About Us
The Center for Employment and Inclusion (CEI) is committed to empowering professionals with high-quality training and support that fosters inclusive, successful outcomes. The CEI conducts and utilizes current research to develop training, guidance, and progress monitoring for disability service providers. Explore our selection of interactive courses, webinars, and support tools designed to build essential skills, share best practices, and promote inclusive employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Empowering Service Providers to Build Competent and Quality Teams
The CEI offers specialized staff training and competency monitoring for Community Rehabilitation Providers (CRPs) and Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) providers. Administrators and trainees alike can assign courses, track progress, and assess skill levels to ensure that every team member is equipped to provide high-quality, inclusive support.
Competency Tracking: Easily monitor proficiency through completion reports and competency assessments, ensuring skills are consistently up to date.
Customizable Technical Assistance Plans: Develop personalized TA plans that align with data-driven competency assessments, ensuring skills are consistently up to date.
Train-the-Trainer Program: Empower job coaches with our Workplace Supports Training, creating in-house experts who can train others.
Resource Library: Access a collection of resources, best practices, and tools for ongoing professional development:
The new asynchronous Effective Job Coach training is designed to equip job coaches with essential knowledge and skills to support individuals with disabilities in achieving success in competitive, integrated employment. This self-paced asynchronous training will help job coaches understand and develop skills to
- Work with employers and employees
- Conduct a job analysis
- Implement systematic instruction, and
- Develop workplace accommodations and assistive technology in the workplace.
To earn a certificate of completion, participants must:
- Pass a knowledge-based competency assessment
- Demonstrate mastery of key job coach competencies
*This course is not for Utah job coaches authorized to provide services from the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation. USOR authorized providers should take the Utah specific Workplace Supports Training.
Workplace Supports Training
Salt Lake
Date: May 21, 2025 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: USU Salt Lake Center
This one-day training is designed for job coaches who actively provide support to individuals with disabilities receiving authorized services from the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation (USOR). Participants must currently deliver job coaching services or have the capacity to provide authorized USOR Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services. If you are not a USOR provider, please email cassandra.shaw@usu.edu for more information about training options.
June
ACRE
Employment Specialist Training
Salt Lake
Date: June 3-5, 8:30 -4:00 PM
Location: USU Salt Lake Center
The ACRE Employment Specialist Training is designed to provide individuals with the requisite skills for understanding and delivering employment supports to individuals with disabilities. The training is competency focused and individuals will obtain the knowledge and skills to develop validated strategies to meet the diverse integrated employment needs of individuals with disabilities. Follow up meeting will be held online via Zoom on June 24th from 8:30-1:00 PM.
Register
Online
Effective Job Coaching
Asynchronous Training
The Effective Job Coach training is designed to equip job coaches with essential knowledge and skills to support individuals with disabilities in achieving success in competitive, integrated employment. This self-paced asynchronous training will help job coaches understand and develop skills to
- Work with employers and employees
- Conduct a job analysis
- Implement systematic instruction, and
- Develop workplace accommodations and assistive technology in the workplace.
To earn a certificate of completion, participants must:
- Pass a knowledge-based competency assessment
- Demonstrate mastery of key job coach competencies
*This course is not for Utah job coaches authorized to provide services from the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation. USOR authorized providers should take the Utah specific Workplace Supports Training.