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A Comprehensive Model Of Employment Support, Alberto Migliore, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston
A Comprehensive Model Of Employment Support, Alberto Migliore, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
This brief describes a model of employment supports centered around achieving quality job matches and based on five key elements: building trust, getting to know job seekers, support planning, finding jobs, and support after hire.
New Frontier In Technology: Smart Homes, Daria Domin
New Frontier In Technology: Smart Homes, Daria Domin
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
Third in a series of Innovative AT Practices briefs, New Frontier in Technology: Smart Homes describes an initiative by the Alaska Assistive Technology Program centered around adopting a range of technologies to develop “smart homes.” These homes are equipped with devices that allow for tasks, typically performed by humans, to be automated by voice, touch, and sensors. Smart home technology has shown a lot of promise to increase quality of life and independence for individuals with disabilities.
Team Building & Coaching, Daniel Kelley
Team Building & Coaching, Daniel Kelley
Instructional Design Capstones Collection
A supervisor’s ability to make proper hires and coach existing employees is related to the creation of a pipeline of future supervisors. As corporations grow, so does its personnel. As the personnel grows, so does the need for more leaders that can appropriately manage personnel without human resource intervention. This paper discusses the need for an internally designed program created to help existing supervisors build a bench of future company leaders. Background information of the company is discussed along with the importance of staff development in achieving its mission. A literature review was performed to determine the benefits of an …
Support After Hire, Alberto Migliore
Support After Hire, Alberto Migliore
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
Employment support doesn’t end when a job seeker finds work. This brief shares strategies for supporting an individual after hire.
Finding Tasks And Jobs, Alberto Migliore
Finding Tasks And Jobs, Alberto Migliore
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
Finding tasks and jobs is a core element of the comprehensive model of employment supports. Learn more about how to make this happen.
Supports Planning, Alberto Migliore
Supports Planning, Alberto Migliore
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
Supports planning is one of the five elements of the comprehensive model of employment supports. Learn exactly what it means and how to do it.
Latinos In The Labor Force, Phillip Granberry
Latinos In The Labor Force, Phillip Granberry
Gastón Institute Publications
In 2018 a financial news and commentary website, 24/7 Wall St., ranked Massachusetts as the state with the largest economic and social disparities between Latinos and non-Latino whites. For example, median household income was shown to be slightly above $80,000 for whites and just under $40,000 for Latinos. Even more starkly, the rates of homeownership were shown as 69.3% and 26.0%, respectively.
The present report offers an in-depth look at one aspect of the disparity, namely, the difference between the median wage income of Latinos and non-Latinos (a great majority of whom in Massachusetts are non-Latino white). In 2017 …
Building Trust, Alberto Migliore
Building Trust, Alberto Migliore
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
In this brief, you’ll find tips about building trust with job seekers as a first step toward finding the optimal job match.
Sports Leadership And Administration Program Annual Report 2019-20, Joseph N. Cooper, Shantal Petrie, Tara Parker
Sports Leadership And Administration Program Annual Report 2019-20, Joseph N. Cooper, Shantal Petrie, Tara Parker
Sports Leadership and Administration Publications
The SLA Program is designed to foster critical consciousness among future leaders in sport and preparation for successful pursuits in sport administration, marketing, finance, management, and recreation.
Mission of the Program: The mission of the SLA Program is to cultivate equity-minded, character-driven, and transformational leaders who will positively improve society through sport.
Vision Statement: The vision of the SLA Program is to be the premier space and place for producing life-changing and society-shifting leaders in sport.