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Tag Archives: vocational rehabilitation
What is Vocational Rehabilitation?
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) is a group of services that are designed to enable people with disabilities to gain the skills and resources that they need to compete in the interview process, get a job, and keep a job. VR services … Continue reading
Webinar 5/15: Making the VR Connection
Making the VR Connection! Thursday, May 15, 2014, from 1:00pm to 4:00pm The Youth Transitions Collaborative, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), will host an educational seminar, Making the VR … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, OSERS, transition, vocational rehabilitation, VR, webinar, youth with disabilities
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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
The National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) began in 1945 as a yearly observance called “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week” when Congress enacted a law that declared that the first week in October would mark this observance. In 1962, … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, ADA, business, businesses, Department of Labor, Disabilities, disability, disability rights, DOL, employer, Employers, employment, history, minorities, national disability employment awareness month, NDEAM, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), participation, people with disabilities, Spanish, The Campaign for Disability Employment, vocational rehabilitation
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Forty Years Later: The Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act
September 26th, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 also known as the RehabAct. The RehabAct was sponsored by Representative John Brademas [IN-3] and signed into law by President Richard Nixon. The Federal legislation authorized the … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans with Disabilities Act, disability legislation, disability research, disability rights, EEOC, employment, independent living, NIDRR, OSERS, protection & advocacy, RehabAct, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 501, Section 503, section 504, Section 508, Section 509, US Department of Education, US Department of Justice, US Department of Labor, vocational rehabilitation
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The New Economy: Rethink, Realign, Reinvent – Post-Webinar Sessions from the 2012 National Employment Conference
The Rehabilitation Services Administration presents a technical assistance seminar series, discussing issues raised during the 2012 National Employment Conference. These are free webcasts open to all. Please click the individual session titles for a full description and to access the … Continue reading
Support the 39th Institute on Rehabilitation Issues
The Institute on Rehabilitation Issues (IRI) is sponsored through a competitive grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). The IRI’s objectives include identifying field initiated topics of importance to the public rehabilitation program, discussing said topics, and developing materials which … Continue reading
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Tagged agencies, Disabilities, disability, employment, Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, IRI, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, public rehabilitation program, rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Services Administration, RSA, staff development, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, topic nominations, vocational rehabilitation, VR professionals
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Temple Collaborative Seeks User Input on a New Guidebook for Consumers
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities seeks your input into the development of a workbook / guidebook designed specifically for individual consumers – or groups of consumers in community mental health programs, psychiatric rehabilitation … Continue reading
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Tagged competitive employment, consumer-run, mental health, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, psychiatric disabilities, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Participation and Community Living of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, resource guide, return-to-work, survey, Temple University, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, vocational rehabilitation, workbook
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2012 State of the Science Conference Materials Now Available!
On April 23rd, 2012 the State-of-the-Science Conference was held in conjunction with the 2012 CSAVR Spring Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. Hosted by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) in collaboration with CSAVR this conference … Continue reading
NIDRR-funded research on Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders
April is Autism Awareness Month and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has a long history of funding research on autism and autism spectrum disorders. A search of the NIDRR program database located a total of 29 … Continue reading
June’s White House Disability Call from Greece
Para el blog en español, por favor, desplácese hacia abajo. Está por debajo de la versión en inglés. June’s White House Disability Call comes to us from the Special Olympics, to be held in Athens, Greece. The moderator for the call was Mr. Kareem Dale, … Continue reading