Job Coaching Strategies & Natural Supports

This training explores the knowledge and skills required to become successful at Job Coaching. The objectives of this program are designed to prepare the participants to:

• Understand the values of supported employment as it impacts service delivery for job coaching best practices.
• Demonstrate how to practice culture competence in providing teaching and support services within an interdisciplinary team and for collaborating with family and significant others
• Practice integrating skills with natural supports to effectively fade artificial supports with communications strategies based on the principles of person centered planning.
• Use job coach skills to plan and create an individualized job analysis to develop an instructional design for monitoring worker job performance skills and maximize job retention
• Identify self management skills with direct teaching principles such as prompting, modeling, practice, natural reinforcement and feedback to teach the learner how they can influence their own behavior

Target Audience: This program is designed for new Job Coaches and Production Supervisors employed by community based programs and supported employment programs, professionals associated with affirmative industries and work related programs.

Date:
April 30, 2008

Time:
Day 1: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Contact Hours:
6 contact hours available

Location:
Hot Springs, Arkansas

Registration Deadline & Fee:
Regular Registration (April 18, 2008): $150.00
Early Registration (March 19, 2008): $125.00
Purchase Order or payment by check or credit card must be received 14 days prior to start date.

Training Location & Hotel Information:
Clarion Resort on the Lake
4813 Central Avenue
Hot Springs, AR 71913
(501) 525-1391

Please note that you are responsible for making your own hotel reservation. We have reserved a limited number of rooms at the rate of $87.00 single/studio occupancy. When you call the hotel ask for the UNT Room Block. The deadline for making your hotel reservation is April 18, 2008.

Cancellation Policy:
2 weeks prior to training - 100%
Within 2 weeks of training - No Refunds
Please fax cancellation to (940) 369-8525 or email UNTWISE@unt.edu