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Red River College - Employment & Disability 2010

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Information you will want to review for the January 22 Quiz: Here

Online Resources

Day 1    THE ROLE OF WORK AND CURRENT DAY SERVICE OPTIONS

HANDOUTS

• Work and Your Basic Human Needs
• PowerPoint (pdf) Job Performance Facts
• PowerPoint (pdf) Manitoba Workforce Statistics

IN-CLASS VIDEOS:

• Open Futures (8 Min)
• DIFFERENCE OF ABILITY - PART 1 (15 Min)

ONLINE VIDEOS:

• Bill Shannon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zjfpdRlbbA&eurl  

• Radiohead Fan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhKMouRaWcY&feature=player_embedded

• Disabled/Enabled: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPzq3on2qiA&NR=1

SUPPLEMENTAL/OPTIONAL RESOURCES

• Bill Shannon Website: http://www.virtualprovocateur.com  (not shown in class)

ANSWERS TO READING QUESTIONS - Employment Support in Perspective

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Day 2    INTRODUCTION TO SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

HANDOUTS

• PowerPoint (pdf) Culturally Valued Evolution - Steps in Supported Employment
• Group Exercise - Functional Components of Supported Employment

ONLINE VIDEOS

• Marc Gold – Task analysis http://www.mncdd.org/extra/marc-gold1.html
• Walgreens – news reports http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19417759/ 
• GREAT HIRES – Supported Employment Business Testimonials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPXiIYz4uw0  (8 min)

SUPPLEMENTAL/OPTIONAL RESOURCES

• Walgreens long video (30 min) http://img.walgreens.com/walgreensoutreach/video/WERC.wmv
   
• Information on employer subsidies:

• Here is a link to the VR Program Operating Manual section on Training-on-the-Job.  This provides employers up to 50% of gross wages, with the max. being the provincial minimum wage.  Non-profit employers may be able to receive more. http://www.gov.mb.ca/fs/vrmanual/155.1.html
   

• There is also, Manitoba Works, administered by Competitiveness Training and Trade (CTT): http://www.gov.mb.ca/employment/pdf/mb_works_wage_subsidy.pdf
   

• More subsidy info from CTT http://www.gov.mb.ca/tce/emp_work/bus_ind/wagesubs.html

ANSWERS TO READING QUESTIONS  Job Site Training and Natural Supports

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Day 3     NATURAL SUPPORTS & ENGAGING EMPLOYERS

NATURAL SUPPORTS

OVERHEADS

• NATURAL SUPPORTS

  
ONLINE VIDEOS

•  Natural Supports at Work: Carrie (6:45 MIN) http://www.communityinclusion.org/article.php?article_id=257

ONLINE AUDIO INTERVIEW

• Audio Interview - Job Developer Melissa Miller (30 min. unedited) - a great overview of person-centered supported employment from a job developer's perspective.

ENGAGING EMPLOYERS

OVERHEADS

• EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVES
• MARKETING & SALES

ONLINE VIDEOS

• WorkableSolutions, B.C. (4 min) http://tiny.cc/iSxTa

SUPPLEMENTAL/OPTIONAL RESOURCES

• SCE LIFEWORKS Brochures
  • Employer Brochure
  • Family Brochure
  • General Brochure
• Business/Reab. Partnership - Manpower, VCU, SunTrust
  http://worksupport.com/Topics/brown_bagManpower.asp (8 Min)
• Employers on Business Case – McDonalds (5 min) Joyce Bender (8 minutes) Microsoft (8 min) Meg O’Connell (3 min)
  http://www.worksupport.com/biznet/membership.html
• VIDEO: Waiting on the World to Change
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKnF9CCYQPQ

ANSWERS TO READING QUESTIONS: Person-Centered Job Development

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Day 4     CAREER PLANNING - JOB CREATION/PROPOSALS

EMERGING WORLD OF WORK (Article in Reading Package)

• Work not a Job
• A business not an Employee
• Customers not Employers
• Work "Packages"
  • Regular Full
  • Regular Part
  • Temporary/Contract
  • Self Employment

OTHER SERVICE MODELS

JOB CARVING - "Jobs Behind the Jobs" - creating a new job from tasks and duties carved out of other existing jobs in a workplace. (Article in Reading Package)

PROJECT SEARCH - multiple placements and constant support on the job. (Article in Reading Package)

CAREER PLANNING

OVERHEADS (pdf): CAREER PLANNING

CD-ROM: Open Futures: Role Models for Youths with Disabilities

SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION - Sample Plans

SUPPLEMENTAL/OPTIONAL RESOURCES

• Home Page: Connections: A Guide to Transition Planning
  • See: Tool 5 - 11: Creating My Vision, etc.
  • See Tool 12: Sample Plans
• Video Interview with Michael Callahan Customized Employment and the Discovery Process (12 Min)
• Website: Employment Success Stories - Real People/Real Jobs

EMPLOYMENT PROPOSALS

HANDOUT - Employment Proposals

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Day 5      WORK ADAPTATIONS/SELF EMPLOYMENT
 

       WORK ADAPTATIONS - PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES

• DVD - Understanding Employees and Job Applicants with Psychiatric Disabilities (30 min)
• OVERHEADS (pdf): WORK ADAPTATIONS & PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES
• Q & A

       PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

• DVD - A Difference of Ability: Recruiting, Hiring & Employing People with Disabilities
• Exploration of Job Accommodation Network
• Q & A

      DISCLOSURE ISSUES

• OVERHEADS (pdf): DISCLOSING YOUR DISABILITY

ONLINE REFERENCES:

• VIDEO: CMHA B.C. – Supported Employment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rPumUC5j8  (5 min)
• WEBSITE: Job Accommodation Network

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

• Work on Reading Assignment    
• DVD - Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Disabilities  (30 min) 

SUPPLEMENTAL/OPTIONAL RESOURCES

• Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities (Fact Sheet)
• VIDEO: Employment and Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities (3 videos – 10 min total) http://worksupport.com/Topics/brown_bag_ford.asp (not viewed in class)
• WEBSITE: Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities (Boston University)
• Disclosing Your Disability - online documents (not viewed in class)
• Differently-Abled Business Association

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