Networks' Online University
Anytime can be TIME TO LEARN!
Networks’ Online University is a virtual learning portal where individuals can access a variety of resources. These materials highlight each of our services areas. There are resources that are available solely online, while others provide expanded information about topics discussed in our face-to-face learning opportunities. Some of what you can find is:
- Archived webcasts of past events
- Podcasts
- Live webinars
- Online discussions
- Recommendations of favorite articles / websites / etc.
Please note: We strive to ensure that our online materials and resources are created in a way that make them accessible to everyone. While the items listed below are all things we have found to be useful in terms of their content, several of them were created by others and may not be accessible for all people. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Most Recent Offerings:
Networks' Podcast Offerings:
- Networks' Healing Circle ...keeping our footing in a world of change
- Networks' Employment for All ...supporting the journey of employment for all Philadelphians
- Networks Adaptations for Living ...striving for a world without barriers
- Coming Soon.... Inside Networks
Employment Support
This section contains presentations, books & articles, forms, videos, and websites related to Employment Support.
Pardon the lack of resources as we update our Online University links and resource documents.
Symposium Presentations:
Books & Articles:
Podcasts:
- Griffin Hammis
- Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
- The Accessible Stall by Kyle Kachadurian and Emily Ladau
Networks' Videos:
Videos We Recommend:
Forms:
Audio Recordings:
Accommodations on the Job: How Technology Can Affect Independence and Productivity
Online Resources:
- Cornell University employment data site
- Transen
- The Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston
- ACRE
- VCU
- Phila on the Job
- EmployStat
- Rooted in Rights
- Parallels in Time
- ADA
- WISE
- Indiana Institute on Disability
- TASH
- SETWorks
- Networks Success Story Link
- Disability rights PA
- Office of Developmental Programs
- Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance
- US Dept of Labor - Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
- US Dept of Labor - Disability Employment Policy Resources by Topic
- US Dept of Labor - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- PA Code - Subchapter L. Family-Driven Family Support Services
- Lead Center
- APSE: Advancing Employment. Connecting People.
- Social Security Administration - Work Incentives Programs
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- Mark Gold and Associates
- Griffin Hammis and Associates
- Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR)
Bulletins/Policy Docs:
Technologies for Independence & Control
This section contains articles, websites, webinars/webcasts, and discussion boards related to Technologies for Independence & Control.
Articles:
- Breaking Out of the Silent Abyss (Chandima Rajapatirana)
- Casting Call for a Supporting Role (David A. Hill and Martha R. Leary)
- Communication Bill of Rights (Compic and Scope)
- Communication Mentors: An Evaluation of a Non-Traditional Training Approach to Address Communication Needs (James W. Conroy and Cory Czuczman)
- It's About Relationships (Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.)
- Learning from Maria (Kathy Lee)
- Nothing Never Happens
- Presuming Intellect (William Stillman)
- Rethinking Autism (Anne M. Donnellan, David A. Hill, and Martha R. Leary)
- Rhythm and Timing (Pat Amos)
- Rhythm as a Coordinating Device: Entrainment With Disordered Speech (Stephanie A. Borrie and Julie M. Liss)
Websites:
The ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Webinars & Webcasts:
Community & Organizational Development
This section contains websites, suggested readings, and podcasts related to Community & Organizational Development.
Websites:
- Art of Hosting
- The World Cafe
- Storytelling for Change
- The Grove
- The Leadership Challenge
- Story the Future
- Association for Talent Development,
- PANO
- MindTools
- National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
- The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices
- David Pitonyak - Imagine
- Think College! College Options for People with Intellectual Disabilities
- Community Works
- TASH
- Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project
- Chronology of the Disability Rights Movement
- Resource directory for people with disabilities, family, and professionals in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care
- Not Dead Yet
- Axis Disability Rights
- The Behavioral Health Training and Education Network
- Inclusion Press
- Capacity Works
- AUTCOM
- Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
- Speaking for Ourselves (SFO)
- VELA
- Inclusion Press
- Susannah Joyce / Realizations Training & Resources
- ALAW
Suggested Readings:
- Good to Great (Collins)
- Lean In (Sandberg)
- EntreLeadership (Ramsey)
- Active Training: A Handbook of Techniques, Designs, Case Examples, and Tips) 4th Ed. (Silberstein)
- The Compound Effect (Hardy)
- Managing the Mobile Workforce: Leading, Building, and Sustaining Virtual Teams (Clemons)
- The Collected Papers of Burton Blatt (Taylor & Blatt, eds.)
- Mad in America (Whitaker)
- Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader (Noll & Trent)
- Great and Desperate Cures (Valenstein)
- The Lobotomist (El-Hai)
- The Snake Pit (Ward)
- The Faber Book of Madness (Porter)
- The State Boys Rebellion (D’Antonio)
- The Bell Jar (Plath)
- Madness: A Brief History (Porter)
- Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Trent)
- IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea (Murdoch)
- Asylums (Goffman)
- Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America’s Premier Mental Hospital (Beam)
- Christmas in Purgatory: A Photographic Essay of Mental Retardation (Blatt & Kaplan)
- The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic (Penney)
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital (Pirmann, et al.)
- Success Is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life (Pitino)
- Fish: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results (Lundin, Paul & Christensen)
- Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time (Tracy)
- Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life (Johnson)
- The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (Burg & Mann)
- The ALL OUR OWN PROJECT: A Fieldbook for Developing Microboards
Videos:
- Norman Kunc & Emma Van der Klift: A Creedo for Support
- Person-Centered vs. System-Centered with Beth Mount
- TEDx Talk - Beth Mount: Beautiful Justice
- Jim Conroy: Person Centered Planning and Control Over Resources
- TEDx Talk - Heather Simmons: A World that Works for Everyone
- Herb Lovett: Interview
Podcasts We Recommend:
Wholistic Practices
This section contains articles, presentations, videos, audio recordings, and websites related to Wholistic Practices.
Articles:
- Reflexology, Alzheimer's Disease, and Sleep (Leigh Baker, DNP, ARNP, LMT)
- A View From the Table
- Infant Massage for Children with Disabilities/Special Needs (Anita Epple)
- A Touch of Compassion: Massage Therapy and Alzheimer's Disease (Michelle Vallet)
- Adapting Sessions for Clients with Physical Disabilities (Anne Williams)
- Alternative Pain Management for Disabilities
- Aromatherapy and Massage for people with a learning disability
- Autism - Observations, Experiences and Concepts (John E. Upledger, DO, OMM)
- Autism and Massage - Abstracts from Research Studies
- Autism and Treatment With Therapeutic Massage
- Early Intervention for Autism With a Parent-Delivered Qigong Massage Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Louisa M. T. Silva, Mark Schalock, Kristen Gabrielsen)
- Autism
- Sensory Integration
- Bodywork, Movement, and Mental Health
- Breathe (Margaret Townsend)
- The Breathing Cure (Jennifer Matlack)
- Building an Evidence Base in Complementary and Integrative Healthcare for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Emmeline Edwards, PhD, David Mischoulon, MD, PhD, Mark Rapaport, MD, Barbara Stussman, BA, Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH)
- Child Autism and CranioSacral Therapy (Norma Hayhurst, RN, CHT, CST)
- Children and Massage (Shirley Vanderbilt)
- Classroom Yoga Helps Improve Behavior Of Kids With Autism (Eliza Barclay)
- Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for ADHD and Autism (Wendy Weber, ND, MPH, Sanford Newmark, MD)
- Craniosacral Therapy for Kids with Special Needs (Nancy Schatz Alton)
- Effects of Thai traditional massage on autistic children's behavior
- Geriatric Massage Benefits Alzheimer’s Patients
- Healing Presence, Healing Practice (Elizabeth Monson, CRNP)
- Take a Listen: How Mindfulness Could Benefit Your Teaching Practice (Katarina Schwartz)
- How Qi Gong Massage Helped My Daughter
- Brief report: improvements in the behavior of children with autism following massage therapy
- Infant massage for children with disabilities and special needs
- An intervention for Sensory Difficulties in Children with Autism: A Randomized Trial (Roseann C. Schaaf)
- Less Talk, More Therapy (Jessica Wolf)
- Finding the Right Combination
- Massage as therapy for persons with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature (Jenny Sau-Lai Chan and Sonny Hing-Min Tse)
- Massage for Infants and Children on the Autism Spectrum
- Massage for Infants with Physical Disabilities
- Research Roundup: Massage for Mental Health & Wellness
- Massage May Soothe Alzheimer's Patients
- Massage Therapy - Medical and Disability
- Massage Therapy for Autistic Children
- Massage Therapy for Those With Disabilities
- Massage therapy research review (Tiffany Field)
- Massage Tips for Working with Paralysis, other Physical Disabilities (Laurance Johnston and Lynn St. Denis)
- Touch and Movement for Children with Visual Impairments
- Neurotypical Psychotherapists and Neurodivergent Clients (Nick Walker)
- New Research Supports Mental Health Benefits of Massage
- The Next Frontiers (Anthony Porcino, PhD, HSI)
- Nurturing Touch - American Massage Therapy Association
- Parent-delivered Massage for Children With Autism
- Pediatric Massage Therapy for Autism
- Pediatric Massage: A Nurturing Intervention for Autism (Tina Allen, LMT, CPMMT, CPMT, CIMT)
- PELINKS4U - Promoting Active & Healthy Lifestyles
- Positive Touch (Lesley A Cullen, Julie H Barlow, Delia Cushway)
- Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities - Nursing Complex Needs
- Qigong & Autism (Louisa M.T. Silva, Anita Cignolini, Roxanne Warren, Sarojini Budden, and Annette Skowron-Gooch)
- Massage: A Feel-Good Treat That Works Wonders
- The Search for Well-Being (David Freudberg)
- Stabilizing Touch
- Taking on Autism with Craniosacral Therapy
- The Benefits of Relaxation and Massage for Autistic Children
- The Role of Massage in Treating Mental Health Conditions
- The therapeutic effects of hand massage
- TOUCH (David Whyte)
- Touch Research Institute
- Touch Therapy Training Programme For Children with Disabilities
- Training and Support Program for Parents of Children with Disabilities
- Women with Disabilities Find Relief with Acupuncture
- Zen Shiatsu (Angela Burke, MAEd, LMT)
Presentations:
- A View From the Table: Finding Another Way through Alternative Practices
- Using Massage, Bodywork, & Energywork to Assist People with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Finding Your Energy (& Learning To Use It!)
- Healing the Hurt...Using trauma, grief, & pain to fuel a life of service
- Finding Your Way of Meditating
- Pain Oy Vey…Pain Away
- The Habits of Happiness
- One Thing I Do
Videos:
Websites:
- At Peace Media - Cancer and Massage. It's Safe
- The Chopra Center - 3 Kid-Friendly Meditations Your Children Will Love
- Memory Bridge
- Classic Touch Massage Services
- Real Life Alternatives
- Qigong Sensory Training Institute - Autism Treatment for Children with QST Massage
- The League for People with Disabilities, Inc. - Therapeutic Massage
- NCHPAD: Building Healthy Inclusive Communities - Total Body Wellness
Inclusive Educational & Transition Supports
This section contains a video and websites related to Inclusive Educational & Transition Supports.
When I Grow Up Video:
It's important that all children grow up with aspirations and dreams. Asking your kids what they want to be when they grow up is a good way to get them thinking about their futures. Start the conversation early and expand on what they think is possible. ALL kids!
If you are unable to view YouTube videos, this link will provide the video in another format. (Be advised that you may experience a longer wait time while the video loads.)
Websites:
Event Planning & Coordination
This section contains online chats and discussion boards related to Event Planning & Coordination.
Online Chats:
Universal Design: Breaking Down Barriers Online Chat
Discussion Boards: