# Classes

Description:
The intent is to explore the basic knowledge and skills required to be a successful Job Coach with emphasis placed on the key components to effective job matching: consumer assessment and job analysis.


Class Title:
Counseling Skills for Direct Service Providers

Description:
Direct service staff are frequently the first to encounter consumers who are feeling upset, distressed or who just need to talk. This workshop will provide rehabilitation staff with the basic counseling skills to improve professional-consumer relationship.


Description:
This one-day workshop will explore techniques and strategies to develop effective documentation and record keeping skills.


Description:
The workshop is designed to provide an overview of job development values, concepts, trends and rationale, as well as specific skills with an emphasis on relationship building and job placement methods.


Class Title:
Training Techniques in Employment Settings

Description:
This one-day workshop will highlight the importance of matching teaching and intervention techniques with the consumer’s learning strengths.


Description:
Continues to review concepts of supported employment. Participants will convert knowledge accumulated in the earlier trainings into skills as they learn to apply them to the individual situations that occur every day in supported employment.


Description:
This one-day workshop is designed to provide vocational rehabilitation supervisors with the skills to bring out the best in their staff.


Description:
Participants will explore and discuss challenges, best practices and identify training and / or technical assistance needs in various areas of Supported Employment service delivery.


Description:
Key concepts that will be discussed are: partnership development, customized employment, employer proposals and roles of the team.


Description:
The power that we have as “leaders” in the field is actually immeasurable; when we have reached our true leadership potential, it is reflected in program growth and enhanced opportunities for persons with disabilities.


