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Topic Snapshot: Vocational Rehabilitation (2011) -- Available formats:
Overview of resources available for this topic.General
Small Investment-Big Savings: A look at how vocational rehabilitation agencies save money by partnering with their statewide AT program (2012) -- Available formats:
Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies are finding that working with their statewide AT Act programs can save them funds. This publication contains case studies that describe how Vocational Rehabilitation agencies have realized big savings by partnering with four statewide at programs.FAAST-Employment Resources and Self-Help Guide (2010) -- Available formats:
Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology, Inc.(FAAST) employment self-help resource guide.Reports
Funding of Assistive Technology to Make Work a Reality (2006) -- Available formats:
This article has been built around a case scenario involving Sharon, a 16 year old with a severe physical disability who will face multiple needs for AT as she completes her special education program, attends college, and eventually moves on to her employment goal. In walking through several years of her life, she is faced with the need to access several different benefit programs as funding sources for AT, including the special education program, the state vocational rehabilitation agency, Medicaid, Medicare, and SSI’s Plan for Achieving Self Support.Sample Documents
Assistive Technology for Employment - English Text Only (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes how AT can be used in employment settings. Text onlyAT and Transition to Adult Life - La Asistencia Tecnológica y la Transición a la Vida Adulta - Spanish Text Only (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes how AT can assist students transition to adult life. In Spanish. Text Only.AT and Transition to Adult Life Brochure - English Text Only (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes how AT can assist students to transition to adult life. Text only.AT and Transition to Adult Life Brochure - Spanish PDF for printer (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes how AT can assist the transition from school to adult life. In SpanishEmployment and AT Brochure - English PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes how AT can increase function in the workplace.Employment brochure - Zip file with all files for printer (2008) -- Available formats:
This zipped file has all the files needed for the printer to print the Employment brochure.La Asistencia Tecnológica y el Empleo - Spanish Text Only (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes how AT can be use in work settings. In Spanish. Text onlyLa Asistencia Tecnologicayel Empleo - Spanish PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes how AT can be used in employment. In SpanishTransition Brochure - Assistive Technology and Transition to Adult Life - Reader's Sample PDF (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describes ways AT can assist students transition to adult life.Transition brochure - AT and Transition to Adult Life - English PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats:
This brochure describe how AT can assist students transition to adult lifeTransition Brochure - Zip file with ll files for printer (2008) -- Available formats:
This zip file contains all the files needed by the printer for the Transition brochure.VR/ATP Referral Form (2008) -- Available formats:
This is the referral form used by VR to request services from ATP.Assistive Technology Addendum (2007) -- Available formats:
This is a sample memorandum of agreement between a state education agency and its VR agency regarding AT. The purpose of this addendum is to document and describe how DORS and ACPS will work collaboratively to assure that assistive technology (AT) devices and services are provided to eligible students with disabilities in order to assist them with transitioning from ACPS to postsecondaryLegislation
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 - Summary of Law (unknown) -- Available formats:
The purpose of Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) is to create a national workforce preparation and employment system that meets the needs of job seekers and those seeking to advance their careers, as well as the employment needs of the nation's employers. The goal is to create an integrated workforce investment system that improves the quality of the U.S. workforce, sustains economic growth and productivity, and reduces dependency on welfare.Meetings
Seamless Transitions: Partnerships Between VR and Local School Systems to Provide Assistive Technology (AT) (2007) -- Available formats:
This presentation describes how one state reduced the bumps as students transition from school to work and post-secondary activities. It describes agreements that the state education and VR agencies have regarding assessment, device acquisition and training.
