Wise Online Employment Academy: Systematic Instruction: Teaching, Learning, and Retaining Jobs

Even the most complex tasks, if broken down and taught using the techniques of Systematic Instruction, can be learned and mastered by people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Here is a chance for those who support people with disabilities to learn and practice these powerful techniques, and dramatically enhance their ability to teach people new tasks at home, in the community, and in the workplace.

The course consists of 4 instructor-led webinars and offline skill-building activities. The instructors will guide the learner through concepts including:

• designing tasks,
• analyzing how and where to focus teaching,
• different teaching strategies,
• facilitating job starts,
• fading supports,
• use of diverse supports such as natural, visual and customized supports,
• long-term retention and follow-along services.

Instructors will also cover intersecting topics such as learning styles, teaching strategies and understanding behavior throughout the series. 

This course is for support staff (e.g. employment, school, residential, community connectors and developers, etc.) who want a thorough understanding of how to help someone learn complex tasks in natural environments. 

Webinar Dates :

Tuesday, September 10th, 930 am to 1130 am
Friday, September 13th, 930 am to 1115 am
Tuesday, September 17th, 930 am to 1115 am
Friday, September 20th, 930 am to 1115 am

The total expected time to complete this course, including offline skill-building activities, is 12 hours. Students will be expected to present and share their homework on the webinars as part of the learning experience.  

Cost:  $250

Space is limited to 30 participants

Registration closes once capacity is reached.

Note: Participation in and earning a certificate of completion for this Course requires: 1) Registering for and using the Wise Online Learning Platform, 2) Attending all 4 webinars and not missing more than one hour for the course.

Your Instructors:

Brandi Monts, TA and Training Director

Brandi has a life-long personal connection to developmental disabilities, as well as over 16 years of work experience in the field. Her previous positions include residential services, supported employment, transition from school to work, teaching, and county government. Realizing her commitment to the disability field early in her education, Brandi earned a BA in Social Work from the University of Washington and later went on to obtain a Master in Public Administration, with a focus on Public Policy at The Evergreen State College. Brandi’s interests and expertise include agency organization, public policy and practice, community organizing, service systems collaboration, curriculum development and wrap around service coordination for people with significant support needs. Brandi has also taught English in Japan and is interested in multi-cultural service coordination and international disability issues. With an employment consultant background in high school and adult service programs, Brandi has experience providing supports in a range of workplace settings and systems. Focusing on efficiency, independence and holistic supports, Brandi offers consultation, coaching and accommodation development in the following areas: Helping individuals and their teams identify workplace settings and skills, systematic instruction, task design and analysis, resources for independence in the community, team organizing and coordination, service planning and implementation, family and residential communication and support development. Assisting employers to develop customized accommodations, hiring processes, co-worker education, job description design and efficient work-flow systems.