NEW: COUNSL 696 Independent Study in Counseling: Vocational Rehabilitation & Placement--Part II (Spring 2008)

"Everyone in this field should be required to take this program" Mike, NEJDTP student.

Job Development Certificate,
UMass Boston Graduate College of Education
Institute for Community Inclusion

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The New England Job Development Training Program (NEJDTP) teaches innovative approaches to job development and customized employment, including person-centered career planning, networking, business partnerships, accommodations, and system integration. Through course work, fieldwork, mentorship, and distance learning, students develop their knowledge of person-centered career planning, networking, business partnerships, accommodations, and system integration. Students who complete the program, will receive an academic certificate from the Continuing Education Department at UMass Boston. Students with at least two years of college, may also earn three graduate credits per semester the UMass Boston Graduate Rehabilitation Counseling Department.

Program Goals. Upon completion students will be able to:

  • Lead comprehensive career planning sessions
  • Manage and customize job development approach for job seekers
  • Design a customized strategy to meeting business needs through organizational assessment and relationship-building
  • Plan and teach a networking course for job seekers
  • Market job seekers' abilities and negotiate with employers to create a successful job match and placement
  • Assemble community resources for benefits, legal rights, and accommodations

 

Class Dates

Topics

Sample Readings

Sample Activities

January 2008

1/15 Teaching Networking Skills to Job Seekers (required, in-person)

I've Got Too Much To Do: Time Management for Employment Staff (elective, online)

Mentor meeting

Networking manual

  • Visit another agency
  • Define your research topic

February 2008

2/12 Employment Law and People with Disabilities: The ADA, Criminal Records, and Beyond (elective, in-person)

Social Security: How Works Impacts Benefits (elective, online)

Mentor meeting

Work & Disability

chapter 10

  • Develop a profile/brainstorm
  • Five employer contacts

March 2008

3/3 Second Semester Seminar: Student Determined Topic (required, in-person)

Coaching and Teaching Strategies (elective, online)

Getting Everyone On Board: Working with Stakeholders (elective, online)

Mentor meeting

Bissonette
chapters 3, 5, 7

  • Informational interview with job seeker
  • Teach networking to jobseekers

April 2008

4/15 Who's Out There? Understanding Systems and Resources (required, in-person)

Employment Strategies for People with Psychiatric Disabilities (elective, online)

Where Do I Go From Here? Career Development for Employment Staff (elective, online)

Mentor meeting

Review Demystifying Job Development

  • Employment proposal
  • Research project final draft

May 2008

5/6 Graduation

Mentor meeting

Work & Disability
Chapter 7

  • Successful community placement--job carved or created

Instructors       

Amy Gelb, MS, CRC
Lara Enein-Donovan, MA
Allison Fleming, MS, CRC

617-287-4304
617-287-4319
617-287-4339

amy.gelb@umb.edu
lara.eneindonovan@umb.edu
allison.fleming@umb.edu