Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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EDCE 3002 - Job Placement for Human Services Professionals
This course provides the student with an understanding of the basic concepts, theories, and techniques of job placement and development. This course examines issues related to the employment and job retention of people with disabilities including: uses of job analysis data; vocational assessment; uses of occupational and labor market information; principles of job modification and accommodation; job development methods; public and private sector job placement goals; employer human resource needs; supported employment; disability management and transitional work return programs.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to articulate how labor market information relates to the ability to locate jobs for people with disabilities.
- Students will be able to educate prospective employers about the benefits of hiring persons with disabilities.
- Students will be able to evaluate work activities and job requirements through the use of job and task analyses.
- Students will be able to identify and contact employers to develop job opportunities.
- Students will be able to integrate functional, educational, psychological, social, cultural, and vocational data in order to make a vocational diagnosis and facilitate the development of a job placement plan.
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