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Resilience Reimagined: Empowering Employees with Disabilities

Speaker: Dr. Chantrise Sims Holliman, EdD

Dr. Chantrise Sims Holliman is an award-winning former educator with nearly 20 years of experience working collaboratively with students, teachers, and parents, as well as a sought-after speaker in areas of resilience, creativity, and flexible thinking. Three months after her 45th birthday, Dr. Holliman survived a widow-maker heart attack, which left her partially paralyzed and a bilateral lower limb amputee. This event marked a shift in how she saw her life’s plan and purpose.

She is an accomplished speaker who has delivered speakers and trainings in person and virtually across the country including a TEDX talk that currently has nearly 30,000 views. She also raises her voice on the challenges and triumphs disabled individuals, including herself, encounter daily, reminding us that disability isn't a negative word and disabled people are just that—people.

Her most recent achievement is being named part of the Go Red for Women 2024 Class of Survivors for the American Heart Association. She is also a featured guest speaker in the Commission’s Push Pause video series.

Webinar Description:

By building resilience in employees with disabilities, case managers can empower them to overcome challenges and thrive in the workplace, contributing to a more inclusive and supportive work environment overall. By understanding and respecting the cultural values, beliefs, and practices of clients, case managers and disability management specialists can establish trust, foster open communication, and provide more personalized and effective support services.

Learning Outcomes:

After this presentation, the successful participant will be able to:
  1. Understand the importance of resilience in the workplace for employees with disabilities and how it contributes to their success and well-being.
  2. Learn strategies to build and foster resilience among employees with disabilities, focusing on practical approaches that case managers can implement.
  3. Develop skills in effective communication that promote trust and openness, enabling case managers to better support employees with disabilities.

Credit Information:

The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission to provide continuing education credit to CDMS® board certified disability managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

To earn contact hours/CEs: The webinar is available for viewing at no cost. If you would like to receive contact hour(s)/CE for this webinar, click on the "Purchase" button below following the viewing to purchase the webinar and complete the evaluation. Once both the presentation and survey are marked as complete, you will receive your Certificate of Completion. If you are a CCM, your CEs will automatically record in your CCMC account.

Disclosures:

All planners and speakers have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.

Commercial Support or Non-Commercial Sponsorship: There is no commercial support for this activity. The planners and faculty have no relevant relationships to disclose.

Expiration date: 5/7/2027