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ACRE-approved training is offered by educators, who are current ACRE organizational members. Their curriculum has gone through a rigorous curriculum review process. ACRE training is available in several formats: Face-to-face, online, and hybrid (combination of in person & online).
To find ACRE approved training providers, search the training provider list by selecting your desired training format.
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| Community Integrated Services (Pennsylvania) |
Organizational Address: 441 N 5th St Suite 101 - Philadelphia, PA 19123 Contact Person: Zach Catarelli Contact Person Phone Number: (802) 258-8844 Contact Person Email Address: zachary.catarelli@cisworks.org Name or Title of ACRE Training: Foundations of Community Integrated Employment Description of ACRE Training Program: · Application of Core Values and Principles to Practice · Individualized Assessment and Career Planning · Community Research and Job Development · Workplace and Related Supports. The training also takes an in-depth look at enhancing careers, social security and benefits counseling, and supporting people on the autism spectrum in the workplace. Through lecture, discussion, classroom exercises, field work assignments, and examining print, film, and other media, trainees will develop a solid foundation of knowledge with which to perform the many functions of an employment support professional. Basic Level or Professional Level: Basic Level Where training is available: Pennsylvania, with plans to extend to Delaware and other neighboring states in the near future. Names of Trainers: Zach Catarelli, Mike Levin, Angelina Bush, Jessica Sances |
Pennsylvania |
| Consulting Services and Information Network (CSI Network) LLC |
The CSI Network's ACRE certificate is a combination of training events that build towards 40 hours. The 2 day Employment Services training is a 20 hour basic training and the online trainings are 10 hour courses. Each have assignments and activities that provide demonstration of skill. Trainings include: Employment Services 2 day, Expanding Discovery & Exploration online, Innovative Job Search online, Workplace Supports 2 day. States where training is offered: Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas For more information contact Darla Wilkerson @ 816-284-3224
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Missouri |
| CTAT LLC |
CTAT offers an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate through a three step training series called “Get Work Now” These trainings are comprised of:
These trainings are offered several times each year throughout our six state region. GET WORK NOW! Getting in GearThe Foundation of Employment Services
5 week distance learning course
Getting in Gear is designed to explore valuable competencies that are critical to achieving a better understanding of employment services for people with disabilities. Exposing you to the essential principles and practices that lead to quality workforce participation for the people you serve, Getting in Gear delivers essential skills through a five week self-study course that will take 2-3 hours per week. Getting in Gear is designed to complement your current employment and can be accomplished in your office and/or your home, as well as in the community. GET WORK NOW! Paving Your WayThe Proven Process for Successful Job Placement
Offered both face-to-face or online
Paving Your Way is an exciting and interactive face-to-face training that leads to a successful career in community employment. This comprehensive training provides you with the tools, tips, and techniques necessary to identify the marketable skills of your job seekers and match them with the employment needs of the business community. A wise investment of your time today will result in employment success for those you serve.
GET WORK NOW! Exploring the RouteMeeting the Unique Employment Needs of your Customers After completing all three steps, fieldwork requirements and assignments, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate & those student’s names will be submitted to ACRE to appear on the ACRE Website. To find out more about this training contact:
Gayann Brandenburg
303.349.4058
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All States |
| Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) |
Griffin-Hammis Associates (GHA) offers the ACRE-approved Basic Employment Certificate in several formats designed to meet the needs of our customers. Covering the Customized Employment content equates to 40 to 72 hours of instruction, depending on customer needs, with Certificates issued following successful completion of work-applied assignments or fieldwork, and earning a passing grade on the final test. Training Formats:
The main topics covered for all formats include:
Relevant materials and forms are included and we offer free blog development and hosting for project team sharing. All formats are available nationwide. We have personnel located in 12 states that can design and deliver training programs to meet customer needs. For additional information please contact Patty Cassidy at pcassidy@griffinhammis.com |
Minnesota |
| Institute for Community Inclusion |
Organizational Address: ICI, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125 Contact Person: Lara Enein-Donovan Contact Person Phone Number: 617-287-4319 Contact Person Email Address: lara.eneindonovan@umb.edu Name or Title of ACRE Training: Innovative Employment: Comprehensive Training Series for a Natl. ACRE Certificate Description of ACRE Training Program: 7 days (9 to 4), 42 hours of training plus fieldwork. Typically done as days 1-3 consecutively, a 2-3 week break, then days 4-5, a 2-3 week break, then days 6-7. Each trainee gets a comprehensive training manual. Day 1: Foundations of Community Employments (6 hours) Day 2: Getting to know your job Seeker & Planning for Success (6 hours) Day 3: Partnerships to Promote Employment & Understanding Social Security Work Incentives (6 hours) Days 4-5: Exploring Employer Needs & Developing Quality Matches (12 hours) Days 6-7: Training & Support Strategies (12 hours) While based in Massachusetts, you can arrange to have trainers come to another state to offer training to your group. |
Massachusetts |
| Iowa-APSE |
Iowa-APSE offers this in person training two times a year. The series is broken into three Components: 1. Foundations: This Self-Study module is to be completed prior to attending either one or both of the face-to-face sessions. Topics covered in the Foundations include: Benefits planning, overview of competencies needed for quality services, cultural diversity, customer service, history of vocational rehabilitation, history of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, orientation to supported employment, career development and person-centered planning. Each of the nine Units contain readings, activities and assignments. The assignments, when completed, are sent to the mentor assigned to the participant for review. 2. Job Development—Face to face training session: This 2-day training session, is specifically titled, A Business Orientation to Job Development, to highlight the focus on a business model, not unique to rehabilitation. Topics covered in this session include: community job market surveys, developing a referral system, the feature-advantage-benefit approach, initial contact methods, employer survey techniques, developing hiring proposals, and handling objections. 3. Job Coaching—Face to face training session: This 2-day training session is specifically titled, Job Coaching: Supporting People on the Job. Topics covered in this session include natural supports—what they are and how to use them, the importance of work place culture, balancing natural supports and individual needs, systematic instruction, self-management strategies, social skills supports, and positive behavior supports. After completing all three components of the training and all required fieldwork, trainees will earn an ACRE Basic Employment Certificate. The names of all participants earning the Certificate will be placed on the ACRE website. Website for more information: www.iowa-apse.org Contact person for more information: SueAnn Morrow, samorrow@hughes.net
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Iowa |
| Networks for Training and Development, Inc. (Pennsylvania) |
Organizational Address: Commons at Valley Forge, 1220 Valley Forge Rd. Unit #17, Box 206 Valley Forge, PA 19481 Contact Person: Joe Murphy Contact Person Phone Number: (267) 251-6168 Contact Person Email Address:joem@networksfortraining.org Name or Title of ACRE Training: Supported Employment 101 Description of ACRE Training Program: (include details such as: structure of training, modules, etc.) Description & Purpose The work of an employment professional is so much more than “one job.” An array of skills are necessary in order to do well and be successful. Employment professionals need to be competent in all phases of the employment process, from the assessment or discovery phase through to the fading and follow along phase. Each requires a variety of skills and knowledge with a big dose of people skills being of utmost importance as well. The most successful employment professionals connect well with people with disabilities, can assess an individual’s interests, desires and skills, seek out the best possible job match, support the individual on the job and establish natural supports in such a way that the person can be successful on the job independently or with limited supports. These are only the primary roles of an employment professional. A variety of other “duties as assigned” are typically required in order for a person with a disability to become successfully employed. A great employment professional has the ability to do it all. Networks for Training and Development, Inc. has offered Supported Employment 101 (SE 101) for many years. Given the increasing demands to do more with less, it has been difficult for employment professionals, who are so critical to success for people on the job, to attend training. Supported Employment 101 is now a 44 hour course with six hour sessions (10:00 – 4:00 including a one hour lunch), meeting two consecutive days every three weeks. Homework and lunchtime fieldwork that may be billable to specific individuals, will be provided to each participant between sessions. The goal of this course is to enable job coaches and other employment professionals with less than one year experience to do their jobs well and to provide them with the necessary tools and strategies they need to be successful in their role. We do this through in person sessions, an online discussion board, hands-on fieldwork, and individualized mentoring with each participant between sessions. Detailed Course Objectives By participating in the Supported Employment 101 course, attendees will: Reflect on personal beliefs about persons with disabilities and employment Gain a solid foundation in an array of best practices in employment supports Learn about the numerous organizations and services that support employment of people with disabilities from a local and national perspective Become informed about up to date policy changes that impact employment services Understand the importance of discovery and learn how to engage a team to gather relevant information to develop creative job development ideas Learn the basics of Social Security and Work Incentives benefits Compare and contrast various tools for assessing skills, abilities and preferences Learn how to complete a situational assessment in a community business Gather and summarize relevant information about the results of the assessment process Identify and use basic strategies for job development Analyze the essential features of a job setting Learn how to educate employers on the value of hiring a person with a disability Acquire a working knowledge of the key concepts of strategies used in customized employment Learn basic strategies in the development of self-employment and entrepreneurial ideas Develop and increase expertise in assistive technology and accommodations on the job Reflect on the importance of balancing teaching and support on the job Become knowledgeable in the use of a systematic approach to teaching and support for success on the job Receive guidance from a mentor Engage in lively online discussion through Moodle Develop a customized project to present to colleagues during the last session Build confidence and skills in your role as an employment professional Network with colleagues and form relationships for future collaboration Basic Level or Professional Level: Basic Where training is available (if only in specific state(s), or if training can come to any state): PA Names of Trainers: Joe Murphy, Michelle Sparling, Jessica Stover |
Pennsylvania |
| Opportunity Source |
Organizational Address: 345 N. Walsh Drive, Casper, WY 82609 Contact Person: Kari Cornella, Opportunity Source Director Contact Person Phone Number: 307-251-1567 Contact Person Email Address: kcornella@nowcapservices.org Name or Title of ACRE Training: Employment Services Training Opportunity Source provides training to professionals in the job development process and community integration philosophy. The Employment Services Certificate is comprised of 3 workshops over a 2 month period. A combination of face-to-face training, exercises, case studies, activities, and field-based assignments are used to enhance and reinforce employment principles. Basic Level or Professional Level: Basic Trainers: Kari Cornella, JD Wolfe, Ashley Serres, Marissa Romero, Roy Lloyd, Jerry Barnes, Tattoo Sanchez |
Colorado |
| Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College (Rhode Island) |
Supporting Meaningful Employment (SME)National ACRE Certificate Program (Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators)Supporting Meaningful Employment: A Person-Centered Approach to Career Planning, Job Development and Retention is 42 hour course presented in 13 sessions beginning September each fall. The program is offered by The Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College and co-sponsored with the RIDHS-Office of Rehabilitation Services. To receive ACRE Certification participants will complete fieldwork assignments addressing Person Centered Employment Planning, Job Development strategies and Job Retention planning and have satisfactory attendance. Past SME graduates report a 40% increase in job placements, a 60% increase in employer contact and improved practices such as: use of community resources, facilitating job seeker self determination and individualized job development strategies. What Past Participants have to say?“The course was fabulous, my questions were answered, obtained great resources and I’m getting more people meaningful jobs!” SME graduate, youth population “The instructor is very knowledgeable and made the content of the course interesting and engaging.” SME graduate, MH population “I have a whole new outlook on my job! I have more to offer my job seekers and employers.” SME graduate, DD Population The core competencies of Supporting Meaningful Employment include:
For more information, view Supporting Meaningful Employment Course (PDF file) or contact Vicki Ferrara, M.A. Employment Coordinator, Sherlock Center on Disabilities (401) 456-8092 or vferrara@ric.edu . |
Rhode Island |