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Mindy J. Oppenheim EDUCATION PET-RA (Post-Employment Training in Rehabilitation Administration). San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. August 2003. Master of Education. Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, Virginia. July 1991. Area of Study: Adult Education with an emphasis in Instructional Design and Human Resource Development. Bachelor of Arts. Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida. June 1981. Area of Study: Psychology with an emphasis on physiology and research. Associate of Arts. Miami Dade Community College. Miami, Florida. June 1976. Area of Study: Psychology and Sociology (Tennis Scholarship, 1974-1976). OTHER: US Coast Guard Master Captain (Steam, Motor, Sail) July 2007 NLP Practitioner Certification. NLP Marin. May, 1996. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE President, Supported Employment Education Designs (SEED). (April 1994 - Present) Technical assistance, training, instructional design, program development and consulting services for: supported employment, vocational rehabilitation, special education and school-to-work transition and welfare-to-work programs (internationally). Director, Staff Development. HOPE Rehabilitation Services. Santa Clara, CA. (1999 - 2003) Develop and coordinate competency based training for 750 employees. Coordinate online degree programs (AA, BA and Masters) with San Diego State University. Employee training and competency tracking. Instructional design and development of online self-paced training modules. Director, California Business Initiative (October 1995 - 1998). Awarded grant from the State of California Developmental Disability Council and the State Department of Developmental Disabilities to conduct a statewide marketing campaign for the employment of persons with developmental disabilities. Partner and staff to the Department of Developmental Disabilities statewide Business Advisory Council. Instructor, College of Alameda, Disabled Student Program Services Department (1994 – 1996)
Instructor, Chapman University, Special Education Department, Fairfield Academic Center (1994 – 1996)
Visiting Assistant Professor,
Senior Analyst, Berkeley Planning Associates, Oakland, California (1991 -- 1994) Principal Analyst. Awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Education to develop a business plan to create a distance education television network to train rehabilitation, special education, and supported employment personnel. Project Director for a federally funded (NIDRR) Regional Rehabilitation Information Exchange. Developed supported employment program evaluation tool; coordinated program evaluations in four states; provided technical assistance and information services to direct service and management personnel; editor of quarterly newsletter. Senior Analyst for a federally funded (NIDRR) study to identify, test, and disseminate effective models of supported employment for individuals with long-term mental illness. Responsible for client- and system-level data collection from programs located throughout the country. Instructor. University of San Francisco, McLaren Graduate School of Management: Disability Recruitment and Retention through Community Partnerships. Trained management, human resources, vocational rehabilitation, and supported employment professionals to effectively implement and maintain quality recruitment and retention programs for people with disabilities. Senior Analyst for contract to evaluate the State of Oregon, Vocational Rehabilitation Division (VRD) and the Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services (MHDDSD) collaborative project to provide community-based services to persons with severe and persistent mental illness being discharged from state mental hospital. Program Coordinator/Distance Education Producer, Supported Employment Telecourse Network (SETNET), Rehabilitation Research and Training Center; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (1988 - 1991) Statewide Training and Marketing Coordinator. Florida Supported Employment Project, Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Tallahassee, Florida (1986 - 1988). • Project design from inception. • Hired, supervised and trained five (statewide) technical assistance and training specialists. • Developed educational and training materials used by field staff. • Developed five regional resource libraries. • Developed and managed statewide technical assistance effort. • Coordinated statewide information dissemination effort. • Editor of the ADVANTAGE, the projects monthly newsletter. Program Manager, Goodwill Industries Big Bend, Tallahassee, Florida (1983 - 1986). Coordinated personal, work adjustment and job placement services for people with psychiatric, developmental or physical disabilities. Developed and supervised Job Club. Began one of Florida’s first supported employment programs utilizing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds. Supervised employment specialist position.Project Director, Semi-Independent Living-Training Apartments, Madison Association for Retarded Citizens, Madison, Florida (1982 - 1983). Designed and modified four apartments for eight adults considered severely disabled. Hired and supervised training assistant, weekend and hired relief staff. Designed and managed independent living skills training for each resident. Created resource library. Training Instructor and Relief House Counselor, Leon Association for Retarded Citizens, Tallahassee, Florida (1981 - 1982). Designed and implemented behavioral education training programs for eight non-ambulatory developmentally disabled adults. Coordinated client appointments and medications. Updated filing system. Provided advocacy services to residents including the acquisition of new (electric) wheelchairs for the residents. CONCURRENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Board of Directors, International Association for Persons in Supported Employment. March, 1997 – 2000) Board of Trustees, Arc San Francisco. (February 1996 - 2000) Chair (1998), Executive Board Member, San Francisco Mayor’s Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities. (March 1996 - 1999) Job Fair Chair, 1996 - 1999. Grant Reviewer, US Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. 1995. Vice President, California Association of Persons in Supported
Employment (APSE), (1994-1997). OBRA Evaluator, Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, (1991). Conducted resident reviews at the Central Virginia Training Center (State Hospital), Lynchburg, VA, to make recommendations for active treatment and services. Instructor, Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation and Training Center on Supported Employment, Internship Training (1989 - 1991). Trained employment specialists throughout the country in areas related to supported employment job development and instructional strategies on the job site. Instructor, Center for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (1987 - 1988). Trained employment specialists throughout Florida in the area of initial skill acquisition and behavioral training in a work environment. Served as consultant in the design of the entire curriculum. President, Leon County Association for Community Services, Tallahassee, Florida (1986). Organized and managed a consortium of social service agencies for the purpose of information and resource exchange throughout the community. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE (WEB-BASED) INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS
You Don't Know Jack About Developmental Disability, August 2003. (online competency quiz)
Rights of People with Developmental Disabilities, April 2003.
Overview of Developmental Disability, December 2002. INSTRUCTIONAL WORKBOOKS, MANUALS, AND VIDEOS Introduction to Neurolinguistics and Multiple Intelligence. Video. Produced by: Irene Ward and Associates. Preparation for Employment: A Job Search Journal and Job Club Curriculum. 120pp. (January, 2000). Supervising Employees with Disabilities. Video and workbook, co-author. Produced by: Irene Ward and Associates. (January, 1999) K-12 Career Education Goals, Objectives and Activities – A Teachers Resource Manual. Developed for the Fremont Unified School District. 170pp, (July, 1998) Life Skills Continuum Student Journal: A Longitudinal Record of Student Progress. Developed for the Fremont Unified School District. 170pp. (July, 1996) Learning and Teaching Styles: Innovative Instructional Strategies. December, 1997. Job Development and Marketing: Innovations and Best Practices. December, 1997. Crisis Prevention and Crisis Management Handbook. Developed for the Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) for use in all of their group homes and other facilities. (February, 1996). Mo' Money, Mo' Money, Mo' Money: Resources for Entrepreneurial Ventures. Developed for the University of Oregon and the Oregon Department of Rehabilitation, 1992. Supported Employment for Persons with Visual Impairments. A 2 hour video and accompanying instructional manual, 1991. Supported Employment Minutes. A one hour video and instructional manual designed to supplement live training by supported employment instructors, 1990. Supported Employment Resource Manual. A training tool developed to train newly hired Supported Employment Resource Specialist's for the Florida Supported Employment Project, 1987. Supported Employment Train the Trainer's Instructional Package. A step by step instructional guide on developing and implementing in-service training programs, 1987. Project Director's Training Package. A training packet for project directors awarded start-up grants, 1987. Employment Specialist Training Program. A three-day workshop curriculum developed for field trainers including script, overheads, support material and videos, 1987. Employment Specialist Manual. Workshop participant training manual (333 pp.), 1987. Employment Specialist Training one day workshop curriculum. This included script, overheads, support materials, videos and manual, 1987. The Florida Supported Employment Project Technical Assistance Program. Used by field staff in the provision of technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, 1987. Training curriculum for District Vocational Rehabilitation Program Managers, and the Administrators of the Job Training Partnership Act, 1986. Job Seeker's Workbook. An instructional guide for participants of Goodwill's Job Club, 1985. Semi-Independent Living Training Program Organizational Manual, 1983. LIVE-INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS Basic Supported Employment Supported Employment, An Overview. Producer, moderator, February 8, 1989. Job Development Strategies in Group Models. Producer, moderator, February 15, 1989. Follow-along Strategies in Group Models. Producer, moderator, March 8, 1989 Job Development and Placement via the Individual Placement Model. March 22, 1989 Advanced Supported Employment Initiating Instructional Programming. Producer, moderator, instructor, May 10, 1989 Working With Interfering Behaviors. Producer, June 7, 1989. Job Site Modification and Fading. Presenter, June 21, 1989. Program Management Recruiting, Hiring, and Orienting Staff. Producer, September 6, 1989. Managing and Supervising Staff. Producer, October 4, 1989. Program Outcome Evaluation. Producer, October 25, 1989. Implementing Supported Employment Overview of Supported Employment. Producer, moderator, instructor, February 8, 1990. Referral and Assessment Process. Moderator, February 21, 1990. Job Development and Job Matching. Producer, instructional designer, March 7, 1990. Follow-along, On-going Support, and Trouble Shooting. Producer, moderator, April 4, 1990. Job Site Instructional Strategies Task Analysis and Reinforcement. Producer, writer, instructional designer, May 16, 1990. Job Site Modification and Fading. Producer, moderator, instructional designer, June 13, 1990. Job Development and Placement Strategies Job Development and Marketing. Producer, instructional designer, moderator, January 16, 1991. Consumer Assessment, Matching, and Placement Issues. Producer, instructional designer, moderator, January,1991. Job Site Instructional Strategies Strategies for Facilitating Skill Acquisition. Producer, moderator, April 10, 1991. Strategies for Maintenance, Generalization, Fading, and Self-Management Procedures. Producer, moderator, May, 1991. TELESEMINAR PRODUCTIONS Supported Employment for Persons w/ Visual Impairments. Producer, moderator, instructional design, September 1990. Community Based Instruction. Co-producer, November 14, 1990. Supported Employment for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury. Producer, moderator, instructional designer, Sept.1991. The Americans with Disabilities Act. Producer, instructional designer, October 31, 1991.
TRAINING WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, AND PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Silicon Valley Economic Development. Overview of Learning Styles and Self-Employment for People with Mental Retardation. December, 1999. Region IX RCEP/CRP, San Diego State University. Learning & Teaching Styles. Las Vegas, NV. November, 1999. Education Service Center, Region VI. Learning and Teaching Styles. Huntsville, TX. November, 1999. Oregon Rehabilitation Association Annual Conference. Communication Skills for Supervisors and Managers. Eugene, OR. October, 1999. New Mexico Learning Disability Association Annual Conference. Learning Styles in the Classroom and at Home. Albuquerque, N.M., October, 1999. South Dakota Association of Persons in Supported Employment and the SD Association for Mental Retardation Annual Conference. Neurolinguistics and Communication Skills. Spearfish, SD. October, 1999. Access to Employment. Disability Awareness. Presentation to local Employers. St. Paul, MN. October, 1999. Minnesota Association for Persons in Supported Employment. Job Development & Marketing. St. Paul, MN. October, 1999 Imagine Enterprises. Texas State Stewards Annual Meeting. Learning and Teaching Styles. Galveston, TX. September, 1999. California Association of Persons in Supported Employment, Annual Conference. Brain-Based Learning, Neurolinguistics, Job Development. Palm Desert, CA. September, 1999. Wisconsin Annual Supported Employment Conference. Keynote Speaker, various sessions on learning styles. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. September, 1999. Visalia County Private Industry Council. Annual Conference. Learning Styles. July, 1999. Association of Persons in Supported Employment, Annual Conference. Brain-Based Learning, Neurolinguistics, Job Development. Chicago, IL. July, 1999 Oregon Office of Developmental Disabilities. Job Development and Marketing and Learning Styles. Salem, OR. June, 1999. SEED. Learning and Teaching Styles. Santa Rosa, CA. June, 1999. SEED. Organizational Consulting for Job Developers. Los Angeles, CA, June 1999 SEED. Job Development and Marketing. Los Angeles, CA. June, 1999. SEED. Brain-Based Learning. Sacramento, CA. May 1999. Alta California Regional Center. Learning and Teaching Styles. Sacramento, CA. May, 1999. SEED. Job Development and Marketing for Job Developers. Sacramento, CA. May, 1999. SEED. Organizational Consulting for Job Developers. Los Angeles, CA, June 1999 SEED. Job Development and Marketing Skills for Job Developers, San Francisco, CA. May, 1999 Long Beach Unified School District, Special Education. Job Development and Marketing. April, 1999. Huron Community Services. Learning and Teaching Styles. Huron, South Dakota. April, 1999. SEED. Learning Styles. San Francisco, CA. April, 1999. Denver Business Leadership Network. Learning and Teaching Styles Workshop. Denver, CO. December, 1998. New Jersey APSE Conference. Pre-conference day on Learning Styles and 2 sessions on Marketing and Neurolinguistics and Learning. Newark, NJ. March, 1999. Hope Rehabilitation. Job Development and Marketing. San Jose, CA. March, 1999. Kaposia, Inc. Learning and Teaching Styles and Train-the-Trainer workshops. St. Paul, MN. February, 1999. Oregon Technical Assistance Center. Learning and Teaching Styles. Portland, OR. February, 1999. Region IX RCEP. Learning and Teaching Styles. Reno, NV. February, 1999. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Vocational Rehabilitation. Communication and Neurolinguistics. Eagle Butte, South Dakota. January, 1999. Puerto Rico Conference on Autism. Learning Styles and Strategies for People with Autism. San Juan, Puerto Rico. December, 1998 Denver Business Leadership Network. Learning and Teaching Styles Workshop. Denver, CO. December, 1998 San Jose Job Coaches Forum. Learning and Communication Strategies. November, 1998. Region IX RCEP/CRP. Organizational Development: Facilitating Change. Los Angeles, Fresno, and Oakland, CA. November – December 1998 South Carolina Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation. Learning and Teaching Styles. Charlotte, SC. November, 1998. University of Arizona, Dept. of Special Education and Rehabilitation. School-to-Work Transition for Students with Disabilities. October, 1998. Arizona Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities. Self Employment for People with Developmental Disabilities: History and Strategies. October, 1998 California’s Job Developers Association. Communication, Sales and Marketing Strategies. Sacramento, CA. October 1998 Far North Regional Center. Learning Styles II: Brain-Based Learning and Teaching Strategies. Redding, CA. October 1998. Supported Life Institute. Job Development and Learning Styles. Sacramento, CA. October 1998. Texas Supported Employment Conference. Learning and Teaching Styles Workshop. Lubbock, TX September, 1998. Association for Persons in Supported Employment Annual Conference. Learning and Teaching Styles – Pre conference day. Multiple Intelligence’s and Communication and Marketing. Albuquerque, NM. July, 1998. Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. Sacramento, CA. May, 1998 SEED. Learning and Teaching Styles. Sacramento, CA. June, 1998 American Association for Training and Development (ASTD). Disability Forum. International Conference, San Francisco, CA. June, 1998 CA Governor’s Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities Annual Meeting. How to Produce a Successful Career Fair. Sacramento, CA. June, 1998. West Virginia Supported Employment Conference. Learning Styles and Job Development & Marketing. Sutton, WV. May 1998 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. Orange County, CA. May, 1998 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. Sparks, Nevada. May, 1998 Agnews Developmental Center. Learning & Teaching Styles. April, 1998 Santa Clara County Committee for the Employment of People with Disabilities. Long Range Planning. April, 1998 Far North Regional Center. Communication and Conflict Negotiation. Redding, CA. April, 1998 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. San Francisco, CA. April, 1998 Regional Center of the East Bay. Learning and Teaching Styles. Oakland, CA. March, 1998 Choices Institute and the Region VI Area Board. Learning and Teaching Styles. Manteca, CA. March, 1998 Ohio Developmental Disability Council. Learning & Teaching Styles. Columbus, OH. March, 1998 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. San Bernardino, CA. March, 1998 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. Fresno, CA. March, 1998 SEED. Learning and Teaching Styles. Long Beach, CA. January, 1998 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. Los Angeles, CA. February, 1998 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Sales, Communication & Marketing Skills. San Fernando Valley, CA. February, 1998 SEED. Learning and Teaching Styles. San Francisco, CA. January, 1998 Parent Education and Resource Center. Career Choices for Students. S. San Francisco. November, 1997. Abilities Expo. Creating Employment Opportunities. San Mateo, CA, November 1997 Supported Life Conference. Various workshops. October, 1997 Far North Regional Center. Learning and Teaching Styles. Redding, CA. Sept. 1997 Collin County MHMR. Job Development & Marketing. Plano, TX. September, 1997 Collin County MHMR. Learning Styles. Plano, TX, August, 1997 Texas Dept. of Ed. Region IX Service Ctr. Keynote Presentation. Amarillo, TX. August, 1997 University of South Carolina. Person Centered Planning and Training. Clemson, SC. Aug. 1997. Association for Persons in Supported Employment. Pre-and Conference Workshops. July, 1997 Poplar Re-Care and University of San Francisco. Learning Styles. July, 1997 Harbor Regional Ctr. Business Advisory Committee Planning and Development. Torrance, CA . July, 1997 ARC Placer County. Learning and Teaching Styles. Roseville, CA. July, 1997 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Job Development. Sacramento, CA. June, 1997 Shasta College, Dept. of Rehabilitation. Marketing and Job Development. Redding, CA. June, 1997 University of San Francisco. Neurolinguistics and Teaching New Behaviors. Watsonville, CA. June, 1997 Region IX RCEP/CRP. Employment Spec./Day Program Staff Training. Covina, CA. June, 1997. California Assoc. of Persons in Supported Employment. Pre- and conference workshops. Palm Desert, CA. May, 1997. Los Angeles Co. Autism Society (Jay Nolan Community Services). Weekly staff training April – July, 1997. University of Hawaii, Supported Employment Project. Supported Employment Conference. Kona, HI. April, 1997. South Carolina Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation. Job Development. Florence, SC. April, 1997. Placer County Unified Schools. Teaching and Learning Styles and Job Development. Auburn, CA. March, 1997. Alabama Department of Rehabilitation. Train the Trainer. February, 1997. Project Hire. Job Development & Learning Styles, Little Rock, Arkansas, March, 1997. Missouri Department of Mental Health, Division of MR/DD. Keynote Address. An Entrepreneurial Approach to Human Services. Osage Beach, Missouri. (October, 1996). | ||