A core mission of the RCEP project at the University of Missouri is to provide workshops/trainings for VR agencies and counselors in the Region 7 area (Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas). These training workshops are available to VR agencies free of charge and to other rehabilitation groups for a negotiated cost. Currently we have workshops available in the following topics:
This workshop has grown out of a need to continually improve the quality and number of job placements by VR counselors. Participants will discover what employers expect and how we feel we are doing to meet those expectations. The key purpose of the workshop is to help build strategies and techniques that foster a relationship of trust between you and your customers. The content is designed to provide the participant with a fast and easy way to analyze a problem and determine the level and type of intervention, thus relieving some of the anxiety that accompanies making placements.
Over the past several years, the expectations of customers of the VR system and of funding agencies have changed. This workshop focuses on techniques in career counseling, assessment strategies, and addressing the individual issues facing each client with a more holistic approach. Client choice is emphasized using career counseling methods to expand the employment horizon and, at the same time, deal with new challenges in today's employment market. This is done by focusing on employment outcomes where the employment candidate shares the responsibility of vocational counseling process and assumes the accountability for getting and keeping a job.
This workshop provides education and practical introduction to all the work incentives available for individuals receiving either Title II or Tile XVI benefits from Social Security. It is usually done in cooperation with a representative from the Regional SSA PASS Cadre. Participants have the opportunity to apply each work incentive to different scenarios. Diana Beckley, one of the national leaders in this topic, teaches the course. Includes an extensive workbook.
This workshop introduces an alternative approach to traditional vocational assessments. The approach is based on the idea that the family, job, and community should be part and parcel of the person's assessment. The purpose of community-based assessment is to identify supports in the four critical aspects of an individual's life that will facilitate employment opportunities. Includes workbook.
The Ethical Case Management workshop is designed to increase skills for dealing with ethical dilemmas in a VR setting. The training teaches a reasoning process for ethical decision-making. It is designed to prepare participants to more systematically draw upon personal values, the values of their agencies, the values of clients, the Code of Professional Ethics, and case information when making decisions. Includes workbook.
This workshop teaches counselors about the significant features of specific disabilities. Done in conjunction with the production of the new Handbook of Disabilities, the presentations cover, for each disability, underlying medical causes, associated medical terminology, functional issues, common treatments and side effects, and vocational implications. The agency requesting the training can specify which disabilities are to be covered.
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