Web Course Outlines

Orientation to Disabilities

1. Problems with Labels
2. Everyone Has Abilities
3. Developmental Milestones: Types of Disabilities
4. Cerebral Palsy
5. Spina Bifida
6. Autism
7. Intellectual Disabilities
8. Epilepsy
9. Specific Learning Disabilities
10. Head Injury
11. Mental Illness
12. Hearing, Vision and Other Disabilities
13. Challenges
14. Advocacy

Person-Centered Planning (PCP)

1. Introduction to PCP
2. Planning Components
3. What a Plan Looks Like
4. Planning Video
5. Learning About the Person
6. Life Dreams
7. Deciding What’s Important
8. Employment
9. A Real Home
10. Planning Meetings
11. Getting Help
12. Self-Determination

Social Inclusion: Strategies for Community Integration

Supporting Effective Behavior

1. Introduction to Understanding Behavior
2. Describing Behavior
3. Environment, Context and Communication
4. Responding to Behavior
5. Reinforcement
6. Ethics and Punishment
7. Responding to Challenging Behavior
8. Safeguards and Control

Engaging with Employers for Jobs

1. Learning about Local Business
2. Market Research
3. Disability Stereotypes
4. Your Local Employers
5. Networking
6. Determine Your Message
7. Marketing Publications
8. Internet Engagement
9. Meeting with the Employer
10. Gathering Employer Information
11. Hiring Benefits
12. Service and Job Seeker Information
13. Seeking the Job Offer

Using Reinforcement in Training

1. Introduction to Reinforcement
2. The Sequence of Learning
3. Types of Reinforcement
4. Avoid Reinforcement Assumptions
5. Internal Reinforcement
6. Reinforcement Considerations
7. Natural Reinforcement
8. Schedules of Reinforcement
9. Timing and Amount of Reinforcement
10. Reinforcement Satiation
11. Fading Reinforcement

Planning Effective Training

1. Effective Training 1 and 2
2. The Many Elements of Training
3. Elements of Training
4. Moving on from Ineffective Training
5. Question Training Goals
6. Breaking Assumptions
7. The Golden Training Rule
   Good Support Equals Success
8. Avoid the Readiness Trap
9. When Training is Needed
10. Adding Information
11. Avoid Dependence
12. Setting Training Priorities
13. Impact on Life
14. Goals
15. Preferences
16. Avoid Rigid Curricula
17. Flexibility
18. Functionality
19. Interaction on Functionality
20. Time Considerations
21. Interaction: What Goal
22. Teach, Adapt or Support
23. Adaptation to Task
24. Adaptation to Setting
25. Two Approaches
26. How Adaptations Work
27. Using Adaptations Effectively
28. Adaptation Interaction: Difficulty Using a Knife
29. Instructional Support Types
30. Support Considerations
31. Deciding the Training Setting
32. Train Where the Skill is Used
33. Train with Competent Models
34. Train in Natural Settings
35. Determining Who Will Train
36. Staff or Natural Setting
37. Natural Training
38. Features of Natural Training
39. Conclusion: Training & Support Plan
40. Strategies
41. Needed Skills Should Not Prevent Community Life

Using Prompts In Training

Discovery and Career Assessment

Investing Time
Keys to Discovery
Natural Settings
Outcomes Vs. Dreams
Process
Home Visits
Neighborhood Tours
Interviews
Records Review
Observations
Conclusion

Solving Challenges at Work and Home

1 Introduction
2 Case Study
3 Problem Assessment
4 Solutions
5 Implementation
6 Support Domains
7 Cautions
8 Cognitive Distortions
9 Conclusion

Natural Supports in the Workplace

1 Why Natural Supports are Needed
2 Social Isolation
3 Worker Orientation
4 Job Coach Role
5 Work Culture
6 Relationships
7 Natural Training
8 Research
9 Modifying Training
10 Conclusion

Customizing Jobs

1. Introduction to Job Customization
2. Advantages to Customization
3. Understanding Worker Contributions
4. Task Flexibilities
5. Compatibility
6. Job Creation Strategies
7. Social-Cultural Characteristics
8. Employer Research and Discovery
9. Review Job Customization

Task Analysis

1. Introduction to Task Analysis (TA)
2. Teachable Steps
3. TA Example
4. Difficult Steps
5. The TA Process
6. Common Errors
7. Data Collection

Employment First

1. Introduction to Employment First
2. Traditional Day Services
3. Defining Employment First
4. Support Strategies
5. Families and Informed Choice
6. Policy and Collaboration
7. Organizational Staff and Leadership
8. Flexibility and Innovation
9. Organizational Change