A Look Ahead May 2024

The A Look Ahead Conference Series brings together expert speakers for training focused on improving the lives of individuals with disabilities, the people who support them, and the community at large. Topics will vary quarterly. Conference participants will leave with information and resources they can use now and in the future.

Breakout Sessions for the February A Look Ahead Quarterly Conference are:

• Creating a Plan for the Future - Mary Jane Williams, Family to Family Network
• Disability Cultural Humility Training: An Overview of History, Care, and Services for Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - Carrie Parks, Metrocare Services
• Disability Disclosure Considerations - Randi Turner, Disability Rights Texas
• Let’s Go To Work!! Understanding the Impact of Work on Benefits - Stacey Levrets, Imagine Enterprise
• Practicing Boundaries and Consent in Healthy Relationships - Ronni Jupson, The SAFE Alliance
• My Rights, My Life, My Internet: Navigating Safe and Healthy Relationships Online - Ronni Jupson, The SAFE Alliance
• Preparing Your Financial Future: The Basics of Supplemental Needs Trusts, Pooled Trusts and ABLE… What you Need to Know - Ashley Melero, The Arc of Texas
• Protection/Advocacy – Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABBS) - Randi Turner, Disability Rights Texas
• The Person-Centered Approach to Support Executive Functioning - Kelsey Ceniceros, CW Disability Transition Consulting
• Recreation, Leisure & Community Connections - A Panel Discussion Facilitated by Osta Thomson
• Transition Planning: Making the Future a Reality - Mary Jane Williams, Family to Family Network
• What’s in Charge? Medicaid Waiver or Person-Centered Plan: Ensuring Your Services are Truly Person Directed - Kelsey Ceniceros, CW Disability Transition Consulting

Registration is non-refundable after May 1, 2024.