Wendy Parent-Johnson

Interests

Teaching

Special Education, Rehabilitation, Disability-Related Topics

Research

Transition from school to work, Health care transition, and Employment for people with disabilities

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Parent-Johnson, W. S., Owens, L. A., & Parent-Johnson, R. (2020). Planning the Transition to Employment. Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing Co.

Chapters

• Parent-Johnson, W. S., Parent-Johnson, R., & Wehman, P. (2020). Writing the Transition Individualized Education Plan. In Essentials of Transition Planning 2nd Ed(pp 89-102). Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing Company.

Presentations

• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2021, November). Beyond PAR: Making Publications and Information Dissemination More Participatory and Inclusive. Association of University Centers on Disability. Virtual.
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  Co-presentation with colleagues from Utah and Hawaii University Centers for Excellence on Disabilities sharing our experiences as editors of international journals and how we have increased representation of people with disabilities on review boards and as authors. Led discussion on the future of disability in scholarly publications.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2021, November). Fostering Positive Outcomes and Pathways to Employment: Understanding and Addressing the Transition Needs for Youth with Disabilities in Foster Care. Association of University Centers for Excellence in Disabilities. Virtual.
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  Presentation on evidence-based interventions in work-based learning experiences and transition services that lead to improved post-school outcomes for youth with disabilities in foster care.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2021, October). UCEDD Reorganization. Admin Essentials Series. Virtual: Association of University Centers for Excellence in Disabilities.
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  Presentation and discussion on strategies for organizational change within UCEDD organizations together with Executive Director from New Mexico University Center for Excellence in Disabilities.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2021, September). State of State in Transition Services in Arizona: Exemplary Practices and Suggestions from the Field. Arizona IDEA Conference. Virtual.
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  Presentation to share findings and recommendations from mixed methods research study entitled Transition Exploration Study focused on improving state services and student outcomes.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2020, April). Using Virtual Supports in Employment Services. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Conference. virtual: AAIDD.
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  Presentation for the international conference converted to virtual format due to COVID and selected by peer-review. Invited to present at 2021 conference following this presentation. Title: Using Virtual Supports in Employment Services. Lead author and presenter with three other co=presenters.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2020, August). COVID-19 Impact on Employment of Individuals with Disabilities. N-TIDE Lunch & Learn series. virtual: Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire.
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  A monthly webinar series corresponding with the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report and the Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation Research & Training Center offering a ive broadcast to share the results of the latest nTIDE findings regarding disability employment.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2020, November). HCBS Innovation during COVID-Medicaid HCBS Payers and Providers. ACL CMS Webinar series. virtual: US Administration on Community Living.
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  Invited speaker for national presentation described below.The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) host a monthly webinar series that invites subject matter experts and practitioners from across the home-and-community-based services (HCBS) spectrum to share insights and best practices to develop high quality HCBS services and programs. The COVID public health emergency (PHE) required payers and providers to change their service delivery models to address COVID and provided an opportunity to test new approaches and partnerships to promote social determinants of health (SDOH) for Medicaid HCBS beneficiaries.In this webinar you will hear from payer and provider industry leaders about changes their industries experienced since the beginning of the PHE and what lies ahead for them. Several payers and providers will share innovations they used to address COVID and/or SDOH. SDOH areas addressed in this webinar include: direct support services, employment, food insecurity, housing, and transportation. See more details about the speakers on the registration webpage.
• Alliston, J., Blair, M., Peters, M., Borisinkoff, E., Martin, A., Parent-Johnson, W. S., Izzo, M., Medlock, A., Dean, E., Mills, K., & Heath, K. (2019, November). AUCD International Outbound Fellows: Inclusive Education Leads to Inclusive Employment. 2019 AUCD Conference - Leading Chnge Together. Washington, DC: Association of University Centers on Disability.
• Christensen, J., Parent-Johnson, W. S., Amsbaugh, T., & Harper, T. (2019, June). Using Virtual Technology in Employment Supports. 2019 National APSE Conference - Gateway to Inclusive Employment. St. Louis, MO: Association of Persons Who Support Employment First.
• Deere, D., Mitchell, K., Parent-Johnson, W. S., Davies, L., & Malachowski, J. (2019, November). The Challenge of FASD: Will UCEDDs, Lends, and IDDRCs Become Leaders for Change?. 2019 AUCD Conference - Leading Change Together. Washington, DC: Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
• Malachowski, J., Deere, D., Parent-Johnson, W. S., & Davies, L. (2019, November). Building a National Moveement to Identify and Support Individuals with FASD. AUCD 2019 Conference - Leading Change Together. Washington, DC: Association of University Centers on Disability.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, April). Supported Employment & Community Engagment in Transition - Keynote Presentation. Southern Arizona TSW Symposium. Tucson, AZ: RSA/VR Transition from School to Work Program.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, August). Planning the Transition to Employment: Tips, Tools, & Strategies. Arizona Transition Conference and Directors’ Institute. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Department of Education.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, July). Turning Passions into Paychecks. 4th Annual Transition Institute. Phoenix, AZ: Raising Special Kids.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, July). Using Virtual Technology to Expand Employment Supports. Evidence for Success Disability Conference. Scottsdale, AZ: Northern Arizona University's Institute for Human Development.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, May). Hiring and Supervising Employees with Disabilities. ADA and Cultural Sensitivity Workshop. Tempe, AZ: City of Tempe.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, September). Hiring and Supervising Employees with Disabilities. ADA and Cultural Sensitiivity Workshop. City of Tempe: Tempe, AZ.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, September). Planning the Transition to Employment: Tips, Tools, & Strategies. Mesa Public Schools Teacher Inservice. Mesa, AZ: Mesa Unified School District.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., & Christensen, J. (2019, August). Informing an International Goal to Improve Employment: Identifying What Works. 16th IASSIDD World Conference - Future4All. Glasgow, Scotland: World Conference of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., & Christensen, J. (2019, June). Using Virtual Technology in Employment Supports. NASDDDS 2019 Directors Forum & Annual Conference - The Future is Now: Using Technology in I/DD Services. Seattle, WA: National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., & Christensen, J. (2019, May). Using Virtual Technology in Employment Supports. 13th EUSE Conference on Supported Employment - Transitions. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: European Union on Supported Employment.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., Christensen, J., Amsbaugh, T., Warth, J., & Froemming, I. (2019, November). Using Virtual Technology in Employment Supports. AUCD Conference 2019 - Leading Change Together. Washington, DC: Association of University Centers on Disability.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., Gamel-McCormick, M., Rozell, D., & Tschida, J. (2019, March). School to Adult Transition: Results of Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Plenary Panel Session. AUCD Directors' Retreat. Washington, DC: Association of University Centers on Disability.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., Lopez, D., & Lopez, J. (2019, April). Employment Agency Representatives Panel. Transition Workshop. Sells, AZ: Baboquivari High School.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., Owens, L., & Parent-Johnson, R. (2019, November). Planning the Transition to Employment: Tips, Tools, & Strategies. Brookes edWebinar. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
• Thomas, C., Parent-Johnson, W. S., Nye-Lengerman, K., McMillian, E., Nord, D., Wilson, P., & Christensen, J. (2019, November). Employment First: Turning the Queen Mary. AUCD 2019 Conference - Leading Change Together. Washington, DC: Association of University Ceenters on Disability.
• Voirel, S., & Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, December). Disability Awareness in the Workplace. BEST Program Supervisor and Employee Training. Tempe, AZ: City of Tempe.

Poster Presentations

• Amsbaugh, T., Christensen, J., Parent-Johnson, W. S., & Stuberg, W. (2019, November). Using Virtual Technology to Expand Employment Supports: A Midwest UCEDD Collaboration. 2019 AUCD Conference - Leading Change Together. Washington, DC: Association of University Centers on Disability.
• Olivas, G., Armin, J., Farkas, J., & Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2019, November). Enhancing Cultural & Linguistic Competence: Results of Sonoran UCEDD Demographic Data Collection Pilot. AUCD 2019 Conference - Leading Change Together. Washington, DC: Association of University Centers on Disability.
• Parent-Johnson, W. S., Schweers, L., Olivas, G. Z., Armin, J. S., & Farkas, J. (2019, Nov). Integrating Best Practices of Cultural Diversity and Linguistic Accessibility into an Employment Training Program for Young People with Disabilities. Association of University Centers on Disability Annual Meeting. Washington DC.

Other Teaching Materials

• Parent-Johnson, W. S. (2020. Job Coach and Employment Specialist Training. Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.

Others

• Boerner, J. A., Parent-Johnson, W. S., & Felix, D. S. (2020, June). Mental Health Education in South Dakota Secondary Schools.