DDA Vocational Training & Supported Employment 2

Question 1

What is 'job carving' in the context of supported employment?

Accepted Answer

Identifying specific tasks from one or more positions and creating a new job description around an individual's abilities

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Removing tasks from an existing job description that the employer no longer needs done

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Limiting the hours an individual works to prevent burnout

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Creating a separate work area within a business for employees with disabilities

Question 2

What is the purpose of a task analysis in vocational training?

Accepted Answer

To break a complex job task into small, sequential steps that can be taught systematically

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To assess an employer's willingness to hire individuals with disabilities

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To determine whether an individual is legally eligible for supported employment funding

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To evaluate the physical demands of a job for ADA accommodation purposes

Question 3

What does the 'enclave model' of supported employment involve?

Accepted Answer

A small group of individuals with disabilities working together at a community business site, supervised by a job coach

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A single individual with a disability working independently in a community business

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A segregated workshop setting where individuals work only with other people with disabilities

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An online employment platform exclusively for individuals with developmental disabilities

Question 4

What is the SSA Ticket to Work program designed to do for individuals with disabilities?

Accepted Answer

Allow Social Security beneficiaries to test their ability to work without immediately losing benefits

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Provide a one-time payment to employers who hire individuals with disabilities

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Fund job coaching services directly to supported employment providers

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Replace Medicaid Waiver funding for vocational services

Question 5

How should a Direct Support Professional (DSP) apply person-centered planning principles when supporting vocational goals?

Accepted Answer

By ensuring employment goals reflect the individual's own interests, strengths, and preferences

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By selecting job placements based on available openings that require the fewest supports

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By prioritizing jobs that keep the individual within a supervised day program setting

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By following a standardized vocational curriculum regardless of individual preferences

Question 6

What is the term for a formal work experience used to assess a person's vocational skills, behaviors, and preferences in a real or simulated work environment?

Accepted Answer

Situational assessment

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Job shadowing

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Career exploration seminar

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Supported employment intake

Question 7

What does 'competitive integrated employment' mean under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)?

Accepted Answer

Employment at minimum wage or higher, in a setting with non-disabled coworkers, where the individual is paid directly by the employer

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Employment in a sheltered workshop that pays competitive piece-rate wages

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Employment in a setting where workers with disabilities compete against each other for positions

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A paid internship program available only through vocational rehabilitation agencies