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Getting Ready to Work:
Supporting Youth for Success
(It’s More than Work Skills!)
Patti Hackett, M.Ed.
Co-Director
HRTW National Resource Center
Bangor, ME
Independence Association and Maine Parent Federation.
Brunswick, ME
April 5, 2008
Do you have “ICE” in your
cell phone contact list?
To Program……….
• Create new contact
• Space or Underscore ____
(this bumps listing to the top)
• Type “ICE – 01”
– ADD Name of Person
- include all ph #s
- Note your allergies
You can have up to 3 ICE contacts (per EMS)
Overview
Getting the job is the first step.
Keeping the job is the next one.
What does it take?
• What are the skills that need to be learned
before getting the job?
• Which ones need to be monitored to assure
success?
Overview
how you can talk to youth about
• obvious things work habits
• not so obvious personal hygiene /behavior
You & Me
•Affirm
• Ah ha!
•Squirm
•Disagree
Who You Are?
Experts in the Room
About me!
Growing Up Ready to LIVE!
Health & Wellness + Humor
Transition to Adulthood
What would you think
a group of “successful”
adults with disabilities
would say is the most
important factor
that assisted them
in being successful?
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RESILIENCE
for youth with disabilities:
Which is MOST important?
 Self-perception as not “handicapped”
 Involvement with household chores
 Having a network of friends
 Having non-disabled and disabled friends
 Family and peer support
 Parental support w/out over protectiveness
Source: Weiner, 1992
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RESILIENCE
for youth with disabilities:
Which is MOST important?
 Self-perception as not “handicapped”
 Involvement with household chores
 Having a network of friends
 Having non-disabled and disabled friends
 Family and peer support
 Parental support w/out over protectiveness
Source: Weiner, 1992
What would
you do,
if you
thought you
could
not fail?
Ideas & Solutions
1. Name a student/client/youth
2. List – 5 assets
3. List – career goal
4. List – barriers (real & perceived)
5. Solution You are looking for?
Question (s) needing an answer.
According to a 2004 Louis Harris Poll
EMPLOYED
• 35% of people with disabilities reported
• 78% of those who do not have disabilities
POVERTY & EDUCATION
• 3 x people with disabilities live in poverty
annual household incomes below $15,000
(26% versus 9%)
• 2 x drop out of high school (21% versus 10%)
Hmmmm…….
Reactions?
Discussion
First thoughts?
Why Do People Work?
Friends
Self-Esteem
Why do people with
disabilities work?
Money
7 Steps To Employment
1. Planning
2. Acquisition of Skills
3. Retaining a Service Provider
4. Engaging in the Job Search
5. Negotiation & Acceptance of Job
6. Training Process
7. Support Process
7 Parent Roles
1. Planner
2. Advocate
3. Role Model
4. Energizer
5. Negotiator
6. Trainer
7. Supporter
Factors in Job Site Analysis
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Schedules
Work Hours
Travel
Potential benefits
Salaries
Promotion possibilities
What do I
need to consider?
Essential Skills
• Transportation/Travel Training
• Interacting with supervisors/peers on job
• Speaking up for self
• Expressing preferences and needs
• Personal Hygiene
• Social Skills
• Self- Monitoring Behavior
(anger and frustration)
Habits: Good and Bad
1. Appearance
Look good, smell good, act good
2. Attendance
On time (no excuses), low sick days
3. Friends, Bosses
Understand the “line”
4. Sexuality
no on off switch, time and place
Other considerations
• Performance issues
– Education
– Stamina
– Mobility
– Decision-making
• Cultural issues
– Supervision
– Co-worker interactions
– Appearance
– Behavior
SSI & SSDI: WATCH OUT work quarters
If an individual became disabled
before age 24
they need 6 work credits within the past 3 years
to be eligible for SSDI.
between the ages of 24 and 31
they need 12 credits within the past 6 years
to be eligible for SSDI.
Just the Facts
What to Do
By When
Experience, Skills, Practice
and Community Presence
1. Start as early as possible CHORES
home and community
2. Know the eligibility requirement
3. Prepare the application
- Ask for review before submitting
4. Come ready (paperwork completed)
the day of “intake”
TIPS: Navigating & Documenting
1. Celebrate the Paperwork!
Prepare the medical and other evidence
2. Practice (coach, try, solo)
Talking, Decision Making, Consequences
3. 18 yrs to learn, be ready, launch, support
4. Circle of Support, identify, they too practice
5. No retirement plan for family
Patti Hackett, MEd
[email protected]
Co-Director, Healthy & Ready to Work
National Resource Center
Bangor, ME
Real Work for Real Pay
by Edited by Paul Wehman, Ph.D.,
Katherine J. Inge, Ph.D., W. Grant
Revell, Jr., & Valerie A. Brooke
This groundbreaking text
advances a critical element of
empowerment for people with
disabilities: inclusive,
competitive, and meaningful
employment opportunities.
authoritative collection of
current best practices,
employment theories and
policies, and specific tools that
support positive change in the
workplace.
Accommodations: Disability disclosure
http://www.worksupport.com/resources/listContent.cfm/1/1/0
Accommodating Employees with Hidden Disabilities
Career Selection and Use of Accommodations by Students with
Disabilities in Rehabilitation Education Programs
Disclosure Decisions: To Get the Job Fact Sheet
Fast Facts on Psychiatric Disabilites Fact Sheet
Patterns and Correlates of Workplace Disclosure
Among Professionals and Managers with Psychiatric Conditions
Understanding One's Disability Can Lead to Success for Youth
Seeking Jobs
To Do Before Age 10
Start early - Routine Habits
1. Carry insurance card
2. Present insurance card
3. Present Co-pay
4. Prepare for Doc visit: 5 Qs
5. Begin to know wellness baseline
6. Teach decision making
7. Offer choices during treatment
www.disabilitybenefits101.org/
www.edd.ca.gov/
Just the Facts: SSI - Listings
1. Musculoskeletal System
2. Special Senses and Speech
3. Respiratory System
4. Cardiovascular System
5. Digestive System
6. Genito-Urinary System
7. Hemic and Lymphatic System
8. Skin
9. Endocrine System
10.Multiple Body Systems
11.Neurological
12.Mental Disorders
13.Neoplastic Diseases Malignant
14.Immune System
www.ssa.gov
search
BLUE BOOK
Just the Facts: SSI
Disability Criteria for Children: Domains
- Acquiring and Using Information;
- Attending and Completing Tasks;
- Interacting and Relating with Others;
- Moving About and Manipulating Objects;
- Caring for Yourself; and
- Health and Physical Well-being
Just the Facts: SSI
CHILDREN - Meets or Equals
Functionally = "listed impairment”
• Marked limitations in 2 of these domains
interferes seriously with the child's ability to
independently initiate, sustain, or complete
activities.
• Extreme limitation in 1 domain,
interferes very seriously with these abilities.
Just the Facts: SSI
Disability Criteria for Adults
• Meets the Listing - one of the Listings by
comparing it to the specific requirements in the
Listings.
• Meets or Equals - impairment(s) is equal in
severity and duration to a listed impairment.
• Residual Functional Capacity - disability is
severe, but does not meet or equal a listed
impairment
Just the Facts: SSI -- Roles
Physicians, Care Coordinators
- Use the Blue Book to understand criteria
- Give Families/youth copies of medical records
Families/Youth
- Gather medical and other evidence
- Send application with ALL the documentation
- Open separate checking account
- Fill in rental form
- Fill in Personal Representative
Just the Facts: SSI - Listings
SSA
Working While Disabled
—How We Can Help 2008
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10095.pdf
Just the Facts: SSI
-- Resources
SSA website
www.ssa.gov/ssi
Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST)
On-line tool - eligible for benefits from any of the
programs Social Security administers.
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps7/best/benefits/
Understanding Supplemental Security Income, 2007
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/text-understanding-ssi.htm
Just the Facts: SSI -- Resources
www.ssa.gov
search BLUE BOOK
Disability Evaluation Under Social Security
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/
Listing of Impairments - Childhood Listings
www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/ChildhoodListings.htm
Listing of Impairments - Adult Listings
www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/AdultListings.htm
Just the Facts: SSI -- Resources
Ultimate Social Security Disability Guide
http://www.ultimatedisabilityguide.com/index.html
Understanding the GRID Rules
http://www.ultimatedisabilityguide.com/grid_rules.html
FORMS-Residual Functional Capacity (mental) (physical)
http://www.ultimatedisabilityguide.com/rfc_forms.html