Pre- Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

There are 5 required Pre-ETS Services:

1. Job Exploration Counseling:

   Meant to provide students with a variety of opportunities to gain information about careers, the skills needed for different jobs and to uncover personal career interests. If provided as pre-employment transition services, job exploration counseling may be provided in a group setting or individual basis and may include information regarding in-demand industry sectors and occupations, as well as non-traditional employment, labor market composition and vocational interest inventories to assist with the identification of career pathways of interest to the student.

2. Work Based Learning:

   An educational approach or instructional method using community workplaces to provide students with the knowledge and skills that will help them connect experiences to real-life work activities and future career opportunities. WBL may include in-school or after-school opportunities, experiences outside traditional schooling, and/or internships. This provides activities and experiences that assist students to develop work skills through participation in paid and non-paid work experiences in community integrated employment.

3. Counseling on Post-Secondary Opportunities:

   This service is designed to increase opportunities for students with disabilities to access 21st century jobs. These services may include information on course offerings, career options, types of academic and occupational training needed to succeed in the workplace, and post-secondary opportunities associated with a career field or pathway. It may also include advising students and family members on academic curricula, college application and admissions processes, completing the FAFSA application, and resources that may be used to support individual student successes in education and training to include disabilities support services.

4. Workplace Readiness Training:

   WRT traits describe a number of skills that employers expect from most employees. Workplace readiness skills are a set of skills and behaviors that are necessary for any job. such as how to interact with supervisors and co-workers and the importance of timeliness. These skills are sometimes called soft skills, employability skills, and job preparation skills. These skills help students learn and build an understanding of how we are perceived by others. 

   Employers value employees who can communicate effectively and act professionally. No matter what technical skills a job may require, every job requires good social skills/interpersonal skills.

5. Self-Advocacy:

   Self-advocacy skills include an individual's ability to effectively communicate, convey, and negotiate or assert their own interest and/or desires. School also works with students to develop self-determination, which means that students with disabilities have the freedom to plan their own lives, pursue the things that are important to them, and experience the same life opportunities as other people in the community. These acquired skills will enable students to advocate for any support services, including auxiliary aids, services, and accommodations that may be necessary for training or employment.

   Self-Advocacy skills are developed when students are provided with experiences to develop knowledge of self, knowledge of rights and responsibilities, communication skills, and leadership skills.