Training for CILs
Training of interest to CILs is listed below. To find training on a specific topic, you can narrow your search by using the browse by topics links in the column on the right or the search button in the upper left of this page.
Upcoming Training
- Serving Cross-Disability Populations
Type of Training: Webinar/Teleconference
Date: March 29, 2023 - Rural Conversation Community
Type of Training: Webinar/Teleconference
Date: April 19, 2023
On-demand Training
- Non-Traditional Transitions
Presenter(s): Sharif Brown, Betzaida Ramos Chárriez, Sue Hetrick, Jeff Hughes, Marly Saade - How CILs Can (and Should!) Support Consumers Experiencing Homelessness (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Robbie Roppolo, Georgina Alvarez - Evolving Core Services -- Independent Living Skills Training (1.5 Hours)
- Coordinating Accessible & Engaging Virtual Events for CILs and SILCs: A Panel Discussion of Promising Practices (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Tim Fuchs, Mary Willard, Sierra Royster, Brooke Curtis - How CILs Can (and Should!) Support Consumers in the Criminal Legal System
Presenter(s): Sharif Brown, Scott Burlingame - CIL Pandemic Response: How CILs Can Initiate Emergency Relocations and Transitions During the COVID-19 Pandemic (1.5 Hours)
- CIL Pandemic Response: CARES Act Funds and Other Opportunities for Innovative CIL Actions
Presenter(s): Todd Holloway, Paula McElwee, Ami Weidler-Hyten, Jill Jacobs - OILP Quarterly Connection 02/24/21
Presenter(s): Alison Barkoff, Reyma McCoy McDeid, Regina Blye, Sean Barrett - OILP Quarterly Connection
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Jennifer Johnson, Erica McFadden - Financial Management for Centers for Independent Living: Regulations and Beyond (12.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Building Self-Sustaining Programs: Business Acumen Learning Collaborative Discussion
Presenter(s): Richard Petty, Michelle Crain, Marty Dombrowski, Ryan Nolan - Rural Conversation Community: Reopening Guidelines and CARES Act (1 Hour)
- Hospital to Home: A Collaborative Between Community Partners Two-Part Series (3 Hours)
Presenter(s): Patricia Yeager, Joseph Foecking, Indy Frazee, Amanda Strantz - Rural Conversation Community: Peer Support for COVID-19 (1 Hour)
- Statewide and Systemic Responses to COVID-19 and Other Emergencies: A Q&A Session for CILs and SILCs (1 hour)
Presenter(s): Todd Holloway, Yomi Wrong, Patrice Strahan, Kathy Cooper - What You Need to Know About the New State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL): A Comprehensive Overview of the SPIL Instrument and Instructions (2 hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - Technology Options During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Q&A Session for CILs and SILCs (1 hour)
Presenter(s): Dawn Bentley, Kimberly Tissot - Rural Conversation Community (1.25 Hours)
- Remote Work and Consumer Connections During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Q&A Session for CILs and SILCs (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Susan Dooha, Lou Ann Kibbee, Sarah Martinez - Ready for Review - Using ACL’s Compliance & Outcome Monitoring Protocol (COMP) Tool to Achieve Excellence: Two-Part Presentation (3 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - Rural Conversation Community: Supporting our Communities through COVID-19 (1 Hour)
- Operating Independent Living Programs in the Face of Coronavirus: A Q&A Session for CILs and SILCs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Susan Dooha, Jeremy Morris, Richard Petty, Marcie Roth, Corinna Stiles, Yomi Wrong, Tim Fuchs - Implementing Institutional Transition and Diversion Strategies in Centers for Independent Living (1 Course)
- Fueling Business Acumen: How CILs are Securing Contracts with Health Plans and Payers (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Richard Petty, Bill Henning, Patricia Yeager, Audrey Schremmer - Standards and Assurances for Centers for Independent Living (1 Course)
- Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality in CILs: Strategies for Strengthening Outreach to Unserved and Underserved Populations (1 Course)
- Top 10 Mistakes That Can Put Your CIL or SILC At Risk (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - IL Partnership with Disability Advisory Councils, Boards, and Commissions
Presenter(s): Luke Byram, Todd Holloway - Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality in CILs (11 Hours)
Presenter(s): Darrell Lynn Jones, Daisy Feidt, Kim Gibson, Jesse Bethke Gomez, Keri Gray, Ron Halog, Stanley A. Holbrook, Judith Holt, Reyma McCoy McDeid, Elsa Quezada, Liz Sherwin, Susan Dooha, Brooke Curtis - Get to the Core of It - Peer Support: Best Practices in the CIL Core Services (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Matt Cain, Sarah Jo Jorgensen - Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) (1 course)
- How CILs Can Transform the Housing Landscape (8 Hours)
Presenter(s): Darrel Christenson, Ann Denton, Karen Michalski-Karney - Why Words Matter: Addressing Microaggressions to Create a Welcoming Environment (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Stanley A. Holbrook, Brooke Curtis - Contracting with Health Plans: Why Working With Health Plans and Payers Is Vital to the Independent Living Movement (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Suzanne Crisp, Richard Petty, Audrey Schremmer - Investing in the Independent Living Movement Means Investing in Youth (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Keri Gray, Allie Cannington - Supporting Your CIL Board for Success
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Anne Weeks - Disability & Diversity Data - How Centers for Independent Living Can Use Data Mining and Community Mapping to Address Diversity (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Susan Dooha, Stanley A. Holbrook, Andrew Houtenville, Megan Henly - Introducing the How to Guide for Marketing Centers for Independent Living Services to Health Plans and Payers (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Orion Bell, Jen Morgan, Richard Petty, Patricia Yeager - Supporting Youth in Transition: How CILs Can Contract for Youth Transition Services (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Seth Hoderewski, Joe Michener - Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality in CILs: Creating a Welcoming and Supportive CIL for Diverse Populations (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Stanley A. Holbrook, Lee Schulz, Kim Gibson - Our Homes: Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing—An IL-NET Training and Resource Series
- Expanding Housing Options in Your Community (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Ann Denton - Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality in CILs: Making New Friends and Playing Well with Others (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Stanley A. Holbrook, Ron Halog, Elsa Quezada - Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality in CILs: Creating Supportive Organizational Culture and Infrastructure (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Stanley A. Holbrook, Reyma McCoy McDeid, Daisy Feidt - Working Together - Building a Statewide IL Network through CIL & SILC Collaboration (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Kathy Cooper, Bob Mikesic, Deone Wilson - Approaches to Emerging Systems Advocacy in Centers for Independent Living (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Candace Coleman, Michelle Garcia, Amber Smock - Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality: An American Journey for CILs (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Stanley A. Holbrook, Jesse Bethke Gomez, Susan Dooha - Who’s “At-Risk”? How to Determine and Address Risk of Institutional Placement to Achieve the New Core Service of Diversion (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Michelle Crain, Jackie Pacha, Nancy Penland - Preventing Guardianship: How CILs Can Be the Frontline to Advocate for Less Restrictive Alternatives (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Charlie Walters, Jerri Davison - Get to the Core of It: Integrating CIL Core Services for a Holistic Consumer Experience (12 Hours)
Presenter(s): Darrel Christenson, Michelle Crain, Bruce E. Darling, Amina Donna Kruck, April Reed, Kimberly Tissot, Charlie Walters - Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment in CILs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Jan Derry, Roberta Sick - Community Integration: A Holistic Approach to the New Core Services for Transition & Diversion (9 Hours)
Presenter(s): Darrel Christenson, Bruce E. Darling, Michelle Crain, Paula McElwee - Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the CIL Core Services - Information & Referral (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Roger Howard, Darrel Christenson - Youth Transition: The Growing Role of Centers for Independent Living (10 Hours)
Presenter(s): Kings Floyd, Seth Hoderewski, Joe Michener, Mary Willard, Sierra Royster, Kimberly Tissot, Charlie Walters - Applying Your Indirect Cost Rate at Centers for Independent Living (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Independent Living Skills Training for Transition to the Community (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Jane Schiele, Rebecca Payton - Townhall Discussion on Institutional Diversion (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Darrell Lynn Jones, Tim Fuchs - Creating a Wider Vision for Youth Transition in CILs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Kings Floyd, Mary Willard, Sierra Royster - Updating Your Policies to Match Current Financial Regulations (7 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - Doin’ the Diversion Dance from Rehab to Community: One Center’s Approach to Early Intervention in Rehab Facilities (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Darrel Christenson, Don Price - Leaders Without Limits: A Community Leadership Academy - Train the Trainer (10 Hours)
Presenter(s): Robert Hand, Kimberly Tissot, Paula McElwee - Financial Management Workshop for CILs: Regulations and Beyond (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, John Heveron, Steven Spillan - Creating Cognitive Access and Inclusion in the Independent Living Movement (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Julia Bascom - Intersectionality in Centers for Independent Living: Cultural Inclusion (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Dustin Gibson, Keri Gray, Ola Ojewumi - Creating Disability Culture in Centers for Independent Living (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - How to Prepare an Indirect Cost Rate Proposal (1.75 Hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the Four Core Services, Peer Support - A Proven Volunteer Model (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Amina Donna Kruck, April Reed - An Introduction to the New Indirect Cost Rate Requirements for Centers for Independent Living (1.45 Hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Internal Controls for Centers for Independent Living (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Expanding CIL Youth Transition Services: Promising Practices and Funding Sources (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Robert Hand - Liberation to Leadership: The Role of CILs in Transforming Communities (7 Hours)
Presenter(s): Sheri Burns, Robert Hand, Amina Donna Kruck, Paula McElwee, Stacey Milbern, Michael Galvan, Dolores Tejada - Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in CIL Core Services -- Systems Advocacy (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Stephanie Woodward - Value Added: Collecting IL Data for Statewide and Local CIL / SILC Impact (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Rodney Craig, Sara Grivetti, Steven Locke - Expanding Your CIL’s Capacity through Technology and Fees-for-Service Programs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Eli Gelardin - Empowering Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities: The Role of the Peer Model in CILs (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Mike Bachhuber, Justin Brown, Daniel Fisher, Ruthie Poole, Sara Wendell Launderville - Content Marketing for Centers for Independent Living: Communicating your Strengths and Expertise in your Community (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Carol Voss - Attract and Retain Your Best CIL Board Members (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - Resource Development for CILs: Opening the Floodgates to Sustainability (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Karen Eber Davis - Fees-for-Service in CILs: A two-part series (2.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Dennis Fitzgibbons - Business Acumen in CILs: An Interview Series with CIL Executive Directors
Presenter(s): Audrey Schremmer, Mike Mayer, Amy Beck, Kimberly Tissot, Anne Weeks, Kathie Knoble-Iverson, Mike Oxford, Lee Schulz, Eli Gelardin, Dennis Fitzgibbons - Practical Measures: Telling Your Story through Outcome Measures (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Dan Kessler, Pat Puckett, Paul Spooner - Funding and Delivering Youth Transition Programs: One CIL’s Experience with Multiple Funding Sources (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Alie Kriofske - Building an Effective Peer Support Program: A Proven Volunteer Model (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Amina Donna Kruck, April Reed - Funding and Delivering Youth Transition Programs: One CIL’s Experience with Sexuality Education (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Alie Kriofske - The New Frontier of Disability Rights: Introduction to Child-Custody Rights of Parents with Disabilities (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Kelly Buckland, Ella Callow, Megan Kirshbaum - Introduction to Housing Discrimination Laws for Independent Living Center Staff (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Claire Chantler, Susan Crawford - Expanding CIL Capacity through Youth Transition Services: Collaborating with School Districts and VR (13 hours)
Presenter(s): Peter Darling, Maureen O'Donnell, Amy Beck, Seth Hoderewski, Joe Michener, Cara Steidel, David Hancox, Lisa Hatz, Rick Walters, Susan Pesavento, Amy Noone, Kenneth Duesing, Abbie Wells Herzog - Recognizing & Responding to Caregiver Abuse (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Jan Derry, Erin Fontaine, Leslie Myers - Centers for Independent Living as Financial Management Service Providers, Part 1: Basics (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Mollie Murphy, Lucia Cucu - The CIL and ADRC Connection: The Oregon Story (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Barry Fox-Quamme - Establishing and Managing Fees for Service in CILs (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Dennis Fitzgibbons, Kathie Knoble-Iverson - Quality Beyond Compliance: Taking Charge of Your CIL's True Potential (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Anne Weeks, Maureen Ryan, Richard Petty - Consumer Information Files Series (3 courses in the series)
- Core Services for Centers for Independent Living (7 courses in the series)
- CIL Boards of Directors Series (2 courses in the series)
- Foundations of Independent Living Series (4 courses in the series)
- Leadership: Shifting Your CIL into High Gear (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Christy Dunaway, Robert Hand, Bill Henning, Lee Schulz - Effective Rural Outreach: Using the Concerns Report Method as a Tool for Change (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Mike Mayer, Tom Seekins - Expanding CIL Capacity through Youth Transition Services: Collaborating with School Districts and VR (3 hours)
Presenter(s): Maureen O'Donnell, Peter Darling, Amy Beck, Seth Hoderewski, Joe Michener - Effective Service Coordination: Engaging Consumers with a Holistic Approach to Independent Living Services (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Darrel Christenson, Amina Donna Kruck, Roger Howard, Deb Langham, Paula McElwee, Richard Petty, April Reed - Effecting Policy Change in Medicaid and Community Services (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Bruce E. Darling, Suzanne Crisp - Medicaid 101 (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Suzanne Crisp - Influencing Policy (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Fred Newdom - Managed Care and the Independent Living Movement - A Two-part Series (3 Hours)
Presenter(s): Bill Henning, Merrill Friedman, Suzanne Crisp - Teaching the Importance of Exploring All Options Toward Further Education (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Cindy Singletary, Augusta Smith - Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the Core Services: Individual Advocacy (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Marsha Sweet - Building an Effective, Comprehensive CIL Youth Program (11.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Kimberly Arnett, Christy Dunaway, David Hancox, Judith Holt, Annie Kim, Stacey Milbern, Jeff Sheen, Cindy Singletary, Augusta Smith, Desmeon Thomas - Filing Complaints to Leverage Olmstead Enforcement: The Kansas Experience (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Shari Coatney - ABCs of Nursing Home Transition (11.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Bruce E. Darling, Jane Schiele - Outcome Measures for Centers for Independent Living (11 Hours)
Presenter(s): Michael Hendricks, Bob Michaels, Lynnae Ruttledge, April Reed, Michelle Wakeley, Annette Swanson - Cultural and Linguistic Competence for CILs, A 2-part Training (2.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Tawara Goode - Operating Personal Assistance Services in Centers for Independent Living (10.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Suzanne Crisp, Gwen Dean, Darrell Lynn Jones, Mike Oxford, Phil Pangrazio, Richard Petty, Ginger Reimer, Lee Schulz, Ami Weidler-Hyten - Ride On! An Introduction to Accessible Transportation Programs and Advocacy at CILs (2.25 hours)
Presenter(s): Roger Howard, Stephanie Woodward - Implementing and Enforcing Olmstead (9.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Karen Avery, Mike Bachhuber, Marca Bristo, Shari Coatney, Bill Henning, Mark Johnson, Laurel Mildred, Amber Smock, Karen I. Ward, C. Talley Wells, Kelly Buckland, Richard Petty - The Role of the CIL in Facilitating and Advancing Successful Youth Transition (4 hours)
Presenter(s): Margaretha Vreeburg Izzo, Aaron Baier, Jayne Chase, Stacey Milbern - The Strategic Management Series: Sound Employment Practices for CILs Part 4: Managing Workplace Risks (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Melanie Lockwood Herman - The Strategic Management Series: Sound Employment Practices for CILs Part 3: Discipline and Departure (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Melanie Lockwood Herman - Community-Based Services, Part 3: Exploring the CIL Role to Support Participant Direction (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Suzanne Crisp - Community-Based Services, Part 2: New Community Opportunities from the Affordable Care Act (1 hour)
Presenter(s): Suzanne Crisp - The Strategic Management Series: Sound Employment Practices for CILs Part 2: Staff Supervision and Evaluation (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Melanie Lockwood Herman - Community-Based Services, Part 1: Creating a Report Card for Your State (1.25 hours)
Presenter(s): Suzanne Crisp - The Strategic Management Series: Sound Employment Practices for CILs Part 1: Effective Hiring Practices (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Melanie Lockwood Herman - Practicing Consumer Control: Using Focus Groups in Your Strategic Plan (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Daisy Feidt, Pam Smith - Creative Strategies for Threading Violence Awareness into the Four Core Services (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Leslie Myers, Roberta Sick, Mary Oschwald