This webinar highlighted findings from the National Training, Education and Workforce Survey (NTEWS), focusing on what people with disabilities reported about their experiences with work-based learning, non-degree credentials, education, and employment.
Researchers from the American Institutes for Research (AIR)—home of the KTER Center—shared analyses of survey data and discuss what these findings suggest about disability employment trends. The presentation also explored implications for building apprenticeship opportunities and related research and practice applications.
The NTEWS is a nationally representative survey of individuals ages 16–75, sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, with data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.
CEU for CRCs
This webinar has received pre-approval for 1.0 hour Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRCs).
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Discussants
Jean Winsor is Senior Associate at the Institute for Community Inclusion’s (ICI) University of Massachusetts Boston. Jean has more than 20 years of experience conducting research focused on state integrated employment systems and 15 years of experience providing technical assistance to employment system stakeholders. Dr. Winsor has investigated states with high rates of integrated employment for people with disabilities, states that have engaged in multi-agency systems change to support integrated employment, and states that are using Employment First as a catalyst for systems change. Jean is particularly interested in understanding the methods states use to collect data on employment, the strategies states use to fund employment services, and the factors that impact the choices individuals with disabilities make about employment.
Dr. Hyun Ju Kim is a Project Director III at the University New Hampshire Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD). Her research interests include the analysis of the role of Social Security disability programs on economic mobility, financial security, and health outcomes of people with disabilities, with a focus on vulnerable groups by race/ethnicity, gender, and immigrant status. At the UNH-IOD, Hyun Ju is currently involved in i) the disability statistics and training project, which is funded by National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), and ii) the foundational research project for exploring unique challenges and experiences of food insecurity among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). She intends to expand her research to investigate the food security among participants of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the barriers and facilitators of using Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts among SSI recipients. Prior to joining the UNH-IOD, Hyun Ju worked at the World Bank as a consultant and conducted research on structural profiles of informality in the labor markets of the Middle East and North African region.