VOCATIONAL EVALUATION IN TRANSITION PLANNING

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VOCATIONAL EVALUATION INTRANSITION PLANNING

• Al Noll
• Stout Vocational Rehabilitation
• Institute

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GOALS

• WHAT IS VOC EVAL
• LEVELS OF VOC EVAL
• COMPONENTS
• WHO NEEDS FULL VOC EVAL?
• WHAT CAN YOU DO?
• WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SEEK RESOURCES TO DO?

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• INFORMATION IS EMPOWERING
• THOMAS, 1996

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GOAL

• Develop informed choice goals
• Plan to achieve goals
• Screen in not out

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WHY

• A DIFFERENT LOOK
• BREAK DOWN HIERARCHY
• NOT IN CLASSROOM
• MORE HANDS ON
• LESS STRUCTURE
• MORE INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION

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IDEA 2004

• TRANSITION SERVICES INCLUDES
• WHEN APPROPRIATE.
• FUNCTIONAL VOCATIONAL EVALUATION.

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VOCATIONAL EVALUATION

• A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS THAT SYSTEMATICALLY USES
  WORK, EITHER REAL OR SIMULATED, AS THE FOCAL
  POINT FOR ASSESSMENT AND VOCATIONAL EXPLORATION,
  THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO ASSIST IN VOCATIONAL
  DEVELOPMENT..VEWAA

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CARF STANDARDS

• INDIVIDUALIZED PROCESS
• CONSUMER PLANNING INCLUDED
• AT INTEGRATED IN PROCESS AND IN OUTCOMES.

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VOC EVAL ACTIVITIES

• FILE REVIEW
• DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW
• PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING
• WORK SAMPLES
• JOB TRYOUTS WORK EXPERIENCES

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• Work samples
• Vs
• Community worksites

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What do we need to measure?

• CAPACITY
• VS
• ABILITY

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VOCATIONAL STRUCTURE

• DATA
• PEOPLE
• THINGS

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OUTCOMES

• VOCATIONAL GOAL(S) OPTIONS
• STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF ABILITIES
• LEVEL OF TRAINING
• EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND POTENTIAL
• EMPLOYMENT RELATED BEHAVIORS

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OUTCOMES

• IDENTIFY STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS (BARRIERS)
• HOW CAN STRENGTHS OPEN DOOR TO EMPLOYMENT?
• HOW CAN BARRIERS BE RESOLVED/AVOIDED?
• DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT (TRANSITION)
  PLAN.

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CONSIDER

• HIERARCHY OF JOBS
• CAREER DEVELOPMENT
• SERVICES NEEDED
• SUPPORTS AVAILABLE
• COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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ONE STATES EXPERIENCE

• Virginia Post-secondary Education/Rehabilitation
  Transition
• -formal vocational evaluation
• -emphasis on post-secondary training
• Outcome Three years after graduation
  participants passed similar non-treated students,
  eventually earning an ave. of 5,000 more
  annually.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

• Where we learn
• - to work
• - to interact in a whole new environment
• - relate to adults in new way
• - start to move away from school environment.

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VOC EVAL

• THE FIRST STEP TO EFFECTIVE WORK EXPERIENCES
• -START WITH LIKELY SUCCESS (JOB AND ENVIRONMENT)
• -WHAT ARE GOALS OF WORK EXPERIENCE (SKILLS, WORK
  BEHAVIORS, REINFORCEMENT)

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NEW TECHNOLOGY

• CONNECTIVITY
• EASY TO EDIT
• NO MOVING PARTS
• INEXPENSIVE
• COMPACT
• LOW BATTERY DEMANDS
• MULTI-MODAL
• EXTREME STORAGE CAPACITY

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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

• GRAPHIC
• TEXT
• VIDEO
• VOICE
• SIGNALS

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• QUESTIONS?