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Supported Employment Services

We offer employment and community-based behavior day service for individuals with developmental disabilities. We are dedicated to finding competitive work for a large group of individuals with the skills and abilities, who are willing and able to do work.

  • Supported Employment

  • Community Inclusion

  • Non-Aversive Behavior Intervention

  • Success in the Workplace

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Building relationships with communities to provide creative individualized employment opportunities.

Supported Employment

We believe that paid community employment is a viable option for all individuals, regardless of the severity of his/her disability or behavioral challenges. Employment-Related Services Include:

  • Individualized job development and placement

  • Systematic job training

  • Job coaching support tailored to meet individual’s needs

  • Advocacy and support within the work environment

  • Reporting of work earnings to Social Security

  • Vocational assessments

  • Job searches, job preparation & development

    • Resume building

    • Interview skills and support

    • Support and assistance with accessing transportation to and from work

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Community Inclusion

STEP presents a variety of opportunities for people to be involved in their communities through their choices. Some examples include:

  • Utilizing Public Transportation Safely

  • Volunteer Work Opportunities

  • Taking Community College Courses

  • Involvement in Recreational Opportunities

  • Sporting Events

  • Community Gardens

  • Learning Emergency & Safety Skills

“STEP has dramatically changed my life. I am pleased to be a part of the program”
— STEP Participant
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Non-Aversive Behavior Intervention

STEP services are provided to individuals with a range of behavioral challenges typically associated with severe learning difficulties, intellectual disabilities, autism, severe emotional disabilities, and psychosis. Examples include:

  • Teaching new skills through prompts, assistance, or positive reinforcement, with an emphasis on errorless learning

  • Teaching appropriate replacement behaviors and skills

  • A multi-element approach to address the needs of the whole person

  • Strict adherence to positive intervention strategies only; punishment or other aversive strategies are not utilized

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Success in the Workplace

We give people with disabilities an opportunity to:

  • Become self-reliant and productive members of society.

  • Gain dignity of maintaining a paid job.

  • Work and interact with non-disabled persons.

  • Contribute to the economy of their community

  • Opportunity to be fully included in community and work environments

 

Contact Us

Heriberto Ruelas-Munoz | Program Administrator
(714) 909-5533 • Email