What is Individual Placement and Support?Individual Placement and Support is a supported employment model that gives people with mental illness the help needed to work successfully at competitive jobs. Competitive …
Integrated Resource Teams
An Integrated Resource Team is an informal, customer-centered partnership between an individual job-seeker with a disability and diverse service systems. Its goal is to coordinate services and leverage funding to …
Job Clubs
Job clubs are small groups of people who meet to talk about job searching and career advancement. The members support each other. Job clubs are rooted in the belief that …
Job Exploration Counseling
Job Exploration Counseling can include a variety of activities to help people explore and reach their career goals. Rehabilitation career counselors work with people with disabilities to explore their interests …
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based counseling method used to help people resolve ambivalence and develop internal motivation to change behavior. It is a practical, short-term, person-centered process in which the …
Poverty and Disability Training
Disability and poverty training provides vocational rehabilitation professionals with information and resources needed to understand and address the complex barriers resulting from the intersection of poverty and disability. It equips …
Self-Employment
Self-employment refers to working for yourself instead of for an employer. It can involve selling products, providing service, or both. The goal is to increase financial independence. Self-employment can be …
Training and Technical Assistance
Training and Technical Assistance Training and technical assistance prepares vocational rehabilitation agencies and their community partners to empower people with disabilities to enter the vocational rehabilitation process and support them …
Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma-informed care is based on the understanding that traumatic experiences can negatively impact individuals’ development and physical, mental, and social behaviors. A trauma-informed approach to providing service is one that …
Transportation
Reliable transportation enables job-seekers with disabilities to participate in job-seeking and employment activities. It also gives them access to necessary services and supports and empowers them to participate in community …