FEATURED ARTICLE

Job Accommodation Network

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working towards practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace.

More about JAN

Transition Planning for Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities: Information for Families and Teens

This booklet covers four major areas of adulthood:

• Health care
• Education
• Employment
• Recreation

Job Placement for People with Disabilities

This document provides a comprehensive understanding of the process for assisting individuals with significant disabilities to obtain employments.
Key features:

• Overview of Job Development
• Placement Planning
• Contacting Employers & Interviewing
• Job Placement Tools

Where are you going Guide?

Choosing a career is one of life's big decisions. Will your career excite you and fulfill you? Will pay enough to support you and your family? Will it give you opportunities to grow?
This guide starts you on a personal journey of career exploration.

• Do the suggested exercises
• Circle your favorite jobs
• Make notes

UPCOMING EVENTS

PROMISE Grantee 'Family Meeting'

May 28, 2015

2:00 - 3:30PM, EST

July 9, 2015

2:00 - 3:30, EST

October 1, 2015

2:00 - 3:30, EST

Annual PROMISE Meeting

November 18-19, 2015 (with the option of attending the AUCD conference -- November 16-18, 2015)

PROMISE TA Center Website

www.promisetacenter.org

How to sign up for the new PROMISE TA Center Listserv! please sign-up to the PROMISE staff listserv located at the AUCD PROMISE TA Center website.  You can sign-up by using this link:  http://www.promisetacenter.org/promise_ta_grantees_listserv.  If you have any questions, please ask Leon ([email protected]) or Michael ([email protected]).