Cairn Consultants - Empowering Students with Disabilities
A Proud Partner of the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Providing Pre-Employment Transition Services- PreETS
KENTUCKY OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (OVR)
At Cairn Consultants, we believe that every student deserves the chance to explore their career options. We work with the KY OVR to help students with disabilities discover a career path that aligns with their skills and interests.
- The KY Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) provides Pre-Employment Transition Services and Transition services to students with IEPs, 504 plans, or other documentation of disabilities.
- Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) are the earliest set of services for students with disabilities to explore careers and gain experience in work related activities.
- Students who are eligible, as well as students who are considered potentially eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation services may receive Pre-ETS.
Discover the Power of Cairn Consultants
Job Exploration Counseling
Job Exploration Counseling is meant to provide students with a variety of
opportunities to gain information about careers, the skills needed for different jobs
and to uncover personal career interests.
Job Exploration Counseling includes activities and experiences that assist students to:
• Explore career options and identify career pathways of interest
• Uncover vocational interests using inventories
• Learn about skills needed in the workplace and for specific jobs
• Understand the labor market including in demand industries and occupations
• Learn about non-traditional employment option
Work-Based Learning Experience
Work Based Learning (WBL) is an educational approach or instructional method
that uses community workplaces to provide students with the knowledge and
skills that will help them connect school experiences to real-life work activities
and future career opportunities.
Work based learning includes activities and experiences that assist students to:
• Develop work skills through participation in paid and non-paid work
experiences in community integrated employment
• Apply classroom knowledge to the work place
• Gain greater understanding of the soft skills important to success in the work
place
• Learn from people currently practicing in the occupations and career of interest
to the student.
Counseling on Opportunities for Enrollment
To improve employment outcomes and increase opportunities for students with
disabilities to access 21st century jobs, it is essential that students and their family
members are provided information and guidance on a variety of post-secondary
education and training opportunities.
The post-secondary options that should be explored include:
• Community Colleges (AA/AS degrees, certificate programs and classes)
• Universities (Public and Private)
• Career pathways related to workshops/training programs
• Trade/Technical Schools
• Military
• Post-secondary programs at community colleges and Universities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Workplace Readiness Training
Workplace readiness traits describe a number of skills that employers expect from
most employees. Workplace readiness skills are a set of skills and behaviors that
are necessary for any job, such as how to interact with supervisors and
co-workers and the importance of timeliness.
In addition to developing social and independent living skills, workplace readiness training may also include:
• Financial literacy
• Orientation and mobility skills
• Job-seeking skills
• Understanding employer expectations for punctuality and performance
Instruction to Self-Advocacy
The development of self-advocacy skills should be started at an early age. These
skills will be needed in education, workplace and community settings. Specifically,
they include an individual’s ability to effectively communicate, convey, negotiate
or assert his/her own interests and/or desires. We work with students
to develop self-determination, which means that students with disabilities have
the freedom to plan their own lives, pursue the things that are important to them
and experience the same life opportunities as other people in their communities.
Self-advocacy skills are developed when students are provided with experiences to develop:
• Knowledge of self
• Knowledge of rights and responsibilities
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills
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