Cynthia Owens, Oregon Council on Developmental DisabilitiesAcacia McGuire-Anderson- Office of Developmental Disabilities ServicesKeith Ozols- Vocational RehabilitationHeather Lindsey- Oregon Department of Education

Planning My Way to WorkOAVSNP conference February 20th, 2015

Purpose: To engage in conversation of transition early and often

Objectives of training: Learn about blending and accessing

services for transition aged students Discuss planning forward for

students Learning how to use the Transition

Manual to help families and students access supports for transition

Strong components of Transition

Parent Preparation

Student Preparation

Interagency Collaboration

Transition Age Student

Ages14-18

High School

Ages19-21

Post-High School

Ages 21+

Beyond School Services

Student and Parent Preparation

• Assist families in learning about the accessing transition services

• Providing families an overview of transition information, a timeline of service access, list of transition related activities……..

• How to connect student and family to non-school transition related services….. Early

• Provides targeted information for the transition process

Interagency Collaboration

Basic overview of Adult Service Agencies and eligibility criteria

Understand the roles and responsibilities of community partners, especially when overlapping with school services

Learn how to plan forward to provide a more seamless transition

Your Transition Planning Team

Teachers and school staff Friends and

others that know you

well

Personal Agent or Service

CoordinatorVocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Community Resources

Other Agendas

Student And

Family

Self-Determination

The Stude

nt

Choice and decision making

Leading IEP

meetings

Speaking up (self-

advocacy)

Taking Responsibili

ty

Giving feedback

Self-regulation

Goal setting & planning

Talking about

yourself

Person Centered Planning

• Provides a way for your team to think about how they can best support you

• Fosters positive working relations hips with your team

• Improves assessment and planning activities for the team

• Provides direction for achieving goals

• Identifies natural community connections to reach goals

Transition Services from EducationTransition planning starts the year the student turns 16

Transition Services help students: • Move from school

to work• Further education• Adult services• Independent living• Other community

participation

Individualized Education Plan (IEP)Includes:

Age-Appropriate Assessments Measurable Goals Transition Services

Course of Study Annual IEP Goals

Involvement of other agencies

School Transition Services

Work-related

transition services

Summary of PerformanceWhat is it:It summarizes the students: Academic

Achievement and Functional Performance

Post secondary Goals Recommendations to

Assist the Student in Achieving the established Post secondary Goals

Adult Developmental Disabilities Services

Offers services that help people meet their goals.

These services can support:

- Living- Working- Community

Inclusion

Overview of eligibilityYou may be eligible if:

You have an intellectual or developmental disability; and

This disability makes everyday living skills difficult

Your disability is not caused by mental disorder, sensory impairment, personality disorder, substance abuse, learning disability, or attention deficit hyperactive disorder

Service Coordinator/Personal Agent

Once eligible for Adult Services, a student goes though choice advising, and completes the level of care (LOC), functional needs assessment and service planning. This is completed by a:

Service Coordinator at CDDP or

Personal Agent (PA) at a local support service brokerage

Differences between CDDP/Brokerage

Individual Support Plan (ISP) and Career Development Plan (CDP)

• An ISP describes: • Your needs, goals,

choices, and services for the next year…

• Your day and supports needed

• Your plan for reaching your goals

• A CDP explores and identifies • Your employment goals• Your plan for supports

in reaching goals

Tell your SC or PA you want to work

ISP team meeting and career planning

Discovery and Career Exploration

Referral to VR/Individual Plan for Employment

Job Development

Get a job!

Job coaching if needed

Annual ISP and career planning

Services provided for adultsK Plan:

Attendant careResidential ServicesTransportationRespite CareAssistive TechBehavior SupportSkill DevelopmentTraining- managing Personal

Support Workers

Services provided for adults:Waiver services

Supported Employment Discovery and Employment Path

Case ManagementVehicle ModificationsFamily Training

Vocational Rehabilitation Mission

“To assist Oregonians with disabilities to achieve and maintain employment and

independence.”

We believe individuals that experience disabilities are:

-Motivated to work-Capable, talented, and can achieve on par with their peers-Are unique and have different needs and goals-Deserve the opportunity to achieve their potential-Have skills that are needed in the world of work

Individuals experiencing a documented disability

The disability is a barrier to employment

There is a service VR can provide to address barrier

The individual wants to work

Eligibility

Eligible

Documented disability

Disability related barriers to

employmentare identified

VR services expected to

reduce/eliminate barriers

Services provided for students

APPLICATION

• Meet with a VR Counselor (VRC) for an intake appointment

• Give your VRC your completed Personal Information form

• Discuss your disability and problems with getting or keeping jobs

• Sign an application and other forms to open a VR file & send for records

ELIGIBILITY

• Work with your VRC to discuss & evaluate your barriers to employment

• Assess your unique interests, needs, capacities & concerns to develop a realistic and achievable job goal

• Explore the labor market (if not currently working)--narrow your choices for a job goal

PLAN

• Identify a Job Goal to get or keep a job

• Work with your VRC to determine what services will be needed to achieve the goal

• Develop a written Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) to get or keep the job

• Follow your IPE until you’ve obtained or maintained your job goal

EMPLOYMENT (Closure)

• Found or kept a job!

• Maintained employment for 90 days!

• SUCESSFULLY REHABILITATED!

• VR file closed

Vocational Rehabilitation and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Signed July 2014- Designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services.

Requires states to strategically align Workforce Development programs

Requires schools and VR offices to work together to provide “Pre-employment transition services”

Social Security Benefits

SSDI- monthly cash benefit paid to people who are unable to work at least one year or more due to disability.

SSI- monthly cash benefit paid to people with disabilities to help meet basic needs for food, clothing and shelter.

Benefits Planning

Two benefits counseling programs:

Plan for Work

The Work Incentives Network

______________________ Impairment-Related

Work Expenses (IRWE) Plan for Achieving

Self-Support (PASS)

Guardianship

Transfer of parental rights- IDEA

Procedural Safeguards

Legal Guardianship Changes at 18

Consent

Guardianship cont.

Surrogate

Guardianship

Conservatorship

Power of attorney

Representative payee

How this works together

Activity