HCBS Final Rule Bootcamp
The Bootcamp will offer information, strategies and resources to offer more person centered, community-based services and address the HCBS Final Rule’s federal requirements.
The project will develop local communities of practice to increase knowledge and implement of best practices and encourage collaborative groups to foster shared learning and solution-focused discussions.
Below are six powerful training sessions we are certain you will enjoy and learn from. If you scroll beyond the videos, you will find all the bootcamp trainings and will have access to all materials from the presentations.
HCBW Final Rule Trainings 1 - 6
Dr. Thomas Pomeranz
Dr. Thomas Pomeranz is a nationally recognized authority, trainer, clinician and consultant in the field of services for people with disabilities. Over the last forty (40) years, Thomas has conducted thousands of seminars and programs throughout the United States and Canada. His audiences praise his ability to combine information, humor, passion and storytelling into an informative whole that does not just present the information, but really communicates it in a memorable fashion. Thomas received his Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Special Education and a Doctorate in Mental Health Administration from Indiana University, followed by post-graduate work from the University of Notre Dame in the area of experimental psychology. He has held a variety of top level administrative posts in community-based service organizations and three large state-operated facilities. Thomas is a Policy Fellow and Visiting Lecturer for Minot State University - North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, a University Center of Excellence.
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HCBS Final Rule Bootcamp
The Bootcamp will provide a five-part webinar series and follow-up community of practice sessions for those that are interested in implementing best practices and applying strategies and tools provided during the Bootcamp webinar series. The first Bootcamp webinar will be a general session that reviews the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule and changing expectations and best practices in our service delivery system. There will two tracks for the last four Bootcamp webinars. One track is for residential providers and a second track is for day services and employment providers.
All providers can enroll staff in both tracks of the Bootcamp if they provide both residential and day/employment services. There will also be two Communities of Practice: one for residential providers and one for day/employment providers. The Bootcamp webinars are intended to offer strategies and resources with time set aside to address questions and challenges that providers are dealing with by complying with the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule. Follow-up technical assistance will be available to those who enroll in the communities of practice.
HCBS Final Rule, Leadership and Change
Feb 8, 2023, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 1 (90 minutes)
Content: The first training will provide an overview of the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule in the context of leadership and change in our service delivery system. The webinar will discuss the changing expectations and ways to effect change in the way services are delivered to achieve a good or better life for those we support.
Person Centered/Meaningful Day Services
February 22, 2023, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 2B (90 minutes)
Content: This training will provide an overview of community integration, meaningful day services. Participants will learn to assess a person’s life skills and offer more person- centered planning and supports. The session will also discuss how to develop and implement plans that foster self- determination and independence.
Discovery and Assessment
March 8, 2023 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 3B (90 minutes)
Content: This training will provide an overview of the discovery process, including visual resumes and discovery plans and profiles. Participants will learn to identify a person’s skills, interests, passions, and goals. The session will also discuss how to target potential community integration and employment settings that match a person’s unique characteristics and desires.
Job and Community Development
March 22, 2023, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 4b (90 minutes)
Content: This training will provide participants with information on how to reframe how to place those they support and partner with employers and other community organizations. We will offer strategies that community-based day and employment services can use to target community and employment opportunities. We will discuss how to open doors, and more importantly, how to identify possible opportunities to partner with community organizations and employers in a way that benefits their operations.
Systematic Instruction and Support
April 5, 2023 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 5B (90 minutes
Content: This training focuses on post-placement support services, including job task analysis and skill instruction, how to effectively partner with community organizations and employers and how to effectively train employees with more significant support needs. This webinar will give participants the tools they need to teach more complex tasks. Participants will learn about positive instructional strategies and systematic instruction. Participants will learn ways to collect performance data and document progress using a task analysis and other methods.
Residential Track: Making and Supporting Choices Community of Practice Session and Follow-Up TA
May 31, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 5B (90 minutes)
Participants will be provided tools and resources to foster individual’s choices and communicate effectively including the recognizing the difference between approach, avoidance, and neutral behavior as well as recognizing opportunities for a choice to be made. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Residential Track: Recruitment
Bootcamp Webinar Session
Finding Direct Support Professionals (DSP) and keeping them to meet the Service and Support needs of the individuals you service is a constant challenge in the current work environment. This webinar will focus on
Recruitment…
Knowing who you’re looking for…
Knowing where to look…
Now that you’ve found them…
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Residential Track: Life Quality and Environmental Safety Community of Practice Session and Follow-Up TA
July 26, 2023, 10:00 am
Community of practice Webinar Session 8A (90 minutes)
Participants will be provided tools and resources to better ensure efforts to improve quality of life as well as assessing and supporting environmental safety both in residential facilities and in the community. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
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Person Centered Services and Risk Management
February 15, 2023, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 2A (90 minutes)
Content: This training will provide an overview of person-centered planning and risk management in daily living. Participants will expand their knowledge of roles in the person-centered planning process and how to support an individual’s goals and objectives, as well as how to monitor progress on goals and objectives. They will also learn to assess and manage risk while offering more person-centered planning and supports. The session will also discuss how to develop and implement plans that foster self-determination and independence.
Making and Supporting Choices
March 1, 2023, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 3A (90 minutes)
Content: This training will provide information on making choices and supporting choices that persons make during the person-centered planning process. Participants will learn the correlation between making choices and quality of life as well as how to honor and facilitate a person’s choices, including possible non-verbal responses to choice making opportunities. In addition, participants will learn how to effectively communicate with all members of the planning team regarding the identification of choices that should be addressed during the person-centered planning process.
Life Quality and Environmental Safety
March 15, 2023, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 4A (90 minutes)
Content: This training will provide participants with information on how to reframe efforts to improve quality of life and address environmental safety for those you support. We will offer strategies that residential service providers can use to document and better ensure an improvement in the quality of their life, including identifying individual routines as well as opportunities for the development of unpaid relationships and meaningful participation in social, recreational, educational and vocational activities.
Successful Teaching & Positive Behavior Supports
March 29, 2023 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 5A (90 minutes)
Content: This training focuses on strategies for successful teaching as well as developing and implementing positive behavior supports. This webinar will give participants the tools they need to teach goals consist with their person-centered plans, identify quality of life areas that may contribute to challenging behavior, define challenging behavior, and use tools to track behavior challenges. Participants will learn about developing a plan and implementing positive behavior supports as well as learn ways to assess teaching methods and document progress being made on positive behavior support plans.
Residential Track: Person-Centered Services and Risk Management Community of Practice Session and Follow-Up TA
May 3, 2023, 10:00 am
Community of Practice Webinar Session 6A (90 minutes)
Participants will be provided tools and resources to complete person-centered plans and assess risk on selected persons that they support, including training how to read and interpret client files and gathering information from natural and paid support systems. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Residential Track: Making and Supporting Choices Community of Practice Session and Follow-Up TA
PowerPoint Slides
May 31, 10:00 am
Bootcamp Webinar Session 5B (90 minutes)
Participants will be provided tools and resources to foster individual’s choices and communicate effectively including the recognizing the difference between approach, avoidance, and neutral behavior as well as recognizing opportunities for a choice to be made. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Residential Track: Day/Employment Track: Community and Job Development Community of Practice Session and Follow-up TA
July 19, 2023, 10:00 am
Community of practice Webinar Session 8B (90 minutes)
Day/Employment Track: Systematic Instruction and Support Community of Practice Session and Follow-up TA
August 9 10:00 am
Community of practice Webinar Session 9B (90 minutes)
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS Goals-Community of Practice Webinar: Day/Employment
September 13th
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
The 10 Federal Home and Community Based Services Regulations - Peer to Peer with Nickole Mensch
Sep 19, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Residential Track: Successful Teaching including Positive Behavior Supports Community of Practice Session and Follow-Up TA
September 20, 2023, 10:00 – 11AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
The 10 Federal Home and Community Based Services Regulations
Sep 27, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice Day/Vocational. Where do we go from here?
Oct 11, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice Residential.
Where do we go from here?
Oct 18, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Webinar HCBS, Lanterman Act. Title 17 and Title 22.
How we can make the rules and regulations work together.
Oct 25, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Cultural Competence
Community of Practice - Vocational/Day
Nov 8, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Cultural Competence
Community of Practice - Residential
Nov 15, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
"Meaningful Lives"
Nov 22, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice - Day/Vocational
December 13, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice - Residential
December 20, 2023, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice-Enhancing Health and Safety/Day Vocational
Jan 17, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice-Enhancing Health
and Safety/Residential
Jan 24, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Health and Safety Webinar
Jan 31, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice - Health and Safety Day
Vocational - HCBS Evaluations
Feb 14, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice - Health and Safety
Residential HCBS EVALUATIONS
Feb 21, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Health and Safety Webinar
Feb 28, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice Advocacy
Mar 13, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
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HCBS- Community of Practice
Mar 20, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
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HCBS - Community of Practice/Day Employment
April 10, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice/Residential
April 17, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice/Residential
April 24, 2024 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice, Residential
May 22, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice, Boundaries
May 29, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice,
What’s our common issues in HCBS Waiver
June 19, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice,
DDS Standardized Individual Program Plan
Template and Procedures
July 17, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - Community of Practice -
INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM PLAN
July 24, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS - INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM PLAN DEVELOPMENT
July 31, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Webinar - IPP Development
August 28, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
HCBS TOPICS
September 25, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice on HCBS Topics
October 23, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice on HCBS Topics
November 13, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice on HCBS Topics
November 20, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Community of Practice on HCBS Topics
December 11, 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Participants will be provided strategies and tools to conduct job/task analysis, arrange and conduct systematic instruction and a workplace supports plan for an employee that includes social integration and fading. Participants that submit completed tools and will be provided feedback before the community of practice session. These tools and strategies will be reviewed and discussed during the community of practice session.
Meet the Trainers
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Dale Verstegen
Dale Verstegen, is assigned to a range of research, training and technical- assistance projects related to transition and employment services in various parts of the country. Mr. Verstegen provides consultation and training in the areas of provider transformation, performance management, employer engagement and job development. Dale has developed curriculum and provided training on supported and customized employment for a wide range of universities and state agencies. Dale’s capacity building projects has included the development of a comprehensive training program for all employment specialists in the states of Vermont and Michigan. Given his business background and having been an employer, Dale has focused his research, writing and training on the provision of employment services to the employer community. Dale has provided field based technical assistance to hundreds of employment and transition specialists throughout the country in the area of job development and employer partnerships. Dale has provided technical assistance and coordinate statewide networks on provider transformation and organizational change. Mr. Verstegen has his Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is currently the past President on the Board of Directors of the Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE)
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Jeannine Pavlak
Jeannine Pavlak has been working in the field of disability employment since 1988. She currently leads an organization that provides integrated employment and community services throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut as well as 42 additional states through Social Security’s Ticket to Work program. Jeannine has consulted on several topics including staff development, data collection and benchmarking, best practices in community integrated employment, braiding funding, school to work transition, TTW and self- employment. More recently, Ms. Pavlak began providing technical assistance to organizations interested in transforming their service delivery model from facility based to community based. Ms. Pavlak has her Masters Degree in Non-Profit Management. Jeannine has received numerous awards for her outstanding professional achievement, vision and direction.
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Jeffrey Popkin
Jeffrey Popkin started his professional career in 1977 working for the State of California, in Bakersfield. He has worked in several different direct service and administrative positions in the field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities over the past 44 years. He has served on both local and statewide committees that have developed laws and policies in the field of disabilities. Jeffrey believes that his greatest accomplishments is that he always strives to listen and understand the needs of the diverse populations of Individuals and families he serves. He works hard to creatively develop solutions that meet unique needs. Even though he has worked in the system for his entire career, he still believes that we should put people before paper. Jeffrey Popkin received his bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Southern California and a Masters in Social Welfare from the University of California, Los Angeles. Jeffrey Is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, and a Certified Advanced Social Work Case Manager.
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Tamerla Prince
Tamerla Prince began her career in the field of developmental disabilities in 2001. She has extensive experience in the areas of Supported Living and residential services and is the current President of Positive Purpose LLC in Bakersfield, Ca, working as a vendor for Kern Regional Center providing SLS, ILS, Residential, and Homemaker services. Tamerla serves as the current chair of Kern Regional Center’s Vendor Advisory Committee and provides certification training to Direct Support Professionals working in residential placement across California. In addition, she is a Non-Violent Crisis Intervention instructor and sits on various boards in the community as a volunteer. Tamerla received her B. A. at Cal State Bakersfield, and she is currently pursuing her Masters Degree.
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Lisa Jo Gage
Lisa Jo Gage has been working with individuals with intellectual disabilities since 1995. She has spent the majority of her career working with adults. She is currently the President of Shine Bright Social Services LLC providing Supported Living and Independent Living Services. She provides training to Direct Support Professionals to receive certification as required to work in licensed residential facilities in California. In addition to her current role, her career has included Administrator for ICF/DDH residential facilities, Service Coordinator for Kern Regional Center, crisis response team leader for Kern, Inyo and Mono counties, and a previous Non-Violent Crisis Intervention instructor. Ms. Gage received her Master of Social Work degree at California State University Bakersfield and is currently working on IDD/MI Dual Diagnosis Specialist Certification. She intends to pursue her Doctorate in Social Work.
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