Employment
Courses designed for those working with people with disabilities. All courses promote best practices for pre-employment and employment services. Target audiences include employment specialists, counselors, and school staff.
Course List
Since 2016, Innovative Supports (ISAW) for Autistic Workers has offered training on autism to employers across Kentucky and beyond. Autism Informed Employers allows anyone to access ISAW training at their convenience. Learn to effectively interview, supervise, and retain autistic employees. We will show you ways to bridge communication gaps; understand sensory needs to create a more accessible workplace; provide simple and inexpensive accommodations; and identify highly qualified candidates you might have overlooked in the past. Your business will benefit through lower turnover, increased productivity, and the addition of unique perspectives and talents to help your team excel.
This course is for professionals who provide supported employment services and have already completed the Supported Employment Core Training Series. The refresher course steps through an overview of each of the phases of services in supported employment along with the current documentation, timelines, and general expectations of funders in Kentucky.
Welcome to the Employment and Retention program training, which is designed specifically to equip employment specialists with the knowledge and skills needed to support individuals in obtaining and maintaining competitive, integrated employment. As a Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP) provider, this course will guide you through aspects of the E&R process.
This training is designed to help you sharpen an essential skill in our work: documentation. Strong writing doesn’t just check a compliance box — it helps us tell the real story of the people we serve, communicate clearly with our partners at OVR, and ensure quality services across the state.
Throughout this course, you’ll gain strategies to make your writing more accurate, objective, and impactful. You’ll review real-life examples, rewrite vague or subjective notes, and practice using descriptive language to reflect the skills and growth of those you support
The Supported Employment Core Training Series is required for all who provide the direct service of supported employment in Kentucky. It is open to anyone interested in learning more about supported employment. The Supported Employment Core Training Series is made up of two sessions and includes both online lessons and live days on Zoom. For those agencies that work with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to provide supported employment, Employment Specialists must begin this training within 3 months of their start date and complete the full Core Training Series within 6 months of that start date. You begin training once you register and begin the first prerequisite course, SETP 101. You have completed the training once you have attended all sessions and passed the final quiz.
Session 1, Overview of Supported Employment Services in Kentucky, consists of SETP 101 and 3 live days on Zoom.
Session 2, Impact of Wages on Benefits, consists of SETP 102 and 1 live day on Zoom.
You will select dates to attend the live Zoom days, and attendance is required for the full day(s). Important note: If you are registering someone else for the training, please enter their contact information in the upcoming billing section, not yours. The information entered here is tied to the user’s HDI Learning account, which is where they will log in to take required online courses.
Welcome to the "Supported Employment Training Project: The Nuts & Bolts of the Work" Training Series!
This training takes an in-depth look at the following subjects in Supported Employment: Logistics of the work, Discovery, Job Development, Extended Services, and Social Role Valorization.