Transitioning Youth Resource Fair Sat., Oct. 18, 2014
YA = Young Adult Session
CM 214
9:15 10:00
a.m.
Think College
for Students w/
Intellectual
Disabilities Amy
Lacosse,
UMBC-SUCCESS
+ Kudi Giwa,
MasonLIFE
Specialized
Employment
Tom Liniak, Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA)
CM 114
10:15 –
11:00
a.m.
YA –
What Do You Do
For Fun?
Marcy Bennett,
JFGH/MOST + 5
groups offering
social/
recreational
opportunities
Understanding
SSI and SSDI
Maedi Tanham
Carney, M&L
Special Needs
Planning
CM 216
CM 218
Transitioning to
Adulthood
w/Mental Health
Disabilities Ann
Mahling Geddes, MD
Coalition of Families
for Children’s Mental
Health
Other Funding
Sources
YA –
Parent Panel:
The Changing
Role of Parents
Young Adult Panel:
How Do You Get
What you Need?
LEAP : LaVerne
Buchanan,
TransCen, Inc.
RESPITE: Julia
Abate, The Arc
Montgomery
County
Moderated by Coco
Polomeque
Hangout Hive
Facilitator
Facilitated by
Reda Sheinberg,
MCTransitions
YA –
Where Else
Could You
Live?
CM - FOYER
11:15
a.m. 12:00
p.m.
YA –
What Do You
Do For Fun?
Melissa Wyman,
PCR + 5 more
groups offering
social/
recreational
opportunities
Figuring Out
Medicaid/
Medical
Assistance + EID
Adrian Wicker,
Benefits
Coordinator,
Cornerstone
Montgomery, Inc.
Imagine Working
George Tilson, Career
and Workforce
Development
Consultant
Marcy Bennett,
JFGH MOST +
Denise Gomez,
JFGH Director of
Programs
YA –
Role Play for
Real Life – SelfAdvocacy
Nicolette Stearns,
Founding Director
ArtStream
CM - FOYER
Health
Insurance: What
are your
options? Joy
Hatchette, Associate
Commissioner
Consumer Educ &
Advocacy, MD
Health Admin
CM 211
CM 220
CM 221
YA – Coping with
Transition
Resource
Coordination
Carolyn Miller,
MMARS +
Venetia
McDaniel/Ricardo
Lyles, Total Care
Services
The Right College
How Peer Support
Can Help Parents
Raising Children
w/Emotional,
Behavioral, Mental
Health Challenges
Guardianship and
Advance Health
Care Directives
Ellen Callegary Esq.,
Callegary &
Steedman, P.A.
What is DORS and
How Can It
Help You?
Marcia Rohrer, DORS,
Vocational
Rehabilitation
Specialist Supervisor
Financial Planning
for Special Needs
Families
Supported Decision
Making for Siblings
and Families
Jean Doyle & Anjela
McNally,
The Arc of Frederick
County
Celia Serkin, Mont
Cty Federation of
Families for
Children’s Mental
Health
Disability
Awareness
(Creando conciencia
sobre
Incapacidades)
Marta Bohorquez, Job
Placement Specialist,
Jewish Social Service
Agency (JSSA)
Disability Support
Services Counselors
Sue Haddad,
Montgomery College +
Ruth Brodsky, college
consultant
Tom Walsh,
Chartered Special
Needs Consultant
(ChSNC)
Jonah Green, LCSWC, Jonah Green &
Assoc
(parents welcome)
Presentado en
español
CM - FOYER
12:15 –
1:00
p.m.
Session Schedule (subject to change)
CM = Catherine Scott Commons
YA - Social Media
Jacky Cohen, College
Living Experience
Where Can I
Live? Housing
Options
Susan Smith,
Disability
Services, Mont.
County Housing
Opportunities
Commission
Employment
(Trabajos)
Marta Bohorquez,
Job Placement
Specialist, Jewish
Social Service
Agency (JSSA)
Presentado en
español
Waivers 101
Shawn Lattanzio,
Montgomery Cty
Dept of
Health/Human
Services, Behavioral
Health Planning &
Mgt
Jobs with
Montgomery
County
Marie Parker,
TransCen, Inc. +
Greg
Gamble/Steve
Blanks, SEEC
(Project Search)
Transitioning Youth Resource Fair Sat., Oct. 18, 2014
YA = Young Adult Session
Session Schedule (subject to change)
CM = Catherine Scott Commons