This microlearning introduces the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), highlighting how self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and personal goals shape career development. Learn how SCCT connects beliefs and environment to career choices, especially for youth with disabilities. The session also explores how programs like TECH-prep support skill-building and better career outcomes.

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This microlearning explores why paid work is vital for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This presentation highlights benefits like independence, satisfaction, and financial stability, while addressing common workplace barriers and misconceptions. It also shares strategies, policies, and programs that support inclusive employment. This session offers practical insights to expand job access for people with IDD.

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Discover how family involvement supports career success for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This presentation highlights the importance of family roles in planning, strategies for building strong partnerships, and ways to overcome barriers like limited awareness or cultural differences. Get tips on including families in career meetings, encouraging skill-building at home, and offering emotional support. Learn how to empower families as advocates for long-term employment outcomes.

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This audio microlearning dives into organizational marketing for employment specialists in Vocational Rehabilitation. Presented by Grace Ward, this 12-minute training will provide information on what organizational marketing can do for enhancing employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

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This microlearning provides an overview of strategies for identifying strengths, interests, and employment preferences, along with resources to support career exploration and identifying a good job fit.

Length: 11:14 

Intended Audience: Self-advocates and family members

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People with IDD are experts in their lived experience, and their perspectives are invaluable when conducting research on topic such as supported employment. But how can we ethically and rigorously capture those perspectives? This microlearning shares helpful information about how to conduct respectful qualitative research with, rather than about, people with IDD.

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Supported employment is an evidence-based practice that helps people with IDD obtain and maintain long-term employment; however, since there is no universal definition of "high-quality" supported employment yet, there is a gap between how services are described in research and how they are implemented in practice. In this microlearning, we discuss selected findings from a series of 10 focus groups that asked Voc Rehab Counselors and Employment specialists, respectively, what they thought "high-quality" supported employment looked like. We focus on 5 commonly described mistakes and alternative approaches that better aligned with what our respondents considered high-quality services.

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This microlearning describes how self-advocates and families can use a person-centered approach in navigating employment. The session provides a brief overview of mindsets around person-centered practices and then culminates with a demonstration of how to use a specific person-centered planning tool.

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