Course Code: REL-IDD-GHA-CSE1-V3
Hours: 3.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Describe how Customized Self-Employment is different from traditional types of vocational programs
List at least three core elements or benefits of Customized Self-Employment
Provide appropriate feedback to frequently asked questions about Customized Self-Employment
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction About this Course Learning Objectives
Section 2: Introduction to Self-Employment
Sam the Sports Man
Is There any Hope for Sam?
Unemployment-A Staggering Problem People with Disabilities and Underemployment
Is There an Answer to Unemployment and Underemployment for People with Disabilities?
Building on the Past
Think About Sam
Unemployment and Beliefs about People with Disabilities
Special Places for People with Disabilities
Changing Beliefs
New Ways to Work for People with Disabilities
What Supported Employment has Taught Us
Values Shared By Supported Employment and Customized Self-Employment
More Values Shared By Supported Employment and Customized Self- Employment
Let's Review
Summary
Section 3: Early Work Experiences Self-Employment: Why Didn't I Think of That??!!
First Job
Early Work Experiences and People with Disabilities
Changing Attitudes, Changing Law
Key Players in Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
Self-Employment - The next Logical Step in Supported Employment
Lessons from the Past
What is Customized Self-Employment?
Gretchen: A Customized Self-Employment Story
Customized Self-Employment Practices
New Approaches: Person-Centered Assessment
So Whatt'sThis NEW Way of Getting to Know People?
Purpose of Discovering Personal Genius
Sam's Personal Genius
Emily and Louis
Summary
Section 4: Frequently asked Questions (FAQ's) About Self-Employment
Fear about New Ideas
FAQ: Most Small Businesses Fail?
FAQ: What's A Small Business going to Cost and Who Will Fund it?
FAQ: But Should the System Have to Support a Business forever?
FAQ: Do you Think the Community is Ready to Accept People with Disabilities Having Their Own Businesses?
FAQ: How Can They Have Their Own Business If They Can't Read or Write?
Troy the Business Man
FAQ: How Can They Have Their Own Business if They Aren't Able to Put in the Long Hours Business Owners Work?
FAQ: Is it Really Their Business if Their Family Helps Them With it?
FAQ: Will a Business Work Out Here in the Country Where He Lives?
FAQ: How Does Someone Know if Starting a Business is a Good Idea or Not?
FAQ: They Aren't Very Motivated by Money.
Shouldn't They Go to a Sheltered Workshop First and Learn Work Skills?
Greg's Big Decision
Summary
Section 5: Customized Self-Employment Benefits
Self-Employment or Wage Jobs
Benefits of Self-Employment Over Wage Jobs
Benefit One
Benefit Two
Benefit Three
Ivan and his Rototiller
Benefit Four
Ivan's Self-Employment Income and SSI
Summary
Section 6: Strategies for Self-Employment
Self-Employment Can Work for Every Kind of Disability
Self-Employment Strategies for Success
Strategy for Success:
Business Planning Strategy for Success:
A Good Business Team Strategy for Success:
Committed Leaders with a Willingness to Embrace Change
Strategy for Success:
Competent Staff and Effective Teams
What Professionals Need in Order to Support Self-Employment
What the System Needs In Order to Support Self-Employment
Kelly's Copy Service
Summary
Section 7: Put Into Practice Using What you Have Learned
Creating Your Own Work Portfolio
Section 8: Summary
Self-Employment as an Answer to Unemployment
A Call for Change
Course Contributors
Contact the Authors
References
Congratulations
Instructor: Cary Griffin, MA
Cary Griffin is a Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, a full service consultancy which specializes in building communities of economic cooperation, creating high performance organizations, and focuses on disability and employment. Cary maintains a strong relationship with the Rural Institute at The University of Montana, where he served as Director of Adult Community Services & Supports. He is the former Executive Director of the Center for Technical Assistance & Training (CTAT) in Denver. Cary provides training to administrative and direct service level professionals in the rehabilitation field; consultation to businesses and rehabilitation agencies regarding the employment of individuals with significant disabilities; conducts field-initiated research & demonstration; provides family & consumer case consultation; develops resources; and organizational development. Recently, Cary has been instrumental in designing self-employment protocols and training for individuals, agencies, and states.
Instructor: David Hammis
David Hammis is Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, a full service consultancy which specializes in building communities of economic cooperation, creating high performance organizations, and focuses on disability and employment. David maintains an ongoing relationship with the Rural Institute at The University of Montana, where he served as Project Director for four employment and Social Security outreach training and technical assistance projects, and now serves as an Organizational Consultant for the Rural Institutes Rural Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Expansion Design Project. Dave works with organizations nationally and internationally on benefits analysis, supported employment, supported entrepreneurial employment, and employment engineering.
Instructor: Beth Keeton, MS
Beth Keeton is the Executive Director of Griffin-Hammis Associates. For the last 20 years, Beth has provided extensive training and technical assistance on systems change, customized employment, self-employment, systematic instruction, and benefits analysis. She developed the first national certification training curriculum for customized self-employment, collaborated with the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center on the development of Core Features of Quality Supported Employment, helped pioneer the creation and use of the three Customized Employment Fidelity Scales, and is currently service the Principle Investigator on a five-year innovative self-employment training initiative funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Beth co-wrote Navigating Government Benefits & Employment: A Guidebook for Veterans with Disabilities and is a co-author of Making Self-Employment Work for People with Disabilities. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Oregon in 1996.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.