Employment Consulting and Workplace Support

Overview: 

This online course is offered through UNH and is not part of the TACE training calendar.

This online mini-course teaches employment specialists, job coaches, and other employment staff to assist employees with disabilities to succeed in community jobs.  Participants learn to identify and enlist natural company resources for training and support, to adopt a consultant approach, and to effectively include an employee in the culture of the workplace.

The course is designed for staff who provide direct placement, training, or follow-up services to individuals in supported or competitive employment. 

Topics include:

          •  How to adopt a consultant approach at a business

          •  Analyzing workplace cultures for social inclusion

           •  Using employer and coworker training resources

           •  Handling difficult workplace support issues

The course will be online for a four-week period. Participants log into the training each week from anywhere with access to the internet, and work at their own pace.  Each week’s module takes about 5 hours to complete, on any day(s) and time(s) each person chooses.  Participants receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

 

Each week’s instructional module will feature “mini-lectures” with state-of-the-art approaches to employment support, animated and filmed video scenarios, and guided discussion in small groups with other participants and with the instructors.  Participation includes a fieldwork component following the workshop to apply the strategies learned and evaluate their effectiveness.

 

Dates

 

Week 1:  June  4 - 8

Week 2:  June 11 - 15

Week 3:  June 18 - 22

Week 4:  June 25 - 29

 

When: 
June 4 through 29, 2012
Location: 
Online through UNH
Presenter(s): 
David Hagner, Ph.D., of University of New Hampshire & Bryan Dague, Ph.D. of University of Vermont
Sponsored by: 
This training is supported by Grant # H133G100176 - Development of an Employment Consultation Staff Training Model for Workplace Inclusion - from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
Contact Name: 
David Hagner
Contact E-mail: 
david.hagner@unh.edu
Cost: 
$35.00
Registration Deadline: 
5/25/2012

The registration deadline is Friday May 25th.  A registration fee of $35.00 is required to enroll in the course.  The remaining cost is subsidized by a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.  To fulfill the goals of the grant, participation includes a fieldwork component, involving implementing the strategies learned with a consumer following the training, and completing brief data forms.  Login and other instructions will be provided upon acceptance. Acceptance notification will be emailed on May 31, 2012.

 

Click here to apply online:

   https://www.events.unh.edu/RegistrationForm.pm?event_id=10446