• Be open and honest with your counselor in talking
about your disability, your education, experience, and ability
to help in your own rehabilitation.
• Follow medical or other professional instruction.
• Take an active part in developing your Individualized
Plan for Employment (IPE)
with your counselor so that both of you agree on what is needed.
• Use family funds, insurance, Social Security, PELL
Grants, scholarships or any other funds you know about and
may be eligible for to help pay for any services you can afford.
• Get written approval before you buy anything listed
on your IPE
that you want RS
to pay for.
• Contact your counselor when anything important has
happened which may change your plan, and if your address,
income or employment have changed.
• Attend planned activities and make acceptable grades
or ratings if your plan includes training.
• Actively seek employment, and let your counselor know
if you get a job or if there are any other important changes
in your employment.
• Keep all appointments. Contact your counselor if you
need to change an appointment time or reschedule a missed
appointment. This contact will help prevent service delays
and show that you are interested in completing your plan and
achieving employment.
