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Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
Career > Skills Training

Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...are designed to build job skills while school...skills while school supports are still in place....readiness training, job exploration counseling,...your student gets more support, not duplicated effort....student can request. Job exploration counseling...about, or coordinate job shadowing in workplaces...apprenticeships, or structured job sampling in businesses...
Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations
Career > Skills Training

Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...accommodations can reduce sensory overload and provide scripts or visual supports that make interactions more predictable. When you know what training addresses...areas helps you evaluate whether a training program will prepare you for the job or just give you a certificate. Communication skills training teaches how...
Job Corps for Adults with Disabilities: Free Career Training and Support
Career > Skills Training

Job Corps for Adults with Disabilities: Free Career Training and Support

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...don't guarantee job placement. Meanwhile,...healthcare, and job placement at...accommodations. It's called Job Corps, and most...considered it. What Job Corps Is. Job...Job Corps Is. Job Corps is a U.S....training and support services to young...When you finish, Job Corps provides...Corps provides job placement assistance...Who Qualifies. Job Corps accepts...don't have one, Job...
Interview Transportation Accommodations: Requesting Travel Support
Career > Interviewing

Interview Transportation Accommodations: Requesting Travel Support

By Liam Richardson
You've been invited to interview. The job looks like a real fit. You're prepared. But getting there is its own logistics...the building. Here's what most candidates don't realize: transportation support is a conversation you can have, and you can have it without apologizing....
Behavioral Interview Questions and Disability: Reframing Work Experience
Career > Interviewing

Behavioral Interview Questions and Disability: Reframing Work Experience

By Liam Richardson
...aren't asking for proof you've held a traditional job. They're asking for proof you can do the work. The...accommodations in an educational setting, led a support group, or solved logistical problems that required...gathering evidence that you can handle situations the job will throw at you. When they ask "Tell me about...
Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers
Career > Interviewing

Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers

By Liam Richardson
...make eye contact, speak confidently, and "be yourself." For neurodivergent job seekers, that advice misses the point. The challenge isn't confidence. It's...Every state operates a VR program that provides free or low-cost employment support, including interview coaching, for people with disabilities. Services vary...
Remote Job Boards Specifically for People with Disabilities
Career > Finding Jobs

Remote Job Boards Specifically for People with Disabilities

By Oliver Bennett
...you've landed on a job board with a "disability-friendly"...platform says it supports disabled job seekers....supports disabled job seekers. The question...difference. What Makes a Job Board Disability-Specific....things standard job boards don't: Verifies...Provides accommodation support during the application...work platform that supports disabled job seekers....supports disabled job seekers. Every listing...
Supported Employment Services: Job Coaching and Placement Assistance
Career > Finding Jobs

Supported Employment Services: Job Coaching and Placement Assistance

By Oliver Bennett
Finding a job is one...short. Supported employment...structured support that helps...long-term. That support comes...forms: job coaching...on-the-job training...arc from job search...community, with support that adjusts...placement. What Supported Employment...Means. Supported employment...Individualized job placement...Intensive job coaching...training and support during...Ongoing support includes...week. How Job Coaching...Practice. A job coach...learn the job, adapt...
Ticket to Work Program: Using SSA Benefits to Find Employment
Career > Finding Jobs

Ticket to Work Program: Using SSA Benefits to Find Employment

By Oliver Bennett
...you've likely avoided job opportunities because trying...work attempts. You get job training, career counseling,...counseling, and placement support from approved service providers....without dismantling the supports that keep you stable....explore employment but need support and protection to try it....don't need a specific job goal already identified....
Executive Coaching and Career Counseling for Professionals with Disabilities
Career > Advancement

Executive Coaching and Career Counseling for Professionals with Disabilities

By Dr. Evelyn Mercer
...services designed for job seekers and services...professionals who can support high-level career...Difference Between Job Coaches and Executive...disability employment support system is built...primarily around job coaching for entry-level...entry-level and supported employment....supported employment. Job coaches help with...integration, and on-the-job support. That's...and on-the-job support. That's essential...
AFOs and SMOs for Children: Ankle and Foot Orthotics Explained
Assistive Tech > Mobility

AFOs and SMOs for Children: Ankle and Foot Orthotics Explained

By Dr. Fiona Maddox
...Both are custom-fitted devices that support the foot and ankle, but they do different...it matters comes down to how much support their ankle and foot require. What...movement. Think of it as foundational support: it keeps the foot aligned so the ankle...foot aligned so the ankle can do its job without compensating for instability...
After High School: What Families Need to Know About Transition Planning
News > Advocacy

After High School: What Families Need to Know About Transition Planning

By Amelia Harper
...public education. No more IEP. The support structure that's been there since preschool...next: college, vocational training, supported employment, community living. This...skills does my child need to hold a job? What supports will they need to live...my child need to hold a job? What supports will they need to live as independently...

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