Professional Skills in Job Development

This wiki supports the Rutgers University Professional Skills in Job Development Certificate Program, running September-November, 2012. This course is for staff who provide job development and disability employment services to job seekers with disabilities.

Introduction and Expectations

Module One

Module Two

Module Three

Module Four

Module Five

Module Six


Michele Martin--Lead Instructor

107px-Michele.jpegMichele Martin is a certified Career Development Facilitator Instructor with over 20 years of experience in human resources and career development. She has provided staff training to employment specialists, job developers and career counselors on a variety of topics, including career assessment, career counseling, job development, and working with employers. She is the lead instructor for the course and will be facilitating 4 of the 6 course modules.
Phone: 610-248-6230
Email: michelemmartin(at)gmail.com
Twitter: @michelemmartin
Skype: michelemmartin


Fred Tchang, ATP--Director, Assistive Technology Services, Advancing Opportunities


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In addition to running being director of ATS, Fred is a hands-on Assistive Technology Specialist. He and his staff help consumers with all types of disabilities understand, experience, and implement assistive technology in their everyday lives. Fred and his staff work with employers and school districts to help make classrooms, curricula and work sites accessible. His formal training is in product design and rehabilitation engineering technology.
With a great interest in coalitions, he has kept active with such groups as RESNA (the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America), NJ CART (New Jersey Coalition for the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology), and NJ CIE (New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Education). Currently, Fred serves as a vice chair for RESNA’s Professional Standards Board, which provides oversight of the Assistive Technology Professional, or ATP credential.

Phone: 888-322-1918, x588

Email: ftchang(at)advopps.org
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fredtchang
Website: www.assistive**technology**center.org