Supervision is conducted by a job placement aide. Students develop skills in the area of self-advocacy that includes safety and aid issues, human awareness, budgeting, household management, nutrition, and meal preparation. Instruction in accessing public services prepares students to utilize these services and transportation. Students receive experience through in-house job training and community job shadowing. Students are exposed to a variety of career options and receive specific instruction to enhance their employability skills.
Students receive extensive training in several community job sites.
This approach offers students the opportunity to develop relationships with employees without disabilities. It also enables them to meet the expectations of the employer within a real work environment. Students are enrolled in an individualized community job training program. At this time, each student will have demonstrated work skills and is ready to focus on a specific career area. Students receive additional support with independent living skills that may include employment, transportation, financial, medical, recreational, and residential.