Starting Out Right! Planning for and Working on Pre-Employment - PDF document

5/22/2020 Starting Out Right! Planning for and Working on Pre-Employment Skills 1 My Vision Celia Schloemer Family Support Coordinator 2 1

5/22/2020 Why are we here? What does it even mean to talk about PRE EMPLOYMENT SKILLS 3 Pre employment Skills skill [skil] NOUN 1. the ability to do something well; expertise. “That is difficult work, taking great skill“ 2. a particular ability. "the basic skills of cooking" 4 2

5/22/2020 Pre employment Skills Hard Skills Soft Social Skills Skills 5 Hard Skills or Work skills Hard Skills= Taught +Specific + For a certain job or task + Class in school or in a training 6 3

5/22/2020 Hard Skills or Work skills • Help you do your job better or more easily • Are a skill that might help you get another job • Are sometimes measured or evaluated • Are sometimes offered when hired 7 Hard Skills or Work Skills School Job • Cash Register • Reading • Food Prep • Math • Computer • Following programs directions • Kitchen Equipment • Calculator • Computer • Computer Skills Programs • Vocational Classes • Time Clock 8 4

5/22/2020 Soft Skills Soft Skills = People skills + Social skills + Attitudes + Communication skills . 9 Soft Skills 10 5

5/22/2020 Social Skills Social Skills= Getting along with others +Being flexible +Creating appropriate relationships +Adjusting our behavior in each situation +Adjusting our needs or wants for others 11 Soft and Social Skills • Help you to get along and work well with others • Help you do and keep your job • Are used everyday at work, at school and at home • Can be learned anywhere 12 6

5/22/2020 Social Skills 13 Paving the way to Employment This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 14 7

5/22/2020 Paving the way to Employment Help them know their value and anticipate their: • Needs • Expectations • Experiences • Opportunities 15 Sharing your stories with others • What do people like and admire about me? • What is important to me? • How can you best support me? 16 8

5/22/2020 Life Experiences=Life Outcomes Vision More Possibilities Expectations Opportunities Experiences 17 Anticipatory Guidance 18 9

5/22/2020 The Bus will Stop Coming Have you anticipated that your child will: • Have independent experiences (volunteer, social, dating) • Build specific skills of how to look for, get and keep a job? • Learn what they like to do or want to learn more about? • Grow to “be their own person”? • Be able to be safe at home or in the community alone or with limited support • Know what to do in case of an emergency or disaster • Know what they CAN do, rather than limitations of their disability? 19 Integrating supports to build skills 20 10

5/22/2020 Building Has 1-2 broad areas Skills Connected to ? of interest or knows someone Has 2-3 specific in area of interest interests through an Has 3-4 skills in Connected to or these areas knows mentor Loves to learn new Integrated things People who support me Have Need Need Have Model ? ? Hard Have Skills Need Have Need Disability specific Have Need ? Skill building Group School Skill Group ? Transition Plan Skills Assessment Places in my IEP community where everyone learns or practices Hard Skills 21 Building Creative Confidence to Skills Caring do hard things ? Works well with Completes tasks others Friends, Aunt when asked through an Friendly Friends Parents On Time Follows rules Academic Advisor Attendence Stays on task Peer mentors Integrated Career mentor Skill Building Have Need videos Have Need Model Virtual Social ? groups Soft Modeling Videos Have Facebook Skills Need Smart Phone Have Need Computer IEP Have Need Transition Plan ? Disability specific Volunteers Social Group Church Groups School Social Activities with Group typical peers Community Social Skills Assessment participation 22 11

5/22/2020 Building Speaking confidently Skills Speaks clearly State needs, wants or Can stay calm Skill Building feelings Asks for help videos Not interrupting through an Friends, Aunt Virtual Social Good listener Friends Parents groups Hygiene Academic Advisor Modeling Videos Integrated Have Need Need Have Model Peer mentors Facebook Career mentor Social Smart Phone Have Social Group Skills Need Computer Have Need IEP Yoga Class Have Need Transition Plan Counseling Disability specific YMCA Private Speech Social Group Member Writers group School Social Community Group Dance group Church Youth Social Skills Assessment Group 23 Creating a vision What is your vision of a good Life? What is your Child’s vision? 24 12

5/22/2020 Creating a vision Friends, family, enough money, job I like, home, faith, vacations, health, choice, freedom Poverty, loneliness, restrictions, isolation, lack of choice, boredom 25 Creating an early employment vision What skills do I want to learn or improve to be able to be employable What will keep me from growing and improving to be more employable? 26 13

5/22/2020 Creating an early employment vision What skills do I want to learn or improve to be able to get a job I want? What will keep me from improving and getting the job I want? 27 Creating an early employment vision What skills do I want to learn or improve to be able to keep a job? What will keep me from growing and improving or cause me to loose my job? 28 14

5/22/2020 Creating a trajectory for Employment 29 We Learn from our Experiences 30 15

5/22/2020 Community Allies and Partners  Identify key people and organizations School Opportunities Volunteer Opportunities Business you frequent Business that support interests Community classes or experts 31 Community Allies and Partners  Identify key people and organizations School Opportunities Volunteer Opportunities Business you frequent Business that support interests Community classes or experts  Determine what your vision for the Individual or with the organization is 32 16

5/22/2020 Community Allies and Partners  Identify key people and organizations School Opportunities Volunteer Opportunities Business you frequent Business that support interests Community classes or experts  Determine what your vision for the Individual or with organization is  Prepare, Risk, Assess, Repeat!! 33 But with COVID19 its different Before After • Try something new • Try something new • Create a community • Create a community connection connection • Volunteer • Volunteer at home • Create a resume • Create a resume • Practice interviewing • Practice interviewing • Job shadow • Learn about Jobs • Learn about supports • Learn about supports • Learn and practice hard and • Learn and practice hard and soft skills soft skills • Take assessments • Ask others about you • Vocational Classes • Try online learning or tutorials 34 17

5/22/2020 Integrating supports to make connections and create opportunities 35 Community Allies and Partners 36 18

5/22/2020 37 Tools towards a good life www.lifecoursetools.com 38 19

5/22/2020 Charting the LifeCourse Trainings are provided by and Funding for this statewide effort is provided by 39 20