Event Information

Webinar: Individualized Employment Plan (IPE): Counselor-Consumer Alliance for Developing an Effective IPE

  • Date: Thursday: June 18, 2009
  • Time:
    1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
    12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Central Time)

Presenter(s):

  • Samuel Teruel-Velez, M.S.,
    North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services,
    Independent Living Rehabilitation Program
  • William S. "Mr. Bill" Harris, CRC
    State of Florida, Department of Education,
    Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Description:

This presentation will address the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) as a written plan that identifies:

  1. the employment outcome, also referred to as the employment goal;
  2. the services that will be provided to achieve the employment goal and the time frames for those services; and
  3. the steps that will measure progress toward the employment goal.
The presentation will discuss how the IPE outlines how the individual will achieve a specific employment goal that is consistent with the individual’s unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, career interests and informed choice. The employment goal and specific vocational rehabilitation (VR) services are determined through an assessment of the eligible individual’s vocational rehabilitation needs. During the process of developing the IPE, the individual will be informed of his/her rights and responsibilities and the steps necessary to achieve an employment outcome. The VR counselor and the eligible individual agree on the criteria to evaluate progress toward the employment goal.

The principle of how individuals with disabilities must be active and responsible participants in their own rehabilitation programs, including making informed, yet practical and realistic, choices about the selection of their employment goal, the vocational rehabilitation services they receive and the providers of those services.

IPE development and time line will be discussed, including how the IPE should be developed as soon as possible, within 90 days of the determination of eligibility. Additional information will be discussed if the counselor anticipates that IPE development will be delayed, the need to inform the consumer

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