENTERED.  THE PROVIDER IS EXPECTING THE PATIENT TO BE TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR ENTIRE CARE.
09:43:07 TYING INTO THAT, WITH PEDIATRICS, THE APPOINTMENT ITSELF TENDS TO BE A LITTLE LONGER.  AND I THINK JUST BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET THAT EXTRA INFORMATION, AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO CHECK THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, WHEREAS ADULTS, THEY'RE MUCH USED TO A SHORTER LENGTH OF APPOINTMENT.
09:43:41 WHEN I LOOK AT THE PRIMARY CARE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPECIALIST, I THINK PEDIATRICS IS WAY MORE STREAMLINED.  AND FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY FEW PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS.  WE ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO MAYBE IN ANY DIFFERENT AREA.  SO I ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU ASK A PEDIATRICIAN ON THE BIG ISLAND WHO'S OUR PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST, THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW DR. ABE OR WHO'S YOUR ENDOCRINOLOGIST.
09:44:06 BUT WITH ADULTS THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT SPECIALISTS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS.  AND SO THERE MIGHT BE THAT CHANCE THAT YOUR ADULT PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER DOES NOT KNOW WHO YOUR SPECIALIST IS.  WITH HOSPITALS, WE HAVE ONE CENTRAL PEDIATRIC CENTER, WHICH I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU ALMOST ALL OF THE PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS ARE TIED INTO.
09:44:32 WHEREAS WITH ADULTS, WE HAVE QUEENS, YOU HAVE POLIMONI MULTIPLE ADULT HOSPITALS, MULTIPLE SPECIALISTS ARE GOING TO BE TIED INTO THOSE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS.  SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENCES, IT CAN BE A LITTLE SCARY AND IT KIND OF IS.  NEXT SLIDE.
09:44:56 BUT KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.  WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH DIFFERENT RESOURCES, I FOUND ON THE ADULT TRANSITION WEBSITE, THEY HAD A WHOLE SECTION ON FINDING AND USING ADULT HEALTHCARE.  AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXCERPTS THAT I FOUND.  LIKE SO FOR KENTUCKY, DO YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO WILL TAKE TIME WITH YOU OR SOMEBODY WHO IS GOOD BUT NOT HAVE THE BEST BED SIDEMANNER?
09:45:19 AND THIS IS FROM ILLINOIS, THEY HAD A CHECKLIST.  AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO ASK YOURSELF.  DOES THE DOCTOR LISTEN TO YOU?  DOES THE DOCTOR EXPLAIN?  DOES THE DOCTOR TREAT YOU WITH RESPECT?  AND REALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF IT, WHY IS IT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS OR FEELINGS.
09:45:44 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE THINGS, FAMILIES CAN'T HELP BUT BE A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION.  AND SO -- SORRY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN I TALK TO TRANSITION WITH MY FAMILY, IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE WE'RE FORCING THEM FROM THIS NICE LITTLE WARM COCOON CALLED PEDIATRICS AND WE'RE THROWING THEM UNDER THIS BUS CALLED ADULT CARE.
09:46:10 BUT REALLY I'D LIKE TO KIND OF THINK THAT MAYBE IF THEY FELT THIS WAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PREPARATION, THERE WAS NO TRANSITION FOR EITHER THE FAMILIES AND THE ADULT PROVIDERS, BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AND LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE ADULT PROVIDERS' EYES, YOUR CHILD MAY HAVE A CONDITION THAT THEY ONLY READ ABOUT IN A MEDICAL TEXTBOOK IN MEDICAL SCHOOL.
09:46:46 OR HAVE A COMPLEXITY THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN.  AND SOME PEOPLE, THIS CAN BE INTIMIDATING.  AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT RISE UP TO THE CHALLENGE, AND OTHER PEOPLE MAYBE NOT SO MUCH SO.  SO WHAT CAN WE DO?  WHAT I DID IS I WROTE A LIST OF SUGGESTIONS THAT I'VE GIVEN TO MAYBE SOME OF MY FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND INDIVIDUALS, AND THESE ARE BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT VETTED, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN STUDIED OR ANALYZED,.
09:47:15 BUT I DO HOPE THAT YOU FIND THAT THEY'RE SENSIBLE AND THAT THEY'RE DOABLE.  AND ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO NURTURE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH A NEW PROVIDER.  BUT IN THIS PROCESS, DON'T EVER FORGET THAT NOBODY KNOWS YOUR BODY OR YOUR CHILD BETTER THAN YOU, AND THAT YOU ARE AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE HEALTHCARE TEAM.
09:47:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.  SO I WOULD ASK YOU FIRST OF ALL TO BE PATIENT.  YOUR PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST HAD MANY YEARS, MAYBE 18 YEARS, TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.  PLEASE BE REALISTIC IN YOUR EXPECTATIONS ON HOW QUICKLY YOUR ADULT PROVIDER CAN GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:47:58 THAT BEING SAID, DO NOT WAIT FOR AN ILLNESS TO BE YOUR FIRST VISIT TO YOUR NEW ADULT PROVIDER.  I THINK THAT WOULD BE JUST A REALLY BAD SITUATION.  TRY TO SCHEDULE A WELL VISIT.  EVERY INSURANCE COMPANY WILL PAY FOR AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL.
09:48:12 THESE PHYSICALS ARE MEANT TO BE THOROUGH, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL ALLOW A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND UTILIZE THIS EXTRA TIME TO GET -- TO ALLOW THE PROVIDER TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:48:45 I WOULD CONSIDER GETTING A TRANSITION LETTER FROM EITHER YOUR CURRENT PCP OR YOUR PRIMARY SPECIALIST.  AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO KIND OF ASK FOR THAT LETTER TO NOT ONLY COVER PAST MEDICAL HISTORY, PERTINENT MEDICAL HISTORY, AND MAYBE A LIST OF CURRENT MEDICAL PROBLEMS, BUT MAYBE TOUCH ON THINGS LIKE FAMILY DYNAMICS, YOU KNOW, FAMILY INVOLVEMENT, OR MAYBE EVEN SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES WITH YOUR ADULT CHILD.
09:49:01 IF YOU DO INTEND ON CONTINUING YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR MEDICAL CARE, PLEASE MAKE SURE ANY PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT LEGAL IS DONE PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT.
09:49:22 NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING I TELL EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A SKILL EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW.  PLEASE LEARN YOUR BODY AND PRACTICE HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.  I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, I THINK DOCTORS ARE MECHANICS OF THE BODY.  YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE YOUR CAR INTO THE SHOP, YOU DON'T JUST SAY, IT'S BROKEN.
09:49:46 YOU EXPLAIN IT.  OH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I DECREASE SPEED TO LIKE 30 MILES PER HOUR IT STARTS GOING [MAKING SOUND] OR WHEN I TURN OFF THE ENGINE IT MAKES THIS SOUND.  YOU EXPLAIN IT.  BECAUSE THE MORE YOU EXPLAIN IT AND THE BETTER YOUR DESCRIPTION, HOPEFULLY THE MECHANIC CAN NARROW IT DOWN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG.
09:50:12 SAME WITH DOCTORS.  YOU HAVE A PAIN, BUT WHAT KIND OF PAIN IS IT?  IS IT SHARP?  IS IT SHOOTING?  IS IT THROBBING?  IS IT CONSTANT?  DOES IT STOP?  IS THERE TRIGGERS?  IF COMMUNICATION IS DIFFICULT, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.  TAKE PICTURES, USE VIDEO.  KEEP IN MIND THAT DOCTORS VISITS TEND TO BE SHORTER.
09:50:41 SO PRACTICE TRYING TO LEARN TO BE CONCISE.  DON'T JUST KIND OF TALK AND TALK AND TALK TO TRY TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING.  BE CONCISE.  WHAT'S WRONG NOW.  KEEPING YOUR DIALOGUE SHORT AND TO THE POINT.  I'VE BEEN A DIETITIAN FOR 31 YEARS.  AND WHENEVER I WANT DOCTOR -- BECAUSE MOST OF MY COMMUNICATION IS WRITTEN, WHEN I WANT DOCTORS TO LOOK AT SOMETHING, I BOLD IT, I INDENT IT AND I BULLET IT.
09:51:03 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK AT.  AND YOU MIGHT THINK TO YOURSELF, WELL, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT?  MY CHILD IS SO COMPLEX, AND I TOTALLY GET IT.  IN MY PROGRAM, WE STILL HAVE PAPER CHARTS.  AND SOME OF MY KIDS ARE SO COMPLEX, THEY HAVE FOUR VOLUMES TO THEIR MEDICAL RECORD.
09:51:31 BUT YOU MIGHT THINK, REALLY, NOT ALL OF THAT MIGHT BE PERTINENT TO NOW.  AND SO SOMETHING I WAS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL IS ESPECIALLY IF YOUR CHILD HAS MORE THAN ONE SPECIALIST, IS MAYBE GOING TO THAT SPECIALIST AND ASKING FOR A ONE OR TWO-PARAGRAPH SUMMARY, SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WHAT'S CURRENT.
09:51:58 AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOU TO JUST HAVE AND BE AWARE OF.  WITH HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, I TALKED ABOUT HOW ADULT HOSPITALS, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT ADULT HOSPITALS.  REMEMBER THAT EACH HOSPITAL HAS THEIR OWN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD, AND I AM REALLY NOT SURE HOW EASILY ONE MEDICAL RECORD CAN ACCESS ANOTHER.
09:52:13 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HOOPS THEY NEED TO JUMP THROUGH IN ORDER TO DO THAT.  AND IS IF YOUR CHILD IS VERY COMPLEX, IT MIGHT BE A BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE OF A CENTRAL MEDICAL RECORD.
09:52:41 I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, KAPIALAI, BECAUSE THEIR PARENT COMPANY IS HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH, THE ADULT HOSPITALS UNDER HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH, WHICH IS STRAWBERRY, POLIMONI AND WILLCOX, THEY SHARE THE SAME MEDICAL RECORD AS KAPIALANI SO IF YOU SEE A PROVIDER AT THOSE HOSPITALS THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR ENTIRE MEDICAL RECORD.
09:52:58 SO I HOPE THAT THIS INFORMATION WAS HELPFUL.  AMANDA, IF YOU COULD DO MY NEXT SLIDE.  SO I'VE KIND OF JUST ATTACHED MY PROGRAMS BRIEF GUIDE TO HELP YOU AND YOUR CHILD ON THEIR PATH TO ADULT HEALTHCARE.
09:53:17 IT'S SKILL BUILDING, AND I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO TOUCH ON THIS.  SO THIS HANDOUT IS ACTUALLY UPLOADED ON TO THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION WEBSITE.  AND I HOPE THAT YOU FIND IT USEFUL.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
09:53:36 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.  BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.  THE HANDOUT IS THERE NOW.  SO FEEL FREE TO JUMP OVER THERE.  AND WE CAN GET THE LINK FOR YOU IN THE CHAT.  OKAY.  ABIGAIL, YOU ARE UP NEXT, DEAR.  THANK YOU.
09:53:50 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.  CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN OKAY?  ALL RIGHT.  AWESOME.  SO GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.  MY NAME IS ABIGAIL GEORGE.  I COME FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION.
09:54:02 WE ARE A DIVISION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  SO JUST LIKE MICHELLE, MICHELLE WORKS FOR A DIFFERENT DIVISION, BUT I WORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION.
09:54:21 SO, MANY OF YOU PARENTS OUT THERE MIGHT HEAR OF OR KIND OF HEARD IN PASSING ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES WE HAVE.  TODAY WHAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS IS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT DDD AS WHAT WE REFER OURSELVES TO.
09:54:42 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK SOME TRANSITION INFORMATION THAT I FEEL THAT PARENTS SHOULD KNOW WHEN THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT TRANSITIONING THEIR CHILD FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN TO WHATEVER DIFFERENT SETTING OR WHATEVER DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL IS FINISHED.
09:54:54 SO HERE ARE SOME TIPS OF THE TRADE THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS OF WHAT THEY WISH THEY KNEW AND HOPEFULLY TODAY I DON'T CONFUSE YOU.  [LAUGHS]
09:54:59 AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK IT THROUGH DURING OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER LATER TODAY.  ALL RIGHT.
09:55:15 SO OUR MISSION, WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO EVERY DAY HERE AT THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION IS TO FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS AND PROVIDE QUALITY PERSON-CENTERED AND FAMILY-FOCUSED AND SUPPORTS TO PROMOTE SELF-DETERMINATION.
09:55:23 OUR NORTH STAR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY HAVE HEALTHY AND SAFE AND MEANINGFUL LIVES.
09:55:49 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, MANY TIMES, FAMILIES TURN TO US AFTER THEIR CHILD HAS GONE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT JUST LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE ON TODAY'S FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS STATEWIDE.
09:56:14 DBR IS STATEWIDE.  AND SO ARE WE.  THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION, WE PROVIDE SERVICES ACROSS 15 DIFFERENT CASE MANAGEMENT UNITS ACROSS THE STATE OF HAWAII.  SO IF YOU ARE JOINING US FROM THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS TODAY, WE HAVE THREE UNITS ON THE BIG ISLAND, OUR MAUI OFFICE TAKES CARE OF THE ISLAND OF MAUI AS WELL AS MOLOKAI AND LANAI.
09:56:30 WE ALSO HAVE ON KAUAI OUR UNIT 15 OUT THERE THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF KAUAI.  FOR A MAJORITY OF YOU FOLKS HERE TODAY THAT ARE ON OAHU, WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT OFFICES ACROSS THE ISLAND.
09:56:52 FIRST OFFICE IS LOCATED AT DIAMOND HEAD AND THAT IS WHERE INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN THE AREA OF IS THAT HONOLULU, URBAN HONOLULU WILL BE ASSIGNED TO CASE MANAGEMENT UNIT 1.  OUR OTHER OFFICE IS ON OUR WINDWARD HEALTH CENTER.  AND THAT HOUSES OUR CASE MANAGEMENT UNIT 4 OFFICE.
09:57:12 WE ALSO HAVE A CENTRAL LOCATION ON THE FORMER GROUNDS OF WAIMANO TRAINING SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL THAT HOUSES FOUR CASE MANAGEMENT UNITS, CASE MANAGEMENT UNITS 5, 6, 7 AND 8.  AND ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WAY AT KAPOLEI WE HAVE UNITS TWO AND THREE.
09:57:32 SO TYPICALLY WHERE YOU ARE LIVING IS TYPICALLY WHERE THE TYPE OF CASE MANAGEMENT UNIT YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED TO.  SO THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE.  IF SAY FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE A CASE MANAGEMENT UNIT THAT IS OVER CAPACITY, THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER UNIT.
09:57:54 OR IF YOU HAVE MOVED AND YOU CHOOSE TO STAY WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER, YOU WILL BE -- YOUR CASE MANAGEMENT UNIT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THESE JURISDICTIONS BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHERE YOU LIVE WILL DETERMINE WHICH CASE MANAGEMENT UNIT YOU WILL RECEIVE SERVICES FROM.  WHEN YOU ARE DETERMINED ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM.
09:58:24 SO HERE AT DDD, WE PROVIDE SERVICES ACROSS DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES.  I LIKE TO CALL IT FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.  IN JUNE 30 OF 2021 WE PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THOSE THAT ARE FOUR AND UNDER, FOR 40 CHILDREN.  FROM AGES FIVE TO 14, 393.  DURING THIS TRANSITION STAGE WE PROVIDED SERVICES TO 653 YOUTH.
09:58:46 FROM 23 TO 55 WE PROVIDED SERVICES TO 2,125 ADULTS.  AND FOR 56 AND OLDER, WE PROVIDED SERVICES TO ABOUT 705.  SO ALTOGETHER WE PROVIDE STATE SERVICES TO ALMOST 4,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM.
09:59:06 SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN HAWAII.  IF YOUR CHILD HAS BEEN WITH RECEIVING SERVICES FROM WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER, TYPICALLY THEY RECEIVE SERVICES FROM EARLY INTERVENTION, WHERE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW BEING SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
09:59:30 BUT JUST LIKE WHAT A LOT OF OUR PRESENTERS WERE TALKING ABOUT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSITION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.  TALKING ABOUT HEALTHCARE, LIKE WHAT MICHELLE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSITION INTO OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS DVR, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN HAWAII ARE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION.
09:59:49 AND THAT'S WHERE I WORK.  SO THIS SLIDE HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU TRANSITION YOUR CHILD FROM THE DOE INTO SERVICES LIKE DDD.
10:00:13 SO TYPICALLY, SOME ELIGIBLE CONDITIONS WE HAVE HERE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THIS IS NOT THE FULL LIST.  BUT A LOT OF FAMILIES GOING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION REALIZE THAT WHEN THEY TRANSITION INTO THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION, THE AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE CONDITIONS DECREASE MORE THAN HALF.
10:00:34 SO THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE ONE JUST AT A 60,000 FOOT LEVEL, IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNDING.  RIGHT?  THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS AN ENTITLEMENT TYPE OF PROGRAM WHEREAS THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION IS BASED ON ELIGIBILITY.
10:00:56 SO TODAY WHAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT IS I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE.  I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU FOLKS WHERE YOU CAN GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THEN IF I HAVE TIME, I TEND TO RAMBLE ON MORE THAN MY 15 MINUTES.
10:01:09 SO PLEASE TURN ON YOUR VIDEO, AMANDA, AND SAY HEY, ABBY, YOU'RE DONE.  [LAUGHS] AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU FOLKS INFORMATION ABOUT ROUGHLY THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN DDD.
10:01:28 SO HERE WITH SOME OF OUR ELIGIBLE CONDITIONS WE HAVE IS THAT OUR ELIGIBILITY IS DETERMINED BY HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.  SO PRETTY MUCH IT IS DEFINED BY LAW.  WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT ONE MAYBE ELIGIBLE FOR.
10:01:56 FIRST UP, WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.  SO IF YOUR CHILD HAS AN ELIGIBLE CONDITION, IT WAS PRESENT BEFORE AGE 22, AND WHICH WILL REQUIRE LIFELONG SERVICES, CONTINUED CARE, AND SHOW SOME FUNCTIONAL DEFICITS OR IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL HELP WITHIN CERTAIN LIFE AREAS THEN THEY WILL BE QUALIFIED UNDER A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.
10:02:19 FOR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, THIS CONDITION NEEDS TO BE PRESENT PRIOR TO AGE 18.  IT INCLUDES A STANDARDIZED IQ TEST, AND THEN AGAIN LIMITATIONS IN DIFFERENT FUNCTION AREAS.  SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE NEED TO SHOW ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OR LIMITATIONS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT FUNCTION AREAS.  I LIKE TO CALL IT LIFE AREAS.
10:02:40 REALISTICALLY THESE FUNCTION AREAS AS WE CLINICALLY OR PROGRAM LANGUAGE CALL IT, THESE FUNCTION AREAS, WE NEED TO SHOW DEFICITS.  BUT I LIKE TO SEE IT AS WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH FAMILIES, THAT IF OUR CHILDREN NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AREAS.
10:03:05 AND THAT INCLUDES IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH SELF-CARE, IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH COMMUNICATION, LEARNING, MOBILITY, IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL HELP WITH SELF-DIRECTION OR BEING ABLE TO LIVE ON THEIR OWN, THE CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENTY.
10:03:24 SO THESE TERMS I SHOWED HERE ARE EXTREMELY GENERAL.  AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A ELIGIBILITY TEAM THAT CAN DEFINITELY HELP YOU TALK YOU THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEFICIENCIES OR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT YOUR CHILD MAY HAVE WITHIN THESE AREAS.
10:03:39 AND WE HAVE IT DEFINED THROUGH OUR INTAKE PROCESS.  WE FLASH THE NUMBER RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN.  I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE YOU FOLKS WITH A COPY OF THESE SLIDES.  AND WE WILL ALSO BE ARCHIVING IT ON OUR FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR WEBSITE.
10:04:07 BUT HERE IS OUR MAIN OFFICE FOR OUR INTAKE.  WE HAVE A STATEWIDE SINGLE NUMBER FOR INTAKE IF YOU NEED TO CALL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  IF YOU ARE ON THE NEIGHBOR ISLAND, WE WILL BE SETTING YOU UP WITH OUR NEIGHBOR ISLAND OFFICES SO YOU CAN WORK WITH A PERSON DIRECTLY, ONE ON ONE.  BUT THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND FORWARD YOUR ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENTS OVER TO OUR SINGLE INTAKE OFFICE.
10:04:33 SO THE NUMBER FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLKS JOINING US BY PHONE, IT'S (808)733-1689.  OKAY.  SO IF YOU ARE JOINING US ONLINE, ALSO WE HAVE AN ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENT OR A BOOKLET, PER SE, THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH STEP BY STEP INFORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WILL NEED AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS ELIGIBILITY PROCESS.
10:04:45 SO FOR OUR -- IF WE HAVE TEACHERS ON THE CALL ALSO, OR IF YOU SUPPORT SOMEONE PROFESSIONALLY, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD HANDBOOK TO HAVE TO HELP THE STUDENT AND THE FAMILY GATHER THE DOCUMENTS.
10:05:09 SO IF YOU ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT'S HEALTH.HAWAII.GOV/DDD, YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND LOOK FOR ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, IT SAYS HOW TO APPLY.  CLICK ON HOW TO APPLY, AND THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOKLET THAT I FLASHED FOR YOU ON THE SCREEN.
10:05:23 SO IN THE CHAT HAS OUR WEBSITE ADDRESS.  AND THEN AFTER I'M FINISHING TODAY, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY PUT A COPY OF THAT BOOKLET THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR YOU FOLKS.
10:05:39 NEVER MIND, WILLIE WENT AND TOOK CARE OF IT HIMSELF.  THANKS, WILLIE.  ALL RIGHT.  SO IF YOUR CHILD IS ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM, FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
10:06:03 RIGHT OFF THE BAT OUR ELIGIBILITY PROCESS IS PRETTY ROBUST.  SO I HIGHLY ADVISE YOU TO WORK WITH OUR INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY TEAM.  IT MAY SEEM EXTREMELY DISCOURAGING THAT, OH, MY GOSH, WHY IS IT SO LONG.  BUT BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
10:06:16 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS ACTUALLY GO TO A TEAM OF EXPERTS, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT LOOKS AT YOUR APPLICATION AND DETERMINES IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE BASED OFF OF OUR STATE LAW.
10:06:37 SO WHEN YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM, THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND ROUGHLY GO OVER IT AS, AT THE 60,000 FOOT LEVEL TO HOPEFULLY PROVIDE YOU FAMILIES WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW DDD CAN SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
10:06:52 SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DDD SERVICES, THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED TO A CASE MANAGER, AND A CASE MANAGER WILL ASSESS AND PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME WITH US.
10:07:10 WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE.  SO SHOULD YOU REQUEST THAT YOUR CHILD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OF AGE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN SOME OF OUR ADULT FOSTER HOMES, WE HAVE ABOUT 295 FOSTER HOMES STATEWIDE.
10:07:43 SO THAT IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE OR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR DDD.  A SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, SO THESE TWO PROGRAMS THAT I'M GOING TO GO OVER NEXT ARE STATE-FUNDED SERVICES.  SO THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE MEDICAID, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THAT AFTER.  SO AGAIN, THIS IS IF YOU'RE INITIALLY DEEMED ELIGIBLE TO A PROGRAM, WE HAVE SOME STATE-FUNDED SERVICES THAT PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE PROGRAMS FOR.
10:08:19 ADULT DIAPERS, ENSURE, IT'S SUPER CORE-LEVEL, BASIC-TYPE OF SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.  ANOTHER ONE IS LASR PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT SKILLS, THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FROM -- WE CONTRACT WITH GOOD WILL INDUSTRIES OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.  LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OUR HOW DO I SAY, LIKE THE TOP LEVEL OR PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE BULK AND THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF OUR SERVICES HERE.
10:08:44 SO THIS IS ACCESS THROUGH OUR HCBS OR WHAT WE CALL HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES MEDICAID WAIVER.  IT IS A MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH IS FEDERALLY-FUNDED.  AND IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR QUEST AND MEET ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE.
10:09:07 I KNOW THAT SOUNDS EXTREMELY OVERWHELMING TO HEAR, BUT JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE ELIGIBILITY PROCESS, YOU MAY HEAR FROM -- OKAY.  ALMOST DONE.  I'M DONE.  OKAY.  YOU MAY HEAR FROM OTHERS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR WAIVER OR MEDICAID, AND THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
10:09:37 SO AGAIN, JUST TO REINFORCE, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES, ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.  AND SHOULD YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US HERE AT THE TRAINING UNIT, OUR E-MAIL IS DOH.DDDTRAINING@DOH.HAWAII.GOV.  I WANT TO PREFACE IT WITH I'M NOT AN INTAKE WORKER, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU INITIAL INFORMATION.
10:09:57 AND SHOULD YOU NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM AN INTAKE WORKER, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.  ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE.  SO LOOK OUT FOR THE CHAT.  I WILL GO AHEAD AND DROP OFF SOME OF THE HANDOUTS THAT I SHOWED EARLIER TODAY AS WELL AS A COPY OF MY POWERPOINT SLIDE.  THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
10:10:23 >> THAT WAS AWESOME.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, ABBY.  I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION PACKED INTO JUST A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION, IT'S REALLY HARD.  SO DON'T WORRY IF YOUR MIND IS LIKE -- THAT WAS A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE.  BUT ABBY IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TODAY.  SO DROP THEM IN THE CHAT, FOLKS.  DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS?  LET'S LOOK TO ZOS AND MICHELLE TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT FOR YOU FOLKS TO ANSWER.
10:10:43 >> SO THIS IS ZOS, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS POSED FOR MICHELLE WAS MICHELLE, ARE YOU AWARE OF A THOROUGH MEDICAL TEMPLATE FOR PARENTS TO USE TO LIST DOCTORS, MEDICATIONS, ET CETERA?
10:11:02 >> SO ACTUALLY ON THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION WEBSITE, WE HAVE OUR TRANSITION WORKBOOKS THAT WERE CREATED BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  AND IN THEM I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE A PORTABLE HEALTH RECORD RECOMMENDATION FOR A PORTABLE HEALTH RECORD.
10:11:17 IF NOT, I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT IF YOU JUST GOOGLE PORTABLE HEALTH RECORD, THEY WOULD HAVE LOTS OF TEMPLATES AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN PERTINENT MEDICAL HISTORY SO YOU CAN CARRY THAT AROUND.
10:11:33 >> AWESOME.  THANK YOU, MICHELLE.  ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MICHELLE, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE THAT A NON-VERBAL YOUNG ADULT HAS HIS OR HER NEEDS COMMUNICATED TO THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER?
10:12:06 >> SO IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIKE THAT INITIAL MEETING, AGAIN, I THINK THAT TRANSITION LETTER FROM YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER OR YOUR PRIMARY PCP IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.  I'VE DONE THAT FOR SOME OF MY KIDS, ACTUALLY, ADULTS WITH METABOLIC DISEASES, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DOCTORS HAVE ONLY REALLY HEARD ABOUT IN MEDICAL TEXTBOOKS.  AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL.
10:12:15 AND HAVING SOMETHING FROM A DOCTOR TO A DOCTOR I THINK IS USEFUL.  DID THAT ANSWER THAT QUESTION WELL?
10:12:39 >> I HOPE SO.  [LAUGHS] THIS NEXT QUESTION I BELIEVE IS FOR ABBY.  DO YOU HAVE TO BE A U.S. CITIZEN TO RECEIVE SERVICES?  THIS PERSON'S SON'S SCHOOL HAS A FEW STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS, BUT THEY NEED THESE SERVICES.
10:13:05 >> HELLO.  THIS IS ABIGAIL FROM DDD.  IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE.  BUT FOR THE MOST PART, MANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE APPLYING TO DDD WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME OF THOSE MEDICAID SERVICES OR THE WAIVER SERVICES AS WE CALL, AND FOR THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU DO NEED TO BE A U.S. CITIZEN.
10:13:18 IF THEY ARE A RESIDENT THERE ARE DIFFERENT ELIGIBILITY TYPES OF DOCUMENTS.  I HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT YOU REACH OUT TO OUR INTAKE OFFICE, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU WITH THAT.
10:13:33 >> AWESOME.  THANK YOU, ABBY.  THIS NEXT QUESTION IS FROM CHRIS, AND HE WRITES, OR SHE WRITES HOW DO I CREATE A FOSTER HOME FOR DDD-ELIGIBLE YOUNG ADULTS?
10:13:54 >> OKAY.  SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE OPTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME -- HAVE A LICENSED HOME WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION, JUST SO YOU FOLKS KNOW TO PREFACE IT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIVING SETTINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT -- WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES -- DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CAN LIVE.
10:14:22 BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING OUR FOSTER HOME WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION, I CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION WITH OUR CERTIFICATION UNIT.  THEY CAKE OF CERTIFICATION AND CERTIFYING ALL THE HOMES THAT ARE UNDER OUR SUPERVISION WITH THE DDD.  I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THE CHAT.  AND I'LL SEND YOU A MESSAGE FOR THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
10:14:32 >> AWESOME.  THANK YOU, ABBY.  THIS LAST QUESTION IS FROM SHERRY, AND SHE ASKS WHAT IQ LEVEL QUALIFIES FOR DDD SERVICES?
10:14:59 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BECAUSE -- WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC FORMULA THAT WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT SO MANY STANDARD DEVIATIONS, WITHIN THE IQ.  AGAIN, I WOULD ADVISE YOU FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO OUR INTAKE OFFICE, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU.
10:15:18 BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT IQ LEVELS, IT WOULD NEED TO COME FROM A STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT.  AND THEN OUR ELIGIBILITY AND OUR INTAKE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF ASSESSMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE.
10:15:34 >> AWESOME.  THANK YOU, ABBY.  ANOTHER QUESTION JUST CAME IN FROM JONAS.  ASIDE FROM CONTACTING VIA PHONE FOR DDD INTAKE APPLICATION, WILL ONLINE INTAKE APPLICATION FORMS BE AVAILABLE.
10:15:55 >> WE ARE HOPING SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  WE HERE AT DDD, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR INSPIRE SYSTEM.  IT'S OUR ELECTRONIC CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.  IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE ARE HOPING TO OPEN A CUSTOMER PORTAL IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENTS THROUGH THERE.
10:16:07 FINGERS CROSSED, IT WILL HAPPEN SOON.  BUT FOR NOW, OUR CENTRAL INTAKE NUMBER WOULD BE THE BEST BET FOR YOU FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO OUR INTAKE.
10:16:33 >> AWESOME.  OKAY.  THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS IN THE Q&A.  I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE PROVIDING ANY QUESTIONS.  WE'LL WAIT FOR JUST ANOTHER MOMENT TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO PLACE A QUESTION IN THE Q&A BOX.  IF NOT, WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO AMANDA.  THANK YOU.
10:16:34 >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
10:17:02 >> THANK YOU GUYS.  THAT WAS GREAT.  AND MAYBE ABBY, CAN YOU DROP THE INTAKE LINE NUMBER INTO THE CHAT SO FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT?  THAT WOULD BE GREAT.  AND WE WILL GET THESE PRESENTATIONS UP AGAIN ON THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION WEBSITE.  SO BE SURE TO LOOK FOR THOSE.  IF YOU'RE LIKE WHAT WAS SHE TALKING ABOUT OR WHAT WAS THAT THING THAT MICHELLE HAD?  ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE UP AND AVAILABLE TO YOU.
10:17:34 SO, LET'S SEE.  WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MINUTES.  WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT IS GO TO OUR BREAK IN A MOMENT, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE PRIZE NAMES THAT I WANT TO ANNOUNCE.  SO LET'S SEE.  LET'S DO FOUR.  I'M GOING TO DO FOUR NAMES.  SO IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE DROP YOUR E-MAIL IN THE Q&A FOR US SO THAT WE CAN SEND YOU YOUR PRIZE, ELECTRONIC GIFT CARDS.  THEY ARE COMING FROM AMAZON OR STARBUCKS AND MORE, FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR FOOTSTEPS PLANNERS.
10:17:54 SO HERE'S OUR FIRST ONE.  TIANA TAHIRO.  IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY, COULD YOU LET US KNOW BY SHARING YOUR E-MAIL IN THE Q&A.  SO WE CAN GET YOUR PRIZE TO YOU.  THE NEXT ONE IS CHRIS BAKEMAN.  CHRIS, PLEASE DROP YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE Q&A FOR US.
10:18:13 RACQUEL BURNHOLTZ, ARE YOU HERE TODAY?  PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR CONTACT INFO.  AND OUR LAST ONE YEAR AT THIS ROUND IS STEPHANIE RATCLIFFE.  IF YOU HAVE HERE, PLEASE DO SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN SHARE A PRIZE WITH YOU.
10:18:25 ALL RIGHT.  AND I SEE ABBY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT INTAKE LINE THERE, EVEN IF YOUR NEIGHBOR ISLAND, ABBY, PEOPLE CAN STILL CALL THAT 733 NUMBER NUMBER, IS THAT CORRECT?
10:18:36 >> YES, MA'AM, EVERYONE CAN STILL CALL THAT CENTRAL NUMBER.  IF YOU ARE ON THE NEIGHBOR ISLAND, THEY WILL DIRECT YOU TO A LIVE PERSON TO TURN IN YOUR DOCUMENTS TO THEM ON YOUR ISLAND.
10:18:48 >> SUPER.  AND IT DOES TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS, RIGHT?  IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, I TURNED MY DOCUMENTS IN AND NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.  HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE USUALLY?
10:19:15 >> THE OFFICIAL ANSWER?  [LAUGHS] IT DOES ACTUALLY TAKE -- GENERALLY FOR US TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IT DOES TAKE ABOUT 30 DAYS.  HOWEVER, THE CLOCK STARTS WHEN ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO OUR INTAKE OFFICE.  SO WHAT WE LIKE TO RECOMMEND IS SPEAK TO OUR INTAKE WORKERS.  THEY WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
10:19:24 AND AS SOON AS ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE TURNED IN, THEN IT WILL BE REFERRED TO OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
10:19:26 >> SUPER.  THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT.
10:19:28 >> THANK YOU.
10:19:42 >> AND, LET'S SEE, I HAD AUDIO QUESTION AND IT POPPED OUT.  THAT'S WHY YOU GOT TO TYPE THEM OUT AS SOON AS THEY GO IN, YOU GOT TO TYPE THEM OUT SO THEY DON'T GO BACK OUT AGAIN WITHOUT NOTICING.  MICHELLE, I THINK THAT WAS FOR YOU.
10:20:01 WHEN DO YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR FOLKS TO START PLANNING THIS HEALTH TRANSITION FROM PEDIATRICS, SHOULD WE START BEFORE THEY'RE 18, SHOULD WE START BEFORE THEY'RE 21, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES STAY THE SAME.  WHEN DO YOU THINK IS A GOOD TIME TO REALLY START THINKING ABOUT THIS HEALTH TRANSITION?
10:20:37 >> SO, JUST LIKE WITH DR. BLACK, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HEALTHCARE TRANSITION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING THE SKILLS, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT THAT I HAD SHOWN JUST BRIEFLY AT THE END, WITH THOSE SKILL-BUILDING THINGS, WE SAY START AS EARLY AS YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HAVING THEM, EVEN LEARN SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEIR MEDICATIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THEIR DISABILITY OR WHAT THEIR CONDITION IS.
10:21:05 SAYING HELLO TO THE DOCTOR, NOT BEING JUST A SILENT PERSON ON THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST SAYING SOMETHING, SAYING -- ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS, AS EARLY AS THEY CAN.  I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.  WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE TRANSITION, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN THE THINGS THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT INVOLVING YOUR PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST AND INVOLVING YOUR PEDIATRICIAN, DON'T EXPECT STUFF TO HAPPEN JUST LIKE IN A MONTH.
10:21:22 RIGHT?  I MEAN IF YOU ARE ASKING FOR A LETTER, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR THOSE PARAGRAPHS, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS OR YOU'RE ASKING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD START AT LEAST A FEW YEARS BEFORE YOU'RE THINKING THAT TRANSITION NEEDS TO OCCUR.
10:21:30 YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S BETTER TO BE PREPARED THAN TO BE CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN.
10:21:42 >> NOBODY WANTS TO BE CAUGHT WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN.  [LAUGHS] ESPECIALLY DURING COVID.  RHONDA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?  I SEE YOU HAVE TURNED YOUR CAMERA BACK ON.  ARE YOU JUST BEING SOCIABLE?
10:21:49 >> I WAS JUST BEING SOCIABLE.  [LAUGHS].
10:22:21 >> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW INTO A SHORT BREAK.  SO LET ME POST THAT UP THERE.  OUR BREAK NOW IS FROM 1:20 TO 1:25.  SO A FEW MINUTES TO GET YOURSELF SOMETHING TO DRINK, SOMETHING TO EAT.  WRITE DOWN SOME QUESTIONS, CLICK ON ONE OF THOSE LINKS IN THE CHAT.  AND CHECK OUT SOME OF THOSE WEBSITES AND PUT THE TRANSITION IN THERE, THE DDD, SO DO A LITTLE EXPLORING AND WE WILL COME BACK AT 10:25.
10:25:56 WE'LL SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.  AND DON'T FORGET, IF YOU ARE TIANA, CHRIS, RACQUEL, STEPHANIE, PLEASE DO DROP US A LINE IN THE Q&A SO WE CAN GET YOUR PRIZE OUT TO YOU.  ALOHA.  [BREAK].
10:26:05 >> I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ERIC FOLK AND HA'AHEO PAGAN.  YOU HAVE THE SHARED SCREEN.
10:26:07 >> AWESOME.  CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY?
10:26:08 >> YES, WE CAN.
10:26:13 >> SO HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER THE SPEAKER'S TIME.
10:26:18 >> YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES SO.
10:26:39 >> SOUNDS GOOD.  MY NAME IS ERIC FOLK.  AND I AM A PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AT THE CENTER ON DISABILITY STUDIES, WHICH IS PART OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT UH.  WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GRANTS OR CONTRACTS THAT ARE FOCUSED AROUND SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO GO TO COLLEGE
10:27:02 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY, A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.  WE ALSO HAVE A GRANT CONTRACT WITH THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION TO OFFER SELF-DETERMINATION TRAINING FOR GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS AND PARENTS, AND TO DATE WE'VE DONE HUNDREDS OF THESE PRESENTATIONS ACROSS HAWAII, ACROSS THE ISLANDS, BOTH REMOTE AND ALSO ON THE U.S. MAINLAND WE'VE DONE SEVERAL AS WELL.
10:27:10 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT TRAINING IS RAISE THE BARRON AWARENESS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME SELF-DETERMINED.
10:27:25 I'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THAT LATER.  THE MAIN MESSAGE IS TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO GO TO COLLEGE.  AND I WANT TO START WITH JUST TWO QUICK STORIES.
10:27:41 11 YEARS AGO WE STARTED WORKING ON OUR FIRST NATIONAL FEDERAL GRANT OUT OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TPSID.  AND IT STANDS FOR TRANSITION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
10:28:01 SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT IS BUILDING CAPACITY IN OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, THE UH COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH ID TO GO TO COLLEGE, FULL INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN GROUPS, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING SEPARATE, CLASSES THAT ARE SPECIAL.
10:28:18 STUDENTS TAKE THE SAME CLASSES AS ANYBODY ELSE.  TYPICALLY IF YOU'RE A STUDENT WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY YOU START WITH US THE SUMMER BEFORE DOING SOME SUMMER CURRICULUM TO GET READY FOR COLLEGE.  WE'VE PROBABLY MET YOU IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AND BEFORE YOU TRANSITIONED.
10:28:31 AND THEN YOU DO COACHING WITH US ABOUT THREE HOURS A WEEK, AND YOU TAKE A CLASS OR TWO TO START.  AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE BUILD FROM THERE AND THE STUDENT WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH COLLEGE AS FAR AS THEY WANT TO GO.
10:28:50 WE OFFER A CERTIFICATE THROUGH OUR CENTER THAT'S FOR TWO-YEAR PARTICIPATION PROGRAM AS STANDARD.  AND THAT'S ISSUED THROUGH OUR CENTER.  BUT OUR HOPE IS THE STUDENTS WILL GO TO COLLEGE LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE U TYPICAL OR WILL GO TO COLLEGE AND DECIDE IT'S NOT FOR THEM.
10:29:06 A CERTAIN NUMBER WILL GO FOR A FEW YEARS AND NOT COMPLETE.  A CERTAIN NUMBER WILL GO AND COMPLETE AND POSSIBLY MOVE ON.  SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE THAT SAME LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH ID, STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITYS AND OTHER DISABILITIES.
10:29:21 AND ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE ACCESS.  WHAT THE STUDENTS DECIDE TO DO WITH THAT ACCESS IS UP TO THEM AND THEIR VISION FOR THEIR FUTURE.  AND WE'RE THERE TO HELP THEM SUPPORT THAT VISION.  I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF TALKING SO I'M GOING TO START SHARING AND GO INTO MORE DETAIL.
10:29:49 BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS, THE TWO STORIES AND THEN ONE THING I WANT TO TELL YOU FIRST IS STUDENTS WITH ID CAN GO TO VANDERBILT, STUDENTS WITH ID CAN GO TO THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, GEORGIA TECH, THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, THEY CAN GO TO UCLA.  AND SO OVER THE LAST TEN OR 20 YEARS WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUILDING UP CAPACITY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH ID, SPECIFICALLY, BUT OTHER DISABILITIES AS WELL TO GO TO COLLEGE.
10:30:04 SO SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS AREN'T FULLY INCLUSIVE.  THEY'LL HAVE AN INCLUSIVE COMPONENT, BUT THE REAL THING TO REMEMBER IS IF YOU THINK -- IF YOU'RE THINKING OF COLLEGE AS IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO AND HOW WE TREATED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ESPECIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES, IT'S DIFFERENT NOW.
10:30:23 THERE ARE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES.  ACROSS THE U.S. THERE ARE OVER 300 PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH ID TO GO TO COLLEGE.  SO THOSE TWO STORIES I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS ABOUT TEN OR 11 YEARS AGO WE STARTED WORKING WITH FARRING TON HIGH SCHOOL AND LAURA PAUL WHO IS A WELL-KNOWN TRANSITION TEACHER THERE.
10:30:38 AND WE MET A BUNCH OF STUDENTS AND A BUNCH OF STUDENTS STARTED FIRST YEAR WE STARTED WITH FOUR STUDENTS WITH ID AND THE PROGRAM BUILT OVER THE YEARS.  AND TWO OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO STARTED WITH US EARLY ON, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST STRUGGLED.
10:31:00 ONE THEM WAS A DIPLOMA TRACK, ONE WAS A CERTIFICATE STUDENT.  AND THEY BOTH HAD ON THEIR RECORD THAT THEY WERE INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.  WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT SO THE STUDENTS WENT THROUGH THE THE DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES AND STARTED TAKING ENGLISH 9 AND STARTED PASSING THOSE, SOME OF PASSED THEM FROM THE BEGINNING.
10:31:19 AND ONE OF THE STUDENTS PASSED ENGLISH 100, AND AT THAT POINT WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, THIS PERSON IS VERY MOTIVATED, THEY WORK HARD, THEY HAVE A VERY SUPPORTIVE FAMILY.  AND THE OTHER PERSON WAS THERE TOO, IT WAS NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT FROM FAMILY BUT WAS WORKING VERY HARD AS WELL.
10:31:40 AND AGAIN, BOTH THESE PEOPLE SCORED LESS THAN 75 ON I CAN TESTS AND THEY WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE.  ONE OF THEM WAS TOLD BY THEIR COUNSELOR AND TEACHERS, COLLEGE ISN'T FOR YOU, IT'S GOING TO BE TOO HARD AND YOU'RE NOT READY FOR IT.  WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS WE MAKE IS THE STUDENTS WE WORK WITH ARE UNDERPREPARED FOR COLLEGE.
10:31:48 WHO'S TO SAY THE COLLEGES THEY FACE IN COLLEGE ARE ABOUT THEIR DISABILITY.  THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN TALKED ON TO ABOUT COLLEGE IN MOST CASES PREPARED FOR COLLEGE.
10:32:10 SO THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS KEPT GOING AND PASSED CLASSES AND PRETTY SOON THEY STARTED SEEING COLLEGE AS A REAL OPTION FOR THEM.  TWO STUDENTS WITH IDS LESS THAN 70 ON IQ TESTS.  BEFORE WE KNEW IT BOTH OF THEM HAD EARNED CERTIFICATES AT THE UH COMMUNITY COLLEGE HONOLULU CAMPUS.
10:32:31 AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, BOTH OF THEM HAD JOBS, PART-TIME JOBS, WHAT WE CALL TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT IN DVR LANGUAGE.  AND WANTED TO KEEP GOING TO SCHOOL.  SO THEY HAD A CERTIFICATE.  MANY STUDENTS GO TO COLLEGE FOR A CERTIFICATE AND THEN GET THAT.  IT'S BEFORE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.  BOTH DECIDED THEY WANTED TO KEEP GOING.
10:32:53 ONE OF THEM GOT HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE LIKE, WHOA, COOL, THIS IS GREAT.  AND THEN THE OTHER ONE GOT ONE CLASS AWAY FROM HER ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, BUT DECIDED SHE WANTED TO TRANSFER TO UH MANOA.  SHE HAD THE CREDITS AND GRADES AND WE'RE LIKE HOW DO WE DO THAT?  HOW ARE WE GOING TO HELP THIS PERSON AND SUPPORT THEM?
10:33:04 IT WAS THE SAME MODEL.  SHE TRANSFERRED TO UH AND IS DORMED AND AFTER THE FIRST SEMESTER SHE PASSED ALL HER CLASSES, LIKE, WHOA, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
10:33:14 SO SHE HAD ACTUALLY ENDED UP SPEAKING AT THE HCC GRADUATION FOR SEVEN MINUTES IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS TALKING ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE.  IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
10:33:27 SO THE OTHER STUDENT SEEING THIS STUDENT GO TO UH SAID I WANT TO DO THIS TOO AND HE HAD EARNED HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE SO HE TRANSFERRED TO UH SO FAST FORWARD TO TODAY.
10:33:41 BOTH OF THESE STUDENTS WORK FOR US BECAUSE THEY'RE SO GOOD.  I MEAN THEY'RE SO GOOD.  I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THEIR WEEKENDS OR I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU BUT YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR THEIR STORIES IN THE FUTURE.  I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
10:34:06 SO FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, ONE OF THE STUDENTS IS ABOUT TO GRADUATE NEXT SEMESTER WITH A UNIVERSITY DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND STUDIES.  BUT THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE JUST LIKE A SEMESTER AGO SHE RETURNED FROM DOING INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE TO LONDON DURING THE PEAK OF COVID.
10:34:21 THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE COACHING HER TWO OR THREE HOURS A WEEK AND THE WHOLE SOMETIME THYME SHE'S DEVELOPED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SKILLS AND WORK ETHIC.  BOTH OF THESE STORIES ARE VERY UNUSUAL BUT THEY SHOW YOU THE HIGH END OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITH A LOT OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT.
10:34:48 AND OH, SOMEONE ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS IS ON THERE TODAY.  I WANTED TO TELL YOU THESE STORIES BECAUSE THIS STUDENT STARTED FROM MAYBE NOT BEING ABLE TO CROSS THE STREET BY HERSELF OR MAKE CHANGE TO GRADUATING, EARNING A CERTIFICATE, TRANSFERRING TO UH, GOING ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE BY HERSELF, FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THAT BY HERSELF WITH COACHING SUPPORT AND BEING SUCCESSFUL THERE.
10:35:06 AND COMING BACK AND NOW SHE'S ON THE VERGE OF EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND SHE'S A BEEN DORMING THE WHOLE TIME.  PRETTY INCREDIBLE.  BLOWS MY MIND HEARING MYSELF TALK ABOUT IT.  IT'S THE RANGE OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE.  OTHER STUDENTS WE WORK WITH SAID AFTER A SEMESTER COLLEGE IS NOT FOR ME.  SOME WENT ON FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
10:35:18 THERE'S A RANGE OF OUTCOMES THAT REPRESENTS HOPEFULLY CLOSE TO WHAT TYPICAL STUDENTS HAVE.  THE MAIN REASON WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS IS COLLEGE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
10:35:30 YOU CAN START WITH ONE CLASS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM AND JUST TRY IT OUT.  YOU HAVE COACH HELPING YOU ALONG THE WAY TRYING TO DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS YOU'LL NEED.  AND ALL ALONG OUR COACHES ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON THE LONG-TERM PICTURE.
10:35:41 SO EVEN ONE SEMESTER OR TWO SEMESTERS OF COLLEGE IS ASSOCIATED OR CORRELATED WITH HIGHER EARNING OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS OVER A LIFETIME.
10:35:51 SO OUR POINT IS LET'S GET THEM IN IF THEY CAN GET FOR ONE SEMESTER OR TWO SEMESTER OR THREE YEARS OR TEN YEARS, SIX-MONTH MATTER WHAT IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM.  IT'S A GREAT ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN AND GROW.
10:36:06 THEY LIKE TO SHED THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION LABEL AND THEY LIKE TO DEVELOP THE ABILITIES TO DEAL WITH THESE HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.  AND THE MAIN THING WE DO DURING THIS TIME IS WE TRY TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THE SKILLS THEY NEED FOR SELF-DETERMINATION.
10:36:15 THEY GET A LOT BETTER AT MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICES.  THEY GET BETTER AT MAKING THEIR OWN DECISIONS.  THEY GET BETTER AT PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING.
10:36:33 AND ALONG THE WAY THEY HAVE A COACH THERE TO HELP THEM BUT THE COACH IS NOT TELLING WHAT TO DO.  THE COACH IS NOT TUTORING THEM.  THE COACH IS SUPPORTING THEM TO LEARN SKILLS.  THAT'S HOW THE PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.  I'M GOING TO SHARE A COUPLE THINGS BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT, TEN MINUTES ALREADY, AMANDA?  I FORGOT WHAT TIME I STARTED.
10:36:34 >> YOU'RE GOOD.  YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
10:36:54 >> SO I'M GOING TO ZIP THROUGH THIS SLIDE, SHOW QUICK TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, MORE BACKGROUND.  SO WE'RE CALLED THE POSTSECONDARY SUPPORT PROJECT, PSP, AND WE'RE AT THE CENTER ON DISABILITY STUDIES AT UH, AND THAT'S THE GRANT INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT.
10:37:05 SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU REALLY QUICK WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO DO HERE IS TO CREATE INCLUSIVE COLLEGE CAMPUSES THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH A VARIETY OF ABILITIES AND SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
10:37:25 AND WE PROVIDE TRANSITION AND POST-SECONDARY SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH ID, WELL, ALL DISABILITIES, BEYOND WHAT IS PROVIDE BY ON CAMPUS SUPPORTER.  JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WE HAVE THREE PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS.  THERE'S A TPSID GRANT SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH ID, PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM GO TO COLLEGE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
10:37:36 THEY DON'T RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM US.  THEY GO TO COLLEGE, FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE A CLASS OR TWO IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM WHICH ISN'T THAT EXPENSIVE AND WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AT NO COST.
10:37:56 THAT COACHING SUPPORT THAT I MENTIONED.  WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION WHO HAVE BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER.  AND BASICALLY IF YOUR STUDENT IS WITH DDD, AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN COLLEGE, THE GATEWAY IS VERY WIDE OPEN FOR THAT.  YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK YOUR CASE MANAGER ABOUT THE PSP PROGRAM.
10:38:22 AND THEY CAN REFER YOU TO US.  THE NEXT WAY WE HAVE IS WE CAN SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH ANY DISABILITIES THAT ARE CLIENTS OR POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES THROUGH DVR.  BUT THIS IS A DVR GATEWAY.  SO YOU HAVE TO TALK TO YOUR COUNSELOR ABOUT IT, AND WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT PROGRAMS, BUT DVR IS THE THAT CAN OFFER THIS SERVICE.
10:38:34 IN GENERAL THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE PROGRAMS.  SO IF YOU ARE A CLIENT OF DVR, YOU WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, THAT FITS WITH YOUR CAREER GOAL THEN DVR WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT POSSIBLY REFERRING YOU TO OUR PROGRAM.
10:38:55 SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN PATHWAYS INTO OUR PROGRAM OF SUPPORT.  JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MODEL COMPONENTS.  WE'RE BASED ON HIGH EXPECTATIONS.  WE EXPECT STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE AT WHATEVER LEVEL THEY CAN DO WITH HARD WORK.  WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS STUDENTS WITH ID AND OTHER DISABILITIES THEY MIGHT HAVE HIGH END LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF.
10:39:13 THEY MIGHT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.  HOWEVER WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR LIMIT IS.  BECAUSE PROBABLY WE HAVEN'T TESTED IT THAT MUCH UP TILL NOW.  SO WE WANT TO LEAVE OPEN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO REALLY BLOOM, THEY'RE GOING TO WORK 30 HOURS A WEEK ON THIS STUFF.
10:39:25 AND THEY'RE GOING TO FLY AT HIGH LEVELS AND OTHERS ARE GOING TO GROW A LOT BUT MAYBE NOT THAT MUCH AND OTHERS ARE GOING TO FIND A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH OVER TIME BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS ALL THOSE LEVELS OF GROWTH.
10:39:36 AND THE BIG THING WE DO IS SELF-DETERMINATION TRAINING.  WE REALLY FOCUS ON PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING, NOT ONLY AS MEETINGS BUT ALSO THAT THE PERSON IS WORKING ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL PLAN.
10:39:55 THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY FRONT DOOR FIRST.  BEFORE WE PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT WE LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS AND WE SUPPORT THE STUDENT TO GO TO THAT SUPPORT.  SO INSTEAD OF TUTORING, OUR COACHES WILL TALK TO THE STUDENT ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED HELP WITH AND HOW TO GET HELP.  SO WE'RE KIND OF A FACILITATOR OF SUPPORT.
10:40:06 OUR COACHING MODEL CHANGES OVER THE TIME.  IT MIGHT AT THE BEGINNING BE VERY MUCH ABOUT HOW TO GET YOUR ID BUT THAT WILL CHANGE OVER TIME TO BE LIKE HOW YOU GET A JOB.
10:40:23 SO IT CHANGES AS THE STUDENT MATURES AND GROWS.  WE ALSO HAVE A PEER MENTORING COMPONENT.  THE BEST MODEL FOR LEARNING IS THE PERSON THAT'S MOST LIKE YOU WHICH IS OFTEN YOUR PEERS.  SO WE HAVE PEER COACHES OR MENTORS THAT WORK WITH THE STUDENTS BY REQUEST.
10:40:44 SO FRONT DOOR FIRST, TALKED ABOUT THAT.  DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE.  ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE ADAPTIVE COACHING MODEL IS WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS INVISIBLE AS POSSIBLE.  ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAY IS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT US BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SHIRTS, AN OFFICE, WE DON'T ADVERTISE OUR PROGRAM AS MUCH AS TRY TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT TO BE A COLLEGE STUNT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.
10:41:08 SO WE TRY TO BE AS INVISIBLE AS POSSIBLE IN OUR SERVICE PROVISION.  WE ALSO THERE'S AN ACTIVITY WE DO EVERY END OF JULY EARLY AUGUST CALLED CAMP MANOA.  IT'S FOUR DAYS THREE NIGHTS IN THE DORMS AT UH MANOA.  IT'S A FULL DAY OF TRAINING, HARD WORK BUT THE STUDENTS STILL HAVE FUN.  THE FOCUS IS SELF-DETERMINATION.
10:41:24 AND WE WILL BE SENDING OUT FLYERS ABOUT THAT, I DON'T KNOW, LATER.  IT'S GOING TO BE I THINK THE LAST OR THIRD WEEK OF JULY.  AND INFORMATION WILL BE FLOWING THROUGH THE ORIGINAL, THROUGH DVR AND DDD AND WHATNOT.
10:41:42 IT'S REALLY FUN ACTIVITY, THERE'S PEER COACHES THERE, THERE'S TYPICAL COLLEGE COUNSELORS AS WELL.  IT'S A RIGOROUS THING BUT THE STUDENTS REALLY ENJOY IT.  AT THE END OF THE CAMP THEY PRESENT ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY AND THOSE PRESENTATIONS ARE AMAZING.
10:41:51 SO FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WE'LL SHARE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION LATER.  SO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS SELF-DETERMINATION TRAINING OR AS WE CALL IT SELF AREA.
10:42:05 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION AND MARY BROGAN HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.  WE TEACH AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO-HOUR INTRO SESSION TO SELF-DETERMINATION.
10:42:21 I'M GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.  WE OFFER THIS TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AT SCHOOL.  WE GO TO SOME SCHOOLS AND DO THAT TRAINING.  WE DO THIS TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS, FOR SMALL GROUPS.  WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IT FOR PARENT GROUPS IF THERE'S ANY PARENT GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS.
10:42:26 THERE'S NO COST FOR THE TRAINING.  I'LL BE SHARING THAT IN A WHILE.
10:42:36 SO, THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE SELF-DETERMINATION HAS BEEN A HUGE PHRASE IN OUR FIELD FOREVER.  AND.
10:42:37 >> MINUTE LEFT.
10:43:01 >> GOT IT.  THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON TOGETHER TO BUILD CAPACITY.  THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT SELF-DETERMINATION THE MORE WE'LL BE ON THE SAME PAGE.  THIS IS A FLYER.  THE FLYER THAT IS EXPLAINING OUR SELF-DETERMINATION TRAINING.  AND IF YOU E-MAIL ME OR PUT YOUR NAME IN THE LINK IN THE CHAT, WE CAN E-MAIL YOU THIS DIRECTLY.  OR I CAN GIVE IT TO AMANDA TO SHARE.
10:43:15 BUT THIS IS A PSP AND THIS OTHER PROGRAM CALLED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER, THAT'S ALSO US THEN CDS AND THE DDD.  SO THIS WILL GIVE YOU CONTACT INFORMATION.  AND WE'D LOVE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
10:43:42 A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.  IN MARCH 2022 WE'RE PLANNING SOME COLLEGE INFORMATION SESSIONS.  IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE, PLEASE E-MAIL US AT CDSPSP@HAWAII.EDU.  WE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER MAILING LISTS FOR INCLUSIVE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION NETWORK.  IT'S CDSPSP TOO.  IF YOU SEND US THE E-MAIL WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
10:43:55 WE ARE LOOK FOR MEMBERS TO HELP OUR INCLUSIVE POSTSECONDARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL HELP US SET UP FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMS AT OUR UNIVERSITIES.  HERE'S MORE INFORMATION.  THERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER.  I GUESS YOU HAVE IT NOW.
10:44:04 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.  WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.  I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF WE STILL HAVE TIME.  THANK YOU, EVERYONE.  APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
10:44:21 >> THANK YOU, ERIC.  THAT WAS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.  SO WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AT THE END.  SO START PUTTING THOSE IN THE CHAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ANY PARTS OF THE PROJECTS, ANYTHING THAT'S COMING UP.  YOU TALKED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER.
10:44:37 SO LOOK FOR THAT INFORMATION.  WE WILL GET THIS POSTED UP ON THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION WEBSITE.  ERIC, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STOP SHARE, THERE WE GO.  OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DISABILITY OFFICES AT THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES AROUND OUR STATE.
10:44:42 AND THAT IS HA'AHEO PAGAN.  TAKE IT AWAY, HA'AHEO.
10:45:03 >> THANK YOU, AMANDA.  GOOD MORNING.  MY NAME IS HA'AHEO.  I'M A CAREER AND TRANSFER COUNSELOR AT WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.  TODAY I'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THE SERVICES WE OFFER ON OUR CAMPUS SEAMLESSLY TRANSITION TO ACROSS OUR UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM.  SO MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE OFFER ON OUR CAMPUS ARE OFFERED SYSTEM-WIDE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM
10:45:20 FOR TODAY I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION BUT I DO WANT TO POINT YOUR DIRECTION TO OUR DISABILITIES SERVICES WEBSITE WHERE IT DOES INCLUDE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE OUT OF OUR OFFICE, WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL STUDENTS.
10:45:34 I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT BUT FOR NOW I DID PUT THE LINK TO OUR DISABILITIES SERVICES WEBSITE.  AND ON OUR CAMPUS.  AND I'LL SHARE IT AS WELL.
10:46:01 SO SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CAMPUS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS.  LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS STEMS ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM.  AND SOME OF THOSE SERVICES TO ACCESS ARE EXTENDED TEST TIME, DISTRACTION-FREE ENVIRONMENT SO WHETHER THAT BE RESERVING A ROOM OR A QUIET AREA TO DO TESTS, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, EXAMS.
10:46:21 WE HAVE READER SUBSCRIBERS.  WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS WITH NOTE-TAKING, HELPS TO TRANSCRIBE DIFFERENT AREAS OF READINGS, WHETHER IT BE PDF, PNG, THE LIST GOES ON.  ENLARGEMENT OF PRINTED MATERIAL, ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING CALCULATORS, TAPE RECORDER MATERIALS.
10:46:41 ALTERNATE FORMATS, MEANING SO WITH REGARDS TO ACTUAL COURSES, WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF OFFERINGS.  WE HAVE ONLINE COURSES WHERE WE CAN DO THEM SPECIFICALLY ONLINE WHICH WE CALL ASYNCHRONOUS, A MIXTURE OF IN-PERSON AND ONLINE, WHICH IS OUR HYBRID, AND THEN WE HAVE STRICTLY ON CAMPUS.
10:46:56 IN PERSON COURSES.  SO WE HAVE A RANGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COURSEWORK AT THE POSTSECONDARY LEVEL.  WE ALSO HAVE A DESIGNATED PARKING AND ACCESS FOR PERSONS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
10:47:16 WE WILL WHEELCHAIR RAMPS, NOTE TAKERS, CLASS RELOCATION AND USE OF ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT.  SO WHEN I GO OVER THOSE, LIKE NOTE TAKERS, WE HAVE SPECIFIC TUTORS OR PEER MENTORS WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH NOTE TAKERS TO SIT IN THE CLASS, WHETHER THE CLASS IS OFFERED ONLINE VIA ZOOM OR IN PERSON.
10:47:36 AND WITH REGARDS TO ACCESSING THESE SERVICES AT ANY OF THE DISABILITY SERVICES OFFICES ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM, AND MORE SPECIFIC TO OUR CAMPUS, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR US IS OF COURSE WE HAVE TO MEET WITH OUR INTERIM DISABILITIES COUNSELOR, ROY, HAVE HIS INFORMATION DOWNRIGHT HERE.
10:47:49 I'LL POST THAT IN THE CHAT TO MAKE IT READILY AVAILABLE.  SO WE HAVE HIS LOCATION TO OUR OFFICE ON OUR CAMPUS.  WE HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER, DIRECT LINE TO HIS OFFICE AS WELL AS AN E-MAIL.
10:48:10 SO WHAT WE REQUIRE THROUGH OUR SERVICES IS DOCUMENTATION, WHETHER IT BE AN IEP FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, ANY DOCUMENTATION YOU HAVE FROM RECENT VISITS, UPDATED VISITS FROM WHETHER IT BE PRIMARY PCP OR YOUR OTHER DOCTORS THAT INCLUDED IN YOUR OVERALL ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GOAL PLANS.
10:48:25 YOU WOULD MEET WITH OUR COUNSELOR, ROY INOUYE, GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WORKED FOR YOU IN THE PAST, WHAT'S WORKING NOW, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES YOU RECEIVED PRIOR, AND THEN CREATE A PLAN.
10:48:37 SO IF YOU REQUIRE EXTENDED TEST TIME, EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT TIME, PRIVATE STUDY ROOMS, RIGHT?  YOU WOULD GENERATE THAT TYPES OF SERVICES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER.
10:48:50 IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL IF IT'S DONE PRIOR TO THE SEMESTER.  SO AS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL EVERYTHING'S ALREADY IN PLACE, YOUR INSTRUCTORS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES YOU ARE GETTING FROM THE DISABILITY SERVICES OFFICE.
10:48:58 AND THEN THOSE THINGS CAN BE JOTTED DOWN AND CLEARED UP BEFORE CLASSES START.
10:49:15 AND THEN ONCE THAT IS DONE, OUR DISABILITIES COUNSELOR WILL ADVOCATE FOR YOU THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEMESTER.  SO DURING THE OUTREACH, REACHING OUT TO YOU, THE INSTRUCTORS, IDENTIFYING WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES YOU FOLKS HAVE DISCUSSED PRIVATELY AND THEN CREATING THAT CONNECTION.
10:49:24 SO DURING THE INITIAL INTRODUCTION OF BOTH THE COUNSELOR AND STUDENT TO THE INSTRUCTOR, FOR EVERY SINGLE COURSE THAT YOU NEED SERVICES FOR.
10:49:44 SO NOT JUST GOING TO REACH OUT TO ONE PERSON.  GOING TO REACH OUT TO EVERY SINGLE INSTRUCTOR THAT YOU HAVE -- YOU ARE REQUESTING SERVICES FOR AS A PART OF THE WORK THAT YOU FOLKS WILL DO COLLABORATIVELY THROUGHOUT YOUR ENTIRE TIME AT WINDWARD OR IF YOU DECIDE TO GO TO KCC, THEY'LL HAVE SIMILAR PROCESSES IN PLACE.
10:50:03 STUDENT ADVOCACY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.  SO ON TOP OF THE SERVICES, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE FOCUSED ON ACCESS THROUGH THE DISABILITY SERVICES OFFICES.  NOW I WANT TO TRY AND GEAR YOU TOWARDS SOME OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE THAT LEAD TOWARDS YOUR OVERALL SUCCESS AT THE CAMPUS.
10:50:18 I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PROGRAM TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES WHICH IS A PROMINENT PROGRAM ON OUR CAMPUS WHO'S HELPED HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WITH THEIR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, INCLUDING MYSELF.
10:50:45 I AM AN ALUMNI OF TRIO, A PROUD ALUMNI AT THAT, WHERE I'VE MET SOME OF THE KINDEST PEOPLES, MY MENTORS, AND LIFELONG FRIENDS.  I PUT THE LINK IN THE CHAT AS WELL TO GIVE YOU DIRECT ACCESS TO THIS WEB PAGE.  SO ON TOP OF SOME OF THE SERVICES YOU COULD PAR CAKE IN DISABILITY SERVICES, THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES AS A PART OF TRIO THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
10:51:00 AND KEYWORD FREE.  IF IT'S FREE, IT'S FOR ME.  RIGHT?  EVERYTHING THAT IS PROVIDED THROUGH TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES IS ABSOLUTELY FREE TO ALL STUDENTS WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
10:51:24 SO WE OFFER INDIVIDUAL AND/OR SMALL GROUP TUTORING SO YOU CAN DO ONE ON ONE WITH THE TUTOR FOR ANY COURSE WE HAVE A TUTOR FOR.  YOU CAN DO SMALL GROUPS.  WE DO SMALL GROUP TUTORS AT TRIO SUPPORT SERVICES WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MAIN BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS.  YOU CAN RENT TEXTBOOKS.  IF WE HAVE TEXTBOOKS ON FILE FOR OUR COURSES YOU ARE CURRENTLY TAKING, WE TO ALLOW FOR RENTALS FOR THE SEMESTER.
10:51:41 WE ALSO ALLOW RENTALS FOR LAPTOPS, HOTSPOTS TO GET YOU ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.  SO IF WE ARE AN AREA OF SPOTTY INTERNET OR WE NEED TO TRAVEL FOR CLASSES IF WE TAKE ONLINE COURSES, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HOTSPOTS.
10:52:01 AND THEN OF COURSE INTENSIVE AND INTENTIONAL ACADEMIC ADVISING WITH THE TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES COUNSELOR.  YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED A GENERAL COUNSELOR WHEN YOU ARE ACCEPTED INTO WINDWARD AND THE OTHER CCS, AND THEN THE DISABILITY SERVICE COUNSELOR WOULD BE ANOTHER SERVICE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
10:52:17 EARLY REGISTRATION FOR COURSES, SO PLANNING YOUR ACADEMICS, EARLY ON AND THEN REGISTERING PRIOR TO BEFORE THE REST OF THE CAMPUS.  SO TRIO STUDENTS HAVE THE LUXURY OF REGISTERING ABOUT A WEEK OR SO BEFORE THE REST OF THE CAMPUS CAN REGISTER.
10:52:25 AND THAT'S SPECIFIC TO OUR CAMPUS.  SO THAT'S ONE -- SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT STUDENTS IN TRIO GET ON OUR CAMPUS.
10:52:45 AND THEN WE COORDINATE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOPS.  SO WE HELP STUDENTS WITH FAFSA, SCHOOL APPLICATIONS, THE LIST GOES ON.  IF IT IS PROVIDING FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS, WE ASSIST STUDENTS WITH THOSE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS TO GET FUNDING.
10:52:57 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET STUDENTS TECHNICALLY PAID TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH HAVING SO MUCH FINANCIAL AID TO PAY FOR COURSES, STUDENTS CAN GET PAID TO GO TO CLASS.  WHICH IS OUR OVERALL GOAL.
10:53:10 AND THEN WE ALSO WORK ON THE TRANSITION AND WHAT FINANCIAL AID LOOKS LIKE AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL IN COMPARISON TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND WE ALSO HELP WITH THAT TRANSITION AS WELL.
10:53:28 WE DO FINANCIAL LITERACY.  SO HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOANS, CREDIT CARDS, BUDGETING THAT YOU WOULD INQUIRE ABOUT OR EVEN TAKE ON AS A STUDENT OR MOVING FORWARD IN YOUR -- INTO ADULTHOOD.
10:53:48 AND UNDERSTANDING GRANT AID SCHOLARSHIPS, TRIO HAS HAIR OWN GRANT AID THEY PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE WORKSHOPS FOR.  WE DO LARGER FINANCIAL AID NIGHTS, TRIO ALSO PROVIDES FREE TAX SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
10:54:07 WE DO SUMMER MATH COURSES THAT ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ALSO INTENSE, WHERE STUDENTS TAKING SUMMER CLASSES, MATH CLASSES, WITH ONE ON ONE TUTORING, SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION, AND THEN LARGER TUTORING SESSIONS AT THE TRIO SS SERVICES.
10:54:32 WE DO MIDNIGHT MADNESS, SO DURING FINALS WEEK, TRIO DOESN'T CLOSE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  SO PROVIDING ACCESS TO STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO STUDY FOR FINALS, GET AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN QUIET STUDY SPACES IN GROUP SETTINGS, ONE ON ONE.  WHATEVER THE STUDENT IS ACCUSTOMED TO, WE WILL TRY AND MEET THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS AT ALL TIMES.
10:54:54 WE ALSO HAVE FREE PRINTING, FREE COMPUTER USE ON TOP OF THE LAPTOP RENTALS, BOOK RENTALS.  AND THEN OF COURSE FUN AND FOOD.  TRIO IS FOCUSED AROUND STRENGTHENING STUDENT CONNECTIONS, YOUR PEER TO PEER INTERACTION AND GAINING LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS THAT EXTEND BOTH WITHIN THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
10:55:23 AND WINDWARD, NO PERSONAL BIAS BUT WINDWARD IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS TO BE AT.  JUST THE SERVICES THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM DOES PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS, IT'S HUMBLING TO BE A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION, TO TRULY UNDERSTAND AFFORDING STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO ACCOMMODATIONS THAT BEST FIT THEIR NEEDS THROUGHOUT THEIR POST-SECONDARY ADVENTURES.
10:55:37 SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU FOLKS RIGHT NOW.  AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS FOR BOTH MYSELF AND ERIC.  BUT, YEAH.  AWESOME.  THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.
10:55:49 >> THANK YOU, HA'AHEO PAGAN.  THAT WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM.  AND JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SPECIFIC TO WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A LOT OF THESE SERVICES DO EXTEND TO THE OTHER COLLEGES, IS THAT CORRECT?
10:56:05 >> CORRECT, YEAH.  SO THROUGH OUR DISABILITY SERVICES, EVERYTHING I'VE SHOWN ON OUR WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE AT ALL OF THE OTHER UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM COLLEGES IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM, YES.  AND YOU HAVE ASSIGNED COUNSELORS AT THOSE CAMPUSES AS WELL.
10:56:15 >> FANTASTIC.  AND ERIC WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES THAT YOUR PROGRAM PROVIDES S THAT SPECIFIC TO MANOA CAMPUS OR DOES THAT EXTEND TO OTHER CAMPUSES AS WELL?
10:56:38 >> YEAH.  THANKS FOR THAT.  PRESENTLY IT'S ACTUALLY ALL THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES.  SO ESPECIALLY WITH ONLINE SUPPORT PROVISION, THE TPSA PROGRAM, FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES WE CAN DO COACHING STATEWIDE.  DDD, WE CAN DO COACHING STATEWIDE.  AND SHORTLY WITH DVR WE WILL HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE TO ALSO OFFER STATEWIDE SUPPORT.
10:57:10 WE ARE WORKING ON FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMS TO BE AT WEST OAHU, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HILO AND MANOA AS WELL.  THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IN PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.  FIRST I WOULD SAY, HEY, INTERPRETERS, I'M SO SORRY.  I ONLY HAD 15 MINUTES.  I'M SORRY I WAS SO FAST.  SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WITH CATCH THIS AND THE VIDEO SEPARATELY WITH ANY MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REACH OUT.  AND THANK YOU, INTERPRETERS, AND APOLOGIES, ASL USERS TODAY.
10:57:28 >> THANKS, ERIC.  NO WORRIES, WE ARE RECORDING THIS SESSION.  WE WILL HAVE IT CAPTIONED FOR FOLKS AND UP ON THE WEBSITE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.  SO LOOK FOR THAT.  NO WORRIES AT ALL.  MICHELLE, I SEE YOU ARE ONE OF OUR Q&A MONITORS.  DO WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR OUR PANELISTS?
10:57:38 >> THERE IS A QUESTION FROM MEGAN EVERETT.  AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS FOR ERIC.  WHAT ARE THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR YOUR PROGRAM.
10:57:58 >> FOR THE TPSA PROGRAM THERE ARE NO AGE RESTRICTIONS.  FOR DDD THERE ARE NO AGE RESTRICTIONS.  FOR DVR THERE MAY BE AGE RESTRICTIONS DEPENDING ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT VARIABLES.  ONE POSSIBLY POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS MAY AGE OUT.  AND THAT'S AN ISSUE TO BE BROUGHT UP WITH DVR TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
10:58:05 BUT THE RELATIVELY FEW AGE RESTRICTIONS.
10:58:25 >> ALL RIGHT.  I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION.  ANITA HAD A QUESTION BUT IT WAS REGARDING SSI SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING THAT UP WHEN WE DID THE ALL.  ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ERIC AND HA'AHEO?  PLEASE ENTER THEM INTO THE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOX.
10:58:29 >> DO YOU MIND IF I JUST ADD SOMETHING IF WE HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO?
10:58:30 >> PLEASE DO.
10:58:44 >> THANK YOU.  SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ONCE THEY GET THROUGH THE DOOR.  SO YOUR TRANSITION TEACHER AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN HELP CONNECT TO US AND OTHER PROGRAMS.
10:58:59 ONCE THEY GET THERE OUR COACHES CAN HELP CONNECTS TO THE VARIOUS SUPPORTS AND DISABILITY SUPPORT OFFICE LIKE HA'AHEO WAS TALKING ABOUT HAS LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND LOTS OF SUPPORT MECHANISMS BUT YOU NEED DOCUMENTATION TO GET IN THE DOOR.
10:59:22 SO SOMETIMES WE HELP THE STUDENTS WE WORK WITH TO GET READY FOR THAT AND MOST OF THE CAMPUSES DO HAVE A TRIO PROGRAM.  LCC DOESN'T BUT MOST OF THE OTHERS DO AND LIKE WE SHARED IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.  THE SERVICES ARE PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND PEOPLE DEALING WITH FINANCIAL AND OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES IN THEIR APPLICATION.
10:59:29 SO THE SUPPORT IS THERE.  SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING IT AND WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO CONNECT YOU TO THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
10:59:46 >> THERE IS A QUESTION FROM DESI, PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES CAN ACCESS COLLEGE FOR THE SOCIALIZATION PURPOSES.  AND I GUESS THAT'S OPEN TO BOTH OF YOU.
10:59:58 >> I CAN START IF YOU WANT.  OKAY.  SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS, YEAH, SOCIALIZATION IS A BY-PRODUCT OF INCLUSION.
11:00:07 FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE IN, THE EXPECTATION IS THE STUDENT IS TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, THEY WANT TO BE A COLLEGE STUDENT AND THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.
11:00:28 AND SO THAT'S HOW OUR SYSTEM AND PROGRAM IS SET UP.  IT'S ABOUT ASPIRATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF EDUCATION.  AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS, THEY STRUGGLE A LOT IN THE BEGINNING FOR THE CLASSES.  SO THEY TAKE THE CLASSES THEY CAN DO AND THEY SOMETIMES WILL TAKE THEM FOR CREDIT, NO CREDIT OR AUDIT IF THEIR SKILLS AREN'T THERE YET.
11:00:43 BUT EXPECTATION IS IN OUR PROGRAMS AT LEAST IS IT'S NOT AN EXPERIENCE PROGRAM, IT'S AN AUTHENTIC INCLUSION OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION.  SO AS LONG AS THE EXPECTATION IS TO LEARN AND WORK, THEN THE SOCIAL INCLUSION IS A BY-PRODUCT.
11:01:08 WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT'S LIKE, COME ON CAMPUS AND EAT AT THE CAFETERIA, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO THAT AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH DURING REGULAR TIMES, NOT COVID TIME, IT'S IN THE OPEN CAMPUS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.  BUT, YEAH, I'M SORRY FOR THE LIMITATION, BUT FOR OURS IT IS, YOU'RE FOCUSED ON EDUCATION, YOU WANT TO WORK HARD, AND THEN THE SOCIAL PART IS A BY-PRODUCT.
11:01:30 SOMETIMES WE -- SORRY -- ONE LAST THING.  THERE ARE CLASSES THAT ARE NO CREDIT SO SOMETIMES WILL TAKE THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LOW BARRIER TO ENTRY.  IT'S LIKE OFFICE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFERS CLASSES STARTING FROM KEYBOARDING AND MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE AND YOU CAN LEARN THOSE BASIC SKILLS WITHOUT CREDIT RISK.
11:01:34 AND THE CLASSES ARE VERY INEXPENSIVE.  THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET STARTED.
11:01:53 >> YEAH, NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING, ERIC.  WITH REGARDS TO SOCIALIZATION IN TERMS OF THE LARGER CAMPUS, I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WE HAVE TO OFFER.  SO OF COURSE SOCIALIZATION BETWEEN COUNSELOR OVER TIME, IT'S A SOLID RELATIONSHIP.
11:02:00 BECAUSE YOU WORK TOGETHER SO LONG THAT YOU START TO UNDERSTAND THINGS ABOUT ONE ANOTHER, WHAT WORKS BEST FOR BOTH.
11:02:20 IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF BOTH STUDENTS BUT WITH REGARDS TO THE ASPECTS OF YOUR PEERS, THAT COMES FROM PROGRAMS LIKE TRIO WHERE THERE'S A LARGE INFLUX IN THE CENTER WHERE EVERYONE'S SO OUTGOING AND REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT CREATING FRIENDSHIPS, STUDY GROUPS, THAT EXTEND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
11:02:38 IN THE CLASSROOM, RIGHT?  TAKING THE RIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND WE HAVE GREAT INSTRUCTORS ACROSS THE SYSTEM.  TAKING THE INSTRUCTOR THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON INCLUSION, TEAMWORK, GROUPWORK, WHERE YOU ARE SOCIALIZING IN THE CONTEXT WHERE YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NORMALLY DO ON YOUR OWN.
11:02:56 THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS IT STRENGTHENS THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT EXTEND BEYOND WHERE YOU FOLKS ARE EATING LUNCH TOGETHER.  YOU'RE DOING SMALLER STUDY GROUPS, HANGING OUT AT THE LIBRARY, LOCAL COFFEE SHOP, AT THE LIBRARY OR JUST HANGING OUT IN AREAS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
11:03:22 ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE STUDENT GOVERNMENT, RIGHT?  DIFFERENT CLUBS ON CAMPUS THAT ARE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE A MEMBER OF.  SO I THINK THE THINGS -- SOCIALIZATION PIECES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, IT'S ABOUT US BEING ABLE TO MAKE OUR WAY THERE, INTRODUCE OURSELVES, GET COMFORTABLE, AND THEN THE REST OF IT, IT WILL TAKE OFF.
11:03:38 IT'S JUST GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE SYSTEM TO BE A PART OF A COLLEGE SYSTEM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVELS TO BE A PART OF A FAMILY, EVERYONE IS REALLY ENGAGED IN YOUR SUCCESS, THEY WANT YOU TO SUCCEED.
11:03:44 WHILE ALSO PROVIDING THE ACCESS THAT YOU NEED TO YOUR EDUCATION AT THE POSTSECONDARY LEVEL.
11:03:54 >> YEAH.  THANKS FOR THAT.  AND I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, ESPECIALLY AT WCC AND SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES THERE REALLY IS THAT FEELING WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE YOU FEEL AT HOME AND PART OF THE GROUP THERE.
11:04:10 AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TOO.  SO IF YOUR CHILD OR YOUR STUDENT IS A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO ALSO HAS NATIVE LINE HERITAGE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT, IN FACT WE HAVE THREE OF THEM.
11:04:27 WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF SCHOOL FAILURE OR NATIVE HAWAII AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE STEM-RELATED.  SO THERE'S ANOTHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE AS WELL.
11:04:46 >> AMANDA HAD A QUESTION.  DO YOU HAVE TO ATTEND FULL TIME IN ORDER TO ACCESS THESE SUPPORTS?  ERIC HAD ALREADY ANSWERED THAT FOR THE CDS, STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO BE FULL TIME, THEY CAN ONLY TAKE ONE CLASS, AND I WONDERED IF HA'AHEO COULD ALSO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ALSO.
11:05:11 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.  SO OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO ALL UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII STUDENTS.  SO WHETHER YOU'RE TAKING ONE CLASS, THREE CLASSES, FIVE CLASSES, THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU.  AND OF COURSE, AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF WORKING WITH ADVISORS OR COUNSELORS.  YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOUR SCHEDULE, WE CAN START OFF WITH ONE COURSE, GET A FEEL FOR IT, GET A FEEL OF COLLEGE
11:05:29 DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, DIFFERENT TYPES OF RIGOR.  AND THEN AS TIME GOES ON, THE SEMESTER PASSES, YOU CAN THEN DECIDE TO ADD ON A COUPLE MORE OR ADD ON ONE MORE.  AND THEN GRADUALLY TAKE THAT PROCESS TO WHERE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH TAKING A FULLER LOAD.
11:05:46 THE ONLY THING THAT GETS AFFECTED WITH THE PART-TIME TYPE SCHEDULES ARE IN FACT LIKE FINANCIAL AID.  SO FINANCIAL AID IS ADJUSTED BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF COURSES YOU ARE TAKING OR THE AMOUNT OF CREDITS YOU ARE TAKING, AND THE AMOUNT AWARDED IS ADJUSTED BASED ON THOSE TYPES OF CREDITS.
11:05:59 BUT GREAT QUESTION.  AS LONG AS YOU'RE TAKING A CLASS, WITHIN THE UH SYSTEM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR YOU.  AND IT WOULD BE DIRECTLY TIED TO THAT CAMPUS.
11:06:10 SO DISABILITY SERVICE OFFICE WON'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH A COURSE AT KCC, THE KCC DISABILITY SERVICES WILL HELP YOU GET THE ACCOMMODATIONS ON THEIR CAMPUS.
11:06:16 SO IT'S CAMPUS-SPECIFIC WITH REGARDS TO THE TYPES OF ACCOMMODATIONS PER COURSES.
11:06:19 >> OKAY.  MEGAN HAD A QUESTION.
11:06:22 >> SORRY, COULD I ADD SOMETHING QUICK?
11:06:23 >> OKAY.
11:06:41 >> SO ONE THING ABOUT IS IT THE COUNSELORS AT MOST OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE STUDENTS NEED TO BE ON A FULL LOAD.  SO THERE IS NEED TO ADVOCATE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES WHERE STUDENTS WERE KIND OF -- BECAUSE THEY WERE FOCUSED ON COMPLETION, GETTING PEOPLE OUT AND TYPICAL PERIOD OF TIME.
11:06:54 SO THAT'S JUST ONE THING.  BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY YOU CAN DO ONE CLASS, YOU CAN BUILD UP TO IT.  THAT'S OUR HOPE WITH THE STUDENTS THAT AREN'T AS PREPARED AS THEY'LL START SMALL, BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE DOING A FULL LOAD.
11:07:05 >> OKAY.  THANK YOU.  SO MEGAN EVERETT HAS A QUESTION.  DO YOU ALL WORK WITH NONVERBAL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES?
11:07:22 >> GREAT QUESTION.  WE HAVE.  THE ONE THING IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FITS WITH THE COLLEGE PROGRAM.  THE BASIC EXPECTATION IS THE PERSONST GOING TO BE IN A CLASS USUALLY BY THEMSELVES FOR 50 MINUTES OR LONGER.
11:07:43 SO AS THE PERSON PREPARED TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT OF LEARNING?  SO A PERSON CAN EVEN HAVE A ONE ON ONE ALONG WITH THEM BUT THAT IS AN ACCOMMODATION THAT NEEDS TO BE REQUESTED THROUGH THE DSL OFFICE SO THERE'S AN EXTRA STEP IF THERE'S A CASEWORKER OR DIRECT SUPPORT WORKER THAT RIDES ALONG.
11:07:57 BUT YEAH, WE HAVE IN THE PAST.  IT REALLY DEPENDS WHERE THEY'RE AT AND ESPECIALLY THAT INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONING IS A COMPONENT.  I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S SOME STUDENTS WE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS THAT HAD SOME BEHAVIORS OR ISSUES.
11:08:16 AND OVERALL I WOULD SAY THE COLLEGES ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE.  AND I MENTIONED WCC, BECAUSE ONE OF THE STUDENTS WE WORKED WAHAD AN INCIDENT THERE AND THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS JUST JUMPED IN TO HELP THIS PERSON THROUGH WHAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING.  IT WAS LIKE WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WE WERE LIKE, WOW, COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE GREAT, YOU KNOW.
11:08:36 IT'S NOT ALWAYS PERFECT.  THERE'S ALSO EXAMPLES ON THE OTHER SIDE BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT'S A VERY GOOD PLACE FOR THAT.  BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING IS WE NEED TO KNOW AT THE BEGINNING WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.  SO THE INTAKE PROCESS MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT TO BE READY FOR A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE.
11:08:48 THAT'S THE ONLY THING, AND IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US.  WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND WE CAN'T PREDICT THE SUPPORT OR THE BEHAVIORS OR ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP, WHICH AS LONG AS WE KNOW ABOUT IT WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN.
11:08:59 WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PROJECT COORDINATE WHO'S A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND SHE DOES OUR INTAKES AND ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE TRY TO BUILD A PLAN.
11:09:08 SOMETIMES PEOPLE ENTER THE PROGRAM AND DON'T TAKE CLASSES RIGHT AWAY SO WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW TO INTEGRATE OVER A SEMESTER OR TWO.
11:09:10 >> HA'AHEO, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
11:09:24 >> YEAH, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH ERIC HAD MENTIONED I THINK MORE SPECIFICALLY THE TIMING.  THE TIMING IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ACCESS TO THESE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE PUT IN PLACE IN A TIMELY FASHION.
11:09:34 SO IF YOUR SENIOR KNOWS THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO WCC OR KCC IN THE FALL SEMESTER, THE ASSUMPTION IS MADE THAT APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER AND SUBMITTED FOR FALL.
11:09:55 ONCE WITH THAT DECISION IS MADE, WE'RE ACCEPTED, THEN THAT SHOULD ALREADY START THE BALL ROLLING FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT YOU MAY NEED.  SO REACHING OUT TO YOUR DISABILITY SERVICE OFFICE, SETTING THAT INITIAL FOUNDATION WITH THE COUNSELOR THERE AND THEN SETTING UP MEETINGS SO THEN IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCOMMODATIONS NEEDED.
11:10:09 AND THE SUMMERTIME, IF YOU'RE ENROLLS IN FALL IT'S A GREAT TIME TO DO IT.  IT'S A LITTLE SLOWER.  SERVICES ARE NOT AS NEEDED MUCH IN THE SUMMER DUE TO THE REDUCTION IN COURSES OFFERED.
11:10:30 SO SUMMER IS THE BEST TIME TO START THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DISABILITY SERVICE COUNSELOR TO THEN PUT THINGS INTO PLACE BY FALL SEMESTER.  IF WE START THE CONVERSATION MAY OR JUNE, EVEN JULY, THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, ALL THE ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.
11:10:40 AND THEN ALL THOSE TO COME ARE IN PLACE AND YOU'RE READY TO GO FOR THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES.
11:10:54 >> PERFECT.  LEANNE HAD A QUESTION.  MAYBE THIS WAS ANSWERED, BUT IS THE CDS PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON ALL ISLANDS AND WOULD WE GO THROUGH MY CHILD'S CASE MANAGER AT HER HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTACT?
11:11:19 >> YES.  WE DID SORT OF TALK ABOUT THAT BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH DDD, THEY'VE ALREADY, ARE IN AND RECEIVING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE ALL ISLANDS.  IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, MEANING THEY SCORE LESS THAN 75 ON A IQ TEST AND HAVE ONE OR MORE LIMITATIONS IN FUNCTIONAL AREAS WHICH PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF, THEN WE CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE ON THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS AS WELL
11:11:28 DVR WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT SO THE DVR PATH, IT WILL BE THERE BUT WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING IT HAPPEN.
11:11:30 >> AMANDA, WERE WE GOING TO BREAK?
11:11:52 >> WE'RE GOING TO BREAK HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT.  I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR HA'AHEO AND ERIC.  AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD THOSE TO OUR GENERAL QUESTIONS.  SO LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.  WE'VE HAD SIX WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS TODAY.  I KNOW THIS COULD BE A FULL DAY'S WORKSHOP WITH EVERYBODY TALKING.
11:12:09 WE JUST REALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT SNAPSHOT AND GIVE YOU THESE CONTACTS AND RESOURCES SO YOU CAN START THIS PROCESS OR THINK ABOUT THIS PROCESS.  IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT TRANSITIONING YOUR CHILD FROM SCHOOL TO ADULT AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
11:12:21 SO WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO JOIN US ON THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION WEBSITE.  WE HAVE COMMUNITY RESOURCES, TRANSITION WORKBOOKS ARE THERE.  WE'VE GOT NATIONAL AND LOCAL LINKS FOR YOU.
11:12:36 WE'LL HAVE THESE PRESENTATIONS.  AND THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE RECORDED AND POSTED UP TO THE WEBSITE.  SO PLEASE DO VISIT IT.  WILLIE WILL DROP THAT IN THE CHAT.  AND WE ALSO HAVE AN EVALUATION THAT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE HELP US TO IMPROVE THIS PROGRAM AND FILL IT OUT.
11:12:48 WE HOPE TO GET BACK TO IN-PERSON SOON.  BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT RAMPING THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM UP TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOR ISLANDS SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME.
11:13:11 SO I WANT TO JUST BIG SHOUTOUT TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP AND ASK EVERYBODY, ALL OUR PANELISTS TO PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON.  AND IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS LIKE OH, THERE WAS ONE QUESTION THAT I REALLY WANTED TO ASK CHERYL AND I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT DVR, NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK, IF YOU'VE GOT THAT QUESTION FOR EVERYBODY, POP THEM INTO THE Q&A.
11:13:29 AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST.  AND AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH Q&A WE'RE GOING TO WRAP UP.  BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE WINNERS FOR YOU.  SO LET'S GET THE WINNERS, THE PRIZES WINNERS GOING AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP FOR LAST-MINUTE QUESTIONS.
11:13:50 SO I HAVE GOT CLINTON AND MONA SUE.  IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY, PLEASE PUT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE Q&A SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUT WITH A PRIZE.  PRIZES ARE FROM AMAZON, STARBUCKS, CVS AND MORE.  SO PLEASE DO LET US KNOW.
11:14:15 BRENDA AND LYLE, YOUR NAME CAME UP ON OUR RANDOM GENERATOR SO LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE.  RENE COASTER.  IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.  RICHARD ESTRADA, IF YOU'RE HERE PLEASE LET US KNOW IN THE Q&A.  AND OUR LAST ONE, YORI LANG.  IF YOU ARE HERE LET US KNOW BY DROPPING YOUR E-MAIL IN THE Q&A SO WE CAN AWARD A PRIZE.
11:14:38 SO ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR INTERPRETERS, I'M SORRY IF I GO TOO FAST, CLINTON AND MONA, BRENDA AND LYLE, RENE, RICHARD, AND YURI.  IF THAT WAS ONE OF YOU PLEASE DROP YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT.  I'M GOING TO STOP SHARE SO WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY ON SCREEN HERE.  OUR PRESENTERS ARE HERE.
11:14:45 AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DROP THEM IN THE Q&A, AND LET'S GET GOING.  WHO IS OUR.
11:15:13 >> SO THESE FEW QUESTIONS ARE GEARED TOWARD ERIC AND HA'AHEO.  SO FROM DESI, I THINK THIS TIES INTO HER PREVIOUS QUESTION REGARDING THE SOCIALIZATION.  I AM SPEAKING OF STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE AT A FUNCTIONING LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM ACADEMICALLY, IE ACCESSING COLLEGE COURSES LIKE COOKING, DANCE, ET CETERA.
11:15:29 >> YEAH.  I WOULD SAY, LIKE TO FIGURE OUT IT'S AN INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM SO THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO REACH OUT AND TALK TO US DIRECTLY ABOUT THE SITUATION YOUR CHILD OR THE PERSON YOU'RE SUPPORTING IS IN.
11:15:53 YEAH, THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ACADEMIC CONNECTION.  BUT WE, JUST BECAUSE OF OUR FUNDING, THE WAY OUR PROGRAM IS SET UP, IT'S AN EDUCATION-FOCUSED, TAKE A CLASS KIND OF THING.  YOU CAN TAKE A CLASS AND TAKE A CREDIT/NO-CREDIT, OR YOU CAN AUDIT A CLASS IF THE POSSIBILITIES OF PASSES ARE CHALLENGING.
11:16:14 BUT YOU WOULD STILL GO TO COACHING, TAKE A CLASS, YOU WOULD STILL TRY AND DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.  AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.  THAT'S KIND OF THE LIMITATION WE'RE AT.  BUT INDIVIDUALLY PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE CAN TRY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SITUATION AND SEE IF THERE'S A FIT WITH US.
11:16:25 >> OKAY.  SO AMANDA HAD A QUESTION.  HOW DOES MY -- OH, WAIT.  WHAT HAPPENED.
11:16:26 >> I WAS THROWING SOMETHING IN THERE.
11:16:28 >> CAN I ASK QUESTIONS?  [LAUGHS]
11:16:46 >> SO AMANDA ASKS IF A STUDENT IS EXITING HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR WHEN SHOULD WE CONTACT THE DISABILITY OFFICE.  I THINK HA'AHEO DID ANSWER THAT A BIT.  IT WAS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE ONCE THE APPLICATION IS IN, MAY, JUNE, JULY IS BEST.
11:16:55 AND SHE HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.  HOW DOES MY CHILD DISCLOSE DISABILITY FOR DISABILITY SERVICES?
11:17:01 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.  THAT'S ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH THE DISABILITY SERVICES COUNSELOR.
11:17:18 AND THAT CAN COME FROM ANY FORM, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE IEP OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION FROM THEIR PHYSICIAN.  AND THEN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.  BUT IT'S MORE SO REACHING OUT.  SO TO START THAT DISCUSSION IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHO TO GO TO.
11:17:27 WHO IS THE COUNSELOR ON EACH RESPECTIVE CAMPUS THAT I NEED TO SPEAK TO IN ORDER TO GET THESE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MY STUDENT.
11:17:44 SO I SHARE WITH OURS.  AND THEN IT MAY TAKE NAVIGATING ON OTHER CAMPUS WEB PAGES.  BUT YOU WOULD DO THAT IN THE CONFIDENTIAL PROCESS THROUGH REACHING OUT TO THE COUNSELOR AND THEN HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
11:18:03 >> I COULD ADD TO THAT.  WORK WITH YOUR TRANSITION TEACHER.  MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW THIS BUT EACH SCHOOL'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FUNDED TRANSITION TEACHER.  SOMETIMES THOSE FUNDS DON'T GO TO A TRANSITION TEACHER AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS WEARING THAT HAT.  BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL PREPARE A BINDER OR TRANSITION MATERIALS FOR THE STUDENT TO HAVE
11:18:14 THOSE MATERIALS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.  THEY INCLUDE ASSESSMENTS AND RECORDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL HELP THE DSO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION FOR SUPPORT.
11:18:33 >> ALL RIGHT.  ANITA HAD A QUESTION BEFORE, ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS BEFORE ERIC AND HA'AHEO'S PRESENTATION.  BUT SHE HAD ASKED, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.  IS ANYONE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE SSI APPLICATION PROCESS?  OUR SON TURNS 18 SHORTLY AS WELL AS OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICES
11:18:41 AND AMANDA HAD PLACED IN THE CHAT LINKS TO PAST SPIN CONFERENCES THAT ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS.  AND SO FAR.
11:18:42 >> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
11:18:56 >> THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS.  ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?  THIS IS FOR ALL PRESENTERS.  PLEASE ENTER YOUR QUESTIONS INTO THE CHAT BOX.  I MEAN NOT THE CHAT BOX, THE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOX, PLEASE.
11:19:15 >> THANKS, MICHELLE.  SO I DID POST QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY ELIGIBILITY AND ALL OF THAT.  WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TODAY, BUT SPIN, SPECIAL CARE INFORMATION NETWORK, WE HAVE A SPIN CONFERENCE WEBSITE, AND WE HAVE DONE A SPRING WORKSHOP WITH TRANSITION TOPICS
11:19:33 ABOUT FINANCIAL PLAN.  AND THEN IN OUR 2021 CONFERENCE WE HAD IN OCTOBER, WE HAD A NETWORKING ROOM, WHICH DIDN'T GET RECORDED BUT WE DID RECORD ALL THE QUESTIONS.  AND WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR LOCAL SSA OFFICE, SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THAT.
11:19:46 SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION I DID POST THEM IN THE CHAT.  YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO SPIN AND WE CAN GET YOU CONNECTED THERE OR JUST GO AROUND THE SPIN CONFERENCE WEBSITE AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND THERE TOO.
11:20:03 THERE IS A QUESTION IN THE CHAT HERE.  I CAN READ THAT.  IS IT EVER -- IT'S FROM LIZ.  IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO APPLY FOR DD SERVICES?  I AM SPEAKING FROM A 32-YEAR-OLD BROTHER-IN-LAW THAT STILL NEEDS A LOT OF GUIDANCE.  HE'S PARTIALLY BLIND AND STILL NEEDS HELP MANAGING DAILY MEDICATIONS.
11:20:26 >> THIS IS ABIGAIL.  NO, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO APPLY FOR DD SERVICES.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE'VE HAD SOME FAMILY MEMBERS THAT APPLY WELL IN THEIR 50S.  YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOURSELF, RECEIVED CARE FROM FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE BUT YEAH, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.  WE TAKE APPLICATIONS UP UNTIL THE VERY END.
11:20:36 SO, YEAH, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT OUR INTAKE OFFICE AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.
11:20:57 >> PERFECT.  AND I'M GOING TO DROP A LINK TO THE TRANSITION WEBSITE THAT HAS THE WORKBOOKS AND THE TOOL KITS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT, CENTER ON DISABILITY STUDIES JUST DROPPED A HUGE, LIKE 170 PAGES OR SOMETHING CRAZY, BUT IT'S A GREAT, VERY COMPREHENSIVE TOOL KIT FOR FAMILIES DOING TRANSITION.
11:21:14 AND IT COVERS REALLY ALL ASPECTS OF TRANSITION.  AND THEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL ISLAND-SPECIFIC TRANSITION WORKBOOKS TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT AS WELL.  AND THEY'RE NICE BECAUSE THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO YOUR ISLAND WITH DIFFERENT LINKS TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
11:21:30 SO WILLIE'S GOT THEM.  THANK YOU, WILLIE.  HE'S DROPPING THE LINKS IN THE CHAT FOR YOU.  SO PLEASE DO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION.WEEBLY.COM.  YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THOSE WORKBOOKS.  THERE'S WEBSITES THERE.
11:21:42 MICHELLE'S HEALTH TRANSITION DOCUMENTS ARE IN THERE AS WELL.  WE WILL GET THIS INFORMATION POSTED THERE, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS YOU SAW WILL GET UPLOADED BY NEXT WEEK.
11:22:01 SO PLEASE DO LOOK FOR THEM THERE.  WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT AS YOUR TRANSITION RESOURCE.  AS SOMEONE WAS MENTIONING, MOST SCHOOLS HAVE -- HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A TRANSITION COORDINATOR BUT NOT ALL OF THEM DO.  YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CARE COORDINATOR TO HELP YOU GET THOSE TRANSITION SERVICES DONE.
11:22:20 AND WE HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR FOOTSTEPS WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS ONE-STOP SHOP TO COME FOR ALL YOUR TRANSITION NEEDS.  SO IF YOU'RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED AND IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE WEBSITE PLEASE E-MAIL US.  OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET THAT UP FOR YOU.
11:22:38 ALL RIGHT.  WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.  DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?  ANY COMMENTS OR LAST BIT OF WISDOM THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE?  I DON'T KNOW, WHEN I'M PRESENTING, I'LL GO THROUGH MY WHOLE THING AND THEN I'M DONE AND I GO OH, THERE WAS THAT ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO TELL PEOPLE AND I FORGOT.
11:22:45 SO HERE'S OUR CHANCE FOR PANELISTS IF THERE'S THAT LAST-MINUTE THING YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW OR LEAVE WITH, PLEASE DO SHARE.
11:23:16 >> THIS IS ABBY.  THIS IS FOR THE QUESTION ABOUT APPLYING FOR YOUR BROTHER WHO IS A LITTLE OLDER THAN HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITION.  A TIP THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS OFTENTIMES WHEN ONE IS APPLYING TO DDD, THEY ARE MISSING A CRITICAL DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THAT THE DISABILITY OCCURRED BEFORE 18 OR BEFORE 22.
11:23:35 SO THAT'S OFTENTIMES WHERE A LOT OF APPLICANTS WHO ARE OLDER IN AGE, THEY GET STUCK IN THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THEY DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THAT THE ELIGIBILITY CONDITION OCCURRED BEFORE 18 OR 22.
11:23:41 SO THAT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR FAMILIES IF THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY KEEP TRACK OF THESE DOCUMENTS.
11:23:57 ANY TYPE OF ASSESSMENT YOU HAD FOR YOUR CHILD OR YOUR LOVED ONE, JUST MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT AND ARCHIVE IT, BECAUSE MORE THAN LIKELY WE'LL NEED IT DURING THIS ELIGIBILITY PROCESS.
11:24:22 >> THANKS, ABBY.  THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.  WE DO HAVE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOLKS HERE.  WE HAVE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.  WE HAVE DDSS HERE.  I THINK A FEW OF THEM ARE STILL HERE.  THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US TODAY.  IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS AS WELL, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE SHOULD REALLY BE TALKING AT AGE 14, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN OUR KIDS TRANSITION OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
11:24:36 AND SOMETIMES IT GETS DEFERRED BECAUSE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS.  AND NOBODY LIKES TO SAY THEY DON'T KNOW OR THEY THINK OH, THAT CAN HAPPEN ONCE YOU GET TO HIGH SCHOOL.  THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
11:24:55 IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ONCE I LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO A DAY PROGRAM AND THAT'S IT FOR THEM.  NO, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS A PARENT.  WE'VE GOT HEALTH STUFF, WE'VE GOT WORK STUFF, WE'VE GOT SOCIALIZATION STUFF.  WE'VE GOT WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE, TRANSPORTATION, REALLY START THINKING NOW.
11:25:12 AND I KNOW WE HAD SOME FOLKS SIGN UP THAT HAD KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  AND WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT TOO SOON TO THINK ABOUT TRANSITION.  WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR KID.  TALK TO YOUR CHILD.  WHAT DO THEY LIKE TO DO, WHAT DO THEY WANT TO DO, WHERE DO THEY SEE THEMSELVES.
11:25:28 AND THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE OVER THE YEARS OR IT MAY NOT.  AND EVEN IF THEY THINK ABOUT JUST ONE, LIKE MAYBE THEY HAVE BLINDERS ON, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY EXAMPLE.  MY KID WANTS TO BE A FILMMAKER AND EVERYTHING IS ALL ABOUT FILM.  BUT THE REALITY IS HE LOVES ANIMALS AND HE LOVES SMALL CHILDREN.
11:25:43 SO WE'RE TRYING TO HELP HIM SEE THAT THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR HIM TO DISCOVER, MAYBE JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.  HE'S GOING TO GET THOSE SOFT SKILLS, HE'S GOING TO MEET PEOPLE, HE'S GOING TO MAKE CONNECTION.
11:26:01 SO BE THINKING ABOUT YOUR KIDDO, WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND LOOK AT THIS GROUP OF FOLKS THAT CAN HELP YOU AND GUIDE YOU ON THIS JOURNEY TO TRANSITION, TAKING THOSE STEPS ONE STEP AT A TIME.
11:26:03 >> CAN I MAKE A LAST PITCH?
11:26:04 >> YES, PLEASE.
11:26:28 >> IT MIGHT HAVE GOT OVERSHADOWED WITH THE FOCUS ON COLLEGE BUT I WANT TO MENTION ONE MORE TIME, AMANDA I SENT YOU MY DOCUMENTS ALREADY, WE HAVE THE SELF-DETERMINATION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE NO COST THANKS TO DDD.  IF YOU ARE A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND YOU WANT US TO COME OUT AND TALK TO THE OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THERE ABOUT THE SELF-DETERMINATION TRAINING CONTENT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT
11:26:41 WE GO OUT TO SCHOOLS, WE WORK WITH STUDENTS AND TRANSITION AGE.  WE'VE DONE THAT AT FARRING TON FOR YEARS.  AND THAT'S AT NO COST.  SO YOU JUST HAVE TO REACH OUT AND ASK FOR IT AND WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT WITH YOU.
11:27:03 THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS DVR WE'VE TRAINED ALL OF DVR'S OAHU BRANCH STAFF EXCEPT FOR THE NEWEST ONES BUT THEY MADE A COMMITMENT TO THIS CONTENT TOO SO WE CAN DO AGENCYWIDE, WE CAN DO WHATEVER.  WE'VE DONE THE TRAINING ON NEIGHBOR ISLAND WITH SUPPORT PROVIDERS, ANY DIRECT SUPPORT WORKERS ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT TRAINING OPPORTUNITY.
11:27:16 BECAUSE THAT'S A JOB WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.  SO IT'S FREE.  MAYBE WE SHOULD CHARGE FOR IT.  MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT'S MORE VALUABLE BECAUSE WE CHARGE FOR IT.  YOU CAN MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO ERIC -- NO, JUST KIDDING.
11:27:28 ANYWAY, IT'S OUT THERE.  WE'RE HAPPY TO OFFER THAT TRAINING.  WE CAN DO IT IN PERSON OR ONLINE.  THANKS FOR THE FREE PITCH.  AND THANKS TO DDD FOR SUPPORTING THAT INITIATIVE.
11:27:44 >> WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER.  KATHLEEN ANDERSON MADE A COMMENT.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY.  BEST TRANSITION MEETING I HAVE EVER WITNESSED.  HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.  YOU ALL DO FOR HAWAII.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.  KATHLEEN.
11:28:00 REINA, HAVE THESE AGENCIES TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE AMOUNT OF VALUABLE TIME LOST TO STUDENTS -- OOPS, WHAT HAPPENED?  OH, THERE, DURING COVID.  MY SENIOR HAS HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH DVR AND VERY MINIMAL WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES.
11:28:12 ARE THERE ANY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THESE STUDENTS THAT LOST THIS CRUCIAL TIME?
11:28:37 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.  I'D SAY GET THEM CONNECTED TO YOUR CARE COORDINATOR.  SEE IF DVR CAN COME IN, SEE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE.  THEY MAY BE, AND SHE USUALLY, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THERE'S A NAME FOR IT.  SOMEBODY STEP IN.  MY BRAIN STOPPED WORKING.
11:28:41 IF YOU ARE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE, THAT'S THE ONE I'M THINKING OF, POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE.
11:28:59 >> SORRY, AMANDA, YES.  POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, WE CAN START SERVING THEM AS EARLY AS 14, PROVIDE THEM SERVICES.  AND BEFORE BEING DETERMINED ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES.  YES.  THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
11:29:20 >> SUPER.  SO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM AT SCHOOL, INVITE THE DVR FOLKS, SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE, SEE WHAT KIND OF CLASSES MIGHT BE HAPPENING THIS SPRING.  MY SON TOOK SOME CLASSES THROUGH THE DVR PROGRAMS, THROUGH THOSE COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROGRAMS, AND THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL AND HELPED HIM KIND OF GET SOMETHING IN THE SUMMER THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO.
11:29:32 SO REALLY START EXPLORING, CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE GREAT SPEAKER WEBSITES THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD.  AND YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT OUT TO US AS FOOTSTEPS AND WE CAN GET YOU CONNECTED.
11:29:52 >> CHRIS HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS.  FIRST, YES, ERIC, PLEASE, WE NODE THIS ON MAUI SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL.  AND WOULD ALSO LIKE DDD, DVR PEOPLE TO MEET WITH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS SO THE PARENTS CAN GET THE INFORMATION.
11:30:17 >> THIS IS ABBY FROM DDD.  YES, WE DO, I DO PRESENTATIONS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THEIR TEAM OF TEACHERS, SPECIAL ED TEACHERS.  SO IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT IS INTERESTED IN A PRESENTATION FROM DDD, I CAN GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE OUR TRAINING UNIT E-MAIL AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE AN OUTREACH PRESENTATION FOR YOU FOLKS.
11:30:30 WE'VE DONE FOR MANY, I THINK WE'VE DONE FOR CENTRAL DISTRICT, THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO YEAH, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.  AND WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRESENTATION.
11:30:38 >> HEY, ABBY.  IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THE SD TRAINING AS I OFFER BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE PAYING FOR IT.
11:30:41 >> RIGHT ON.
11:30:45 >> ANY TIME YOU DO THOSE OUTREACHES, ASK US TO GO ALONG.
11:30:46 >> ANY TIME, ERIC.
11:30:53 >> WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.  CAN YOU REMEMBER, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.  [LAUGHS] IF YOU'RE DOING OUTREACH, JUST INVITE US.
11:31:12 >> CHRIS HAD A FOLLOW-UP COMMENT.  SO AS A PROACTIVE PARENT I SEEM TO BE THE PERSON EDUCATING THE SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS.  I DON'T MIND BUT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION OR EXPERIENCE.  YOU FOLKS ARE ALSO HELPFUL AND IT IS GREAT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT IT.  THANK YOU.
11:31:31 >> THANKS FOR THAT, CHRIS.  WE ALSO, CYNTHIA WHO IS ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT OF ED FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.  THANK YOU, CYNTHIA.  HER MIC WASN'T WORKING AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU FOLKS KNOW THAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR CHILD HAS HAD LEARNING LOSS DUE TO COVID, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR IEP TEAM AND CALL A MEETING TOGETHER.
11:31:50 AND YOU CAN DISCUSS LEARNING LOSS AND SERVICES THROUGH COVID IMPACT SERVICES THAT CAN MAKE UP THAT LEARNING LOSS THAT YOU FEEL MAY HAVE HAPPENED.  SO DEFINITELY CONTACT YOUR IEP TEAM IF YOU FEEL THAT COVID HAS IMPACTED THEIR LEARNING AND THEY CAN HELP YOU TO GET SERVICES THAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL.
11:32:05 THEY DON'T HAPPEN DURING THE SCHOOL DAY BUT THEY CAN HAPPEN AROUND AND WRAP AROUND YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION.  SO REACH OUT TO YOUR CARE COORDINATE OR YOUR DES IF YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED.
11:32:19 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE ENTER THEM IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER.
11:32:42 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU BEINGS THANK YOU.  ALSO TODAY I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SHOUTOUT TO HEATHER CHAPMAN.  IF YOU'RE ON, SHOW YOUR CAMERA REAL QUICK AND GIVE A WAVE.  HEATHER IS OUR NEW STATE-LEVEL, SO WE HAVE STATE-LEVEL, DISTRICT-LEVEL, SCHOOL-LEVELS.  AT THE STATE LEVEL, HEATHER CHAPMAN IS OUR NEW TRANSITION COORDINATE OR TRANSITION PERSON.
11:33:05 AND WE HAVEN'T HAD SOMEONE IN THAT STATE POSITION FOR A WHILE AS A PERMANENT POSITION.  SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HER.  SHE IS REALLY INVOLVED IN OUR WORKGROUPS AND OUR PLANNING HERE.  SO WE'RE HOPING WE'LL SEE MORE FROM HER AND WE'LL SEE THAT TRICKLE DOWN TO OUR SCHOOLS.  SO WELCOME, HEATHER E TO THE FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR.
11:33:28 SO WE ARE WRAPPING UP.  LAST CHANCES TO PUT SOME QUESTIONS IN THE Q&A FOR US.  ONE MIGHT HAVE POPPED IN THERE.  PLEASE DO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND PLEASE FILL OUT THE EVALUATION FOR US.  MICHELLE, WAS THERE ONE MORE QUESTION IN THE Q&A.
11:33:45 >> IT WAS JUST, IT WAS CYNTHIA IN THE CHAT, THAT DR. CHAPMAN HAD ANOTHER MEETING, I'LL LET HER KNOW YOU RECOGNIZED HER.  AND THEN HEATHER SAID, I'M HERE, TECH DIFFICULTY.  PLEASE REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.  AND HEATHER ENTERED HER E-MAIL ADDRESS.
11:34:05 >> FANTASTIC.  THANKS SO MUCH HEATHER FOR SHARING YOUR E-MAIL WITH FOLKS.  NOW DON'T GET HER BOMBARDED WITH STUFF THAT YOU COULD TALK TO YOUR SCHOOL BUT IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION OR CONNECTIONS, DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR PERSON THAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING TO AT THE SCHOOL IS?  REACH OUT AND ASK AND FIND OUT.  I KNOW SHE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU.
11:34:31 WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.  OKAY.  I'M GOING TO GIVE ONE MORE MOMENT.  I HATE AWKWARD WEIRD SILENCES ON ZOOMS.  SO I DON'T WANT TO SIT TOO QUIETLY.  AND I DIDN'T SET UP MUSIC BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION WE DON'T CUT YOU OFF EARLY.  OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON A SATURDAY MORNING FOR OUR FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION FAIR.
11:34:49 THIS IS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 21-22.  SO PLEASE LOOK FOR US AGAIN FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.  WE'LL BE PLANNING STARTING SOON FOR THE NEXT EVENT.  HOPEFULLY IN PERSON.  BUT AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT A STATEWIDE CONFERENCE THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ON ZOOM SO WE CAN INVOLVE EVERYBODY.
11:35:38 IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, I'M GOING TO SAY MAHALO FROM OUR FOOTSTEPS TO TRANSITION PLANNING, ON BEHALF OF OF ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, MAHALO, AND ALOHA.  THANK YOU.