Bethany Chase | Effective Parent Participation for Transition Age Youth

Collaboration, respect, and a shared vision between a job seeker, their family, and the job coach are key to employment success. However, parents and families are often concerned about the efficacy of employment supports and are distrustful the supported employment process. Likewise, job coaches may consider certain kinds of parent involvement as intrusive or detrimental to a successful job match, and as a result, find parent partnerships as a difficult and stressful part of their job. Consequently, what that could be a powerful allyship is often a situation of distrust, frustration, and disappointment. In this workshop, participants will gain a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the roadblocks to effective parent partnerships, and discuss policies and practices that welcome the critical input of families but that also maintain well-defined boundaries that affirm the professionalism and competence of the worker.

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Meet Bethany Chase:

Bethany Chase is a Training and Consultation Specialist for the Employment, Transition, Sexuality, Aging, and Grief/Loss projects at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities. Some of Dr. Chase’s notable achievements include continued state and national conference presentations, multiple peer-reviewed publications, and several Boggs Center publications including a resource to empower self-advocates to evaluate college and post-secondary education programs critically and meaningfully, which has been promoted by various organizations nationwide. Dr. Chase received her doctorate from Rutgers University School of Social Work, her master’s degree from Columbia School of Social Work, and her bachelor’s Degree in Music, with a major in Music Therapy, from Berklee College of Music.