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Transition Survival 104: Vocational Topics and Job Coaching

Unemployment in the United States has been higher lately with the current economic situation. Unemployment for people with autism continues to hover around the 50-75% level (Hendricks, 2010), therefore it is imperative that we, as professionals, make sure we are doing everything possible to assist individuals with autism in finding meaningful employment that highlights their strengths, gives them a productive way to make a living wage and allows them to participate in work that they find enjoyable and important.

There are several challenges and barriers that people with autism face as they enter the world of work, including communication challenges, behavioral issues, cognitive difficulties, and an employment environment that doesn't always understand the supports people with autism need to enhance their work performance. People with co-morbid conditions or who are more cognitively challenged face even more barriers to employment (Hendricks, 2010).

Some of these are:

  • Getting around their community and using public transportation
  • Understanding directions
  • Asking for help
  • Knowing when to take breaks and/or lunch
  • Learning and responding to body language
And many other skills and supports, including both natural and external supports.People with autism often learn differently and may require a different level of vocational training and support system. Because people with autism have varying strengths, challenges, and cognitive abilities, it is crucial that, in order to help them learn, practice, and appropriately generalize skills needed for them to be successful in the vocational environment, a thorough assessment is done that includes the job seeker with autism so he or she can provide input about what types of work he or she would like to engage in. It is also important to encourage the job seeker's self-awareness of his or her strengths, gifts, and differences to empower the job seeker, while helping establish his or her motivation to succeed.

Other topics we will be discussing within this webcast include:
  • Supervising employees with autism
  • Employment possibilities including supported employment, job coaching, customized employment, and microenterprise
  • Interventions that seem to show efficacy in obtaining and supporting individuals in employment situations

Outcomes:

Upon completion of Transition Survival 104: Vocational Topics and Job Coaching, participants will:

  • Identify various techniques to promote successful on-the-job performance
  • Understand the challenges and barriers to employment that job seekers with autism face
  • Learn about Vocational Assessments commonly used in practice
  • Learn how job seekers with autism can be supported to obtain and keep meaningful and lucrative employment

This event will total 120 minutes with a review of theory, practice and methodology designed for teachers, paraprofessionals, job coaches, counselors, BCABA's and BCBA's working with person's with autism and/or supervising direct treatment staff, and other professionals working with adolescents and/or adults with autism, Asperger's and related disorders.

$59.00 for 100 minutes of content with 20 minutes of real-time Q&A (via chat) available after the presentation

With registration, receive:

  • FREE 30-day access to the recorded webcast ($49 value)
  • Free download ABA Literature Summary Social Skills ($9.99 value)
  • Eligible for 2 (Type II) BCBA and BCaBA Continuing Education Credits
  • Eligible for 2 Social Work CEU's in the state of Ohio
    $10 per CE Unit processing fee

    *CEU's provided by Step by Step Academy

    BACB Approved Provider #: OP-10-2011
    Social Workers Approved Provider #: RSX071001

Michele LaMarche, BCBA

Michele LaMarche is a BCBA and co-founder of Special Learning, Inc. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Step By Step Academy (SBSA), a highly-regarded centre-based non-profit Autism treatment centre in Columbus, Ohio. Since its formation almost ten years ago, SBSA has touched the lives of over one thousand students through rigorous application of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) treatments, resulting in exceptional outcomes.

Michele, with over fifteen years of professional experience in the field of ABA, uses her knowledge of behavioral treatment to produce ground breaking, effective, empirically validated curricula, a critical factor in successfully mainstreaming hundreds of students with ASD. With her credentials and work through Special Learning and SBSA, she has changed the lives of countless individuals and families affected by ASD.

Learn more about our other July webcast offerings:


Ensuring Treatment Integrity

Presented by: Ms. Christine Austin, BCaBA & Ms. Erin Lombard, M.Ed., BCBA

Date: July 26, 2012

Time: 1:00-3:00pm EST
Mand Training across Modalities: Effective Methods to Teach Functional Communication

Presented by: Ms. Erin Lombard, M.Ed., BCBA

Date: July 26, 2012

Time: 10:30am-12:30pm EST
Transition Survival 103: Advanced Social Skills for Adolescent and Adults - Part 2

Presented by: Ms. Michele LaMarche, BCBA

Date: July 26, 2012

Time: 3:30-5:30pm EST
Disclosure:
Financial - Presenters are employees of Step By Step, Special Learning's strategic partner. Presenters and researchers do not receive any financial compensation.
Non-Financial - No relevant non-financial relationships exist.
Special Learning, publisher of products for SLPs, BCBAs and other professionals, and Step By Step funded this training webcast.

Mandatory disclaimer:
The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (“BACB”) does not sponsor, approve or endorse Special Learning or Step By Step, the materials, information or sessions identified herein.