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MasterCasts

Build insight and gain perspective from various points of view

Our Mastercast episodes were designed to bring news from near and far to wherever you are, waiting on an appointment, riding in a car, jogging in the park, even sitting at your desk.

Seeking answers to your questions and creative solutions for your Pre-ETS challenges, we’ve called upon the masters—those with personal experience and/or professional expertise—to chat with us. Join the conversations as we visit with Virtual Reality counselors, job developers, special education teachers, employers, youth with disabilities, parents, researchers, and program designers, among others.

Topics of Interest

  • What I learned as a VR counselor providing Pre-ETS to transition-aged youth
  • Using improv to help students with disabilities build self-advocacy skills
  • Working with employers to create real-world work experiences for youth with disabilities
  • A mom talks about her sons’ challenges and successes and what contributed to both
  • Successful collaborations between VR, mental health, and school counselors
  • Hooking up with access services in post-secondary education
  • The student has a service dog. Now what?

We can promise you these won’t be boring. Each guest was chosen because of their expertise but also because of the passion they bring to the issues. We will invite you to suggest topics of interest as well.

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Once you become a Mastercast subscriber, you'll automatically receive the newest edition of the podcast when it's released.

Your host will be Olivia Uwamahoro, PhD, LPC, NCC, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and College Student Affairs at the University of West Georgia.

Join the conversations as we visit with vocational rehabilitation counselors, job developers, special education teachers, employers, youth with disabilities, parents, researchers, and program designers, among others.

© 2024 - Accessible Innovative & Relevant Training for VR Counselors.

This project is funded through a grant award from the US Rehabilitation Services Administration in Innovative Training (H263C190013). It was awarded to the WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION, the faculty of the West Virginia University Department of Counseling and Learning Sciences, Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program; Reed College of Media; the University of West Georgia; and UWGLive. All materials are products of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the US Department of Education and no official endorsement should be inferred.