Customized Employment
LEAD Center has multiple initiatives to promote Customized Employment as a universal design approach within the workforce development system to enable youth and adults with disabilities to secure and maintain employment. The LEAD Center provides intensive technical assistance and training to staff at American Job Centers (AJCs) and their partners on group discovery, customized employment, self-guided discovery and self-employment, while highlighting the benefits of partnerships, collaborations, and braiding and leveraging resources.
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Resources
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 2016 | Report/Brief
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employ
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
| January 2016 | Report/Brief
LEAD Center
This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted to garner the perspective of employers who had hired individuals with disabilities into customized jobs within the past year.
Customized Employment Research Highlights
January 2016 | Report/Brief
Beach Center on Disability
Thirty individual job seekers with disabilities participated in a customized employment process.
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 2016 | Tool/Manual
Marc Gold & Assciates
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Griffin-Hammis Associates
Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Minnesota Success Stories
Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen
This presentation addresses the following topics:
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
Website
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
| May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center
This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Webinars
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
July 30, 2014
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve.
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
October 6, 2016
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships.
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
June 26, 2013
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities.
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
July 31, 2013
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals.
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
May 29, 2013
This webinar will provide information on two best practices – Customized Employment and Customized Self-Employment.
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
August 28, 2013
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment.
LEAD On! Articles
News
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives throug
Blogs
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities.
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level.
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation?
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 7, 2015
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities.
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs) aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities and support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 5, 2014
This 2013 report highlights Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Recources and Training (START-UP) and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business.
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Resources
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 2016 | Report/Brief
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employ
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
| January 2016 | Report/Brief
LEAD Center
This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted to garner the perspective of employers who had hired individuals with disabilities into customized jobs within the past year.
Customized Employment Research Highlights
January 2016 | Report/Brief
Beach Center on Disability
Thirty individual job seekers with disabilities participated in a customized employment process.
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 2016 | Tool/Manual
Marc Gold & Assciates
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Griffin-Hammis Associates
Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Minnesota Success Stories
Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen
This presentation addresses the following topics:
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
Website
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
| May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center
This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Webinars
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
July 30, 2014
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve.
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
October 6, 2016
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships.
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
June 26, 2013
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities.
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
July 31, 2013
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals.
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
May 29, 2013
This webinar will provide information on two best practices – Customized Employment and Customized Self-Employment.
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
August 28, 2013
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment.
LEAD On! Articles
News
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives throug
Blogs
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities.
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level.
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation?
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 7, 2015
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities.
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs) aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities and support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 5, 2014
This 2013 report highlights Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Recources and Training (START-UP) and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business.
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Resources
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 2016 | Report/Brief
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employ
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
| January 2016 | Report/Brief
LEAD Center
This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted to garner the perspective of employers who had hired individuals with disabilities into customized jobs within the past year.
Customized Employment Research Highlights
January 2016 | Report/Brief
Beach Center on Disability
Thirty individual job seekers with disabilities participated in a customized employment process.
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 2016 | Tool/Manual
Marc Gold & Assciates
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Griffin-Hammis Associates
Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Minnesota Success Stories
Website
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC.
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business.
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 2015 | Presentation
TransCen
This presentation addresses the following topics:
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 2015 | Tool/Manual
Center for Social Capital
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports.
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
Website
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
| May 2014 | Presentation
LEAD Center
This presentation was used by the LEAD Center to lead a workshop titled "Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation" at the Annual NAWDP Conference in May 2014.
- A Resource Developed by LEAD Center for ODEP
Webinars
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
July 30, 2014
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve.
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
October 6, 2016
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships.
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
June 26, 2013
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities.
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
July 31, 2013
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals.
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
May 29, 2013
This webinar will provide information on two best practices – Customized Employment and Customized Self-Employment.
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
August 28, 2013
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment.
LEAD On! Articles
News
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives throug
Blogs
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities.
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level.
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation?
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 7, 2015
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities.
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs) aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities and support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 5, 2014
This 2013 report highlights Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Recources and Training (START-UP) and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business.