Job Exploration Counseling — learn more
Guided conversations about job options that build motivation, widen horizons, and support informed decision-making.
Pre-ETS · Ages 14–21
Self-Advocacy Training
Learning to communicate your strengths, abilities, interests, and needs — to employers, trade schools, colleges, and universities.
Self-Advocacy Training prepares individuals to better communicate their strengths, abilities, interests, and needs when interviewing with potential employers or applying to trade schools, colleges, or universities.
Students who participate in this service learn how to plan, set goals, represent themselves, and make decisions that affect their lives.
Throughout the training, students build skills that increase confidence and self-esteem while helping them develop a sense of independence and self-empowerment.
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Peer Mentoring — learn more
Pairing individuals with disabilities with experienced peers who have already navigated the challenges of finding and keeping work.
Postsecondary Educational Counseling — learn more
Broadening awareness of career pathways, local labor market demand, and the training and education routes that lead there.
For parents, caregivers, and counselors
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