Job Development

Innovations in Education for Youth Recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

This webinar will highlight education interventions that engage students, families, and professionals and promote the seamless transition from school to work. Attendees will learn about models that engage students in career and work experiences that lead to competitive, integrated employment. Think College will share strategies and lessons learned on inclusive postsecondary options that prepare youth with disabilities for careers. CaPROMISE will showcase its secondary education intervention and the impact of the intervention on education outcomes for youth receiving SSI.

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Expanding the Dialogue on Autism: Employment

This resource includes the captioned recording and the transcript for the Expanding the Dialogue on Autism: Reflections on Research & Real Life in Employment webinar. This is the second event in a series of online talks from the Institute for Community Inclusion.

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National Coordinating Center
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Put Yourself on the Campus Map webinar resources

This webinar gives examples and strategies for how to effectively communicate your message on-campus, how you can positively affect the campus community, and what your program can offer to the campus so everyone recognizes the invaluable contribution your program and the students make to the entire campus community. The Power Point is included here, along with the recording of the webinar and the transcript.

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National Coordinating Center
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Community Conversations to Increase Employment Opportunities for Young Adults With Developmental Disabilities in California

In 2013, California enacted an Employment First policy that prioritized competitive integrated employment as the first option and preferred outcome for adults with developmental disabilities. State agencies are working toward anchoring their policies and practices for successful local implementation of the Employment First policy. This study conducted community conversations to generate recommended strategies by local communities to increase the employment of people with disabilities.

Put Yourself on the (Campus) Map: Marketing Your Program On Campus

When it comes to helping students with disabilities find jobs, we often talk about how to market to employers. But when talking about inclusive PSE programs for students on college campuses, we often forget about the marketing right at home – on our own campuses. If the goal is for your students to be included in all parts of campus life, then all parts of the campus need to know about you. They need to know who you are and why your program is on campus – and you need to control that message.

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Multiple Intelligences Checklist

This brief checklist can help students identify in which areas their strengths lie (verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, interpersonal), and which learning style best describes them.

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