WRaP Online Courses – Specialisterne USA

Specialisterne USA and the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation have combined efforts to offer the Specialisterne Vanderbilt Kennedy Center WRaP (Workforce Readiness and Preparation) Online Certification courses.

The WRaP Online Facilitator Course will be developed for High School Pre-Employment Transition Services, College Career Counselors and Disability Advisors, Community Agencies, Vocational Rehabilitation offices and eventually for Small and Medium Enterprises.

The course will use Specialisterne USA’s Intellectual Property, which has been called the “Gold Standard of Neurodiversity” by Harvard University to create an online curriculum, so any provider of services for pre-employment transition will have the knowledge they need to be effective for each individual person with autism. Included in the curriculum is job exploration counselling, integrated work-based learning experiences, post secondary programs at institutions of higher education, social skills, and self-advocacy training.

The online courses are designated as an “authorized activity” under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act by the Rehabilitation Services Agency. This means individual states can use their Pre-Employment Transition Services budget to pay for and deliver the course.

The High School Pre-ETS WRaP Program is due to be released in Q1 2019.

Courses

High School WRaP Pre-Employment Transition Services Practitioner Certification

Learn how to take your autistic and other neurodiverse student’s passions and talents and develop them to create a realistic career plan and profile report. Learn how to take your autistic and other neurodiverse student’s passions and talents and develop them to create a realistic career plan and profile report through a four week WRaP (Workplace Readiness and Preparation) Bootcamp. Each module is designed to cultivate excellence in your Pre-Employment Transition Services delivery by providing training in the Specialisterne Competence Model, the Specialisterne Physical and Psychological Learning and Working Environment, the Dandelion Learning and Management Concepts and Training and Assessment. You will learn how to work with your students to discover their individual skills, talents and passions through job exploration counselling, integrated work based learning experiences, exploration of post secondary educational programs, social skills and team building and self-advocacy training. From a WRaP workshop teacher after delivering the WRaP Workshop: "I'm motivated to find ways to make my classroom emphasize the higher learning order questions (versus the lower fact/recall level of knowledge); I'm motivated to make the class more student driven, to present them with a challenge and see how they independently go about discovering a solution and dealing with setbacks; I'm more motivated to create more authentic, real world challenges and pose more authentic, real world questions. The specific elements of the month that inspired this were the checklists, the bug/debug challenge, and the use of the SCRUM and sprint in teams." When you complete this course, you’ll have the tools you need to position you and your school to create real and lasting change for your students. Intermediate Specialization. Some related experience required. Click here if you would like to be put on our mailing list for future updates.

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor or Division of Disability Services WRaP Certification

You already have a rewarding career as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor or with the DDDS but are looking to drive change, inspire innovation and cultivate excellence working with autistic and other neurodiverse clients. The OVR / DDS WRaP online train the trainer course is designed with you in mind. You will learn the Specialisterne Competence Model, the Specialisterne Physical and Psychological Learning and Working Environment, the Dandelion Learning and Management Concepts, Training and Assessment, working with HS Pre-ETS teams, Community Agencies and Corporate partners. When you complete the online course, you will have the tools you need to place your autistic and other neurodiverse talent into meaningful careers through the delivery of a four week bootcamp for your open cases. Intermediate Specialization. Some related experience required. Click here if you would like to be put on our mailing list for future updates.

WRaP College Career Counselor Certification

You are a College Career Counselor who is frustrated your autistic and other neurodiverse students have difficulty in landing the internship or a job after graduation. This course will teach you how to facilitate a four week College Student WRaP Boot Camp to help link business with work ready autistic and other neurodiverse talent. Click here if you would like to be put on our mailing list for future updates.

Community Agency Job Coach WRaP Certification

You already have a rewarding career as a Job Coach but you are looking to drive change, inspire innovation and cultivate excellence working with neurodiverse clients. This course is designed with you in mind. You will learn the Specialisterne Competence Model, the Specialisterne Physical and Psychological Learning and Working Environment, the Dandelion Learning and Management Concepts, Training and Assessment, working with the DVR, High School Pre-ETS teams, DDDS and Corporate partners. When you complete the course, you will have the tools you need to place your neurodiverse talent into meaningful careers. Intermediate Specialization. Some related experience required. Click here if you would like to be put on our mailing list for future updates.