The goal of Career Planning is to create a documented career objective and a career plan describing the steps and activities necessary to meet that objective. The career plan is developed through career exploration activities such as:

• Job shadowing
• Informational interviewing
• Assessment of interests

Career Planning is facilitated in conjunction with Community Integration supports to allow the job coach to observe the individual in a work setting. This observation allows the job coach to assess skills and identify areas of development.

Career Planning is a 3-month, time-limited program.

The goal of Prevocational Services is to develop the individual’s general, non-job-task-specific skills necessary to succeed in paid employment, such as:

• Ability to communicate effectively with future supervisors, co-workers and customers
• Generally accepted community workplace conduct and dress
• Ability to follow directions
• Ability to attend to tasks
• Potential workplace problem solving skills and strategies
• Potential general workplace safety and mobility training
• Volunteering to gain experience