Developing an Employability Assessment and Planning Program in Rehabilitation & Educational Settings. Instructor's Resource Manual, Sample Instruments, & Reports.

This resource manual is one component of an instructional package designed to develop an employability assessment and planning program for use with individuals with disabilities. The resource materials are designed to be used as handouts or as overheads in providing program development training to preservice or inservice rehabilitation specialists or educators. The materials provide: definitions of terms, elements of an employability development program, factors influencing successful task completion, principles of testing and test interpretation, vocational choice assessment and planning strategies, job acquisition assessment and planning strategies, job retention assessment and planning strategies, and strategies for empowering and involving consumers in the assessment and planning process. (JDD)