Glossary

Terms that are used on this site.

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• adult day services
  Also known as day habilitation programs or day activity programs, day programs as used in this site are non-work services that offer a variety of activities such as daily living skills training as well as leisure and recreational activities.
• benefits counselor
  Also known as Certified Work Incentives Counselors. A trained individual who can help one understand his/her Social Security benefits. A benefits counselor can answer questions about eligibility, work incentives, and the effect of work on benefits.
• career advancement
  Activities that promote job growth or expansion of job roles or responsibilities
• career exploration
  Enabling an individual to learn about different careers.
• career planning
  Planning about employment that is facilitated by an experienced employment support provider, in which individuals and family and/or community members chosen by the individual actively participate
• carve out a job
  (or job carving) Job carving is a way to create a job (see job creation) where certain duties from one or more existing jobs are selected and combined into a new position.
• community-based employment
  Working in the community with employees who do not have disabilities and earning at least minimum wage.
• competitive employment
  See "community-based employment"
• comprehensive planning process
  Planning about employment that is facilitated by an experienced employment support provider, in which individuals and family and/or community members chosen by the individual actively participate.  See also career planning or person-centered planning.
• core function
  

  An essential job task or responsibility.

• day program
  Also known as day habilitation programs or day activity programs, day programs as used in this site are non-work services that offer a variety of activities such as daily living skills training as well as leisure and recreational activities.
• employer proposal
  A document that describes the working conditions within a job that an employer and a job developer have developed.
• employment planning team
  A group of people that includes theindividual looking for employment, a job developer and anyone elsewho might be able to help the individual find employment throughdiscovering his or her skills, interests, and goals.
• employment proposal
  A document that describes the working conditions within a job that an employer and a job developer have developed.  See also employer proposal.
• employment specialist
  Any employment professional who provides employment-related support to an individual with a disability.
• employment support
  The help that an individual receives while looking for the job or after being hired.
• employment support provider
  

  Also known as a community rehabilitation provider: An agency that provides employment support.

• enclave
  A small group of people with disabilities who are trained and supervised at a community employment site. They work alongside employees without disabilities.
• facilitator
  A professional who helps an individual with a disability, an employer and others communicate easily about how the individual can find or keep a job. An employment specialist may act as a facilitator.
• facility-based employment
  (also called a sheltered workshop): A workplace just for people with disabilities. Work is contracted with businesses and people usually earn less than minimum wage.
• family engagement
  Practices that encourage active participation and maximize the expectations of family members in employment
• focused planning
  Planning about employment that is facilitated by an experienced employment support provider, in which individuals and family and/or community members chosen by the individual actively participate  See also career planning and person-centered planning
• intellectual disability
  The term for the disability formerly known as mental retardation. 
• interagency collaboration
  Use of coordinated supports from more than one agency to help an individual to obtain and maintain a job
• job coach
  A professional who provides on-the-job support to an individual with a disability, once that individual is hired.
• job creation
  Changing existing staff responsibilities to create a new job, or to bring together a combination of new job tasks that didn't exist before
• job developer
  A professional who works with a person with a disability to find, or develop, a job for him or her based on skills and interests.
• job development
  Creating job opportunities for a person with a disability. Job development can also refer to the work done sometimes by a counselor, with an employer, to create a job that would fit well with the person’s skills and the employer’s needs.
• job matching
  Helping an individual to find a job that fits well with his or her interests and skills.
• job negotiation
  Any discussion between a job developer, employer and job-seeker with a disability that leads to a job being created or adapted
• job trial
  An opportunity for a job-seeker to try working for an employer so that the job-seeker and employer can decide if the job is a good fit.
• natural supports
  Sources of on-the-job help that an individual can find naturally on the job, such as coworkers or a supervisor.
• networking
  Using contacts within the individual's or the job developer's personal network to find and obtain employment
• on the job supports
  Innovative approaches to job coaching including supports provided by co-workers rather than by a paid job coach
• person centered planning
  A process in which a person with a disability works with other important people in his or her life to plan his or her future.
• personal networks
  The personal contacts from an individual’s family, friends, and other community relationships.
• Plan for Achieving Self-Support
  PASS is a program offered by the Social Security Administration to help people receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI). This program allows a recipient to set aside money from his/her income to be used for work goals without reducing SSI benefits.
• professional collaboration
  When a set of employment or other service professionals come together to work as a team on behalf of an individual.
• professional network
  The network of contacts a job developer can refer to when trying to help an individual find a job.
• public transportation training
  Also called “travel training”, instruction offered by state agencies or employment providers to teach the use of public transportation.
• rehabilitation counselor
  A person working for the state department of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) who helps individuals with disabilities learn skills they can use to work in the community.
• self-advocacy groups
  Groups formed and attended by individuals with ID/DD that offer opportunities for leadership, learning about people’s rights, and developing confidence about their abilities. Self-advocacy groups may be affiliated with People First, a national self advocacy organization.
• self-employment
  Developing a business ownership opportunity
• service coordinator
  A person working for the state agency that serves individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities who manages all the different supports (sometimes including employment) for a person with a disability.
• sheltered workshop
  (also called facility-based employment): A workplace just for people with disabilities. Work is contracted with businesses and people usually earn less than minimum wage.
• Social Security work incentives
  The Social Security Administration provides benefits called work incentives that are designed to help individuals enter employment. The work incentives have been designed to support people to move toward financial independence by supporting continued access to health benefits or reducing the impact of earned income on benefits.
• transition coordinator
  Usually a school staff member, a transition coordinator is a person who organizes or manages a student’s transition plan. Transition planning usually begins around age 14 and is one component of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), which charts educational goals and school-based support needs. Transition coordinator’s primary roles may be as teachers or IEP team leaders.
• work crew
  A small crew of persons with disabilities who work together, usually traveling to several different places in the community, under the supervision of a job coach.