Work Toolkit:
Exploration activities and experiences strengthen a person's knowledge, interests, and preferences, which helps the person make an informed choice about competitive integrated employment.
When providing waiver employment exploration services in the engage phase, waiver employment service providers set up and facilitate activities and experiences to explore employment, including individualized educational activities, learning opportunities, benefits planning, and work experiences in different environments.
1. Watch the “Provide activities and experiences to explore employment” video (6 minutes) below:
2. Read: CBSM – Employment exploration services (15 min)
3. Read about how to have engaging conversations about work in the “Prepare yourself” area of this toolkit (15 min)
4. Read about the engage phase in the “Supporting people on waivers” area of this toolkit (15 min)
5. Read about the plan phase in the “Supporting people on waivers” area of this toolkit (15 min)
6. Read about the find phase in the “Supporting people on waivers” area of this toolkit (15 min)
Click on the questions below to reflect on what you've learned about providing activities and experiences to explore employment (5 minutes).
Select an answer:
Correct. During the engage phase the person needs help making an informed choice about competitive integrated employment. The exploration activities and experiences provided through waiver employment exploration services are designed to help a person make an informed choice about work.
Incorrect—the correct answer is A. Make an informed choice about work. During the engage phase the person needs help making an informed choice about competitive integrated employment. The exploration activities and experiences provided through waiver employment exploration services are designed to help a person make an informed choice about work.
Incorrect—the correct answer is A. Make an informed choice about work. During the engage phase the person needs help making an informed choice about competitive integrated employment. The exploration activities and experiences provided through waiver employment exploration services are designed to help a person make an informed choice about work.
Incorrect—the correct answer is A. Make an informed choice about work. During the engage phase the person needs help making an informed choice about competitive integrated employment. The exploration activities and experiences provided through waiver employment exploration services are designed to help a person make an informed choice about work.
Select an answer:
Incorrect—the correct answer is B. Informed Choice toolkit. Use the information and tools in Disability Hub MN’s Informed Choice toolkit to support a person in making an informed choice.
Correct! Use the information and tools in Disability Hub MN’s Informed Choice toolkit to support a person in making an informed choice.
Incorrect—the correct answer is B. Informed Choice toolkit. Use the information and tools in Disability Hub MN’s Informed Choice toolkit to support a person in making an informed choice.
Incorrect—the correct answer is B. Informed Choice toolkit. Use the information and tools in Disability Hub MN’s Informed Choice toolkit to support a person in making an informed choice.
Select an answer:
Incorrect—the correct answer is B. Plan. The person transitions to plan phase services if they aren’t sure what they want to do for work, have barriers or conditions for employment, or have little experience in competitive employment.
Correct! The person transitions to plan phase services if they aren’t sure what they want to do for work, have barriers or conditions for employment, or have little experience in competitive employment.
Incorrect—the correct answer is B. Plan. The person transitions to plan phase services if they aren’t sure what they want to do for work, have barriers or conditions for employment, or have little experience in competitive employment.
Incorrect—the correct answer is B. Plan. The person transitions to plan phase services if they aren’t sure what they want to do for work, have barriers or conditions for employment, or have little experience in competitive employment.
Select an answer:
Incorrect–the correct answer is C. Find. The person will transition to find phase services if they have a work goal and want to start looking for a job.
Incorrect–the correct answer is C. Find. The person will transition to find phase services if they have a work goal and want to start looking for a job.
Correct! The person will transition to find phase services if they have a work goal and want to start looking for a job.
Incorrect–the correct answer is C. Find. The person will transition to find phase services if they have a work goal and want to start looking for a job.
Select an answer:
Correct! To transition to plan phase services, help the person update their waiver case manager and request waiver employment development services.
Incorrect—the correct answer is A. To transition to plan phase services, help the person update their waiver case manager and request waiver employment development services.
Incorrect—the correct answer is A. To transition to plan phase services, help the person update their waiver case manager and request waiver employment development services.
Incorrect—the correct answer is A. To transition to plan phase services, help the person update their waiver case manager and request waiver employment development services.
Note: This activity is also a part of the “Basic training for all roles > Ensure informed choice” training.
Use this “Identify meaningful exploration activities and experiences” worksheet (PDF) to do just that based on two scenarios.
(15 minutes)
Use these tools to help you provide activities and experiences to explore employment: