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It outlines structured approaches for vocational rehabilitation and special education agencies, including job exploration counseling, promising and research-based practices, predictors and career awareness activities, and youth-centered components such as autonomy, discovery, and parent/family involvement. 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The following table from OSERS’ National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT) Competitive Integrated Employment Toolkit provides a starting point for state and local Vocational Rehabilitation and Special Education agencies. (Note: An asterisk * denotes examples of job exploration counseling that can be provided by VR under pre-employment transition services)  \n\n| Job Exploration Counseling\u003Cbr>Job Exploration Counseling, or Career counseling/ guidance includes a wide variety of activities which help students explore career options and opportunities available. Job exploring options are intended to foster motivation, consideration of opportunities and informed decision-making. |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| * Career Speakers |  |\n| Promising Practices\u003Cbr>•  Career Exploration Services | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness |\n| * Career Student Organization |  |\n| Research Based Practices\u003Cbr>• Adult Advocate for dropout prevention\u003Cbr>•  Career exploration to increase career search efficacy | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness\u003Cbr>• Youth Autonomy and Decision Making\u003Cbr>• Vocational or Career & Technical Education\u003Cbr>•  Occupational Courses |\n| Career Vocational Assessment |  |\n| Promising Practices\u003Cbr>•  Supported Employment\u003Cbr>•  Career Exploration Services\u003Cbr>•  Career exploration to increase career search efficacy | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness\u003Cbr>•  Occupational Courses\u003Cbr>•  Community Experiences\u003Cbr>• Vocational Education |\n| Course of Study Alignment with Career |  |\n| Evidence Based Practices\u003Cbr>•  Published curricula to teach student involvement in the IEP | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness\u003Cbr>•  Occupational Courses\u003Cbr>•  Program of Study\u003Cbr>• Transition Program\u003Cbr>• Vocational Education |\n| Discovery |  |\n| •  Whose Future is it Anyway? to teach selfdetermination skills | •  Career Awareness\u003Cbr>• Transition Program\u003Cbr>•  Community Experiences\u003Cbr>•  Parent/Family Involvement |\n\n\n|  | •  Parent Expectations |\n| --- | --- |\n| Informational Interviews |  |\n| Promising Practices\u003Cbr>•  Community based instruction to teach communication skills\u003Cbr>• Video Modeling to teach interviewing skills\u003Cbr>•  Career Exploration Services | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness\u003Cbr>•  Community Experiences |\n| *Interest and Ability Inventories |  |\n| Promising Practices\u003Cbr>•  Career Exploration Services | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness\u003Cbr>• Transition Program |\n| Job Shadowing |  |\n| Research Based Practices\u003Cbr>•  Career Exploration Services\u003Cbr>•  Community Based Instruction to teach communication skills\u003Cbr>•  Community Based instruction to teach community integration skills | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness\u003Cbr>•  Occupational Courses\u003Cbr>•  Work Study |\n| *Labor Market Statistic and Trends |  |\n| Promising Practices\u003Cbr>•  Career Exploration Services | Predictors\u003Cbr>•  Career Awareness |\n| Work Based Learning\u003Cbr>Work Based Learning (WBL) is an educational approach or instructional methodology that uses the workplace or real work to provide students with the knowledge and skills that will help them connect school experiences to real-lifework activities and future career opportunities. These opportunities are meant to engage, motivate, and augment the learning process and should be provided in the most integrated setting possible. |  |\n| *Apprenticeships |  |\n| Research Based Practices\u003Cbr>•  Response Prompting to teach employment skills\u003Cbr>•  Self-Management Instruction to teach job specific skills\u003Cbr>Promising Practices\u003Cbr>•  Computer Assisted Instruction to teach job skills\u003Cbr>• Teaching employment skills using community based instruction\u003Cbr>•  Using an extension of services after graduation to promote increased financial s","cbCailXCsHKBnQFL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailXCsHKBnQFL","pdf",363707,14,"English","# Job Exploration Counseling\n## Promising and Research-Based Practices\n# Promising Practices by Service Type\n## Career Speakers and Student Organizations\n## Career Vocational Assessment\n## Course of Study Alignment with Career\n# Discovery and Informational Interviews\n## Self-Determination Skills\n## Interest and Ability Inventories\n## Job Shadowing\n# Work-Based Learning and Employment Supports\n## Work Based Learning (WBL)\n## Apprenticeships, Mentors, Competitions, Internships","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the pre-employment transition services best-practices table?\",\"answer\":\"It provides a starting point for states and local agencies to identify and apply best practices for pre-employment transition services, drawing from guidance in a competitive integrated employment toolkit.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of activities are included under job exploration counseling?\",\"answer\":\"Job exploration counseling includes career speakers, career exploration services, career student organization activities, and guidance that supports motivation, consideration of options, and informed decision-making.\"},{\"question\":\"Which additional supports does the document describe beyond counseling?\",\"answer\":\"It covers vocational assessment, course-of-study alignment, discovery activities for self-determination, informational interviews and interest inventories, job shadowing, and work-based learning approaches such as apprenticeships, mentoring, competitions, and internships.\"}]","Best Practices for Pre-Employment Transition Services - Start | PDF",35]