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Project

RRTC on Community Living: Customized Employment Training

Center:

MA-Institute for Community Inclusion/Boston Children's Hospital, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2012

Contact Information:

Institute for Community Incl /ICI
[email protected]
617-287-4300

Project Description:

The purpose of this project is to provide training and support to employment consultants that will increase the use of customized approaches to job development and strengthen the quality of integrated employment outcomes for people with ID/DD. This project will assess the relationship between customized employment strategies and outcomes and validate a training and mentorship approach for improving the skills of employment consultants. The focus is on employment consultants who assist job seekers with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Employment consultants from 20 to 30 community rehabilitation providers located in Connecticut and Minnesota will participate. The project is a subcontract from the Research and Training Center for Community Living at University of Minnesota, and is conducted in partnership with the RTC.

Keyword(s):

Employment, Training, Research

Core Function(s):

Performing Technical Assistance and/or Training, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Employment-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Adults with Disabilities

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

None

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Another State, State