The Virtual Job Coach empowers adults and young adults with disabilities like autism to succeed in the workplace with targeted instructional modules accessed through an easy-to-use online platform that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Comprehensive and Rich Instruction
29 Career Planning and 58 Job Search Skills modules
30+ hours of instruction, 25+ video models, 12 writable, reusable graphic organizers
Detailed Instructor Guides and Partner Support Guides for each unit in English and Spanish
Coming Soon: 50+ Workplace Skills modules addressing communication, collaboration, self-regulation, and self-advocacy in the workplace
Alignment to state and national career/workplace education standards
Audio-Visual Support
Audio playback on every instructional screen
Video models demonstrating social and interpersonal skills
Screencasts illustrating technical or web-based job search skills and processes
Graphic Support for Visual Learners
Clear, purposeful graphics including checklists, charts and graphs, maps, and illustrations
Clutter-free learning environment to limit distractions and support visual sensitivity
Writable templates and tools learners can use and re-use on- or off-line throughout their job search journeys
Flexible Instructional Support
Proven successful when used independently, in a fully-guided setting, or in a blended model
Instructor Guides for classroom teachers providing pacing recommendations, scripts, additional discussion questions, and student projects and worksheets
Partner Support Guides in English and Spanish assisting parents, job coaches, and others to help the learner get the most out of the instructional content
Financial support for the Virtual Job Coach was provided by the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
through its Enabling Technology: Collaborating for the Future initiative, with federal funds* made available by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities. * $224,967, 75% DD funds; 27,617, 25% non-federal resources.