An easy-to-use solution to prepare people for work that includes activities on use of computers, data entry, employability skills, functional vocabulary, soft skills, and conversational skills. 

Included: 

• Computers at Work software 
• Learning to Work collection of stories 
• Get a Job Curriculum 
• Conversation Skills Curriculum 

Computers at Work Software 

Skills-based program that focuses on order processing and data entry computer skills that prepare users for office jobs.  

• Challenges students to work independently for over an hour 
• Differentiates instruction with three difficult levels 
• Students progress from basic tasks to entering orders, checking inventories, and determining payment methods 
• web-based version available 

Learning to Work 

Learning to Work provides engaging and age-appropriate reading material for adolescents and young adults who do not read conventionally. Collection includes 18 photo-illustrated stories that are intended to be read with a partner ½a same-age peer who is reading at grade level ½ a teacher or a parent.   

• Provides a simple and consistent structure with repetitive phrases 
• Includes characters with disabilities in actual work settings 
• Instructor's Guide provides a research-based framework and additional activity pages 

Get a Job Curriculum 

A functional curriculum for job-related social and self-management skills for the workplace and home environments 

• Teaches skills for successfully getting and maintaining a job 
• Supports review and assessment of videotaped interview skills 
• Key concepts include self-examining personal strengths and weaknesses, creative problem-solving, self-confidence and assertiveness, advocacy, and accepting responsibility 

Conversation Skills Curriculum 

A curriculum to help secondary students initiate and extend conversations at school, home, and in the community  

Tracks and graphs student progress 

Includes role play scenarios and self-managed worksheets 

Features 

• Emphasizes the importance of both hard and soft skills for employment 
• Focuses on skills that prepare people for jobs in different work settings  
• Includes activities for how to initiate and maintain conversations on the job, at home, and with friends  
• Reflects on providers' ability to offer pre-vocational opportunities to their client base 

Technical Specifications 

Computers at Work: 

Desktop: Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS 10.12 or higher. iOS v9.0 or higher. Android v6 or higher. Web version runs on Windows, Mac, and Chromebooks with the following minimum browser versions: Chrome v75, Safari v12.1, Microsoft Edge v18, and Firefox v67.