Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Can They Help You? HEATH Resource Center Page 3 of 3

• Transportation related to other vocational rehabilitation services – in some instances you will get pay for the cost of transportation while you are taking part in other vocational rehabilitation programs
• Maintenance for additional costs incurred while receiving certain vocational rehabilitation services
• Programs and classes that teach job skills such as vocational and other training, including on-the-job training
• Supported employment services, including job coach – you will receive these services for as long as you need them to help you keep the job
• Job placement services- you will get help in job seeking and job-keeping skills such as job development, job placement assistance, and job maintenance
• Personal assistant services – you will receive workplace personal assistant services (WPAS) such as a work task-related assistant, a reader, an interpreter, help with lifting or reaching work-related items, a personal care assistant, or a travel assistant. These services include training for managing, supervising, and directing your personal assistance services.
• Rehabilitation technology services and devices – you will receive assistive technology, special devices or accommodations to do the job, including enlarged print, TDD, or raising a desk for a wheelchair
• Independent living programs – to assess your independent living needs and identify barriers to employment, to make adjustments to your home to help you better manage tasks and work more efficiently
• Services to assist students with disabilities transition from school to work

The Workforce Investment Act Amendment of 2005 (WIA) has the partnership and participation of Vocational Rehabilitation through the One-Stop Career Centers. This Act improved the centers and requires that they provide full services to you such as counseling, benefits, job training, postsecondary education and training, and other services. The centers will help you to get higher-paying employment and encourage businesses to get you involved in workforce training. It provides services to youth from 14 years of age. (Sitlington & Clark, 2006)

The Job Training Improvement Act of 2005 (JTIA) requires that the vocational rehabilitation services you receive are assessed to see how well they are working and how well those services are matched with your IEP. This Act also makes funds available for your state to provide transition services to you as you prepare for postsecondary education, employment, or independent living.

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From the HEATH Resource Center, affiliated with The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development. www.heath.gwu.edu.

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