In addition to looking at a person's skills and abilities, an evaluation looks at a person's likes and dislikes about kinds of work and work situations. A person's living situation is also examined. The types of supports a person is likely to need in a workplace are also evaluated. Support might include a co-worker who is willing to accept responsibility for assisting a supported employee with a physical disability in case of emergency. Another type of support might be a training program from the service provider to help a worker learn to express anger in an acceptable way.
Many traditional programs teach a person general job skills in segregated sites.
Part of this teaching can include developing job aids to help a person do a task. For example, a peg board can help a person who cannot count keep track, or a glass shield can protect the work area of a person who drools. This could include helping a person learn how to behave during a coffee break or how to accept correction. These might be to divide one job between two person with disabilities. That one would be available to do a whole job if the other was in the hospital or temporarily emotionally unable to cope with the job's requirements.