Employment specialists are always looking to improve their ability to help job seekers. When it comes to the Discovery process, we offer three tools you’ll want to know how to use. Situational Assessments, Work Experiences, and Informational Interviews are three components of Discovery. With these three, the job seeker can engage, observe, and question places,… Read more »
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Discovery Identifies Vocational Themes
Vocational Themes? What are you talking about? Vocational what? Please, speak in English, or Spanish, but whatever the language, keep it simple! This month we are keeping it basic. Think of vocational themes as career pathways. Simple enough? If you have been a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) or an Employment Consultant (EC), you have likely… Read more »
Indiana Discovery
In 2015, Vocational Rehabilitation introduced a new way of supporting people with disabilities interested in working—a new method called “Discovery.” As a result of this change, the funding reimbursement for employment services and the evaluation/assessment of job seekers changed from Results Based Funding (RBF) to Discovery. The Discovery employment planning method provides an alternative to… Read more »
Reasonable Accommodation
When we think of “reasonable accommodation,” we generally apply it to the population of disabled persons. However, you might be surprised to know the term originally had nothing to do with disabilities. The United Nations General Assembly notes the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was the first legislative language use of reasonable accommodation. It was… Read more »
A Brief History of Supported and Customized Employment
We’ve come a long way—but still have much to do. We all know what supported employment is, but let’s look at how it came to be. According to the Developmental Disability Act of 1984, supported employment is: Paid employment which (i) is for persons with developmental disabilities for whom competitive employment at or above the… Read more »