Unlocking Employment Potential for Individuals with Disabilities

Are you an employment professional committed to empowering individuals with disabilities to achieve meaningful, competitive employment? Do you want to learn how to build strong employer partnerships, find opportunities that align with individuals' strengths, and navigate the challenges facing today’s workforce with confidence? If so, don't miss this event!

In this training, you will learn practical strategies for:

• employer networking
• marketing job seekers to employers
• identifying unmet business needs
• dealing with disclosure
• identifying promising career pathways

 

When:  Friday, September 26, 2025, from 9:30am—12:30pm ET

Where:  Zoom (virtual)

Cost:  $50

 

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Unlocking Employment Potential for Individuals with Disabilities

Self-determination, informed choice, and dignity of risk are integral components of effective and authentic person-centered employment planning for job seekers with intellectual disabilities. This free online course will include strategies and resources on how to support the development and inclusion of these components in employment services for people with disabilities.

The course will be available 24/7 during the month of September, so you can log in at your convenience and complete the work. The course has 2 hours’ worth of content, and you will receive a letter of completion which can be used for educator professional credits and employment staff professional development hours. This course is appropriate for educators, employment specialists, career planners, and job coaches who assists individuals with disabilities to find and maintain jobs in the community.

 

When:  September 1 - October 31, 2025

Where:  Zoom (virtual)

Cost:  FREE