Continuing Professional Development

Live (Zoom-based) Monthly Trainings

The trends, tools, and dynamics of Supported Employment, Community Inclusion, and School-to-Work Transition are always growing. PFE hosts monthly trainings to help busy professionals stay current. A sample of recent and upcoming trainings includes:

• 21st Century Survival Skills for Employment Specialists
• Presenting Customized Employment to Employers
• Your Friend in Human Resources
• Setting the Stage for Successful School-to-Work Transition
• Creating Dynamic Web-Based Resumes
• Supporting Positive Self-Regulation and Positive Relationships in the Workplace
• How to Empower Individuals to be Self-Advocates in and out of the Workplace

Visit our event calendar to register for upcoming monthly trainings.
Join our mailing list to stay in the loop on all upcoming PFE trainings.

Supported Employment Local Leaders (SELL)

PFE’s quarterly, statewide SELL meeting brings together state agency staff and local provider agency staff to share information, resources, and best practice approaches to increasing competitive integrated employment for adults with disabilities.

Each quarter’s online meeting addresses a Supported Employment issue or resource in New Mexico, and shares up-to-the-minute information from New Mexico’s lead agencies for Supported Employment.

Visit our event calendar to view a schedule of upcoming SELL meetings.
Join our mailing list to receive registration links to upcoming SELL meetings.

New Mexico Training Associates (NMTA)

NMTA is a program for graduates of the College of Employment Services to deepen their public speaking and presentation skills through a 6-month mentorship program with PFE. In the 6-month period, Associates develop a professional presentation and then present it at PFE’s annual Reaching New Heights in Supported Employment conference.

A sample of past NMTA conference presentations includes:

• The Vitality of Teamwork: Tools and Strategies for Seamless Communication with Supported Employment Services – Victoria Rodriguez, Mandy’s Farm
• Tools for Transition Success: A Perspective from a Parent’s Lived Experience – Leslea Lehoucq
• Empowering Independence: Developmental Services for Underserved Populations – Amanda Montano, LifeROOTS

View the 2024-25 NMTA syllabus and application.
Email us at CDD-PFEinfo@salud.unm.edu if you’d like to learn more about becoming an NMTA.