E-learning Tools - Work-readiness Skills Action Plan

Work Readiness Skills: Making Learning Accessible to Achieve Employability

Brampton

Organization	Learning Disabilities Assoc. Of North Peel
Address	150 Central Pkwy Drive, Suite 104, Brampton, ON L6T 2T9
Contact Person	Anne Moore
Phone	(905) 791-4100
Fax	(905) 791-5189
Email	amoore.ldanp@bellnet.ca
Website	www.ldapeel.com
Services	Job readiness program for adults with learning disabilities. Program features include: formal psychological assessment to determine strengths and weaknesses; monitored self-directed self-employment program group sessions covering a variety of topics; supervised 4-week work placement to gain valuable experience; participants will learn about their individual learning disability and how it personally affects them; accommodations in the workplace; self-advocacy and the skills necessary to get and keep a job.
Hours of Operation
Community Access (y/n)
# of Computer Stations	6
# With Internet Access	6
Fee for Use?
Accessibility Features or Equipment	Kurzweil, Dragon Naturally Speaking and other programs
Staff Trained on Adaptive Equipment	Yes
Contact Person for Accessible Equipment	Anne Moore
Plans for Accessible Equipment
Entrance	Entrance and washrooms and training rooms are wheelchair accessible.
Washrooms	Entrance and washrooms and training rooms are wheelchair accessible.
Training Rooms	Entrance and washrooms and training rooms are wheelchair accessible.
Plans for Accessibility	No
Issues Preventing Accessibility	Municipal building
Accessibility of Website	No
Website Advertise Availability of Adaptive Equipment and Support	No
Partnerships or Affiliations
Government Support	The Ontario Trillium Foundation
Charitable Support	United Way of Peel Region
Programs to Develop Employability Skills	Destination Employment works with participants to evaluate their Employability Skills. They access their strengths and their weaknesses. They learn what they can do to compensate for their weak areas by using assistive technology as well as many coping strategies.
Programs targeted to Persons With Disabilities	Destination Employment was developed by the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada to help integrate unemployed adults with learning disabilities into the workplace. Participants must undergo a formal assessment and those diagnosed with a learning disability go through a training program that provides information on assessment skills and employment issues.
Cost	No
Criteria for Participation	Must be over the age of 18, unemployed and not eligible for income support programs such as EI, believe they have a learning disability and be looking for employment.
Monitoring Success	By how many people find employment or attend post secondary education.
Participant Feedback
Follow up Program	No official follow up program but many people keep in touch through the Adult Support Group program
Obstacles Facing Program	The eligibility criteria is too narrow. Many other people have a need for counseling, referral and resource facilitation.
Is Program Well Utilized	Progarm allows for 18 assessments and followup per year. Many more screenings are done. Program is at capacity.
Marketing & Recruitment	Market by sending information to Social Service Agencies, doing presentations in the community. Many referrals through web sites.
Organizational Level of Programming Decisions	Board of Directors
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