FUNDAMENTALS OF JOB COACHING - A STEP BY STEP APPROACH
197 Pages
Paul McCray, RPM Press, Inc., 1998

This training program is designed to provide you with specific skills and tools that will help make you a better manager-whether you manage people, programs, or both.  This self-study course is designed for the para-professional, and the professional staff, responsible for teaching job skills and associated behaviors, to students and adults with disabilities.

• Role of Job Coaching in the Training Process
• How to use Job/Task Analysis Techniques
• How to Identify/Analyze Work Performance Problems
• Natural supports in the Job Training Process
• Employer Development and Customer Relations

FUNDAMENTALS OF JOB PLACEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
187 Pages
3 hours-Audio cassettes
James J. Costello, RPM Press Inc., 2nd edition 2006

The material provided in this offering is primarily designed for vocational rehabilitation and special education professionals who are responsible for providing employment readiness training, work experience, job placement, and job development services to disabled individuals.

• Overview of job placement/development
• Impact of employment readiness training
• Working effectively with employers
• Job analysis applications and procedures
• Job matching methods
• Placement in supported and transitional work
• Follow-up support services

The resource book includes multiple forms and provides for use in your practice: sample labor market analysis report, labor market data sheet, physical demands analysis worksheet, functional characteristics worksheet, work environment checklist, and more...

THE JOB ACCOMMODATION HANDBOOK
192 Pages
Paul M. McCray, RPM Press, Inc., 4th Edition, 2006

"Recognized by the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Washington, D.C., for its outstanding book award program"

• Reasonable accommodation - What is it?
• Cost/benefits of job accommodation
• Job analysis as the first step in the accommodation process
• Understanding the functional characteristics of the disabled worker
• Accommodation tools and techniques

The offering provides an excellent corollary for the rehabilitationist's work with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  In addition to being an excellent learning tool, the worksheets, flowcharts, and step-by-step procedures, make this offering an outstanding training tool.

THE JOB DESCRIPTION HANDBOOK
256 Pages
Margie Mader-Clark, Nolo Press, 2006

A properly written job description is a vital part of assisting in the return to work process. Crafting the job description often is difficult and complex. This book offers the tools for anyone involved in this process to write a job description for any purpose. Many forms are included in the book and on the CD ROM which is included.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the Essential Functions of a Job
  
• Brainstorm Job Functions
  
• Troubleshoot a Job Description
  
• Create a good Job Description