EPR Annual Conference 2010

Presentations & Workshops

 Day 1

Session 1 - The role of service providers to facilitate participation of people with disabilities in the labour market

Service providers: Barriers or facilitators towards employment of people with disabilities?
Barbara Murray, Senior Disability Specialist, International Labour Organisation

Employers : Clients or instruments for service providers?  

Jukka Jokiniemi, General Manager, Innojok, Finland

What if employment does not work for people with disabilities?   
Donal McAnaney, Chair, Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network (GLADNET)

Comparative overview of approaches and policies to enhance employment for people with disabilities in Europe
Jan Spooren, EPR General Secretary

Session 2 - Assistive technology in rehabilitation: Is the sky really the limit?

The potential role of technology in rehabilitation    
Esa Eerola, Senior manager on Accessibility, Nokia, Finland

The limits and risks of assistive technologies
Cristina Crisóstomo, Competences Manager in Functional Rehabilitation, Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia

Assistive technology and Ethics
Anton Zupan, Professor, University Institute for Rehabilitation, Republic of Slovenia

Parallel Workshops on Services to reintegrate people with disabilities into labour market

Pathways to Decent Work for people with disabilities through Effective Vocational Training
Barbara Murray, Senior Specialist – Disability, International Labour Office

Specialised Vocational Training for people with severe disabilities as an alternative to sheltered employment

Presentation 1

Presentation 2
Andreas Selting and Bernd Suttrup-Füssner, Benediktushof (Josefs-Gesellschaft), Germany

Job Coaching in Special Vocational Colleges in Finland
Sanna Husu, Planning Specialist, Luovi Vocational College, Finland
Miika Keijonen, Development Manager, Keskuspuisto Vocational College, Finland

 Day 2

Session 3 - Benchmarking and Excellence

Leadership, driving quality standards in rehabilitation service provision

Stephen Mathews, Chief Executive of the Cedar Foundation, Northern Ireland

EPR Innovation Prize 2010 - Presentation of the “Irene Project” on community-based services for elderly people with disabilities
Marlijn Oosterhoff, Project Manager, and AnneMarie Hulst, Vocational Coach, Pluryn, the Netherlands  

Session 4 - Community-based services to enhance participation of people with disabilities in society

Supporting people to participate fully as members of their communities
Barry Sweeney, Regional Manager, RehabCare, Ireland

Using employment as a social care service
Herma Veltman, Vocational Rehabilitation Manager and Cees Jonkheer, Policy Advisor, Pluryn, The Netherlands

Community-based activities for people with intellectual disabilities
Athanasios Saplaouras, Vice-Manager, Panagia Eleousa, Greece

Parallel Workshops on Benchmarking practices in EPR

Stephen Mathews, Chief Executive, The Cedar Foundation, Northern Ireland
Eileen Thomson, Deputy Chief Executive, The Cedar Foundation, Northern Ireland
Martin Künemund, Project Manager, Josefsheim Bigge, Germany
David Muldoon, Head of Accreditation and Standards, National Learning Network, Ireland

Benchmarking on outcome measurement in medical and vocational rehabilitation
Donal McAnaney and Jan Albers, EPR Senior Consultants
Representatives of the benchlearning groups 

Introduction: Benchlearning on Outcome Measurement in Medical and Vocational Rehabilitation
Overview of Outcome Measurement in Rehabilitation – Challenges and Responses
Adelante Medical Rehabilitation Logic Model

European mobility projects: Exchange of experiences and expertise

Astangu presentation

Linna Teesalu, Head of the training department, Astangu Vocational Rehabilitation Centre, Estonia

Luovi presentation

Mari Kontturi, Manager of International Affairs, Luovi Vocational College, Finland

SRH presentations: SRH (1), SRH (2), SRH (3)

Jörg Porath, Chief Executive, SRH Berufsbildungswerk Neckargemün, Germany
Friedrich Landes, Manager of the European Mobility Network Project, SRH Berufsbildungswerk Neckargemünd, Germany

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