N-the-Know
2011 - 2012 Series
COSD is pleased to provide online training opportunities to learn more about the issues surrounding career employment for college students and recent graduates with disabilities. N-the-Know is a series of eight one-hour archived and live broadcast training sessions conducted by Alan Muir, Executive Director of COSD and Sarah Helm, Coordinator of the Disability Careers Office at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Each of the sessions provides an in-depth view of an aspect of the career development of college students with disabilities. For career services and disability services professionals, N-the-Know will put you "In the Know" to assist these students to be competitive in the career search. N-the-Know is also valuable to professionals in HR, campus recruiting and diversity to more fully understand how to recruit qualified candidates from this population.
All of the N-the-Know webcasts are video and audio streamed to your desktop computer and presentation materials will also be on screen.
The topics covered by the series and dates of the live broadcasts are as follows (all are scheduled for 2 pm Eastern Time):
Thursday, September 22, 2011: N-the-Know with Cisco: An Employer Spotlight - Dee Cosetto, Director Global University Connection with Cisco, Presenter
Representatives of Cisco discussed the company's recruiting philosophy and programs to attract and hire qualified college graduates with disabilities. Cisco is a great example of how corporate recruiting can be successfully directed toward the population of college graduates with disabilities. This webcast has been recorded and is now available to view in the "N the Know" webcast archives. For information about how to view the archives, see below.
Thursday, January 12, 2012: Career Development for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities: A Research Update - Dr. Sarah Helm, Presenter
The presenter discussed data derived from her recent qualitative study on the career development and employment concerns of job-seeking students with psychiatric disabilities. The results of the research were also highlighted, which indicated multiple concerns regarding employment, anxiety and confusion with disability disclosure and minimal knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This webcast has been recorded and is now available to view in the "N-the-Know" webcast archives. For information about how to view the archives, see below.
Thursday, February 16, 2012: Asperger's Syndrome and Career Employment - Marcia Scheiner, Founder and President and Michael John Carley, Executive Director of Asperger Syndrome Training and Employment Partnership (ASTEP)
Today many individuals with Asperger's Syndrome / high functioning autism are completing college; yet many of these adults still do not achieve full employment. Of those that do find jobs, many are underemployed. Employers need to have a better understanding of the unique capabilities of this untapped workforce, and how to integrate employees with Asperger's into the workplace. College career counselors for individuals on the autism spectrum need to arm themselves with the knowledge about why employers will benefit from hiring individuals on the spectrum and how to work with employers to help these students acheive full employment. ASTEP will share their program for working with corporate America to create awareness and job opportunities for adults with Asperger's Syndrome / high functioning autism and how you - as an employer or a career services professional - can join this effort.
May 2012: Returning Veterans with Disabilities - Speaker to be announced
This presentation will discuss the needs of returning veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts as they are transitioning from military deployment into higher education and then into a civilian career.
The previously recorded and archived webcasts can be accessed through a link that is unique to that individual webcast. These webcasts were recorded in 2009 and 2010, but are topics with no expiration. The topics of these previously recorded and archived webcasts are as follows:(For more details on these webcasts, click here.)
Collaboration Between Career Services and Disability Services - Sarah Helm, Presenter
Disclosure, Self-Advocacy and Accommodations - Alan Muir and Sarah Helm, Presenters
Disclosure,Apparent v. Non-Apparent Disabilities - Alan Muir and Sarah Helm, Presenters
Experiential Education - Alan Muir, Presenter
Pricing options to purchase either individual live and/or previously recorded and archived webcasts or packages in multiple combinations are available. For pricing information click here.
To place your order, please access through the COSD payment system hosted by the University of Tennessee Career Services Webstore. Payments can be made with Visa or Mastercard only. Unfortunately, we cannot accept American Express. If you only have an American Express card for your university, agency or company or do not have a credit card available, please click on "I will pay by check sent via Regular Mail." If paying by check, please note here that the check needs to be made payable to the University of Tennessee and the tax ID Number is 62-6001636.