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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Adult Vocational Program : Autism Therapeutic School : Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago

Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago

In response to our communities, Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago provides comprehensive services for individuals with disabilities or other special needs and their families to improve quality of life and maximize independence.

Adult Vocational Program :

Through our Autism Therapeutic School programs in Chicago and Tinley Park, Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago provides opportunities for vocational training and meaningful work for adolescents and adults with autism and other special needs.

Philosophy
Following development by a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team approach, the Individualized Performance Plan (IPP) serves as the core of programming for all clients ages 16 and older.

Program Goals
The goal of Easter Seals' Adult Vocational Program is to provide meaningful employment opportunities to individuals with severe developmental disabilities. The Adult Vocational program seeks to maximize each client’s ability to perform essential functions necessary to become productive members of society by providing training opportunities for our clients and a workforce consisting of highly skilled, efficient individuals both inside and outside the Easter Seals network. The Adult Vocational program operates as a contract service and our workers are available for long- and short-term jobs


•What Easter Seals Industries Can Do For You?
•Practically any job requiring use of hands, eyes and mind
•Provides supervision and direction by trained instructors to guarantee quality
•Help you respond to seasonal overloads and peak periods
•Spare you the cost of fringe benefits, taxes and unemployment compensation
•Eliminate the cost of hiring and training
•Provide you with work that will meet your exact standards and deadlines
•Workers with disabilities provide such work as:
◦Packaging
◦Assembling
◦Heat Sealing
◦Shrink Wrapping
◦Collating
◦Mailings
◦Labeling
◦Gluing
◦Sample Kits
◦Assemble Press Kits
For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Burke
Vocational Program & Transitional Services Manager
Easter Seals Adult Vocational Program
1939 West 13th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
312-432-9167 Phone
jbrazouski@eastersealschicago.org

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