TRAINING
Training is a service designed to enable the client to improve educationally
or vocationally or to adjust to the effects of his or her disability.
Five broad types of training have been identified. If a client receives
more than one type of training, each type should be recorded.
College and University Training
510 College and University
Examples:
College/University tuition/fees
Community college
Junior College program
Post-secondary degree program
Business and Vocational Training
525 Wilson Reading System Instruction
Because this service is part of a federal demonstration grant, it is currently available in the Kansas City Metropolitan Region only. Use of this service code is therefore restricted to staff in that region.
526 Road to Success Classes
Because this service is part of a federal demonstration grant, it is currently available in the Kansas City Metropolitan Region only. Use of this service code is therefore restricted to staff in that region.
530 Vocational/Business/Technical
School Training
Examples:
Automotive technician
Barber school
Chef School
Computer skills training related to work
Cosmetology training
Diesel mechanics training
Technical drafting
Truck driving school
CNA training through area vo-tech
Non-degree post-secondary education
580 Occupational Training (not tools)
Examples:
CNA training (from employer)
OTAP Training
Peer Specialist Training
Books and Training Supplies
540 Training Books and Supplies
Examples:
Books
Calculator for class
Camera equipment for class
Cap and gown
Class supplies
Day planners
Parking permits
School supplies
Textbooks
Adjustment Training
This type of training (personal/vocational adjustment, work training services with placement, comprehensive
job-coach and intensive employment support) may be provided (if needed)
to any eligible person. However, it is likely that a person needing these
intensive, multifaceted types of services will be significantly disabled
or most significantly disabled.
550 Personal/Vocational Adjustment
Training
Training to prepare an individual for the world of work (e.g., appropriate
work behaviors, getting to work on time, appropriate dress and grooming,
increasing productivity). Do not use this code for intensive employment
supports, job coaching or other supports provided after employment.
Examples:
Braille training
Dyslexia remediation
Job preparedness training
Job readiness training
Job success classes
Mobility training
Orientation and mobility training
Work Training Services with Placement
551 Use only with providers contracted for this service. See Section 11.
552
553
554
570 Comprehensive Job Coach
This service provides both individualized job finding and time limited
support once the job is found. The services include skill training to
enable the worker to learn the needed job tasks, mentoring until the worker
is performing the job effectively or at an appropriate level, and assistance
in resolving personal and other issues that would interfere with successful
employment. Comprehensive job coach services provide job finding/job placement
in addition to the intensive employment support services described under
code 575.
Examples:
Comprehensive job coaching
Job coaching/placement
Job coaching on the job, including finding the job
575 Intensive Employment Support
These individualized support services are intended to lead to successful
employment stabilization and case closure in competitive, integrated employment.
Services must be defined in an action plan with progress measures, and
services may include:
Facilitating training opportunities to assist the client in learning specific
job tasks and problem-solving skills.
Working with the client to identify support needs, and then helping the
client to become aware of natural supports and community resources, to
develop a support network, and to learn to use the support network and
community resources independently.
Mentoring to assist the client in adjusting to the specific place of employment,
and to support the client in appropriate interaction with the employer
and co-workers.
Facilitating social integration to achieve good co-worker relationships.
Training on transportation options for maximum independence.
Training on self-advocacy, especially related to requests for reasonable
accommodations.
Working with the employer, client and RS to analyze whether specific disability
awareness training for supervisors and co-workers would be needed to facilitate
the successful integration of the client into the workplace.
Promoting a partnership between the client, the employer and RS.
Seeking feedback from the client and employer on their satisfaction
with the job and work performance. See Section 11.
Examples:
Job coaching only Job coaching on the job, not including job finding
Supported Employment (3 Components)
601 Use only with providers contracted for this service. See Section
11.
602
603
Supported Employment (4 Components)
604 Use only with providers contracted for this service. See Section
11.
605
606
607
On-the-Job Training
560 On-the-job training (OJT) /
Apprenticeship
Training in specific job skills by a prospective employer. Generally
the individual is paid during this training and will remain in the same
or a similar job upon successful completion. Also include apprenticeship
training programs conducted or sponsored by an employer, a group of
employers, or a joint apprenticeship committee representing both employers
and a union.
Note: Job Coaching, Trial Work Experiences
or community based job tryouts are not OJT.
Examples:
OJT On job training
Miscellaneous Training
520 Other Academic - specialized/secondary/elementary
Examples:
GED classes
GED skills training
Schools for the deaf
Schools for the blind and visually impaired
590 Living Skills Training
Examples:
Independent living skills training
Living skills training
630 Training Services Not Listed
Examples:
CPR training
Driver education course
Driver training
Tutor
RELATED INFORMATION FOR TRAINING
Some vocational training services, such as personal and vocational adjustment
training, books, alternative format books, tools and other training
materials are exempt from the comparable benefits search. However, no
training in an institution
of higher education (university, college, community college, vocational
or technical school, or school of nursing) may be paid for with VR funds
unless maximum efforts have been made to secure assistance from other
sources in whole or in part to pay for the training.
Tutors may be paid $10 per hour. See Section 3 / Part 8 for additional information.
Training services not subject to determination of economic need include:- Personal/vocational adjustment training.
- Work training services with placement.
- Comprehensive job coaching.
- Intensive employment support.
- Supported employment component services.
- On-the-job training.
Use only RS approved and contracted providers.
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