Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
Training and Technical Assistance, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, I/DD, Developmental Disabilities, Employment, Access to Integrated Employment, ThinkWork
Disciplines
Organization Development | Rehabilitation and Therapy | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work | Sociology | Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
Abstract
The University of Maine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), along with the Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services (BDS) and the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, developed the Maine Employment Curriculum (MEC). The comprehensive curriculum fosters best practices in employment supports for people with disabilities statewide by using a cadre of trainers who are supported by the Maine Employment Curriculum project staff. The Maine Employment Curriculum ultimately seeks an increase in the number of integrated, communitybased supports available and builds the capacity of the employment support provider community to achieve this goal.
Recommended Citation
Butterworth, John; Timmons, Jaimie Ciulla; and ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston, "State Agency Promising Practices: The Maine Employment Curriculum - Delivering Best Practices for Employment Support Professionals" (2009). ThinkWork! Publications. 63.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/thinkwork/63
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Organization Development Commons, Social Work Commons, Sociology Commons, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Commons