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CTAT LLC Face-to-Face, Online, Hybrid: In Person/Online
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) Face-to-Face
Iowa-APSE Face-to-Face
Opportunity Source Face-to-Face
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College (Rhode Island)
The Consulting Services & Information Network (CSI Network) LLC Face-to-Face
The Institute for Community Inclusion Face-to-Face
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions Face-to-Face
The University at Buffalo Face-to-Face
CTAT LLC
CTAT offers an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate through a three step training series called “Get Work Now”
These trainings are comprised of:
Two 5 week distance learning trainings (steps 1 and 3)
One 3-4 day face-to-face training (step 2) or 5 week distance learning training (step 2)
These trainings are offered several times each year throughout our six state region.
GET WORK NOW! Getting in Gear
The Foundation of Employment Services
5 week distance learning course
Getting in Gear is designed to explore valuable competencies that are critical to achieving a better understanding of employment services for people with disabilities. Exposing you to the essential principles and practices that lead to quality workforce participation for the people you serve, Getting in Gear delivers essential skills through a five week self-study course that will take 2-3 hours per week. Getting in Gear is designed to complement your current employment and can be accomplished in your office and/or your home, as well as in the community.
GET WORK NOW! Paving Your Way
The Proven Process for Successful Job Placement
Offered both face-to-face or online
Paving Your Way is an exciting and interactive face-to-face training that leads to a successful career in community employment. This comprehensive training provides you with the tools, tips, and techniques necessary to identify the marketable skills of your job seekers and match them with the employment needs of the business community. A wise investment of your time today will result in employment success for those you serve.
GET WORK NOW! Exploring the Route
Meeting the Unique Employment Needs of your Customers
5 week distance learning course
Exploring the Route delivers practical strategies to support you in serving job seekers with complex support needs. Exploring the Route focuses on learning more about a business, developing the right job within that business, and providing the necessary training and supports to insure your job seeker's success. Key to this process is providing long term supports to encourage retention and advancement, and in the end, promote successful community integration.
After completing all three steps, fieldwork requirements and assignments, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate & those student’s names will be submitted to ACRE to appear on the ACRE Website.
To find out more about this training contact:
Nancy Freeman
ctattraining@gmail.com
303.349.4058
State:
All States
http://www.ctat-training.com
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Online
Hybrid: In Person/Online
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) Face-to-Face
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA)
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) offers the ACRE-approved Basic Employment Certificate in several formats designed to meet the needs of our customers. Covering the Customized Employment content equates to 40 to 72 hours of instruction, depending on customer needs, with Certificates issued following successful completion of work-applied assignments or fieldwork, and earning a passing grade on the final test.
Training Formats:
Immersion Training (40 hour) involving a 4-day session, with a follow-up 2-day session
10-day intensive (72 hour) classroom/field work course delivered in 2-day sessions over several months on-site to a community, region, or state;
5-day (40 hour) Immersion Training option with intensive weeklong session that includes a mix of classroom instruction and community/business exercises;
The main topics covered for all formats include:
Introduction to Customized Employment and Discovery:
Systematic Worksite Instruction, Job Analysis & Natural Supports
Customized Job Development
Interest-Based Negotiation for Employment Specialists
Social Security Work Incentives and Funding Strategies for Creative Employment
The 10-day Intensive training covers the first five topics and extensive information on self-employment, and writing business plans
Relevant materials and forms are included and we offer free blog development and hosting for project team sharing.
All formats are available nationwide. We have personnel located in 12 states that can design and deliver training programs to meet customer needs.
For additional information please contact Cary Griffin at cgriffin@griffinhammis.com
State:
Minnesota
http://www.griffinhammis.com/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Iowa-APSE Face-to-Face
Iowa-APSE
Iowa-APSE offers this in person training two times a year. The series is broken into three Components:
1. Foundations: This Self-Study module is to be completed prior to attending either one or both of the face-to-face sessions. Topics covered in the Foundations include: Benefits planning, overview of competencies needed for quality services, cultural diversity, customer service, history of vocational rehabilitation, history of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, orientation to supported employment, career development and person-centered planning. Each of the nine Units contain readings, activities and assignments. The assignments, when completed, are sent to the mentor assigned to the participant for review.
2. Job Development—Face to face training session: This 2-day training session, is specifically titled, A Business Orientation to Job Development, to highlight the focus on a business model, not unique to rehabilitation. Topics covered in this session include: community job market surveys, developing a referral system, the feature-advantage-benefit approach, initial contact methods, employer survey techniques, developing hiring proposals, and handling objections.
3. Job Coaching—Face to face training session: This 2-day training session is specifically titled, Job Coaching: Supporting People on the Job. Topics covered in this session include natural supports—what they are and how to use them, the importance of work place culture, balancing natural supports and individual needs, systematic instruction, self-management strategies, social skills supports, and positive behavior supports.
After completing all three components of the training and all required fieldwork, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate. The names of all participants earning the Certificate will be placed on the ACRE website.
Website for more information: www.iowa-apse.org
Contact person for more information: SueAnn Morrow, samorrow@hughes.net
State:
Iowa
www.iowa-apse.org
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Opportunity Source Face-to-Face
Opportunity Source
Organizational Address: 345 N. Walsh Drive, Casper, WY 82609
Contact Person: Kari Cornella, Opportunity Source Director
Contact Person Phone Number: 307-251-1567
Contact Person Email Address: kcornella@nowcapservices.org
Name or Title of ACRE Training: Employment Services Training
Opportunity Source provides training to professionals in the job development process and community integration philosophy. The Employment Services Certificate is comprised of 3 workshops over a 2 month period. A combination of face-to-face training, exercises, case studies, activities, and field-based assignments are used to enhance and reinforce employment principles.
Basic Level or Professional Level: Basic
Trainers: Kari Cornella, JD Wolfe, Ashley Serres, Marissa Romero, Roy Lloyd, Jerry Barnes, Tattoo Sanchez
State:
Colorado
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College (Rhode Island)
Face-to-Face
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College (Rhode Island)
Supporting Meaningful Employment (SME)
National ACRE Certificate Program (Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators)
Supporting Meaningful Employment: A Person-Centered Approach to Career Planning, Job Development and Retention is 42 hour course presented in 13 sessions beginning September each fall. The program is offered by The Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College and co-sponsored with the RIDHS-Office of Rehabilitation Services.
To receive ACRE Certification participants will complete fieldwork assignments addressing Person Centered Employment Planning, Job Development strategies and Job Retention planning and have satisfactory attendance.
Past SME graduates report a 40% increase in job placements, a 60% increase in employer contact and improved practices such as: use of community resources, facilitating job seeker self determination and individualized job development strategies.
What Past Participants have to say?
“The course was fabulous, my questions were answered, obtained great resources and I’m getting more people meaningful jobs!” SME graduate, youth population
“The instructor is very knowledgeable and made the content of the course interesting and engaging.” SME graduate, MH population
“I have a whole new outlook on my job! I have more to offer my job seekers and employers.” SME graduate, DD Population
The core competencies of Supporting Meaningful Employment include:
Develop understanding of ADA implications for the hiring process, retention and process for pursuing discrimination complaint.
Developing person-centered career plans that focus on personal abilities and interests;
Developing strategies to access an individual’s natural supports to develop and implement a career plan;
Developing proven strategies that promote and expand relationships with businesses (e.g. networking, job development, job shadowing and situational assessment);
Presenting applicants who have disabilities to employers in a manner that promotes the individual’s competence and meets the needs of both employers and employees;
Negotiating with employers to modify or restructure jobs, or to create jobs that match individual attributes
Evaluating the quality of jobs based on the individuals employment goals and needs;
Developing professional skills that support:
career assessment – tools and resources, report writing
job choice – using information about labor market and job qualifications
job development skills-organized approach, employer presentation strategies
job retention –job accommodation, job coaching and employer support
SSA Work Incentives, Medicaid Buy-In and role of Benefits Specialists
Understanding the resources available in Rhode Island
Department of Labor and Training-labor market information
netWORKri
VR- Office of Rehabilitation Services
RI Governors commission on Disabilities
For more information, view Supporting Meaningful Employment Course (PDF file) or contact Vicki Ferrara, M.A. Employment Coordinator, Sherlock Center on Disabilities (401) 456-8092 or vferrara@ric.edu .
State:
Rhode Island
http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The Consulting Services & Information Network (CSI Network) LLC Face-to-Face
The Consulting Services & Information Network (CSI Network) LLC
The CSI Network's ACRE certificate is a combination of training events that build towards 40 hours. The 2 day Employment Services training is a 20 hour basic training and the online trainings are 10 hour courses. Each have assignments and activities that provide demonstration of skill.
Trainings include: Employment Services 2 day, Expanding Discovery & Exploration online, Innovative Job Search online, Workplace Supports 2 day.
States where training is offered: Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas
For more information contact Darla Wilkerson @ 816-284-3224
State:
Missouri
Email address for contact: thecsinetwork@gmail.com
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The Institute for Community Inclusion Face-to-Face
The Institute for Community Inclusion
Organizational Address: ICI, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
Contact Person: Melanie Jordan
Contact Person Phone Number: 617-287-4327
Contact Person Email Address: melanie.jordan@umb.edu
Name or Title of ACRE Training: Innovative Employment: A Comprehensive Training Series for the National ACRE Certificate
Description of ACRE Training Program:
7 days (9 to 4), 42 hours of training plus fieldwork. Typically we might do days 1-3 consecutively, then days 4-5, and days 6-7 consecutively with a week or so in between the 3 segments. Duration of total series is around 5 weeks. Each trainee gets a comprehensive training manual.
Day 1: Foundations of Community Employment (6 hours)
Day 2: Getting To Know Your Job Seeker & Planning for Success (6 hours)
Day 3: Partnerships to Promote Employment & Understanding SS Work Incentives (6 hours)
While based in Massachusetts, you can arrange to have trainers come to another state to offer training to your group.
State:
Massachusetts
http://www.communityinclusion.org/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions Face-to-Face
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions, a program of Monadnock Developmental Services, Keene NH, in collaboration with CORE Vocational Services, and statewide partners offers a comprehensive, in person 6.5-day training ACRE training called “ Creating Successful Employment Outcomes” Training is offered several times a year, locations vary.
The series is broken into three sets of two-day segments with a half day of benefits training provided by Granite State Independent Living.
Part 1: Getting Started; Knowing the Job Seeker and Creating a Plan: This 2-day section focuses on the evolution of community employment; using assessment tools; career planning; maximizing resources; working with stakeholders; discussing disclosure and accommodations; developing and using networking; placement planning.
Part 2: Making the Fit: Matching Employer Needs with Quality Job Matches: This 2-day section focuses on interactions with employers. Topics include identifying and interacting with your local employers; job carving and job creation; identifying and discussing accommodations; maintaining relationships.
Part 3: Creating Supports and Strategies : This 2-day section focuses on understanding different learning styles and instruction; the role of the job coach; understanding workplace culture and developing supports; fading and skill maintenance; addressing challenging behaviors; developing long term safety nets.
Part 4: Work and Social Security Benefits: A half-day overview: SSI & SSDI; with a strong focus on work incentives; the Medicaid buy-in; discussing benefits with job seekers, families, and other stakeholders; benefits planning resources.
After completing this 40 hour training & all required fieldwork, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate & those participant names will appear on the ACRE Website (http://interwork.sdsu.edu/acre/index.htm)
The Creating Successful Employment Outcomes ACRE training is coordinated by the Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions. For more information, please contact Sheila Mahon at 603-352-1304 or at Sheila@mds-nh.org
State:
New Hampshire
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The University at Buffalo Face-to-Face
The University at Buffalo
Trainings are designed in accordance with the competencies and standards set by the Association for People Supporting Employment First (APSE) and the Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE).After completing the required 8 workshops, trainees will earn a Basic Employment Certificate from Region 2 TACE and those student’s names will appear on the ACRE Website on the Certificate Registry.
√ Orientation to Supported Employment
√ Job Coach I
√ Job Coach II
√ Documentation & Record Keeping
√ Functional & Situational Assessment
√ Training Techniques in Employment Settings
√ Counseling Skills for Direct Service Providers
√ Job Development I (or)
√ Job Development II
Job Retention & Career Development
Managing Challenging Behaviors
Supported Employment Program Management
Extended Services & Natural Supports
Ethical Issues in Job Placement & Supported Employment
(√ Trainings required for Certificate Series)
For details on the Certificate Series go to TACE Region 2 website and click on Certificate Series. For a list of all trainings offered by the TACE Region 2, click on Trainings Offered. Each highlighted program has a description and details how to register.
For information via phone, please call 716-829-2875 Amy Scott.
State:
New York
http://crs.buffalo.edu/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) Face-to-Face
Iowa-APSE Face-to-Face
Opportunity Source Face-to-Face
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College (Rhode Island)
The Consulting Services & Information Network (CSI Network) LLC Face-to-Face
The Institute for Community Inclusion Face-to-Face
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions Face-to-Face
The University at Buffalo Face-to-Face
CTAT LLC
CTAT offers an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate through a three step training series called “Get Work Now”
These trainings are comprised of:
Two 5 week distance learning trainings (steps 1 and 3)
One 3-4 day face-to-face training (step 2) or 5 week distance learning training (step 2)
These trainings are offered several times each year throughout our six state region.
GET WORK NOW! Getting in Gear
The Foundation of Employment Services
5 week distance learning course
Getting in Gear is designed to explore valuable competencies that are critical to achieving a better understanding of employment services for people with disabilities. Exposing you to the essential principles and practices that lead to quality workforce participation for the people you serve, Getting in Gear delivers essential skills through a five week self-study course that will take 2-3 hours per week. Getting in Gear is designed to complement your current employment and can be accomplished in your office and/or your home, as well as in the community.
GET WORK NOW! Paving Your Way
The Proven Process for Successful Job Placement
Offered both face-to-face or online
Paving Your Way is an exciting and interactive face-to-face training that leads to a successful career in community employment. This comprehensive training provides you with the tools, tips, and techniques necessary to identify the marketable skills of your job seekers and match them with the employment needs of the business community. A wise investment of your time today will result in employment success for those you serve.
GET WORK NOW! Exploring the Route
Meeting the Unique Employment Needs of your Customers
5 week distance learning course
Exploring the Route delivers practical strategies to support you in serving job seekers with complex support needs. Exploring the Route focuses on learning more about a business, developing the right job within that business, and providing the necessary training and supports to insure your job seeker's success. Key to this process is providing long term supports to encourage retention and advancement, and in the end, promote successful community integration.
After completing all three steps, fieldwork requirements and assignments, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate & those student’s names will be submitted to ACRE to appear on the ACRE Website.
To find out more about this training contact:
Nancy Freeman
ctattraining@gmail.com
303.349.4058
State:
All States
http://www.ctat-training.com
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Online
Hybrid: In Person/Online
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) Face-to-Face
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA)
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) offers the ACRE-approved Basic Employment Certificate in several formats designed to meet the needs of our customers. Covering the Customized Employment content equates to 40 to 72 hours of instruction, depending on customer needs, with Certificates issued following successful completion of work-applied assignments or fieldwork, and earning a passing grade on the final test.
Training Formats:
Immersion Training (40 hour) involving a 4-day session, with a follow-up 2-day session
10-day intensive (72 hour) classroom/field work course delivered in 2-day sessions over several months on-site to a community, region, or state;
5-day (40 hour) Immersion Training option with intensive weeklong session that includes a mix of classroom instruction and community/business exercises;
The main topics covered for all formats include:
Introduction to Customized Employment and Discovery:
Systematic Worksite Instruction, Job Analysis & Natural Supports
Customized Job Development
Interest-Based Negotiation for Employment Specialists
Social Security Work Incentives and Funding Strategies for Creative Employment
The 10-day Intensive training covers the first five topics and extensive information on self-employment, and writing business plans
Relevant materials and forms are included and we offer free blog development and hosting for project team sharing.
All formats are available nationwide. We have personnel located in 12 states that can design and deliver training programs to meet customer needs.
For additional information please contact Cary Griffin at cgriffin@griffinhammis.com
State:
Minnesota
http://www.griffinhammis.com/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Iowa-APSE Face-to-Face
Iowa-APSE
Iowa-APSE offers this in person training two times a year. The series is broken into three Components:
1. Foundations: This Self-Study module is to be completed prior to attending either one or both of the face-to-face sessions. Topics covered in the Foundations include: Benefits planning, overview of competencies needed for quality services, cultural diversity, customer service, history of vocational rehabilitation, history of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, orientation to supported employment, career development and person-centered planning. Each of the nine Units contain readings, activities and assignments. The assignments, when completed, are sent to the mentor assigned to the participant for review.
2. Job Development—Face to face training session: This 2-day training session, is specifically titled, A Business Orientation to Job Development, to highlight the focus on a business model, not unique to rehabilitation. Topics covered in this session include: community job market surveys, developing a referral system, the feature-advantage-benefit approach, initial contact methods, employer survey techniques, developing hiring proposals, and handling objections.
3. Job Coaching—Face to face training session: This 2-day training session is specifically titled, Job Coaching: Supporting People on the Job. Topics covered in this session include natural supports—what they are and how to use them, the importance of work place culture, balancing natural supports and individual needs, systematic instruction, self-management strategies, social skills supports, and positive behavior supports.
After completing all three components of the training and all required fieldwork, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate. The names of all participants earning the Certificate will be placed on the ACRE website.
Website for more information: www.iowa-apse.org
Contact person for more information: SueAnn Morrow, samorrow@hughes.net
State:
Iowa
www.iowa-apse.org
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Opportunity Source Face-to-Face
Opportunity Source
Organizational Address: 345 N. Walsh Drive, Casper, WY 82609
Contact Person: Kari Cornella, Opportunity Source Director
Contact Person Phone Number: 307-251-1567
Contact Person Email Address: kcornella@nowcapservices.org
Name or Title of ACRE Training: Employment Services Training
Opportunity Source provides training to professionals in the job development process and community integration philosophy. The Employment Services Certificate is comprised of 3 workshops over a 2 month period. A combination of face-to-face training, exercises, case studies, activities, and field-based assignments are used to enhance and reinforce employment principles.
Basic Level or Professional Level: Basic
Trainers: Kari Cornella, JD Wolfe, Ashley Serres, Marissa Romero, Roy Lloyd, Jerry Barnes, Tattoo Sanchez
State:
Colorado
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College (Rhode Island)
Face-to-Face
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College (Rhode Island)
Supporting Meaningful Employment (SME)
National ACRE Certificate Program (Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators)
Supporting Meaningful Employment: A Person-Centered Approach to Career Planning, Job Development and Retention is 42 hour course presented in 13 sessions beginning September each fall. The program is offered by The Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College and co-sponsored with the RIDHS-Office of Rehabilitation Services.
To receive ACRE Certification participants will complete fieldwork assignments addressing Person Centered Employment Planning, Job Development strategies and Job Retention planning and have satisfactory attendance.
Past SME graduates report a 40% increase in job placements, a 60% increase in employer contact and improved practices such as: use of community resources, facilitating job seeker self determination and individualized job development strategies.
What Past Participants have to say?
“The course was fabulous, my questions were answered, obtained great resources and I’m getting more people meaningful jobs!” SME graduate, youth population
“The instructor is very knowledgeable and made the content of the course interesting and engaging.” SME graduate, MH population
“I have a whole new outlook on my job! I have more to offer my job seekers and employers.” SME graduate, DD Population
The core competencies of Supporting Meaningful Employment include:
Develop understanding of ADA implications for the hiring process, retention and process for pursuing discrimination complaint.
Developing person-centered career plans that focus on personal abilities and interests;
Developing strategies to access an individual’s natural supports to develop and implement a career plan;
Developing proven strategies that promote and expand relationships with businesses (e.g. networking, job development, job shadowing and situational assessment);
Presenting applicants who have disabilities to employers in a manner that promotes the individual’s competence and meets the needs of both employers and employees;
Negotiating with employers to modify or restructure jobs, or to create jobs that match individual attributes
Evaluating the quality of jobs based on the individuals employment goals and needs;
Developing professional skills that support:
career assessment – tools and resources, report writing
job choice – using information about labor market and job qualifications
job development skills-organized approach, employer presentation strategies
job retention –job accommodation, job coaching and employer support
SSA Work Incentives, Medicaid Buy-In and role of Benefits Specialists
Understanding the resources available in Rhode Island
Department of Labor and Training-labor market information
netWORKri
VR- Office of Rehabilitation Services
RI Governors commission on Disabilities
For more information, view Supporting Meaningful Employment Course (PDF file) or contact Vicki Ferrara, M.A. Employment Coordinator, Sherlock Center on Disabilities (401) 456-8092 or vferrara@ric.edu .
State:
Rhode Island
http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The Consulting Services & Information Network (CSI Network) LLC Face-to-Face
The Consulting Services & Information Network (CSI Network) LLC
The CSI Network's ACRE certificate is a combination of training events that build towards 40 hours. The 2 day Employment Services training is a 20 hour basic training and the online trainings are 10 hour courses. Each have assignments and activities that provide demonstration of skill.
Trainings include: Employment Services 2 day, Expanding Discovery & Exploration online, Innovative Job Search online, Workplace Supports 2 day.
States where training is offered: Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas
For more information contact Darla Wilkerson @ 816-284-3224
State:
Missouri
Email address for contact: thecsinetwork@gmail.com
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The Institute for Community Inclusion Face-to-Face
The Institute for Community Inclusion
Organizational Address: ICI, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
Contact Person: Melanie Jordan
Contact Person Phone Number: 617-287-4327
Contact Person Email Address: melanie.jordan@umb.edu
Name or Title of ACRE Training: Innovative Employment: A Comprehensive Training Series for the National ACRE Certificate
Description of ACRE Training Program:
7 days (9 to 4), 42 hours of training plus fieldwork. Typically we might do days 1-3 consecutively, then days 4-5, and days 6-7 consecutively with a week or so in between the 3 segments. Duration of total series is around 5 weeks. Each trainee gets a comprehensive training manual.
Day 1: Foundations of Community Employment (6 hours)
Day 2: Getting To Know Your Job Seeker & Planning for Success (6 hours)
Day 3: Partnerships to Promote Employment & Understanding SS Work Incentives (6 hours)
While based in Massachusetts, you can arrange to have trainers come to another state to offer training to your group.
State:
Massachusetts
http://www.communityinclusion.org/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions Face-to-Face
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions
The Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions, a program of Monadnock Developmental Services, Keene NH, in collaboration with CORE Vocational Services, and statewide partners offers a comprehensive, in person 6.5-day training ACRE training called “ Creating Successful Employment Outcomes” Training is offered several times a year, locations vary.
The series is broken into three sets of two-day segments with a half day of benefits training provided by Granite State Independent Living.
Part 1: Getting Started; Knowing the Job Seeker and Creating a Plan: This 2-day section focuses on the evolution of community employment; using assessment tools; career planning; maximizing resources; working with stakeholders; discussing disclosure and accommodations; developing and using networking; placement planning.
Part 2: Making the Fit: Matching Employer Needs with Quality Job Matches: This 2-day section focuses on interactions with employers. Topics include identifying and interacting with your local employers; job carving and job creation; identifying and discussing accommodations; maintaining relationships.
Part 3: Creating Supports and Strategies : This 2-day section focuses on understanding different learning styles and instruction; the role of the job coach; understanding workplace culture and developing supports; fading and skill maintenance; addressing challenging behaviors; developing long term safety nets.
Part 4: Work and Social Security Benefits: A half-day overview: SSI & SSDI; with a strong focus on work incentives; the Medicaid buy-in; discussing benefits with job seekers, families, and other stakeholders; benefits planning resources.
After completing this 40 hour training & all required fieldwork, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate & those participant names will appear on the ACRE Website (http://interwork.sdsu.edu/acre/index.htm)
The Creating Successful Employment Outcomes ACRE training is coordinated by the Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions. For more information, please contact Sheila Mahon at 603-352-1304 or at Sheila@mds-nh.org
State:
New Hampshire
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
The University at Buffalo Face-to-Face
The University at Buffalo
Trainings are designed in accordance with the competencies and standards set by the Association for People Supporting Employment First (APSE) and the Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE).After completing the required 8 workshops, trainees will earn a Basic Employment Certificate from Region 2 TACE and those student’s names will appear on the ACRE Website on the Certificate Registry.
√ Orientation to Supported Employment
√ Job Coach I
√ Job Coach II
√ Documentation & Record Keeping
√ Functional & Situational Assessment
√ Training Techniques in Employment Settings
√ Counseling Skills for Direct Service Providers
√ Job Development I (or)
√ Job Development II
Job Retention & Career Development
Managing Challenging Behaviors
Supported Employment Program Management
Extended Services & Natural Supports
Ethical Issues in Job Placement & Supported Employment
(√ Trainings required for Certificate Series)
For details on the Certificate Series go to TACE Region 2 website and click on Certificate Series. For a list of all trainings offered by the TACE Region 2, click on Trainings Offered. Each highlighted program has a description and details how to register.
For information via phone, please call 716-829-2875 Amy Scott.
State:
New York
http://crs.buffalo.edu/
Training Format:
Face-to-Face
