UNIT 1: Introduction to Supported Employment

• Module 1: Overview of Supported Employment
  • Overview
  • What is Supported Employment?
  • What is a Supported Employment Specialist?
  • How Does the Supported Employment Specialist 'Fit In' to the Scheme of Things?
  • Types of Supported Employment
• Module 2: Descriptions of Individuals with Disabilities
  • Overview
  • Important Considerations about Supported Employment
  • Understanding Employees with Disabilities
  • Understanding Supported Employees with Physical or Neuro-muscular Disabilities
  • Understanding Supported Employees with Learning Disabilities
  • Understanding Supported Employees with Chronic Mental Illness
  • Understanding Supported Employees with Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Understanding Supported Employees with Autism
  • Understanding Supported Employees with Blindness or Low Vision
  • Understanding Supported Employees with Deafness or Hearing Loss
  • Supported Employees with Other Disabilities
• Module 3: History of Supported Employment
  • Overview
  • 1800-1950: Institutionalization of Individuals With Disabilities
  • 1950-1980: Legal Rights for Individuals with Disabilities
  • 1980-present: Community Integration and Employment Epilogue
• Module 4: The Individual Program Plan
  • Overview
  • What is Career Planning for Supported Employees?
  • What is an IPP, and How Does It Relate to the Career Goals?
  • Purpose of the IPP
  • IPP Participants: The Interdisciplinary Team
  • Components of the IPP
  • What Skills Do IPP's Address?
  • Putting It All Together: A Case Study of Career And IPP Goals
  • Some notes on the Individual Transition Pan
• Module 5: Employment in Integrated Settings
  • Overview
  • What is Integration?
  • Types of Integration
  • Advantages of Integration
  • Potential Problems encountered in Integration
  • Some Ways to Troubleshoot Social Integration Problems
  • Some Ways to Troubleshoot Physical Integration Problems
  • Developing Employment Support Systems in the Workplace
  • Transition from School to Integrated Work Settings
  • What Does Transition Mean to a Supported Employment Specialist?