Description
This presentation covers key elements needed to support Employment First, which refers to having community employment be the primary expected goal for working-age adults with disabilities in government-funded day services, and for those services to support that realization of that goal. This course reviews agency-level restructuring to policy, funding incentives, and technical capacity. Downloadable note-taking pages.  refeIt is currently being embraced in many US States as a policy initiative.
Employment First presents a great opportunity for advancing more jobs for people with disabilities, but there is a real concern that new initiatives, while well-intentioned, will be developed incompletely and ultimately will do little to change a largely segregated and entrenched vocational system.
Credit Hours: 2
- Introduction
- Traditional Day Services
- What is an EF Policy
- Support Strategies
- Families and Informed Choice
- Policy and Collaboration
- Organizational Staff and Leadership
- Flexibility and Innovation
- Organizational Change
