Program Activities

• Offer Next Steps at Vanderbilt, a model postsecondary education program that prepares students for employment related to their interests and strengths
• Participate in statewide and local collaborations to promote employment and volunteer work that provide vocational experience
  • TennesseeWorks.org
    
    
  • Tennessee Employment Consortium
  • Tennessee Secondary Transition Team
  • Tennessee Task Force for Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Tennessee State Team for national Alliance for Full Participation
  • Tennessee Business Leadership Network
  • Local Area Employment Consortiums
• Serve as a jobsite for AmeriCorps members with intellectual disabilities
• Sponsor activities and events
  • Tennessee Disability MegaMarketplace
  • Watch Tennessee Employment Idol Videos and View the Results
  • Disability Mentoring Days
  • Nashville Community Conversations
  • Paths to Entrepreneurship: A Panel Discussion for Artists and Others with Big Dreams

Resources

We continue to gather local and national programmatic resources to share with individuals with disabilities and their families, with employers, and community partners. We want to know about your community. Do you know of employment-related resources in your community? Send them to lynnette.henderson@vanderbilt.edu.

Visit Tennessee Disability Pathfinder—Employment or search for Employment Services on Pathfinder’s Services Database.

Contact

Lynnette Henderson, Ph.D., CCRP, (615) 936-0448