Veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) face numerous challenges during reintegration to civilian life. Aside from the psychological difficulties, many returning veterans lack the skills need . . .

Presently there is a need to provide information to incoming students with disabilities about programs, services, and financial aid on community college campuses across California. The purpose of this project is to bring awareness to students regardin . . .

Although there are laws to protect people with disabilities in the workplace, there are still a disproportionate number of people with disabilities who are unemployed. There are a great number of people with disabilities who desire to work; however, t . . .

Professionals working with Deaf individuals may be unaware of the possible underlying issues that have been obscured by communication barriers. Professionals must be prepared to address and reduce the negative impact of communication barriers for each . . .

Despite current, enforced disability laws and legislation, several persistent barriers remain in the academic environment. A significant lack of disability-related knowledge and negative attitudes among teaching faculty toward students with disabiliti . . .

Veterans with disabilities are in need of a variety of Federal, State, and local resources. The current influx of veterans with PTSD and mental health issues, due to the Global War on Terrorism, has made access to and information about these resources . . .

The purpose of this project is to develop a handbook for vocational rehabilitation counselors working with and providing services to youth with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to post-secondary education and/or employment. Federal . . .

The purpose of this project was to enhance the employment outcomes of foster care alumni with disabilities by connecting a community organization and their employment specialists to a state agency that specialize in vocational rehabilitation services . . .

Statement of Problem: Veterans who have served in the armed forces protecting the freedom and rights of all citizens of the United States are in great need for housing services. Thousands of veterans from all branches of our armed forces continue to f . . .

The purpose of this project is to address and solve the problem of middle aged male participants in the 45-65 age groups who are participants of the Job Seeking Skills (JSS) workshops. They do not achieve a successful outcome and gain competitive empl . . .

Social inclusion comes when people with mental illness go to work which decreases the negative effects of stigmas associated with mental illness. Stigma, defined by Erving Goffman (1986) is “an attribute that is deeply discrediting, leaving one who is . . .

The disclosure dilemma can be challenging for students with disabilities leaving a community college setting and entering the workforce. There is a general lack of knowledge regarding their rights and responsibilities concerning disclosure. Resources . . .

There is a lack of African American cultural competency with vocational rehabilitation counselors. In particular, African American vocational rehabilitation consumers experience higher rates of denial for services, disparities in quality of services, . . .

I, a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor working for the California Department of Rehabilitation in collaboration, and in conjunction with, my colleagues from the Laguna Creek Office , the Roseville Staff Service Manager Mark Frayser, the Qualified Re . . .

Attaining successful employment in today's workforce is particularly unusual for individuals with disabilities. The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) services support disabled veterans seeking emp . . .

Individuals with disabilities facing barriers to employment can benefit from the utilization of a wellness program that is complimentary to the services received through vocational rehabilitation (VR). Government agencies and researchers believe that . . .

The intended audience for this proposal is the American River College (ARC) Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSPS) Administration. This proposal was created in hopes that it will be utilized by the ARC’s DSPS department. The intention of the . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a handbook for new students entering Disability Support Program and Services (DSPS) at San Joaquin Delta College (SJDC). There is an immediate need for a handbook, being that the latest handbook for new stude . . .

The new generation of females serving in our armed forces and their involvement in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), in terms of both the quantity of the number of women serving, length of deployment, and the type of . . .

This project presents a policies and procedures guide to lead California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) counselors through the process of becoming effective Transitional Partners Program (TPP) counselors and team members. The guide outlines and ex . . .

The purpose of this project was to create a PowerPoint presentation and website link that would benefit educators, parents, and transition-age youth with disabilities. The problem this author identified is that transition-age youth with disabilities n . . .

This project presents a strategy manual that will focus on the Hispanic/ Latino population in order to assist the Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) teams, management and staff at the Roseville office to increase their Hispanic/Latino consumer numbers . . .

By law, students with learning disabilities (LDs) entering higher education institutions are eligible for reasonable accommodations with the intent to provide an equal playing field to education and participation in a school’s program. Assistive techn . . .

To achieve successful employment in today’s workforce for Individuals with disabilities is very uncommon. The Department of Rehabilitation assists individuals with disabilities to find employment. However, consumers at the Department of Rehabilitation . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a handbook for professionals who work with people who have a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their families as well as develop a comprehensive, California resource directory. The last time this sort of proje . . .

The intended audience for this curriculum is transitioning youth with autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This curriculum will be utilized by field staff with the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR), including Senior Vocational Rehabil . . .

At American River College, some students with learning disabilities (LD) and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) lack sufficient knowledge about financial aid. There is not a financial aid presentation containing an overview of financia . . .

The ubiquity of mobile devices used by students with disabilities prompts the author to develop a concise and accessible a manual for mobile devices. The author believes that providing students with disabilities with an accessible tool will educate, e . . .

The problem this author identified was that there is a lack of formal training dedicated to serving PRIDE Industries job developers. Because job developers are not required to hold a specific certificate or university degree the variety of experience, . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a revised handbook for the Disability Resource Center counselors at Sacramento City College. There is an immediate need for a revised handbook, which provides insight into services for students with disabilit . . .

This project is designed to provide information about the topics covered by the Employment Coordinator (EC) in the Job Club. It is intended to provide a curriculum for the Job Club. Sources of Data Research materials were attained from peer reviewed j . . .

This project was developed to address the needs of local Deaf and Hard of Hearing student job seekers, at American River College, Sacramento, California. Those clients who are eligible and receive services through the Disabled Students Programs experi . . .

The objective of the project was to compile cultural, social, and demographic information for California Department of Rehabilitation [DOR] Counselors that would assist them to increase their cultural competency to work with American Indians/Alaskan N . . .

The problem addressed in this project, lack of an internship manual geared towards interning at the DOR, was first noticed when the author was interning at the DOR. The existing manual has clear guidelines on student responsibilities, hours needed for . . .

Veterans with service connected disabilities are in need of successful vocational rehabilitation services. There is currently a growing population of veterans returning from military service with disabilities. Some of these veterans have severe disabi . . .

The author of this project realized the need for a handbook about Asperger syndrome [AS] as it relates to employment after speaking with a variety of seasoned vocational rehabilitation professionals in the field. Ongoing research in this specific area . . .

The author encountered job ready veterans who did not know how to conduct a job search in the private sector. The lack of a systematic job-search training program led to the development of this guide. It focuses on skills, informational interviewing a . . .

There are no case studies using California DOR reports that show the counselor bringing a consumer through the California DOR process all the way from their initial intake through a successful case closure. Data was gathered using scholarly journal ar . . .

The problem this author has identified is that there is no printed community service directory for Yolo County. In order to provide a printed directory to fill this gap, the author recognizes that there are two purposes for this project. The first pur . . .

The Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors [SVRCs] encouraged this author to synthesize a project with the various approaches for job placement to enhance employment outcomes for people with disabilities. It was indicated to the author that it wa . . .

Once stabilized in permanent supportive housing (PSH) formerly homeless individuals with disabilities can benefit from increased access and utilization of employment and vocational rehabilitation services. By establishing links with programs and integ . . .

This Project presents the Social Security Administration [SSA] Plan for Achieving Self Support [PASS] work incentive program to Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors [VRCs]. A Manual was developed because the PASS has been under utilized by Supplementa . . .

The purpose of this project was to write a grant proposal for the implementation of an employment preparation program that provides stronger support services to youth with emotional disturbances being served through Sacramento County Office of Educati . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a power point presentation designed to provide 21th century pre employment job search instructions to veterans with disabilities at the Sacramento Veterans Resource Center (SVRC). Pre employment job search tr . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a training video for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors [VR Counselors] on how to implement and conduct a Vocational Assessment Workshop [VAW] for assessment of academic aptitudes and career exploration of . . .

The purpose of this project was to provide service connected (SC) Veterans a transitional manual to help them better understand the manifestation of their chronic and progressive neuromuscular disorders, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Park . . .

Oftentimes, web page designers overlook the end-user, such as people with disabilities, in the development and evaluation of web pages. Sacramento State has not involved students with disabilities in evaluating the accessibility and usability of featu . . .

Foster youth, who are eligible and desire to attend college, experience difficulty accessing available on-campus and off-campus resources. There is a general lack of knowledge about offered services. No manual existed for counselors who are working wi . . .

The "Rehabilitation Administrative Manual" [RAM] from the California Department of Rehabilitation [DOR] consists of multiple volumes. The problem with referencing the RAM is total number of volumes and quantity of material contained therein, making th . . .

American River College [ARC] is the largest of four community colleges in Sacramento, California. ARC students who are disabled are provided academic counseling and assistance through Disabled Student Programs and Services [DSPS]. During the author's . . .