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Take a Look InsideHGAC Transition Services and
Programs

• Barbara Petersen
• Brenda Cover
• Stacie Andrews

• Ann Yurcisin
• Darlene Seals

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HGAC Our Mission
To provide comprehensive rehabilitative,
educational, and life skill services in a
focused environment which results in employment
for persons with disabilities.
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Hiram G. Andrews Center offers comprehensive
vocational, educational and rehabilitation
services.
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Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) Program
Structure

• Mission of PA OVR To expand and strengthen
  employment outcomes, independence, and
  specialized services for Pennsylvanians with
  disabilities.
• Within the Dept. of LI, OVR operates five
  primary programs or bureaus.
• Bureau of Central Operations
• Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Bureau of Blindness Visual Services (BBVS)
• Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
• Hiram G. Andrews Center (HGAC)

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HGAC 2006 Referral Sources

• 96.75 Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
  Services
• 2.75 Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services
• ½ All other sources
• Other PA State Agencies
• Voc Rehab agencies outside of PA
• Direct application to HGACs admission office
• Private insurance companies
• Veterans Administration

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Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR)

• Eligibility Criteria
• Individual has a disability that creates a
  barrier to employment
• Individual wants to work, and
• Individual can benefit from VR services
  (assumption of benefit for individuals receiving
  SSDI and SSI).
• Order of Selection
• Individuals with the most significant
  disabilities have the highest priority
• Financial Needs Test
• Required for all VR services except for
  diagnostics, vocational guidance, counseling and
  placement services.

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HGAC Admission Information

• Individuals with disabilities served (most have
  secondary disabilities as well)
• 44.5 cognitive impairments (MR, LD, autism)
• 32.5 physical impairments
• 15.5 other mental impairments (psychosocial,
• drug/alcohol abuse)
• 4 deafness/hearing impairments
• 1.5 blindness or other visual impairments
• 1 communicative impairments
• 1 other/no disability listed

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HGAC 2006 Admission Stats

• Age Groups of Individuals served
• Under 20 58
• 21 - 29 22
• 30 - 39 7.5
• 40 - 49 7
• 50 - up 5.5

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HGAC Transition Tools

• Center for Occupational Readiness
• Learning Support Services
• Driver Education
• Vocational Technical Educational Programs
• 4th Annual Career Transition Fair

• Vocational Evaluation
• Counseling
• Career Guidance Center
• Cognitive Skills Enhancement Program
• Residential Living
• Personal Growth and Development
• Assistive Technology

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HGAC Transition Tools
Vocational Evaluation Psychological Services
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• Vocational Evaluation
• Evaluation Tracks
• Group High Verbal
• Group Performance
• Individual

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• Vocational Evaluation
• Vocational Exploration
• May also include
• Situational Job Tryouts
• Psychological Testing
• Assistive Technology
• Speech and Hearing
• Occupational Therapy

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• Vocational Evaluation
• Staff trained by Dr. Jack Dial
• McCarron-Dial Systems (MDS)
• Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation System (CVES)

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• Vocational Evaluation
• Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation System (CVES)
• Assessment Factors
• Verbal Spatial-Cognitive Factor
• Sensory Factor
• Motor Factor
• Emotional Factor
• Coping/Adaptive
• Behavior

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• Vocational Evaluation
• Evaluation Profile Analysis and
• Reporting System (EPARS)
• Recommends general vocational and residential
  program levels for placement consideration.
• Identifies overall factor strengths and
  weaknesses and lists specific strengths and
  weaknesses within each assessment factor.

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Vocational Evaluation Situational Job Tryouts

• General Office Clerk
• AST CulinaryArts
• ASB Medical Office Assistant

Business Enterprise Program 1 week evaluation
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Psychological Services

• Psychological, neuropsychological and psycho
  educational evaluations can assess cognitive and
  academic strengths and weaknesses.

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HGAC Transition Tools cont.
Counseling Services Career Guidance Center
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Counseling Services

• Case Management Services
• Counseling
• Advocacy
• Referral
• Consultation

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Career Guidance Center
Job Preparedness

• From School to Work
• Creating a Career Portfolio
• How to Complete a Job Application
• Lifetime Resume Service
• Finding Job Leads
• Interview Skills
• Inside Track to Government Jobs
• Pennsylvania CareerLink

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Career Guidance Center
Job Preparedness

• Employment Success Skills Seminars
• Orientation to the PA State Civil Service Exam
• Social Security Work Incentive Seminar
• Secrets to Job Fair Success

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HGAC Transition Tools cont.

• Cognitive Skills Enhancement Program (CSEP)

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• CSEP

Cognitive Skills Enhancement Program A
Rehabilitation Partnership Serving Persons with
Cognitive Disabilities
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CSEP A collaboration between the University of
Pittsburgh, Department of Rehabilitation Science
and Technology and the Hiram G. Andrews
Center Coordinator Deb Endres, M.S. Project
Director Michael McCue, PhD, CRC Co-Director
Michael Pramuka, PhD Director of Student
Services Jill Moriconi, M.S., CRC
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Cognitive Skills Enhancement Program(CSEP)

• An intensive 15-week program, designed to assist
  persons with cognitive disabilities through
• Group and cognitive enhancement therapy
• Assistive technology screening and training
• Group counseling
• Identification of compensatory strategies and
  practice using them in vocational settings

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• CSEP emphasizes
• Behavioral accountability
• Development of social awareness skills
• Improving self-esteem

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What CSEP Involves

• Focus on increasing awareness of strengths and
  weaknesses and development of strategies
• Class size 15
• Participants diagnosed
• with cognitive disabilities

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CSEP Admission Criteria Exclusions

• Prospective participants should
• Have an interest and willingness to participate
• Have a documented cognitive disability
• Demonstrate the ability to reason and participate
  in an abstract discussion or exercise
• Have a presenting problem that is cognitive
• Primary problems or limitations should not be
  attributable to intellectual, psychiatric, or
  behavioral conditions or to substance abuse.

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CSEP Goals

• Understand strengths and weaknesses and the
  effect these have on being successful in training
  and on the job
• Understand disability, its effects, and
  strategies for overcoming the effects of
  disability
• Experience real work and community demands
• Set sound personal and vocational goals
• Function as an effective problem solver

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CSEP Goals cont

• Communicate effectively to satisfy employers
• Direct the management of education, training, and
  vocational rehabilitation pursuits
• Possess knowledge of work demands and practice
  effective work habits
• Strive towards effective self-advocacy

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What We Do

• Provide a safe atmosphere where students feel
  comfortable accepting each others strengths and
  weaknesses
• Required involvement in term projects and
  presentations
• Develop awareness of social interactions and how
  to improve communication skills

• Develop awareness of
• social interactions and
• how to improve
• communication skills

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What We Do cont

• Provide a framework that helps develop
  compensatory strategies/accommodations to meet
  organizational and planning needs
• Encourage and support to realize full potential
• Use assistive technology devices and master
  functional computer skills

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HGAC Transition Tools cont.

• Campus Dormitory Living
• Dorm Counseling
• Recreation
• Personal Growth Development

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Recreation Sports Art Crafts Hiking Fishing Bicycl
ing Horseback Riding Cultural Events Dances Person
al Growth Development
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HGAC Transition Tools cont.

• Allied Health Services
• Center for Assistive and Rehabilitative
  Technology
• Assistive Technology Lending Library

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Allied Health Services

• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Wheelchair Repair

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Center for Assistive and Rehabilitative Technology

• Computer Access
• Activities of Daily Living
• Environmental Control Units
• Augmentative Communication
• Home/Worksite Modifications
• Mobility/Positioning
• Custom Devices
• Devices for Visual/Hearing Loss
• Driver Evaluation
• Vehicle Modification

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Pennsylvanias Assistive Technology Lending
Library www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/atlend

• Free Program
• Any Pennsylvanian with a disability may borrow

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Mission
To offer quality individualized post-secondary
education which provides career opportunities and
independent life skills.
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HGAC Transition Tools cont.

• Commonwealth Technical Institute _at_ Hiram G.
  Andrews Center
• Center for Occupational Readiness
• Learning Support Services
• Driver Education

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Center for Occupational Readiness
• Reading
• Math
• English
• GED Prep
• Enrichment Classes

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Center for Occupational Readiness
• Team Teaching
• Culinary Arts
• Nursing Assistant
• Building Maintenance
• Auto Technology
• Printing Technology

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Center for Occupational Readiness
• Enrichment Classes
• Deaf Awareness
• Cultural Disability
• Diversity
• Career Orientation
• Study Skills

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Center for Occupational Readiness
• Enrichment Classes
• Library Orientation
• Introduction to Keyboarding
• Basic Literacy
• Leisure Skills

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Learning Support Services
• Professional Peer Tutoring
• Note Taking
• Test Writing/Reading
• Assistive Technology
• Workshops

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Driver Education

• Classroom
• Behind the Wheel

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HGAC Transition Tools cont.
Commonwealth Technical Institute _at_ Hiram G.
Andrews Center
Degree Programs Diploma Programs
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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
The Basics Diploma or Associate Degree will be
issued from CTI Three terms per year, no summers
off, 1 week between terms Programs vary in length
from 1 - 5 terms, 4 months per term HS diploma or
GED is required for admission to associate degree
programs 300 students Small class size- 15 is
maximum in most classes Focus - hands on learning
and practical application of skills
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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Associate Degree Programs
• AST Architectural Drafting
• AST Mechanical Drafting
• ASB Accounting
• AST Computer Servicing Technology
• AST Culinary Arts
• AST Dental Laboratory Technology
• ASB Medical Office Assistant

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Diploma Programs
• Culinary Arts/Kitchen Helper
• Automotive Technology
• Small Engine and Equipment Repair
• Business Retail Management
• Retail Distribution
• Building Trades
• Building Maintenance

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COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

• Diploma Programs cont.
• Materials Management and Distribution
• Commercial Cleaning
• Dental Assisting
• Nursing Assistant
• Printing Technology
• Jewelry Technology
• General Office Clerk

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Randolph-Shepherd Act Business Enterprise
Program Assists persons in the operation of food
service businesses in commercial, industrial, or
governmental locations.
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• Business Enterprise Program
• Referrals through BBVS
• 8 month training program
• Business ranges
• Vending operations to large cafeteria
• Program provides
• Business sites
• Equipment
• Ongoing support from BBVS
• Business Agent

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HGAC Career Transition Fair October 24,25
26, 2007

• Tour HGAC
• Dorm Room
• Training Areas
• Recreation
• Visit Exhibits and Classroom Demonstrations

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HGAC Transition Tools

• Vocational Evaluation
• Counseling
• Career Guidance Center
• Cognitive Skills Enhancement Program
• Residential Living
• Personal Growth and Development
• Assistive Technology

• Center for Occupational Readiness
• Learning Support Services
• Driver Education
• Vocational Technical Educational Programs
• Career Transition Day

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HGAC Partnerships

• National Consortium of State Operated
  Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centers (SOCRC)
• Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically
  Underserved Areas (CERMUSA)
• National Telerehabilitation Services System
  (NTSS)
• Pennsylvania Association for Individuals
  w/Disabilities (PAiD)
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
• Temple University Institute on Disabilities
• Veterans Leadership Program/Veteran Community
  Initiatives

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Hiram G. Andrews Center 727 Goucher
St. Johnstown, PA 15905 800-762-4211
Voice/TTY 814-255-8200 Visit us on the
Web! www.hgac.org