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CE Overview of the Principles, Processes and Practices

 
LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
 

Marc Gold & Associates

Website

Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities.

Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship

March 2011 | Report/Brief | Marc Gold & Associates

This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.

Customized Employment Competency Model

January 2011 | Report/Brief | U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

This guide provides a brief description of the Customized Employment Competency Model.

Customized Employment Works Everywhere

October 2009 | Report/Brief | Economic Systems, Inc.

This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.

What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.

January 2009 | Report/Brief | griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David

January 2008 | Report/Brief | TransCen

For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work.

What’s Customized About It?

January 2008 | Report/Brief | Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief | Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief | Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities

January 2007 | Report/Brief | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.

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
 

Marc Gold & Associates

Website

Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities.

Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship

March 2011 | Report/Brief | Marc Gold & Associates

This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.

Customized Employment Competency Model

January 2011 | Report/Brief | U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

This guide provides a brief description of the Customized Employment Competency Model.

Customized Employment Works Everywhere

October 2009 | Report/Brief | Economic Systems, Inc.

This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.

What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.

January 2009 | Report/Brief | griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David

January 2008 | Report/Brief | TransCen

For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work.

What’s Customized About It?

January 2008 | Report/Brief | Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief | Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief | Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities

January 2007 | Report/Brief | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.

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
 

Marc Gold & Associates

Website

Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities.

Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship

March 2011 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates

This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.

Customized Employment Competency Model

January 2011 | Report/Brief
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

This guide provides a brief description of the Customized Employment Competency Model.

Customized Employment Works Everywhere

October 2009 | Report/Brief
Economic Systems, Inc.

This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.

What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.

January 2009 | Report/Brief
griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David

January 2008 | Report/Brief
TransCen

For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work.

What’s Customized About It?

January 2008 | Report/Brief
Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities

January 2007 | Report/Brief
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.

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
 

Marc Gold & Associates

Website

Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities.

Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship

March 2011 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates

This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.

Customized Employment Competency Model

January 2011 | Report/Brief
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

This guide provides a brief description of the Customized Employment Competency Model.

Customized Employment Works Everywhere

October 2009 | Report/Brief
Economic Systems, Inc.

This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.

What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.

January 2009 | Report/Brief
griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David

January 2008 | Report/Brief
TransCen

For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work.

What’s Customized About It?

January 2008 | Report/Brief
Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities

January 2007 | Report/Brief
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.

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
 

Marc Gold & Associates

Website

Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities.

Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship

March 2011 | Report/Brief
Marc Gold & Associates

This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.

Customized Employment Competency Model

January 2011 | Report/Brief
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

This guide provides a brief description of the Customized Employment Competency Model.

Customized Employment Works Everywhere

October 2009 | Report/Brief
Economic Systems, Inc.

This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.

What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.

January 2009 | Report/Brief
griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David

January 2008 | Report/Brief
TransCen

For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work.

What’s Customized About It?

January 2008 | Report/Brief
Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description

August 2007 | Report/Brief
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Partnership

The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions.

Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities

January 2007 | Report/Brief
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.

LEAD Center - A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP