The 2020/2021 AgrAbility NTW is going virtual!
Tuesdays: February 2 - August 31, 1p - 2:30p ET
The sessions will be presented through Zoom and will last 1-1.5 hours. These sessions will be open to anyone interested.
Registration is open and can be accessed HERE.
There is no cost for these sessions.
Session descriptions are linked below the schedule.
Schedule:
February 2nd 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Teaching Older Adults Technology during COVID: Wyoming’s Tech2Connect Project
February 9th 1:00pm-2:30 pm ET- Worksite Assessment Networking
February 16th, 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- 21 Tools & Strategies to Work Smarter not Harder
February 23rd 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Enhancing AgrAbility Services Through Preparing Successful Requests for Funding
March 2nd 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Assistive Technology: Programs and Partners for Making Technology Happen
March 9th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Are Clients Slipping Through the Cracks?
March 16th 1:00pm-2:30pm ET- Communicating with Farmers Under Stress
March 23rd 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Low Cost Farm Assistive Technology
March 30th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Best Practices when working with Service Connected Disabled Veterans
April 6th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Working with Farm Media to Promote AgrAbility and other Ag Organizations
April 13th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Tips for Aging Farmers & Ranchers
April 20th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Safe Livestock Handling and Labor-Saving Devices
April 27th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Table Talk: Assistive Tech for Women in Ag
May 4th 1:00pm-2:30pm ET- Considerations in Choosing the Right After-Market Tractor Seat Cushion
May 11th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Low-Tech Assistive Technology at Home and Abroad
May 18th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Farmer Mental Health Trends, Risk Factors, and Stress Reduction Technique "Mindful Living"
May 25th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Asking the Right Questions and Finding the Right Resources for Rural Caregivers
June 1st 1:00pm-2:30pm ET- Improving AgrAbility Relationships with Vocational Rehabilitation
June 8th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Legacy Innovation Farming Economics Project (LIFE)
June 15th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Programmatic factors that lead to changes in Quality of Life and Independent Living and Working Levels with AgrAbility Clients and a 25-Year Overview of AgrAbility Demographics
June 22nd 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- What Isn't Currently Attainable Through AgrAbility?
June 29th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Opportunities and Challenges of Alternative or Value-Added Agricultural Enterprises
July 6th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Adaptive Farming with the New Mexico AgrAbility Apprenticeship Program
July 13th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- Community of Support for Return to Work Life
July 20th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- How Do You Know What You Don't Know?
July 27th 1:00pm-2:00pm ET- One Veteran's Journey From PTSD to Farmer
Session descriptions are available HERE. The schedule will be updated as session are added.
If you have any questions, please contact Tess McKeel at 585-447-9015 or tmckeel@goodwillfingerlakes.org.
About the Workshop
The AgrAbility National Training Workshop (NTW) is the foremost educational event addressing issues related to disability in agriculture.
The mission of the NTW is to empower professionals and consumers to fulfill AgrAbility's main priority areas:
- Education: The NTW builds service capacity for professionals and provides relevant, practical knowledge to consumers through a variety of means, including keynote sessions, plenary sessions, breakout sessions, tours, and new staff training
- Networking: The NTW enables networking among AgrAbility staff members and stakeholders to help leverage resources to fulfill the AgrAbility mission. Venues for networking include informal information sharing, structured networking sessions (e.g. standing committees and communities of interest), and exposure to new/potential stakeholders through sessions and exhibits
- Assistance: The NTW trains AgrAbility staff members in best practices for providing direct assistance to AgrAbility customers. Participation by customers also enhances their ability to remain actively engaged in agriculture-related work
- Marketing: The NTW provides AgrAbility staff members with training and resources to communicate the AgrAbility mission through sessions specifically focused on marketing and via informal learning from marketing materials or techniques used in exhibits
Audiences for the NTW include:
- AgrAbility staff members
- AgrAbility customers and their families
- AgrAbility stakeholders
- USDA professionals
- Rehabilitation professionals
- Other nonprofit professionals
- Suppliers of products useful to AgrAbility customers
Previous Workshop Archives
- 2019 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2018 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2017 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2016 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2015 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2014 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2013 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2011 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2010 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2009 AgrAbility National Training Workshop
- 2008 AgrAbility National Training Workshop