The Special Needs Consortium proudly announces inaugural Butler County Disability Summit

 

The purpose of the Summit is to provide information about the transition into adulthood for special needs adults and parents as well as social workers, therapists, educators and human service professionals who have or work with individuals with special needs.

 

The Summit will feature a variety of speakers and a resource vendor fair as well as the opportunity for professionals to earn continuing education credits.

 

WHAT:   2022 Butler County Disability Summit

 

WHERE:  Slippery Rock University
Robert M. Smith Center, 3rd Floor
107 Central Loop
Slippery Rock, PA  16057

 

WHEN:  Monday, May 16, 2022
8:30 am – 4:30 pm

 

HOW: Register for the Summit at sncdisabilitysummit.eventbrite.com.  Registration fee is $49 with continuing education credits being provided at no additional cost.  The Butler County Disability Summit has been approved for five (5) continuing education credits for PA licensed social workers.  The Slippery Rock University Social Work Program is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors to provide and sponsor continuing education for licensed social workers.  All sessions are approved for Act 48 credit for educators in Pennsylvania through Slippery Rock University.  A maximum of 5.0 hours can be earned at this event. To ensure that your Act 48 hours are correctly reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, provide your seven-digit professional personnel identification when completing your registration.

 

PRESENTERS: Keynote Speaker:  Marque Rudolph Stansberry, Director of Support Services &
Program Development from Jasmine Nyree Homes, Inc. will speak on Transitional Challenges to Expanding Services to the Underserved.

PEAL Center
ASERT Collaborative
Total Learning Centers
Gratton & Kerr Financial Group
Parents in Toto
Able IT Pros
New Castle Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
PA Dept. of Labor & Industry
PA Connecting Communities
Progress City, LLC
Fiffik Law Group, P.C.
Disability Options Network, Center for Independent Living
Vocational & Psychological Services

 

SPONSORS:  Glade Run Lutheran Services, Autism Society of Pittsburgh, PA Connecting Communities, Center for Community Resources, The Arc of Butler County, Milestone HCQU, Legal Shield, Community Care Connections, Safe in Home, Progress City, Gratton & Kerr Financial Group, Hope Grows, United Way 211, Butler County Human Services, Disability Options Network, Sharek Law Office, LLC and Cares of Western PA, Inc.

 

About The Special Needs Consortium
The Special Needs Consortium (SNC) was formed in 2018 with the mission of “working together to increase the awareness of resources available to the special needs community through networking, promotion, and advocacy”.  We exist to provide a place where all services and opportunities can be shared to support families and individuals. In Spring of 2021, we were granted non-profit status and established our board of directors in order to better promote our mission and make events like this possible.  For more information, please visit us at www.specialneedsconsortium.org
or follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/Special-Needs-Consortium-108347124936739, and Instagram www.instagram.com/specialneedsconsortium/. 

 

About The Institute for Nonprofit Leadership at Slippery Rock University
Provides individuals and organizations the education, research, services and networks necessary to understand, strengthen and advance the work of the nonprofit sector.  For more information, please visit us at www.institutefornonprofitleadership.org or follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/theinstitutesru and Instagram @theinstitute_sru.