Work Readiness and Career Planning
The Work Readiness & Career Planning Skills Competency Award enables students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to develop the basic planning, time management, technology, communication & self-advocacy skills necessary to enhance their ability to secure and maintain competitive integrated employment. It is a gateway into other noncredit and credit programs, helping students develop the work readiness skills they need to qualify for additional educational & vocational opportunities
Skills
What Courses or Activities it takes to earn this badge
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DSPS NC001 Vocational Exploration and Planning | Designed to provide students who have disabilities with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for vocational exploration and planning. Topics include, but are not limited to: developing vocational awareness; identifying preferences; creating and implementing a person-centered vocational plan; and building related communication, technology and time management skills.
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DSPS NC002 Self-Advocacy Skills for Educational and Vocational Settings | Designed to provide students who have disabilities with the self-advocacy skills necessary to direct the course of their own lives in educational and vocational settings. Topics include, but are not limited to: defining self-advocacy and related terms, the disability rights movement, self-assessment, and creating and implementing a self-determination plan.