ACRE Training

EWDS - ACRE Approved Basic Employment Services Certificate Training: With an Emphasis on Customized Employment

This five day immersion live training is held once in the spring of the year. Contact [email protected] to find out when the next training will be.

Upcoming Training Dates
TBD

This five day immersion training covers:

Overview of Customized Employment Strategies and Techniques
Steps & Stages of Discovering Personal Genius
Designing Discovery Activities that Illuminate Skills, Not Just Interests
Self-Employment
Developing The 3 Vocational Themes
Conducting Informational Interviews with Businesses
Constructing the Job Development Lists of 20
Systematic Instruction and Job Analysis
Community Resources, Social Capital and Creative Support Strategies
Work Incentives and PASS Plans
Transition from school to work

Griffin‐Hammis' outstanding Employment Specialist curriculum will be taught by Beth Keeton with Debbie Gilmer.

Beth Keeton is a Senior Consultant at Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC. Currently, she oversees the Certified Business and
Technical Assistance (CBTAC) programs administered by the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Texas
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. Additionally, Beth works on numerous other Customized and Self
Employment initiatives throughout the country including: The Florida Rural Routes to Employment, the New Jersey
Customized Employment Initiative, and the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. Beth also serves as
the Executive Director of the Center for Social Capital.

Debbie Gilmer is the President of Syntiro and the Project Director of the Employment for ME Workforce Development System funded by Maine DHHS and VR to certify, support, teach and mentor Employment Specialists across the state. She directed the recently concluded Maine HEP program, a statewide high school equivalency program serving migrant and seasonal farm workers. She previously served as the co-director of the Healthy & Ready to Work National Resource Center funded by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau as well as the 2005 Maine State GEAR UP program funded by the US Department of Education’s Office of Post-secondary Education. She has served as a special education teacher, transition coordinator and directed Maine’s statewide inclusive schools project, LEARNS for ten years while at the University of Maine. She is a board member of Disability Rights Maine, past president of Maine APSE and serves on the national APSE public policy committee. She has provided technical assistance and consultation to the Think College National Resource Center and served on their Advisory Committee. She has conducted technical assistance and training on transition and employment across the country for many years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from the University of Maine.

Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC specializes in community rehabilitation improvement, job creation and job site training,
employer development Social Security benefits analysis and work incentives, self-employment feasibility and refinement,
management, leadership mentoring, and civic entrepreneurship. http://www.griffinhammis.com/