Regarding SE 101
Thank you for your interest in the APSE Supported Employment Training Institute – SE 101.
I thought it might be important to describe SE 101 to you in greater detail before you make your decision to register for the Institute at the conference in Louisville.
SE 101 was designed about 9 years ago as a way of providing introductory training about supported employment to people who are new to the field. We saw that there were a number of people who attended the APSE conferences who had little or no experience in supported employment. So, we built SE 101 from a set of competencies for employment specialists that were developed by APSE.
The primary focus of SE 101 is supporting the community based employment of people with the most significant disabilities, particularly intellectual disabilities. Although there is some mention of support for people with mental health disabilities, the bulk of SE 101 is most relevant to people who support individuals with congenital disabilities that affects their ability to learn and retain information.
The target audience for SE 101 is the novice supported employment practitioner (job coach, job developer, etc.). From time to time people in management positions have attended in order to get ideas about developing their own training programs on supported employment. Some participants who have experience working in SE have thought of SE 101 as a good refresher.
If you are attending SE 101 to get an overview of general SE competencies, youwill find it of value. If you are attending to learn specifics about supporting people with brain injuries and mental health disabilities, SE 101 will probably not meet your needs. If the latter is your goal, there are sessions throughout the general conference about supporting people with both psychiatric disabilities and brain injuries.
The decision is yours. Obviously, you are welcome to participate in SE 101. Registration for SE 101 is limited to 35 people and we reach that limit quickly. In fact, there is typically a waiting list. SE 101 participants are required to attend each sessionand the SE 101 Orientation on Tuesday, July 8th at 6:30 pm in order to receive the certificate of completion.
The schedule for SE 101 in listed below. Specifics about dates, times and instructors will be posted in the near future. This should give you a better idea of the content of the sessions and help you with your decision to participate in SE 101. If you have any questions about the Institute and whether or not it will be of value to you, feel free to contact me.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in Louisville.
Bob Niemiec
Coordinator – SE 101
952-851-6186
8th Annual Supported Employment Institute
SE 101
July 9 – 11, 2008 – Louisville, Kentucky
Table of Contents
Session 1: Foundations of Supported Employment
What is Supported Employment? What are the values, guiding principles and features that influence this approach to working with people who have significant disabilities? How and why did it begin? In this session, you will learn about the evolution of supported employment. You will discover the critical factors that lead to the development of SE and how it differs from other, more traditional approaches to employment of people with significant disabilities. You will be exposed to the underlying values and principles that guide organizations and people in the quest to facilitate supported employment in their communities. You will learn about the critical roles that employment specialists play in the successful employment of people with disabilities in community businesses. You will also hear about some of the best practices in Supported Employment as well as in school-to-work and community living transitions. Finally, there will be a brief discussion about how organizations and states have managed to fund supported employment services.
Session 2: Person-Centered Career Planning
This section of SE 101 will provide in-depth information and training on person-centered career planning, with emphasis on best practices in this most important area. Key topics will include the following:
- Introduction to Person-Centered Career Planning
- Moving from a Deficiency towards Capacity view of persons with disabilities
- Mobilizing and implementing career planning teams that work
- Developing Career Profiles
- Creating individual Employment Support Plans that get results
- Strategies & tactics for building employment connections and effectively tapping
personal networks
Session 3: Successful Job Development and the Supported Employment Professional
Start your own job development revolution. This session teaches the basic, yet critical, job development skills necessary for successful Supported Employment Professionals. Discover a potent arsenal of effective skills no job developer should be without. By using a combination of consultative sales (the customer helps you make the sale) and relationship sales (knowledge, trust and respect are the foundation for the sale) you can customize an irresistible approach to business. These crucial skills include: features, advantages and benefits; networking, prospecting, the art of questioning, and overcoming objections. Spend 90 minutes to become the job development sensation you’ve always dreamed about.
Session 4: Instructional Strategies – A Key to Success On-the-Job
You will learn the specific characteristics of systematic instruction, as well as examining adult learning principles, and training styles. A number of instructional strategies will be presented, discussed, and practiced through group and individual exercises. You will learn the components of performance objectives, how to measure progress, and adapt your teaching style to the learner’s needs and style. This is a two-part session.
Session 5: Facilitating Employment Supports
What constitutes effective on-going supports in supported employment? Finding a job is just the beginning. Once the employee has learned the job either through natural means or with the assistance of an employment specialist/consultant, there must be a planned effort to support the individual and the employer. Among the items to be discussed in this section include nurturing the ongoing relationship between the employer and the employee, helping the employee and his/her family and supports navigate the world of Social Security, Medicaid, and financial planning, to name but a few. You will leave with tools and ideas to provide superior ongoing support to help people maintain their jobs and improve their economic self reliance.
Session 6: What’s Next? The Ever-Changing World of Supported Employment
Supported employment has proven to be a viable option for many individuals with high support needs. At the same time, it has also created a good deal of tension in the education and rehabilitation service system. The practice of supported employment has caused the education and rehabilitation service system to change the way of business, specifically, its services, organizational structure, job descriptions, supervision, and funding. It is these changes that cause the excitement, challenges and tensions within organizations.
This presentation will discuss the impact of community-based services, including supported employment, customized employment and self-employment on the organization and management of human service programs.
SE 101 Participant Profile
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