Are You Ready to Empower a Future?

Do You Empower Futures?

If you work with young adults with disabilities, we challenge you to answer this question: Are you prepared to empower youth with disabilities to reach their full potential? If you answer is anything less than "Absolutely!" we're here to help. Please join us at Empowering A Future, Able South Carolina's annual transition conference for professionals working alongside young adults with disabilities in South Carolina. From content on Pre-Employment Transition Services to best practice in self-determination skill building, this conference has something for any professional working in a transition-related field!

 Session Topics Include: 

• Transition 101: Best Practice and Creating Transition Programming for All Youth

• SC Employer Panel: What Transition Professionals Need to Know

• Using Assistive Technology to Empower Youth

• Pre-Employment Transition Services 101: Constructing an Employment Flow of Service

• The Individual as the Expert: Person-Centered Planning in Action

• Teaching Self-Determination 

• Rights and Responsibilities in Employment and Education

• Innovative Approaches to Job Attainment Skill Instruction

• Tools of the SC High School Credential

...and much more!  

 Empowering A Future
Friday, March 15, 2019
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Columbia Convention Center
1101 Lincoln St, Columbia, SC 29201 

Register Here!

Introducing LeDerick Horne, 2019 Keynote Speaker

A dynamic spoken-word poet. A tireless advocate for all people with disabilities. An inspiring motivational speaker. A bridge-builder between learners and leaders across the U.S. and around the world. LeDerick Horne uses his gift for spoken-word poetry as the gateway to larger discussions on equal opportunity, pride, self-determination, and hope for people with disabilities.

This keynote presentation provides strategies for increasing academic performance, self-determination, and self-advocacy skills of students with disabilities. As an entrepreneur and performance poet with a learning disability who has worked as an advocate on the national, state and local level, LeDerick Horne provides a unique perspective on education reform and issues related to creating a more equitable society. This emotionally stirring talk is filled with moving verses and empowering information that will prepare YOU to challenge stereotypes, rethink teaching methods, and improve the lives of people with disabilities.