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LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
 

Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness

April 2016 | Report/Brief | Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states w

Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans

January 2016 | Tool/Manual | Marc Gold & Assciates

This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.

Griffin-Hammis Associates

Website | Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.

Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Minnesota Success Stories

Website | Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.

Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives

April 2015 | Presentation | TransCen

This presentation addresses the following topics:

The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual

January 2015 | Tool/Manual | Center for Social Capital

The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing suppor

Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation

LEAD Center | May 2014 | Presentation | LEAD Center

This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.

Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites

January 2014 | Report/Brief | Marc Gold & Associates

Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.

The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development

January 2014 | Report/Brief | Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast

This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development. 

The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast

January 2014 | Podcast/Audio | Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.

LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP

Customizing Employment: Strategies for Employment Success

June 24, 2020

This webinar will expand on what we learned last week about Discovery and how to take the next step after you have really gotten to know the veterans with whom you work. Customized Employment (CE) is a process that starts with Discovery.

Career Pathways Community of Practice Meeting: Getting on Track to Employment & Self-Sufficiency: Key Drivers of Inclusive Career Pathways

February 12, 2019

The road to Inclusive Career Pathways can be difficult for stakeholders and workforce professionals to navigate. The destination is achieving Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency for people with disabilities. Getting there is the tricky part.

Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships

October 6, 2016

Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships.

Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics

July 30, 2014

Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve.

Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies

August 28, 2013

During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment.

Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals

July 31, 2013

This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals.

Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers

June 26, 2013

This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities.

Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment

May 29, 2013

This webinar will provide information on two best practices – Customized Employment and Customized Self-Employment.

Five Ways You Can Help Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment in Your Community

December 9, 2018

Employment is central to all of our lives. A good job contributes to our self-worth, offers membership in a community, provides benefits like health insurance, and is critical to financial stability and independence.

Guided Group Discovery – Veterans and Youth Editions

March 17, 2020

The LEAD Center created two new versions of Guided Group Discovery materials–one for veterans and the other for youth. Both include a Facilitator Guide; the youth version has an added supplemental slide deck.

New LEAD Center Self-Paced Trainings Now Available!

September 26, 2018

The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy.

LEAD Center Releases Policy Briefs on Guided Group Discovery and ABLE Accounts and Employment

March 28, 2018

LEAD Center recently published two policy briefs: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts and

LEAD Center Staff Travel to Chicago for NAWDP Youth Summit

September 30, 2014

Rebecca Salon and Elizabeth Jennings, the LEAD Center’s Project Director and Assistant Project Director respectively, presented at the National Association of Workforce Profes

Shaping Service Systems to Promote Customized Employment in Illinois

June 30, 2014

The LEAD Center Customized Employment Initiative works across systems in Illinois and Kansas to support systems change.

Categories - LG Tablet

 
LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
 

Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness

April 2016 | Report/Brief | Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states w

Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans

January 2016 | Tool/Manual | Marc Gold & Assciates

This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.

Griffin-Hammis Associates

Website | Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.

Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Minnesota Success Stories

Website | Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.

Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives

April 2015 | Presentation | TransCen

This presentation addresses the following topics:

The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual

January 2015 | Tool/Manual | Center for Social Capital

The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing suppor

Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation

LEAD Center | May 2014 | Presentation | LEAD Center

This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.

Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites

January 2014 | Report/Brief | Marc Gold & Associates

Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.

The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development

January 2014 | Report/Brief | Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast

This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development. 

The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast

January 2014 | Podcast/Audio | Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.

LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP

Customizing Employment: Strategies for Employment Success

June 24, 2020

This webinar will expand on what we learned last week about Discovery and how to take the next step after you have really gotten to know the veterans with whom you work. Customized Employment (CE) is a process that starts with Discovery.

Career Pathways Community of Practice Meeting: Getting on Track to Employment & Self-Sufficiency: Key Drivers of Inclusive Career Pathways

February 12, 2019

The road to Inclusive Career Pathways can be difficult for stakeholders and workforce professionals to navigate. The destination is achieving Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency for people with disabilities. Getting there is the tricky part.

Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships

October 6, 2016

Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships.

Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics

July 30, 2014

Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve.

Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies

August 28, 2013

During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment.

Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals

July 31, 2013

This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals.

Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers

June 26, 2013

This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities.

Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment

May 29, 2013

This webinar will provide information on two best practices – Customized Employment and Customized Self-Employment.

Five Ways You Can Help Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment in Your Community

December 9, 2018

Employment is central to all of our lives. A good job contributes to our self-worth, offers membership in a community, provides benefits like health insurance, and is critical to financial stability and independence.

Guided Group Discovery – Veterans and Youth Editions

March 17, 2020

The LEAD Center created two new versions of Guided Group Discovery materials–one for veterans and the other for youth. Both include a Facilitator Guide; the youth version has an added supplemental slide deck.

New LEAD Center Self-Paced Trainings Now Available!

September 26, 2018

The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy.

LEAD Center Releases Policy Briefs on Guided Group Discovery and ABLE Accounts and Employment

March 28, 2018

LEAD Center recently published two policy briefs: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts and

LEAD Center Staff Travel to Chicago for NAWDP Youth Summit

September 30, 2014

Rebecca Salon and Elizabeth Jennings, the LEAD Center’s Project Director and Assistant Project Director respectively, presented at the National Association of Workforce Profes

Shaping Service Systems to Promote Customized Employment in Illinois

June 30, 2014

The LEAD Center Customized Employment Initiative works across systems in Illinois and Kansas to support systems change.

Categories - SM Tablet

Resources

 
LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
 

Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness

April 2016 | Report/Brief
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employ

Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans

January 2016 | Tool/Manual
Marc Gold & Assciates

This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.

Griffin-Hammis Associates

Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.

Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Minnesota Success Stories

Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.

Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives

April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen

This presentation addresses the following topics:

The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual

January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital

The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.

Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation

LEAD Center | May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center

This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.

Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites

January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates

Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.

The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development

January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast

This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development. 

The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast

January 2014 | Podcast/Audio
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.

LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP

Categories - Phablet

Resources

 
LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
 

Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness

April 2016 | Report/Brief
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employ

Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans

January 2016 | Tool/Manual
Marc Gold & Assciates

This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.

Griffin-Hammis Associates

Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.

Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Minnesota Success Stories

Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.

Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives

April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen

This presentation addresses the following topics:

The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual

January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital

The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.

Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation

LEAD Center | May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center

This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.

Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites

January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates

Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.

The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development

January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast

This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development. 

The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast

January 2014 | Podcast/Audio
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.

LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP

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Resources

 
LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
 

Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness

April 2016 | Report/Brief
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employ

Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans

January 2016 | Tool/Manual
Marc Gold & Assciates

This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.

Griffin-Hammis Associates

Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.

Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Minnesota Success Stories

Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.

Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives

April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen

This presentation addresses the following topics:

The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual

January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital

The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.

Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation

LEAD Center | May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center

This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.

Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites

January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates

Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation.

The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development

January 2014 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates and TACE Southeast

This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development. 

The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast

January 2014 | Podcast/Audio
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.

This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.

LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP