An overview and history of community-based employment and how-to strategies for effective job seeker assessment/discovery phase to maximize future job matching.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

 

Continuing Education Available: NJ Social Work, CRCC, NJDOE

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Foundations Day 1: Assessment/Discovery Phase training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

An introduction to job development including marketing strategies, negotiating with employers, analyzing worksites and customizing employment to facilitate good job matching.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.
 

Continuing Education Available: NJ Social Work, CRCC, NJDOE

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Foundations Day 2: Job Development Phase training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

An examination of learning styles, direct and systematic instruction on the job site (task analysis, hierarchy of prompts, teaching to natural and artificial cues, error correction, etc.) and data collection.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

 

Continuing Education Available: NJ Social Work, CRCC, NJDOE

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Foundations Day 3: Job Coaching Phase training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

A familiarization with the purposes, strategies and documentation of long term follow along supports to boost retention as well as an introduction to employment and the ADA, benefits and employment, and “typicalness” research and employment.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

 

Continuing Education Available: NJ Social Work, CRCC, NJDOE

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Foundations Day 4: Long Term Follow Along Phase training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

Customer relations are an integral part of a successful employment services agency.  This course will assist Employment Specialists to identify all of the customers that receive their services as well as describe strategies that will facilitate effective customer relations.  Methods of measuring customer satisfaction will be introduced and how those methods connect with continuous quality improvement will be stressed.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

Continuing Education Credit is not offered for this webinar

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Supplemental: Building Customer Relations for the Employment Specialist training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

You must be logged onto the webinar from start to finish.

You must participate in all polling questions throughout the webinar.

You must participate in questions related to session activities.

You must complete a survey at the webinar's completion.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

While no two families experience life in the same way, parents and families of individuals with disabilities often share extraordinary challenges and stressors in their lives. When discussions around employment and independence emerge, many parents become overwhelmed with the perceived risks that come with a decision to further integrate their adult child into the community. This course will explore where parents are coming from in order to fully support their journey, as well as concrete tools and strategies that providers can use to help support and advocate for individuals with disabilities as they work towards employment and independence.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

  

Continuing Education Credit is not offered for this webinar

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Supplemental:Navigating Challenging Conversations on the Path to Employment training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

You must be logged onto the webinar from start to finish.

You must participate in all polling questions throughout the webinar.

You must participate in questions related to session activities.

You must complete a survey at the webinar's completion.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

Many adults and young adults with disabilities employed today find themselves in jobs they are struggling to maintain over time. Often that struggle is because the job isn’t a good match for the employee’s skills, abilities, attributes and/or interests. While most adults and young adults without disabilities have had the opportunity to inform their employment and career preferences through a variety of formal and informal work experiences in different settings, this is typically not so for their peers with disabilities.  Job seekers with disabilities who have limited work experience to draw from are at a disadvantage when expected to identify employment goals.  In this training, participants will learn what situational assessments are and how they can be a valuable tool for job seekers and their community employment staff. Participants will receive the Situational Tool for Exploring Possibilities (STEP) and explore how its use can assist job seekers in identifying the type of job or career they want and how well their skills, abilities, attributes, and interests match it.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

 

Continuing Education Credit is not offered for this webinar

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Supplemental: Situational Assessment: A Tool for Exploring Possibilities training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

Assisting individuals with disabilities as they navigate the social expectations at the workplace is always a challenge, but when situations of a sexual nature arise, the challenge becomes more complex. This supplemental will provide professionals with a social and educational context for why these issues present themselves in the workplace. Participants will leave with tools to appropriately respond to these situations while simultaneously supporting healthy sexuality for the people we serve.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to employees of CBVI, DDD, and DVRS, DDD/Medicaid Approved Providers, DVRS approved vendors, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

 

Continuing Education Credit is not offered for this webinar

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Employment Specialist Supplemental: Social/Sexual Challenges at the Workplace training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

You must be logged onto the webinar from start to finish.

You must participate in all polling questions throughout the webinar.

You must participate in questions related to session activities.

You must complete a survey at the webinar's completion.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

Social distancing requirements pose many challenges for employment specialists and job seekers alike.  However, the use of simple technology can assist the assessment and discovery process to create a firm foundation for job development and placement. This webinar will provide suggestions for an approach to discovery that honors social distance requirements but that still provides ample opportunities to get to know the job seeker, conduct person centered planning activities, explore a job seeker’s community and vocational options, and assemble a job development plan. Participants will be provided with specific technology tools and best practices that they can utilize to provide remote pre-placement supports.  

 

Continuing Education Credit is not offered for this webinar

 

Note: Participants may register for both or just one of the webinars in the Remote Strategies for Job Coaches series.

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Remote Strategies for Job Coaches: Webinar #1: Pre-Placement Supports training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

You must be logged onto the webinar from start to finish.

You must participate in all polling questions throughout the webinar.

You must participate in questions related to session activities.

You must complete a survey at the webinar's completion.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are the backbone of many of the essential industries that all New Jerseyans are relying on during this unprecedented time. The social distance requirements and safety protocols in place have made it difficult or impossible for job coaches to continue to provide 1:1 supports for those who are continuing to work in the community and need the support of a job coach. This webinar will provide job coaches with a framework to consider virtual supports, and will provide examples of technology that can assist in the provision of job coaching services. Topics will include technology for productivity, remote task analysis, and emotional regulation, as well as general tips for how to maintain communication and collaboration with the job seeker during the time of COVID-19.

 

Continuing Education Credit is not offered for this webinar  

 

Note: Participants may register for both or just one of the webinars in the Remote Strategies for Job Coaches series.

 

The Boggs Center has made accommodations to temporarily offer the Remote Strategies for Job Coaches: Webinar #2 Virtual Job Coaching Strategies training through a web-based platform. To register for upcoming online trainings, select Register and complete the Webinar registration form.

 

Please note that there will be several requirements to demonstrate completion of this course and receive a certificate.

You must be logged onto the webinar from start to finish.

You must participate in all polling questions throughout the webinar.

You must participate in questions related to session activities.

You must complete a survey at the webinar's completion.

Certificates will be emailed to those meeting the requirement a few days following completion of the event.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to individuals with disabilities and family members, developmental disability professionals, and employees of DDD.

 

Continuing Education Credit and Certificates of Attendance are not offered for this webinar

 

 

As a person with a disability, you are able to choose the services you use and share how you want to be supported. Support Coordinators help you share information about yourself, your hopes and dreams, and the support you need through a person-centered planning process. They also help you select the service providers that will support you to be involved in your community and reach your goals. It’s important for you to learn more about what to look for and what to expect when working with a Support Coordinator and selecting services. This training will help you understand the Support Coordination process; know what to look for in a Support Coordination Agency; and learn tips and strategies for working with Support Coordinators.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to individuals with disabilities and family members, developmental disability professionals, and employees of DDD.

 

Continuing Education Credit and Certificates of Attendance are not offered for this webinar

Supports brokers are the linchpin of the self-directed service model, fostering independence, social engagement, and choice. This orientation provides an overview of self-determination, self-direction, and the basic principles of person-centered thinking and planning. Participants will learn how Supports Brokers collaborate with the person receiving supports, Support Coordinators, the Fiscal Intermediary, and Self-Directed Employees to bring the service plan to life. As part of this two-day training, future Supports Brokers will build skills in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising Self-Directed Employees in partnership with those receiving supports. Building community connections and identifying supports outside of the formal service system will also be discussed.

 

Note: This training currently is ONLY open to Employees of DDD, DDD/Medicaid Approved Support Brokerage agencies and those interested in pursuing approval, NJ support coordination agencies, and individuals with disabilities and family members.

 

Continuing Education Credit is not offered for this webinar.