VOCATIONAL GOAL DEVELOPMENT

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VOCATIONAL GOAL DEVELOPMENT

• Moving from I Dunno? to Id really like to be
  a .
• YTP Statewide Conference
• February 23, 2006
• Hood River Inn

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YTP Performance Benchmarks 05-07 Biennium

• OVRS Application Process. As part of the
  application/eligibility determination process,
  YTP youth must be involved in developing a
  vocational goal and apply for OVRS services.
  Performance in this area will be assessed at
  three times using the following benchmarks
• 75 of the student base will have completed an
  application for OVRS services and have an
  identified vocational goal by March 31, 2006.
• 90 of the student base will have completed an
  application for OVRS services and have an
  identified vocational goal by January 31, 2007.
• 100 of the student base will have completed an
  application for services and have an identified
  vocational goal by March 31, 2007.

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YTP Performance Benchmarks 05-07 Biennium
(continued)

• Individualized Plan for Employment. In order for
  students to be successful in their transition, an
  Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) must be
  written as soon as possible after the student is
  found eligible for OVRS services and prior to
  graduation from high school. Performance in this
  area will be assessed at three times using the
  following benchmarks
• 70 of the student base will have an
  Individualized Plan for Employment by March 31,
  2006.
• 80 of the student base will have an
  Individualized Plan for Employment by January 31,
  2007
• 90 of the student base will have an
  Individualized Plan for Employment by March 31,
  2007.

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YTP Performance Benchmarks 05-07 Biennium
(continued)

• Post School Outcomes. Students who participate in
  the YTP receive support to transition from high
  school to post school employment or other career
  related activities. The overall goal is for youth
  to be engaged at the time they exit the program
  and maintain that status over a 12-month follow
  up period. Engagement is defined as employed or
  involved in a training program that is consistent
  with the individuals abilities as identified in
  the IPE. Performance in this area will be
  assessed at three times using the following
  benchmarks
• 70 of students who have completed the program
  will be engaged in employment or training at the
  time of exit from the program.
• 70 of students who have completed the program
  will be engaged in employment or training 6
  months after completing the program.
• 70 of students who have completed the program
  will be engaged in employment or training 12
  months after completing the program.

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The Question How do I develop a vocational
goal?

• Whose job is it anyway? The Vocational
  Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) or the Transition
  Specialist (TS)?
• Whose job is it to prepare young adults with
  disabilities? What about readiness?
• Who can we collaborate with?
• Special Education Teachers
• STW coordinators
• WIA or One Stops
• Staff responsible for implementing new graduation
  requirements (CRLS)
• Who else in your setting?

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What tools are available to develop vocational
goals?

• What do you currently use or know about?
• Informational Interviewing
• Job Shadowing
• Structured Work Experience (paid or unpaid)
• Interest and Aptitude Testing
• Hobbies, families, extended families, friends
• Community Participation (e.g. church, clubs,
  etc.)
• Person Centered Planning
• Exposure, exposure, exposure, exposure..

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Are there more tools?

• OLMIS Skills Explorer http//www.qualityinfo.org/
  olmisj/SkillExp
• CIS Occupation Sort http//oregoncis.uoregon.edu/
  webcis/OccSort2/OS_Prioritize.aspx
• CIS IDEAS Assessment http//oregoncis.uoregon.edu
  /webcis/ideas/ideas_intro.aspx
• CIS SKILLS Assessment http//oregoncis.uoregon.ed
  u/webcis/skills/skills.aspx
• Use the CIS Link to other assessments
  http//oregoncis.uoregon.edu/webcis/link.aspx
• ONET http//online.onetcenter.org/
• Americas Career Infonet http//www.careeronestop
  .org
• Imatch http//www.employment.oregon.gov/

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What else is out there.?

• Washington County School to Careers Handbook
  http//www.pcc.edu/pavtec/stwc/default.htm
• So You Wanna.Com http//www.soyouwanna.com/site/c
  ategories/work.html
• Robin Jacobs Employment Page at PCC
  http//spot.pcc.edu/rjacobs/career/index.htm
• Find the old Oregon Work-Based Learning Manual
• Old fashion vocational counseling
• Use the Dictionary of Occupational Titles online
  http//www.occupationalinfo.org/ or hard copy
  from library
• Other ideas?

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Vocational Assessment/Skills and Aptitude
Assessment

• Many, many different tools
• VRCs are experts
• Quick and Dirty vs. Formal and Standardized?
• The ASVAB is free
• Functional Capacity Limitations? How do you find
  out about these?

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How Can Your Technical Assistance Team Help You?

• From your YTP contract District shall provide a
  program progress report by March 31, 2006 and
  December 31, 2006, not to exceed two pages
• This allows us to learn about what is and isnt
  working in ALL the benchmark areas
• This allows you to self-evaluate how you are
  doing on this particular benchmark (i.e.
  Vocational Goal Development)
• Quarterly Evaluation Reports
• The active student roster has a section for
  IPE Goal Area
• This will be another way to gauge how it is going
  for this benchmark
• Student Entry Forms
• Asks Initial vocational preferences/interests?
• Initial is initial and can change, may result in
  developmental IPEs or IPEs that need to be
  amended following initial development.
• These feedback mechanisms inform your TA team so
  we can provide timely assistance. We are only a
  phone call away!

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For More Information Contact

• Peter FitzGerald
• U of O YTP Technical Assistance Provider
• 3425 NE 25th Avenue
• Portland, Oregon 97212-2508
• [phone]
• petefitz_at_qwest.net
• OR
• Kathy Eckert-Mason
• VR Counselor/Deaf Specialist
• OVRS Marion, Polk Branch
• 1701 Liberty Street, NE
• Salem, Oregon 97302-5158
• [phone]
• kathryn.e.eckert-mason_at_state.or.us