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Resources: Creative Employment Approaches

• Self-Employment: Steps for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Helping a Consumer Start a Business. This curriculum was developed as an integral part of a self-employment training program for vocational rehabilitation counselors, counselors working in Section 121 programs, and students pursuing degrees in vocational rehabilitation. It is published by the Rural Institute on Disability at the University of Montana, and can be found online at http://selfemploymenttraining.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/SEcurriculum.pdf.
  
  
• Job Accommodation Network (www.jan.wvu.edu). The Web site of the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) offers a variety of practical resources for individuals with disabilities and employers, including a section on entrepreneurship (www.jan.wvu.edu/entre/). It includes a Spanish translation page.
  
  
• Women-21.gov. This Web site from the U.S. Department of Labor and the Small Business Administration assists women entrepreneurs in starting and running their businesses.
  
  
• Flex-Options for Women (www.we-inc.org/flex.cfm). This project and its Web site are sponsored by the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor to educate and mentor business owners to develop flexible work arrangements such as flextime, job sharing, telecommuting, and compressed work weeks that benefit a wide range of today's employees. The Web site has extensive information and resources of interest to business owners, employees, and those involved in career planning.
  
  
• Eight Effective Steps to Employment Success. In this article written for families of transition-age young people as well as professionals, authors Cary Griffin and Dave Hammis outline eight steps that help young people with disabilities pursue the kind of work they love. Published in Impact: Feature Issue on Parenting Teens and Young Adults with Disabilities from the Institute on Community Integration. Available online at http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/192 or by calling 612/624-4512.
  
  
• The Red Book: A Summary Guide to Employment Supports for Individuals With Disabilities Under the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Programs (www.ssa.gov/redbook/index.html). This guide from the Social Security Administration is especially useful for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who serve people with disabilities, as well as families. Included in its extensive information are descriptions of employment supports such as the Ticket to Work Program, Impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWE), Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS), Student Earned Income Exclusion, and Trial Work Period.
  
  
• Customized Employment - Practical Solutions for Employment Success (www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/custom/index.htm). This publication is one of many available from the Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, as part of its Customized Employment initiative to build the capacity of workforce systems to serve all customers. The Web site also offers extensive information in other employment areas.  

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Retrieved from the Web site of the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota (http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/211/default.html). Citation: Parent, W., Foley, S., Balcazar, F., Ely, C., Bremer, C. & Gaylord, V. (Eds.). (Summer/Fall 2008). Impact: Feature Issue on Employment and Women With Disabilities, 21(1). [Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration].
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