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Supporting Meaningful Employment: Job Retention and Coaching Mini-Certificate (virtual cohort)
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Job Retention and Coaching is one of three SME mini-certificate series offered to earn an ACRE certificate. This is an online training series using Zoom instructed by professionals with experience managing and supporting employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Supporting Meaningful Employment - ACRE Series
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This person‐centered approach to career planning, job development and retention will be held in person at the Sherlock Center. The orientation and mentor/fieldwork sessions will take place on Zoom.
Supporting Meaningful Employment: Job Development Mini-Certificate
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- room Sherlock Center / Rhode Island College
Job Development is one of three SME mini-certificate series offered to earn an ACRE certificate. This is an in-person training series instructed by professionals with experience managing and supporting employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Supporting Meaningful Employment: Job Retention and Coaching Mini-Certificate (Thursday cohort)
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- schedule Various times
- room Sherlock Center / Rhode Island College
Job Retention and Coaching is one of three SME mini-certificate series offered to earn an ACRE certificate. This is an in-person training series instructed by professionals with experience managing and supporting employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Supporting Meaningful Employment: Vocational Assessment Mini-Certificate
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- room Sherlock Center / Rhode Island College
Vocational Assessment is one of three SME mini-certificate series offered to earn an ACRE certificate. This is an in-person training series instructed by professionals with experience managing and supporting employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Introduction to Person-Centered Thinking
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This six-hour course is for those who want to learn about a person-centered approach to helping people with disabilities live more independent and fulfilling lives.
Work Pays! An Introduction to Youth SSI Work Incentives
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This information session will give you a introduction to disability-related work incentives for youth receiving SSI benefits. You will have an opportunity to ask questions. This session is presented by Certified Work Incentives Counselors. There is no cost to attend.
Empowerment Through Technology
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The event will consist of two sessions: a morning presentation that will spotlight a variety of smart technologies to support independence and an afternoon interactive workshop where participants will build custom assistive technology buttons and switches. Registrants can join us for one or both sessions, but the afternoon workshop will be limited to 50 attendees.
Building a Foundation for the Tactile Journey
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Join us for a full-day professional learning opportunity focused on braille literacy, tactile literacy and tactile graphicacy for students with visual impairments.
Family Employment Awareness Training for Youth (FEAT-Y)
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The Sherlock Center invites families and their young adults with developmental disabilities (ages 14 to 22) and the professionals who support them to attend this FREE series about school-to-employment and everything in between.