Disability Awareness

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Disability Awareness

• Understanding and Caring
• For Americas Veterans

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Competency

• Participants will have an understanding of job
  development and placement issues for persons with
  a disability
• Participants will have an understanding of how to
  identify and refer individuals needing
  professional help.

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Statistics

• 51.2 million have a disability (18 of
  population)
• 200,000 of the 1.5 million troops have been seen
  by the VA from OIF/OEF as of 2/07

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Statistics

• In past wars for every person killed, 3 were
  injured. Due to improved techniques in the
  field, this war has seen that number to 1 killed
  for every 7 injured.
• Traumatic brain injury is viewed as the silent
  injury in this war.

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Coping with a Disability

• Denial and Isolation
• Anger
• Depression
• Acceptance
• Hope
• This cycle can be repeated several times

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Artificial limbs

• 600 amputations as of 1/07
• Factors to Consider
• What to Do
• Things to Avoid

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Blind or Visually Impaired

• Individuals who are blind are much more
  capable than most people think
• Things to do
• Things to avoid

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Deaf or Hearing Impaired

• Persons who are born deaf are said to have the
  most difficult disability because of the barriers
  of communication

Numbers of hearing impaired is rising
quickly Things to consider
Things to avoid
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Mental or Emotional Disorders

• Anxiety Disorders
• Panic Disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Other Mental Disorders
• Things to Consider
• Things to Avoid

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Conditions Requiring a Wheelchair

• There are many reasons and a wide range of
  abilities among people who use wheelchairs
• Things to Consider
• Things to Avoid

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Traumatic Brain Injury
1,825 treated as of 1/07 Estimates of over
10unidentified TBI Factors to consider
Things to do Things to
Avoid
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GENERAL GUIDELINES
Dont be patronizing or condescending
Dont feel pressured to do the right thing
When in doubt Ask
Communicate directly with the person
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GENERAL GUIDELINES
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Dont pity, fear or ignore or that they are
courageous or special
Do not describe a person by their disability
Do not bring up a story of someone with the
same disability
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• Case Management Network

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Case Management Network

• A community-wide, client centered network of
  service providers who coordinate the provision of
  services to clients within the community under
  either formal or informal interagency policy
  agreements.

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Case Management Network
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• The networks cumulative goal is to help clients
  who are receiving case management services to
  meet their special needs and overcome employment
  barriers in order to secure long-term, stable,
  and gainful employment.

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Establishing and Maintaininga Network

• Identify possible organizations
• Contact the organizations
• Plan personal visits
• Extend invitations for visits

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Making a Referral Requires Coordination Between

• Case Manager
• Service Provider
• Client

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Involving the Network
1. Be a communicator
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Levels of Referral Support
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Case Management Follow-Up on Referrals
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• Confirm the client attended the appointment.
• Identify what transpired at the appointment
  through the eyes of both parties.
• Determine what the clients next steps are. Is
  the case managers support needed, and whether a
  modification of the IDP is required.
• Take corrective measures (such as rescheduling)
  if the client did not attend the appointment as
  planned.

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Case Management Follow-Up on Referrals
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Tracking/Monitoring the IDP
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• Tracking and monitoring are essential to ensure
  the success of the plan. In performing such
  duties, the case manager must be able to
• Ensure services are and continue to be
  provided.
• Assess the status of a job/OJT placement.
• Verify properly executed IDP.
• Maintain the participant/case manager
  relationship.
• -Keep the client focused on the goals of the
  plan.
• -Make it clear the plan will be monitored.

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Tracking / Monitoring the IDP

• Tracking and monitoring are essential to ensure
  the success of the plan. In performing such
  duties, the case manager must be able to

Ensure services are and continue to be provided
Assess the status of a job / OJT placement
Verify properly executed IDP
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Tracking / Monitoring the IDP

• Tracking and monitoring are essential to ensure
  the success of the plan. In performing such
  duties, the case manager must be able to

Maintain the participant / case manager
relationship
Keep the client focused on the goals of the plan
Make it clear the plan will be monitored
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