Special Webinars

Year-round, we host free, informative webinars for individuals, families, educators, and provider organizations. These presentations offer tools, strategies, and resources for navigating I/DD support and connections within our regional communities.

We’re your community resource.

Our webinar topics have included OPWDD processes, guardianship, housing options, job opportunities tips for wellbeing and communication, and much more. We recognize the challenges commonly faced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers and curate our special guests to ease those difficulties through education and information.

Whenever possible, we record and archive these presentations to keep them available as a resource to you.

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Do you have an idea for a webinar?

Get in touch with us! We will come to you and present specifically to your audience, or we can set up a presentation open to everyone.

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Webinar Archive

Our latest Life Skills Webinar!

Salvation Army Webinar

The Salvation Army covers a vast region with three pillars to their programs – Bill Ringing, Raising Donations, and Providing Assistance to local families. The Salvation Army program can assist local families related to utilities, rent, clothing, furniture, or emergency needs.

Watch other Life Skills Webinars below:

CareerNext & The College Experience

CollegeWorks – Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC)

Disability Recourse Coordinators and Supports – Presented by: CDO Workforce

Effective Talk & Text Strategies – with Lydia Dolch from Open the Lid

Employment and Volunteer Work – with Delaware Opportunities, The ARC Otsego, Access-VR,
JM Murray, Achieve, Community Options, and Challenge Workforce Solutions

InclusiveU at Syracuse

Medicaid Answering Services/Medicaid Transport – with the New York State Department of Health

Prepaid Funeral Planning

Public Housing/Section 8 – with The Department of Housing and Urban Development

Transitions Education Programs

Our latest General Support Webinar!

NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH!

We’re putting a spotlight on the remarkable people who work in the community as they take the stage to share their inspiring stories and showcase the incredible work they do.

Watch other General Support Webinars below:

Community Dispute Resolution Center

Get There Transportation – with Rural Health Network serving South Central New York

Housing Navigation and Opportunities

Legal Services – with Legal Services of Central New York

Navigating Guardianship: A Special Guest

Racker Autism & Sensory Lending Library

Racker Family Support Programs

Racker Program Spotlight

Self-Directed Services and Fiscal Intermediaries Info Sessions – with Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC), JM Murray,
Springbrook, The ARC Otsego, Helping Celebrate Abilities (HCA), and Epilepsy-Pralid, Inc.

Springbrook Pooled Trust

Supported Decision-Making as an Alternative to Guardianship – with Supported Decision-Making New York (SDMNY)

Summer Camps – 2024 series, 2023 series, 2022 series, 2021 series

Our latest Health-Related Webinar!

CHILDREN & FAMILY TREATMENT SUPPORT SERVICES WEBINAR

The Children’s Home of Wyoming to learn more about Children & Family Treatment Support Services for children ages 21 and under who are covered by Medicaid and have mental health or substance use needs. These services assist in identifying mental health and substance use needs early, provide support in the home and community, and prevent the need for ER visits, hospital stays, or out-of-home placements