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Chapter IX - K

Training Programs - Work Adjustment Training

Work adjustment training is an appropriate service if it is needed to enable the individual to achieve employment in an integrated work setting.  Work adjustment training is a training process utilizing individual and group work and work-related activities. It is a service that provides generalized training and real or simulated work in order to assist customers in the development of general values, attitudes, and behaviors appropriate for a work environment.

Work adjustment training helps the customer understand the meaning, value and demands of work. These services help the customer to develop attitudes, modify personal characteristics, and work behavior. This develops the functional capacities of the customer as needed in order to assist the individual toward his/her optimum level of vocational development.

This training is traditionally available from rehabilitation facilities such as VRCBVI or community rehabilitation programs.   See Chapter IX Training Programs (9C) for information on the Virginia Industries for the Blind and Chapter X for information on VRCBVI. All community rehabilitation programs, except DBVI facilities, must be approved by the DRS Training and Facilities Manual, Volume III.

  1. Procedures
    Work adjustment training provided by DBVI facilities will follow the procedures set forth in Chapter IX , Virginia Industries for the Blind - Charlottesville and Richmond (9C) and Chapter X, VRCBVI.
    Complete the Individualized Plan for Employment and referral information to the facility.
    Complete and distribute authorizations.
    Request the community rehabilitation program to send a monthly progress report. This report should include these recommended comments on:
    1. The identification of the customer's specific barriers to employment
    2. The work and behavioral objectives addressed during the month and the achieved results
    3. The overall assessment of customer progress (accumulated to date)
    4. Recommendations
  2. Tuition
    Rates for tuition, allowances, and other fees in DBVI facilities are found in Chapter VII Financial Measures and for community rehabilitation programs in the DRS Training and Facilities Manual, Volume III. All community rehabilitation programs must be DRS approved.
  3. Time Limit
    There is a maximum time of three (3) months for work adjustment training. In circumstances when the counselor may extend beyond three months, written justification must be provided in the case record.
    The customer's work adjustment training must be focused on an integrated employment outcome. If progress toward that outcome is not being achieved, termination should be considered and other options pursued.
  4. Comparable Services and Benefits
    The counselor must make every effort to obtain comparable services and benefits available to the customer from all other programs. This includes the public and private sector to meet in whole or in part the cost of the customer's program.