Another goal in the Project SEARCH curriculum is to educate interns in the area of workplace safety. Interns will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to safety in the workplace by: Practicing functional literary skills for the workplace - safety signs, directional signs and symbols, locating areas on a map Identify safe working practices related to… Continue reading Workplace Safety and the Intern
Author: Colleen Strasburg
I am the skills trainer at Rice Lake Project SEARCH. My role is to be sure that every individual intern gets the specific type of support needed to be successful. I love watching each young adult transform from a high school student to a skilled adult in the workplace.
I have 16 years experience working with people with special abilities in a school setting, and have been employed by Rice Lake Project SEARCH as a skills trainer since 2016.
Self Advocacy and the Intern
One of the goals in the Project SEARCH curriculum is to educate interns in the area of self advocacy. Interns will display an understanding of self-advocacy skills by: Showing understanding of one's disability Understanding the rights and responsibilities as defined by law pertaining to people with disabilities. Demonstrating the ability to properly disclose one's disability… Continue reading Self Advocacy and the Intern
Technology and the Intern
One of the goals in the Project SEARCH curriculum is to train interns in the area of computer technology in everyday life. The ability to demonstrate basic operation (turning on and off, printing documents, opening documents or software) is the important first step in the learning process. Other goals to meet are: Create and save… Continue reading Technology and the Intern
Reverse Job Fair
On March 13, 2018 the Project SEARCH interns at Rice Lake Weighing Systems hosted a reverse job fair to demonstrate their newly acquired skill sets, including independency and personal development skills as well as practical work related and manufacturing skills. Many businesses from the Rice Lake and Barron areas attended the reverse job fair to… Continue reading Reverse Job Fair
Project SEARCH – Wisconsin
Information copied with permission on March, 2018: https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/service_providers/projects/default.htm For more information: DVRProjectSEARCH@dwd.wisconsin.gov AmberD.Miller@dwd.wisconsin.gov (715)234-1912 General Information Project SEARCH was developed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, a research environment that fosters visionary thinking and innovation. It all began in 1996, when Erin Riehle was Director of Cincinnati Children's Emergency Department. Erin felt that, because the hospital… Continue reading Project SEARCH – Wisconsin
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