Employment Services
About Pickaway County DD Services
We strive to empower individuals with developmental disabilities to live, learn, work and participate in the community.
Employment Navigation
- Available to adults age 22 and older that are eligible for county board services.
- Plans, coordinates and monitors employment-related supports to job-seekers with developmental disabilities.
- Prepares, educates and connects job-seekers as they go through the process of getting the right job.
- Works with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) and local providers to ensure proper services are being provided.
- For questions or more information please contact our Employment Navigator.
Employment Navigation is about expanding opportunities!
Transition Services
- Individuals age 14 through 22 are eligible to work with PCBDD’s Transition Services Specialist (TSS).
- The TSS works closely with students, families, Service and Support Administrators, and school districts to prepare the student for the transition from school to adulthood.
- This transition process is highly individualized, and is based on the vision of the student and family for the future.
- Transition employment experiences:
- OOD Summer Youth
- Project LIFT
- Project SEARCH
General steps for Transition Planning:
- Hold an initial meeting to conduct person-centered planning using MAPS (McGill Action Planning System). This allows the team to set a benchmark for graduation.
- Conduct a follow-up meeting to create a detailed transition strategy that “backwards plans” for an individual to reach his or her goals.
- Discuss responsibilities of all IEP team members to support the student in meeting his or her post-secondary goals.
- Develop a transition-to-work inventory to assess work interests and help in career exploration (when appropriate).
- Communicate with businesses or provider agencies, as needed, to employment goals.
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