Darla Shelden, Metropolis Sentinel Reporter
OKLAHOMA CITY – College students with disabilities, ages 16 – 21, will construct prime employment expertise at free summer time applications hosted reside at 13 places. The camps will happen varied dates from 10 a.m. to three p.m., some starting on June 7.
The camps are sponsored by the Transition Program within the Oklahoma Division of Rehabilitation Providers.
“That is going to be the BEST summer time for college students to discover ways to achieve success in future jobs!” Transition Coordinator Renee Sansom Briscoe mentioned, together with the acronym for Constructing Employment Abilities for Right now.
“We’re positively trying ahead to working with younger jobseekers in individual,” Briscoe mentioned, including that COVID-19 security protocols will probably be in place.
BEST camps are scheduled on varied dates from 10 a.m. to three p.m., Monday via Friday, in Canadian Valley/Yukon, Edmond, Goodwell, Lawton, Muldrow, Muskogee, Norman/Moore, Oklahoma Metropolis, Owasso, Pauls Valley, Stillwater, Tulsa and Weatherford.
Pre-registration is required.
BEST camps will give attention to preparation for actual life careers with job search actions, work readiness, employment entry and profession alternatives as nicely strengthening networking and pre-employment transition expertise.
“Our purpose is to get Transition college students engaged and prepared for employment success,” Briscoe mentioned.
Contributors will embody present DRS shoppers and those that are probably eligible for employment providers via DRS’ Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and Providers for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SBVI).
VR and SBVI counselors and Pre-employment Transition Providers, or Pre-ETS specialists, will lead and coordinate actions at every location. Pre-ETS specialists are employed all 12 months via a DRS’ contract with the Nationwide Heart for Incapacity Training and Coaching (NCDET) at The College of Oklahoma Outreach. OU Pre-ETS will present lunch for BEST members.
DRS Transition offers profession planning and employment providers to arrange college students with disabilities for employment, post-secondary schooling and life after highschool. Providers could embody profession counseling, vocational analysis, work adjustment coaching, on-the-job coaching, work examine, and job improvement and placement.
BEST is one many applications DRS provides in partnership with different companies, public college programs and neighborhood organizations.
The Nationwide Heart for Incapacity Training and Coaching at The College of Oklahoma Outreach offers Pre-Employment Transition Service (Pre-ETS) actions to highschool college students with disabilities. Pre-ETS-career targeted preparation actions embody job exploration, work-based studying, office readiness, self-advocacy and post-secondary counseling.
For extra info, contact Chris Compton at [email protected] or 405-605-9651. To study extra, click on right here.
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