http://www.jobs4autism.com/19-year-old-is-2008-mayors-committee-employee-of-the-year/ sharing job stories 4 individuals with autism Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jobs4autism.com/19-year-old-is-2008-mayors-committee-employee-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Linda Levine Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:06:49 +0000 http://jobs4autism.com/?p=216#comment-289 DARS not only would not have found him a job coach, they admitted they would not have found him a job either. So basically it is good we went on our own and sought employment, with no help of any agency. Nathan's job coach was someone who was already his homeschool/ABA therapist who had been trained by us to work with Nathan. The typical job coaches would not know how to work with someone as involved as Nathan. They do no know how to work with those with behaviors either. So we feel we will always need to hire and train the job coaches. This is the time consuming and demanding part of this that I feel DARS need to be able to do. But the way they are set up now, they do not do this for those with autism. We are working on educating them to undersrtand the need for long term/life long job coaching needs of those with significant needs. Presently they try to limit their services to only a few months. Let me know if I can be of more help. DARS not only would not have found him a job coach, they admitted they would not have found him a job either. So basically it is good we went on our own and sought employment, with no help of any agency. Nathan’s job coach was someone who was already his homeschool/ABA therapist who had been trained by us to work with Nathan. The typical job coaches would not know how to work with someone as involved as Nathan. They do no know how to work with those with behaviors either. So we feel we will always need to hire and train the job coaches. This is the time consuming and demanding part of this that I feel DARS need to be able to do. But the way they are set up now, they do not do this for those with autism. We are working on educating them to undersrtand the need for long term/life long job coaching needs of those with significant needs. Presently they try to limit their services to only a few months. Let me know if I can be of more help.

]]> http://www.jobs4autism.com/19-year-old-is-2008-mayors-committee-employee-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Erica McCready Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:53:33 +0000 http://jobs4autism.com/?p=216#comment-287 Thank you for sharing your wonderful story. I work with low income high school students with autism. I have not had much luck with DARS either. I'm curious about why they couldn't get a job coach trained to work with Nathan. How did you find your current job coach? Thank you for sharing your wonderful story. I work with low income high school students with autism. I have not had much luck with DARS either. I’m curious about why they couldn’t get a job coach trained to work with Nathan. How did you find your current job coach?

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