Learning Objectives

The trainee will gain knowledge of:

Career Development

• the importance of and the techniques to use in supporting each job seeker to self-determine their career planning
• the critical aspects of an individual’s life that relate to the development of a successful career
• the basic process of personal futures planning, the discovery process, and their relationship to career planning
• the importance of self-presentation in interviewing and job seeking
• the techniques of developing a personal career profile, a desired personal career future statement, and a functional career plan for an individual
• establishing meaningful employment goals and objectives

Job Coaching & Consulting

• the elements of a comprehensive job analysis.
• the use of job carving as a work design strategy.
• key social components of job design
• how to develop on-the-job training strategies.
• strategies for developing natural supports on the job.
• ways of analyzing work cultures to better understand social relationships at the worksite.
• the features of job design and support related to accommodations for workers with disabilities.
• techniques of facilitating coworker-supported training.
• the use of systematic training, including task analysis, natural cues and reinforcers, error correction procedures, and self-instruction techniques.
• how to build support so human service support is minimized through fading.
• developing strategies to help workers fit in socially and behaviorally at work.

Marketing and Job Development

• how to design a basic marketing plan for job development services to employers.
• the ways to develop effective working relationships with employers.
• how to develop jobs through personal relationships and targeted networking.
• how to be comfortable with face-to-face interactions with an employer and act as a resource for competent, reliable labor while representing individuals with disabilities.
• how to help job seekers make informed choices about disclosing their disability to an employer.
• how to act as a facilitator of matching workers with career goals to employers with labor needs.
• the work incentive provisions available to employers for hiring employees with disabilities.