The voice project

The VOICE project was supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming Legislature. This project provided voice acting lessons to Wyoming citizens with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD). During the trainings, participants learned several techniques in voice acting such as voice inflections, developing a character, and some tips for recording into a microphone and for videos.

After attending the VOICE training, people felt more confident in their abilities to use their voice for self-advocacy, breaking down social barriers and opening doors of opportunity in both arts professions such as acting and in their daily life.

The individuals who took the training were offered gigs as voice actors for another project sponsored by and for the Nevada Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities called the Y.E.S. project.

Self-Advocacy Training

Nevada Y.E.S.
Youth Empowering Students Project

Excerpt from a training video for public school children with disabilities to help prepare them for life after high school.

This project was funded by the NGCDD and specifically created for the Y.E.S Program. The following topics were covered in a 45 minute training video:

 

–      Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) 

–      Disability 

–      Advocacy/Self Advocacy 

–      Self-Awareness 

–      Leadership 

–      Informed Choice, Self Determination 

–      Individual Needs 

–      Laws and Rights 

–      Discrimination, Segregation, Integration 

–      I.D.E.A., W.I.O.A., ADA 

–      IEP 

–      Transition 

–      Decisions and Choices 

–      Communication 

–      Responsibilities  

–      Careers and Employment 

–      Post-Secondary Education 

–      Guardianship 

–      Self Determination 

Your Mission

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to become certified in Person-Centered Planning, or as we call it “Mission Planning”. Mission Planning is about facilitating discussions with people with disabilities that help them identify things that are important to them and for them. Topics include:

· Where people want to live

· How they want to spend time each day.

· Who they want to spend time with; and,

· Hopes and dreams for the future.

Then creating a plan to help make those goals a reality. Who should apply? Anyone in the disability field that has the desire to help people with disabilities achieve their dreams! This includes Medicaid waiver providers, Case Managers, Vocational support staff, and educators. If you work with youth or adults with disabilities this training will give you the tools to develop Person-Centered Plans/Mission Plans.