| Michael
Callahan
Michael
has consulted throughout the US, Canada and Europe in the area
of supported employment for the past twenty-three years. He
has worked with Marc Gold & Associates (MG&A) since
1979 and has served as president of the organization since
Marc Gold’s untimely death in 1982. MG&A is a network
of consultants that provides technical assistance to systems,
agencies and families interested in insuring the complete community
participation of persons with severe disabilities. Mike also
studied vocational rehabilitation while at Syracuse University
in a doctoral studies program. He is an editor of
a popular "how-to" book on employment for persons
with severe disabilities, Getting Employed, Staying Employed
(1987) and co-author of Keys to the Work Place (1997) a
text on systematic instruction and natural supports in supported
employment. He has written numerous articles, chapters, manuals
and curriculums pertaining to employment of persons with disabilities.
Michael is the vice-president of Employment for All.
Michael also worked
with United Cerebral Palsy Association's (UCPA) from 1987-2000.
He directed a Department of Labor grant, One-Stop to Success,
which offered persons with significant disabilities access to
services in generic one-stop employment centers. He was also
the former director of the Choice Access Project, a six-year
project that examined the feasibility of providing direct vouchers
to persons with severe physical disabilities and for them to
purchase the employment services of their choice. He managed
the UCPA’s Research and Demonstration Project on supported
employment and the UCPA Self-Directed Staff Training Project
for Supported Employment, a pilot project to test the feasibility
of an individualized, competency-based curriculum for staff
development as well as the UCPA National Demonstration
Project for Supported Employment in the late 80's. These projects
employed hundreds of persons with significant physical disabilities
using individualized supported employment. Michael and his family
live in Ocean Springs, MS.
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