On-demand Training
A variety of topics are addressed in our on-demand training catalog. Many earlier on-location trainings can be viewed as video recordings allowing you to become a virtual participant in the virtual training. To narrow your search, use the right-hand sidebar Browse By Topic feature.
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Business Acumen
- Building Self-Sustaining Programs: Business Acumen Learning Collaborative Discussion (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Richard Petty, Michelle Crain, Marty Dombrowski, Ryan Nolan - Hospital to Home: A Collaborative Between Community Partners Two-Part Series (3 Hours)
Presenter(s): Patricia Yeager, Joseph Foecking, Indy Frazee, Amanda Strantz - 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 - Supporting Your CIL Board for Success
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Anne Weeks - Fees-for-Service Accounting in CILs: Budgeting and Setting Rates (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Cara Steidel - Fees-for-Service in CILs: A two-part series (2.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Dennis Fitzgibbons
CIL Core Services
- The Independent Living Plan – Assisting Consumers in Making an IL Plan (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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in CIL Core Services -- Systems Advocacy (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Stephanie Woodward - Building an Effective Peer Support Program: A Proven Volunteer Model (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Amina Donna Kruck, April Reed
CIL Financial Management
- Financial Risk Mitigation in Independent Living (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Aaron Taylor - Financial Management for Centers for Independent Living: Regulations and Beyond (12.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Applying Your Indirect Cost Rate at Centers for Independent Living (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Updating Your Policies to Match Current Financial Regulations (7 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - Financial Management Workshop for CILs: Regulations and Beyond (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, John Heveron, Steven Spillan - How to Prepare an Indirect Cost Rate Proposal (1.75 Hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - 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
CIL Management & Operations
- Workplan Development for Centers for Independent Living (1.5 Hours)
- How to Create the Best Board and Staff Relationships in Your CIL (1.5 Hours)
- Understanding the Role of the Independent Living (IL) Network Before, During and After a Disaster (1.5 Hours)
- Participant-Direction in Health Payer Contracting for Centers for Independent Living
- Peer-to-Peer - Let’s Talk About Strategies for this New Disability Innovation Fund (DIF): Pathways to Partnerships (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Sandra Breitengross Bitter, Paula McElwee, Jill Jacobs, Erica McFadden - Top Experts Answer CIL Questions About Contracts with Health Payers (2.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Rick Fredrickson, Christina Mills, Amber OHaver, Richard Petty, Paula McElwee - IL-NET First Biennial IL Institute: A Deep Dive into Consumer Control and Leadership (7 Hours)
Presenter(s): Aaron Baier, Marisa Cantu, Bill Henning, Darrell Lynn Jones, Lou Ann Kibbee, Paula McElwee, Bonnie O'Day, Kimberly Tissot, Richard Petty - CIL's Use of Self and Peer Monitoring as a Management Tool (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Annetta Johnson, Kyle Kleist - Hospital to Home: A Collaborative Between Community Partners Two-Part Series (3 Hours)
Presenter(s): Patricia Yeager, Joseph Foecking, Indy Frazee, Amanda Strantz - Ready for Review - Using ACL’s Compliance & Outcome Monitoring Protocol (COMP) Tool to Achieve Excellence: Two-Part Presentation (3 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - 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 - Top 10 Mistakes That Can Put Your CIL or SILC At Risk (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - Supporting Your CIL Board for Success
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Anne Weeks - Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment in CILs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Jan Derry, Roberta Sick - 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 - 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 - 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 - The Strategic Management Series: Sound Employment Practices for CILs Part 2: Staff Supervision and Evaluation (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Melanie Lockwood Herman - The Strategic Management Series: Sound Employment Practices for CILs Part 1: Effective Hiring Practices (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Melanie Lockwood Herman
CIL Programs & Services
- Leaders Without Limits: A Community Leadership Academy - Train the Trainer (10 Hours)
Presenter(s): Robert Hand, Kimberly Tissot, Paula McElwee
Disability Law & Olmstead Implementation
- 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
Gathering, Analyzing, & Utilizing Data
- Using Consumer Satisfaction Information for Planning (2 Hours)
Presenter(s): Ann McDaniel, Tonya Fambro, Anne Weeks, Christine Camene - 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
Home and Community-based Services
- Expanding Your CIL’s Capacity through Technology and Fees-for-Service Programs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Eli Gelardin - The CIL and ADRC Connection: The Oregon Story (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Barry Fox-Quamme
Housing and Transportation
- How CILs Can Transform the Housing Landscape (8 Hours)
Presenter(s): Darrel Christenson, Ann Denton, Karen Michalski-Karney - Expanding Housing Options in Your Community (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Ann Denton
IL Administration
- OILP ACL Quarterly Connection
Presenter(s): Jennifer Martin, Jennifer Johnson, Erica McFadden, Jill Jacobs, Ed Ahern, Peter Nye
IL History & Philosophy
IL Skills Training
- Evolving Core Services -- Independent Living Skills Training (1.5 Hours)
- Independent Living Skills Training for Transition to the Community (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Jane Schiele, Rebecca Payton
Inclusion, Diversity & Underserved Populations
- Intentional Community Outreach (1.5 Hours)
- Serving Cross-Disability Populations (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Brooke Velarde-Hernandez, Genesis Garcia Lezama, Sarah Massengale - Advice from the Experts: Minority Youth with Disabilities Share Program Improvement Opportunities with CILs (1.5 Hours)
- 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 - Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality in CILs: Rural Outreach and Engagement (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Kim Gibson, Liz Sherwin - Why Words Matter: Addressing Microaggressions to Create a Welcoming Environment (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Stanley A. Holbrook, Brooke Curtis - 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 - 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 - 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 - Disability, Diversity, and Intersectionality: An American Journey for CILs (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Stanley A. Holbrook, Jesse Bethke Gomez, Susan Dooha - Intersectionality in Centers for Independent Living: Cultural Inclusion (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Dustin Gibson, Keri Gray, Ola Ojewumi
Information & Referral
- Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the CIL Core Services - Information & Referral (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Roger Howard, Darrel Christenson
Institutional Transition & Diversion
- Addressing "Care Deserts": Supporting Rural Transition with Self-Direction & Other Modes of Assistance (1.5 hours)
- Innovations in Transition: Strategies to Engage Unhoused Consumers in Your Community (1.5 Hours)
- Creating a Culture in Your CIL to Guide Mental Health Transition (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Sharon McLennon-Wier, Ann DeAngelis, Sarah Wendell Launderville, Jesse Bethke Gomez - Innovative Transition for Individuals with Mental Health Disabilities (1 Hour)
- Non-Traditional Transitions (1.5 Hours)
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 - How CILs Can (and Should!) Support Consumers in the Criminal Legal System (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Sharif Brown, Scott Burlingame - 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 - 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 - ABCs of Nursing Home Transition: A Four-Part Series (5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Bruce E. Darling
Managed Care
- Medicaid 101 (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Suzanne Crisp
Outcome Measures
- CIL's Use of Self and Peer Monitoring as a Management Tool (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Annetta Johnson, Kyle Kleist - Using Consumer Satisfaction Information for Planning (2 Hours)
Presenter(s): Ann McDaniel, Tonya Fambro, Anne Weeks, Christine Camene
Peer Counseling & Peer Support
- Intergenerational Peer Support (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Kelsey Bell, Dominique Dunford, Tyler Morris - 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 - 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 - Building an Effective Peer Support Program: A Proven Volunteer Model (15 Hours)
Presenter(s): Amina Donna Kruck, April Reed
Personal Assistance Services (PAS)
- Expanding Your CIL’s Capacity through Technology and Fees-for-Service Programs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Eli Gelardin
SILC Operations
- 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 - SILCs and the Importance of Autonomy: Power Struggles and Relationships with the DSE and the IL Network (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): FranSha Anderson, Kathy Cooper, Amber OHaver - Administrative Requirements and Cost Principles for SILCs as Sub-Grantees (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): John Heveron, Paula McElwee - Top 10 Mistakes That Can Put Your CIL or SILC At Risk (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - Planning for Success - Effective Resource Development at SILCs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Brad Williams, Sandra Breitengross Bitter - High-Performance Measurement Framework for SILCs: A Three-Part Training (4 Hours)
Presenter(s): Sheri Chaney Jones, Jeremy Morris - Uniform Guidance for SILCs (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee - SILC Policies and Procedures: A Solid Foundation for Management (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Paula McElwee, Liz Pazdral, Kathy Cooper
SILC Roles & Responsibilities
- Creating an Effective DSE, SILC, and CIL Relationship (1.5 Hours)
- SILC Roles and Responsibilities Within the IL Network (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Kathy Cooper, Amber OHaver, FranSha Anderson - Getting on Board: Recruitment & Composition for Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs) (1.25 Hours)
Presenter(s): Jeremy Morris, Kathy Cooper - SILC Member Recruitment & Orientation (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Liz Pazdral, Brad Williams - The DSE, SILC Roles and Responsibilities, and the Regulations: Part 2 (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Ann McDaniel, Paula McElwee - The DSE, SILC Roles and Responsibilities, and the Regulations: Part 1 (2 Hours)
Presenter(s): Ann McDaniel, Paula McElwee
State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL)
- The Power of Your SPIL (1.5 Hours)
Presenter(s): Sandra Breitengross Bitter, Paula McElwee, Erica McFadden, Peter Nye, Jennifer Martin, Ed Ahern - 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 - Strengthening Relationships Among CILs and the SILC: Building and Maintaining a Statewide Partnership (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Ann McDaniel - Leading Statewide Strategic Planning (1 Hour)
Presenter(s): Ann McDaniel, Brad Williams
Systems & Individual Advocacy
- The Role of Individual Advocacy for CILs & SILCs (1.5 Hours)
- Disability-Led and Consumer-Driven Systems Advocacy (1.5 Hours)
- Approaches to Emerging Systems Advocacy in Centers for Independent Living (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Candace Coleman, Michelle Garcia, Amber Smock - 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 - Recognizing & Responding to Caregiver Abuse (1.5 hours)
Presenter(s): Jan Derry, Erin Fontaine, Leslie Myers
Transition of Youth
- Transition of School-Age Youth in Post-Secondary Life (1.5 Hours)
- Investing in the Independent Living Movement Means Investing in Youth (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Keri Gray, Allie Cannington - Supporting Youth in Transition: How CILs Can Contract for Youth Transition Services (1.5 Hrs)
Presenter(s): Seth Hoderewski, Joe Michener - 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