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St. Joseph Transition Skills Day: My First Job
🚀 My First Job – A Transition Skills Day
Students and young adults (ages 14–26), get ready to build the skills you’ll need for the workplace!
📅 November 4, 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO
Topics include:
✔️ Careers That Click
✔️ Dress for Success
✔️ Workplace Accommodations
✔️ Job Skills Jenga & more!
MPACT is proud to deliver Family Employment Awareness Trainings (FEAT) to Missouri families, transition-age students, young adults with disabilities, and the professionals who support them!
- Network with families, employees, and community resources.
- Learn about individuals with disabilities who are successfully employed
- Connect with service providers to help you find and keep a job
- Learn about Outside-the-box employment possibilities
- Success stories
- Family/parent role in supporting employment
Who Should Attend:
Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT) is FREE and open to Missouri families, transition-age students and young adults with disabilities, and the professionals who support them.
Part 1: Saturday, November 15th, 2025 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- A New Path: Exploring “Outside the Box Job Possibilities”
- Individualizing Employment Possibilities: Transition to Adulthood and the IEP
- Supports Available for Employees and Employers
- Stories of Employment Success
Part 2: Friday, November 21st, 2025 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Maintaining Employment: Resources and Medicaid
- Working and Maintaining Needed Benefits
- State and Local Agencies and Resources Panel
More information from Missouri School For The Blind Annex (STL):
· The training takes place at 3867 Magnolia Ave at the Missouri School for the Blind Annex in St. Louis, MO.
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- You can Street Park on Magnolia Ave or use our back parking lot.
Access the back lot by entering the circle drive just west of our building between the school and the Rehab Services for the Blind building and driving to the back underneath the catwalk. Please enter the doors to the left at the front of the building.
Free Registration Required
MPACT’s “Thankful Beginnings” November 2025 Webinar Series
11/17/2025-Understanding the IFSP Process: This workshop helps families understand the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) process
11/18/2025-Steps to Success Parental Rights: This workshop explains the Parental Rights document that all First Steps families receive.
11/19/2025-Family Record Keeping: This workshop helps families understand what types of records and documentation are important to keep and why.
11/20/2025-Effectively Communicating Your Child’s Needs: This workshop supports families of young children on how to communicate effectively regarding your child.
11/21/2025-Dispute Resolution Options Under Part C of IDEA’s Early Intervention Program: Get the tools and timelines to move your child from early intervention (IFSP) to school-based support (IEP).
MPACT’s “Thankful Beginnings” November 2025 Webinar Series
11/17/2025-Understanding the IFSP Process: This workshop helps families understand the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) process
11/18/2025-Steps to Success Parental Rights: This workshop explains the Parental Rights document that all First Steps families receive.
11/19/2025-Family Record Keeping: This workshop helps families understand what types of records and documentation are important to keep and why.
11/20/2025-Effectively Communicating Your Child’s Needs: This workshop supports families of young children on how to communicate effectively regarding your child.
11/21/2025-Dispute Resolution Options Under Part C of IDEA’s Early Intervention Program: Get the tools and timelines to move your child from early intervention (IFSP) to school-based support (IEP).
MPACT’s “Thankful Beginnings” November 2025 Webinar Series
11/17/2025-Understanding the IFSP Process: This workshop helps families understand the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) process
11/18/2025-Steps to Success Parental Rights: This workshop explains the Parental Rights document that all First Steps families receive.
11/19/2025-Family Record Keeping: This workshop helps families understand what types of records and documentation are important to keep and why.
11/20/2025-Effectively Communicating Your Child’s Needs: This workshop supports families of young children on how to communicate effectively regarding your child.
11/21/2025-Dispute Resolution Options Under Part C of IDEA’s Early Intervention Program: Get the tools and timelines to move your child from early intervention (IFSP) to school-based support (IEP).
MPACT’s “Thankful Beginnings” November 2025 Webinar Series
11/17/2025-Understanding the IFSP Process: This workshop helps families understand the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) process
11/18/2025-Steps to Success Parental Rights: This workshop explains the Parental Rights document that all First Steps families receive.
11/19/2025-Family Record Keeping: This workshop helps families understand what types of records and documentation are important to keep and why.
11/20/2025-Effectively Communicating Your Child’s Needs: This workshop supports families of young children on how to communicate effectively regarding your child.
11/21/2025-Dispute Resolution Options Under Part C of IDEA’s Early Intervention Program: Get the tools and timelines to move your child from early intervention (IFSP) to school-based support (IEP).
MPACT is proud to deliver Family Employment Awareness Trainings (FEAT) to Missouri families, transition-age students, young adults with disabilities, and the professionals who support them!
- Network with families, employees, and community resources.
- Learn about individuals with disabilities who are successfully employed
- Connect with service providers to help you find and keep a job
- Learn about Outside-the-box employment possibilities
- Success stories
- Family/parent role in supporting employment
Who Should Attend:
Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT) is FREE and open to Missouri families, transition-age students and young adults with disabilities, and the professionals who support them.
Part 1: Saturday, November 15th, 2025 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- A New Path: Exploring “Outside the Box Job Possibilities”
- Individualizing Employment Possibilities: Transition to Adulthood and the IEP
- Supports Available for Employees and Employers
- Stories of Employment Success
Part 2: Friday, November 21st, 2025 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Maintaining Employment: Resources and Medicaid
- Working and Maintaining Needed Benefits
- State and Local Agencies and Resources Panel
More information from Missouri School For The Blind Annex (STL):
· The training takes place at 3867 Magnolia Ave at the Missouri School for the Blind Annex in St. Louis, MO.
-
- You can Street Park on Magnolia Ave or use our back parking lot.
Access the back lot by entering the circle drive just west of our building between the school and the Rehab Services for the Blind building and driving to the back underneath the catwalk. Please enter the doors to the left at the front of the building.
Free Registration Required
MPACT’s “Thankful Beginnings” November 2025 Webinar Series
11/17/2025-Understanding the IFSP Process: This workshop helps families understand the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) process
11/18/2025-Steps to Success Parental Rights: This workshop explains the Parental Rights document that all First Steps families receive.
11/19/2025-Family Record Keeping: This workshop helps families understand what types of records and documentation are important to keep and why.
11/20/2025-Effectively Communicating Your Child’s Needs: This workshop supports families of young children on how to communicate effectively regarding your child.
11/21/2025-Dispute Resolution Options Under Part C of IDEA’s Early Intervention Program: Get the tools and timelines to move your child from early intervention (IFSP) to school-based support (IEP).
12/8/2025-Plowing Through IDEA: Special Education: What I Need To Know: Join us for a training that helps you to understand the many aspects of obtaining special education services for your child with disabilities.
12/9/2025-Plowing Through IDEA: Understanding the Evaluation Process: Parents will learn the reasons for evaluations, the key steps involved, and the options available if they disagree with the evaluation results.
12/10/2025-Plowing Through IDEA: Understanding the IEP Process: Come learn all about the IEP components and process
12/11/2025-Plowing Through IDEA: Dispute Resolution Options: Come learn abut disagreement resolution options
12/12/2025-Plowing Through IDEA: The Art of Effective Advocacy: Learn the importance of keeping and organizing your child’s records and how to communicate more effectively with your child’s school