Employment Services: (Assessment / Information / Training / Placement) Disability Specific: Brain Injury

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New Sign America's Heroes at Work: Hire Qualified Veterans and Learn how to Accommodate Wounded Warriors is a guide for employers of wounded warriors from the U.S. Department of Labor America's Heroes at Work project. This guide covers creating a culturally sensitive new hire orientation plan, understanding your responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disclosure concerns, and knowing where to obtain free, one-on-one guidance on job accommodations.

Community Rehabilitation Supporting Employment for Adults With Acquired Brain Injury: A Conceptual Model - CRSO is a client-centered and community based program which provides medical rehabilitation for persons with acquired brain injuries, ADHD coaching and vocational services to adults with disabilities. CRSO is a study of a societal model dedicated to supporting clients and their families in their recovery process as well as with integration into the community and vocational realm. Recommendations: Increase access to multi-disciplinary rehabilitation following severe ABI; strengthen prevention focus; increase access to case management; support return-to-work; and systematically collect outcome and cost data.

New Sign Federal Programs for Traumatic Brain Injury help for finding and keeping a job after experiencing traumatic brain injury.

New Sign Understanding Brain Injury: A Guide for Employers Identifying accommodations and implementing workplace modifications can be challenging. This is a complete guide from the Mayo Clinic and Brainline.org for employers on hiring individuals with Brain Injury. In addition the Vocational Case Coordinator employed at the Mayo Brain Rehabilitation Program is available to assist you with this process, and provide additional information about brain injury. The Vocational Case Coordinator may be reached at 507-255-3116.

State Listings

New York

PRALID, located in Rochester, New York offers specialized employment services to adults with brain injury and other neurological disorders. They offer a range of services, assisting the consumer with developing a career plan, gaining employment skills, locating an employer and maintaining employment. For more information, call (585) 442-6420 or e-mail info@pralid.org.

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