Worker Empowerment
This session will address why empowering workers is important and describe different strategies that states, communities, and providers have used to empower workers on the job and in their communities, through training, advocacy, and membership in professional associations. Panelists will engage the audience in discussion of successful worker empowerment strategies and their impact.
| Moderator: | Amy Hewitt , PhD, University of Minnesota Research & Training Center on Community Living | |
| Panelists: | Susan O’Nell, UMN, Active Support | Presentation |
| Regis Obijiski, ED New Horizons and Mid-Hudson Coalition | Presentation | |
| Bridget Siljander, DSP and Chair of Minnesota DSPAM | Presentation | |
| Di Findley, ED Iowa Caregivers Association | Presentation |
