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Through the support of the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) The Boggs Center provides Supported Employment Training and Technical Assistance activities to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities by developing competence among service providers to assist people with disabilities to choose, obtain, and maintain employment. A four-day Employment Specialist Foundations course is offered to employment staff and interested family members and self-advocates on the history, values, and best practices in competitive integrated employment. The team additionally offers a variety of Supplemental courses on high-demand, high intensity tropics around competitive integrated community employment, as well as training for day habilitation staff on designing meaningful-day programs that advance Employment First policies. On-site technical assistance is available in the areas on which the team trains and upon request, and is tailored to agency-specific needs. Coordination of the annual Facing the Future conference on transition and employment, in collaboration with NJ APSE, remains a high priority of the project.
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