How can vocational rehabilitation services help students with disabilities with their career goals?

Printable Version All U.S. states have Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR or VR) offices, which offer services intended to help some people with disabilities gain the skills and qualifications to enter or reenter the workforce. Anthony R. Candela, who is with California's Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, elaborates on how students can benefit from vocational rehabilitation (VR) services: "Vocational Rehabilitation services can offer a great deal to students with disabilities to help them explore, choose, prepare for, and enter a career. First, many VR services are available to high school students to help them transition from school to higher education, work, and independent living. Generally, state VR agencies do not provide a great deal of service to students until they are about to enter college, but there are several examples around the country of agencies providing summer work experiences, basic adjustment skills training, and precollege preparation programs. " ...  more

Printable Version All U.S. states have Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR or VR) offices, which offer services intended to help some people with disabilities gain the skills and qualifications to enter or reenter the workforce. Anthony R. Candela, who is with California's Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, elaborates on how students can benefit from vocational rehabilitation (VR) services: "Vocational Rehabilitation services can offer a great deal to students with disabilities to help them explore, choose, prepare for, and enter a career. First, many VR services are available to high school students to help them transition from school to higher education, work, and independent living. Generally, state VR agencies do not provide a great deal of service to students until they are about to enter college, but there are several examples around the country of agencies providing summer work experiences, basic adjustment skills training, and precollege preparation programs. " ...  more