Serving Individuals with Disabilities Population by Twanna McKee https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha Seeing The Person and Not the Disability-Career Development en-us 2018-11-06 00:23:10 UTC 2025-11-05 20:00:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Abstract tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300782094 Individuals with disabilities face many significant challenges in the workplace and career counselors need to be prepared to respond and react to how they can increase their individuals with disabilities clients independence as well as becoming more self-sufficient when reaching their career goals.   

]]> 2018-11-06 00:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300782094 Advo Companies, Inc., Amarillo, Texas tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300799622 Advo Companies, Inc. located in the "Panhandle of Texas" offers a variety of programs for the IDD (intellectual developmental delay) community such as vocational training, workshop training, residential housing as well as day habilitation program for socialization and daily activities when the clients want to relax and have fun (Carla, 2018).]]> 2018-11-06 02:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300799622 Recommendations For Effective Career Developmental Services for People with Disabilities tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300806565 Career counselors as well as VRC's (Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors) provide effective career services that involve a authenticity to the client's individualized plan (Gysbers, Heppner, & Johnston, 2014). Recommendations involve the client receiving services from a state or federal agency and the career counselor with this population must be unique, creative and active.  ]]> 2018-11-06 03:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300806565 Successful Career Counseling Interventions for People with Disabilities tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300809853 When working with people with disabilities, the most successful career counseling intervention is having active involvement by collecting information such as an self-assessment and familiarizing themselves about demand occupations in the work industry and lastly, creating a plan of action (Ettinger, Conyers, Merz, & Koch, 1995). ]]> 2018-11-06 03:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/300809853 Goal Planning and Job Search Interventions for Clients with Disabilities tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301427104 Active client involvement is key to successful goal planning and career intervention. Throughout the United States, there are many several workshops that are intended for individuals with disabilities to provide job placement opportunities, community volunteering as well as apprenticeships to assist clients with useful goal planning (Syzmanski & Hershenson, 1997)]]> 2018-11-07 11:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301427104 Supported Employment and Job Accommodation Approach tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301444321 Supported Employment programs use a person-centered approach when working with client's individual desires, preferences and their own experiences (Hershenson, 1996). Job accommodation are modifications that are needed to ensure that the client is able to accomplish their job responsibilities(Dol.gov, 2018). Both methods are exceedingly pertinent to a client's careers goals and growth for our individuals with disabilities. ]]> 2018-11-07 12:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301444321 tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301453027 2018-11-07 13:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301453027 tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301461638 2018-11-07 13:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301461638 True Story about Driving Change and Creating Opportunities-Erin Thompson's Story tgm17a https://padlet.com/tgm17a/zlygkvkp4bha/wish/301462564 Erin Thompson is not the kind of person who loses focus often. And that attention to detail makes her invaluable to her colleagues at Rosetta Stone's headquarters in Arlington, VA, where she's worked for more than six years. As an administrative assistant, Erin works five days a week, handing a variety of tasks such as data entry, processing expense reports, filing, delivering mail, and keeping the cooler and coffee station stocked. According to her coworkers, she is a great member of the team, and her detail-oriented approach helps keep the busy office running smoothly.

After graduating from George Mason University's Learning Into Future Environments (LIFE) program in 2010, Erin, who has Down syndrome, immediately started looking for a job that combined her skills and interests. As she was encouraged to do in her classes, she began networking through personal connections at Best Buddies and ServiceSource, both nonprofit organizations serving people with disabilities. But it was Erin's public speaking abilities that first brought her to the attention of Rosetta Stone's human resources department. The company participated in the Best Buddies Challenge, a charity walk, run and bike ride, for many years, and Erin was a guest speaker at the event's kick-off in 2011. Her poise and passion impressed a Rosetta Stone employee, who in turn contacted Best Buddies asking to be connected with her. 

For Erin, like many other people in the Washington, D.C. area, transportation is an important employment support; she travels to work each day on Metro, the region's public transportation system. She also has a job coach who visits her about once a month to offer support and suggestions on how to address any challenges she may face at work. Outside of work, Erin's very active in volunteer activities, including serving on the Self-Advocate Advisory Board of the National Down Syndrome Society. She also continues to be involved with Best Buddies, paying it forward to help others with intellectual disabilities seek and succeed in employment (Dol.gov, 2018).
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