Transition portfolios are a relatively new tool designed for Indiana’s high school students and transition teachers that just may help you, a community employment provider, or Pre-Employment Transition Services provider, as you work with young adults with disabilities. Every incoming freshman will now complete a transition portfolio over their four years of high school. All… Read more »
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ABLE-ity to save!
For those who receive Social Security and/or Medicaid benefits, the thought of being able to live above their means and save anything extra, let alone for the future, can seem, well, unrealistic. Many benefits that individuals require to meet their basic living and health care needs have resource limits. In the past, this truly has… Read more »
Cornrows, Daily Prayer, Mohinga, and More: Explorations of Identity in the Workplace
As an employment consultant, you see and work with a wide variety of clients. You have the opportunity to find jobs and change the lives of each individual who knocks on your door (or, lately, your cyber door), regardless of their disability, their culture, their race, their gender, their previous job history or lack thereof,… Read more »
The 2021 COLA Increase and the Importance of Reporting Earnings
We can all agree that the mere sight of the numbers 2-0-2-1 bring with them a sense of hope! For your consumers who receive Social Security disability benefits, 2021 also brings a bit of relief due to something called COLA. Every year, usually in October, the federal government announces the latest Cost of Living Adjustment,… Read more »
The Dual Diagnosis Dilemma
In last month’s Shared Solutions, we discussed support and treatment for individuals with co-occurring disorders, specifically intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and substance abuse. In this post, we focus on I/DD and mental health, often referred to as a type of dual diagnosis. Unlike a co-occurring disorder, when one condition may be caused by another… Read more »