Customized Employment
LEAD Center has multiple initiatives to promote Customized Employment as a universal design approach within the workforce development system to enable youth and adults with disabilities to secure and maintain employment. The LEAD Center provides intensive technical assistance and training to staff at American Job Centers (AJCs) and their partners on group discovery, customized employment, self-guided discovery and self-employment, while highlighting the benefits of partnerships, collaborations, and braiding and leveraging resources.
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Resources
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen
This presentation addresses the following topics:
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
Website
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
| May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center
This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the...
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 2014 | Webinar
Cary Griffin
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 2014 | Presentation
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.
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Resources
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen
This presentation addresses the following topics:
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
Website
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
| May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center
This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the...
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 2014 | Webinar
Cary Griffin
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 2014 | Presentation
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.
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Resources
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen
This presentation addresses the following topics:
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
Website
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
| May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center
This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the...
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 2014 | Webinar
Cary Griffin
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 2014 | Presentation
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.