Free vocational assessment for adults with disabilities

This assessment fills the gap for counselors to determine suitable career options for individuals with any kind of physical or social disabilities.

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Choosing the right career is the one of the most important decisions in our lives. For individuals with disabilities, the challenge is further complex as these limitations have to be kept in mind while deciding on the career paths and education options.

Free vocational assessment for adults with disabilities

Build on the largest career database and utilizing the latest in career decision making and analytics, our platform addresses the above issues and brings insights about the suitable career paths and highlights the constraints the individuals would face in them.

This counselor / parent driven (or aided as appropriate) assessment (recommended for children ages 13+ ) is conceptualized and developed by Tucareers.com in association with Leonard Cheshire.

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career assessment and evaluation for adults 18-65+

Looking for assistance with determining the employment readiness of an adult with disabilities or barriers to employment?

Aptiv's Community Employment program provides career assessment and evaluation or work assessment services for adults with disabilities or adults who experience barriers to employment.

What is Career Assessment and Evaluation?

Aptiv’s Career Assessment and Evaluations provide comprehensive evaluations to assist in determining a person’s vocational skills, abilities, and career options.

We have relationships with employers throughout each of our service areas that serve as evaluation sites where you are paid to work while we gather information about your work interests, skills, behaviors, and tolerances while performing a job. We then provide valuable feedback on work habits, skills, and physical capabilities.

Evaluations may include:

  • Assessments of achievement, aptitude, dexterity, learning styles and work samples.

  • Evaluations help streamline career interests, set realistic job goals and explore career paths.

  • Evaluators address potential for vocational training, occupations, accommodations and service needs.

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Our objectives are to...

  • Develop an individualized plan

  • Determine a person's abilities

  • Determine a person's areas of interest

Locations offering Vocational Evaluations & Work Assessments Services for Adults

How do I get started?

First Steps

We would love the opportunity to talk with you about your questions and needs.

  1. Contact Aptiv today for an informational, no-cost, no-obligation discussion to determine options for participation.
  2. Aptiv meets with the individual and their support network to develop an individualized plan and provide services as outlined in that plan.

Support us

It’s because of gifts to the Aptiv Foundation that children and adults with disabilities are reaching their goals.  It is only through the vision and generosity of contributions to the Aptiv Foundation that it becomes possible to provide the level of support each person needs and deserves. Every dollar donated goes to funding facility improvements, program equipment, and other tools to help people with disabilities live, learn and work in our communities. 

Need some ideas for careers you might like?

Whether you are just starting out, or wondering if another career would suit you better, self-assessments can help you consider different options and confirm types of careers that might be right for you.

What can a self-assessment help you do?

  • Learn about occupations that are a good match for you
  • Decide where you need more training or experience
  • Identify the skills you bring to a job
  • Write more personal, detailed resumes and cover letters
  • Consider careers you may not have thought about before

Learn more about the different types of assessments:

  • What is an assessment?
  • Interest assessment
  • Skills assessment
  • Work values

Want more guidance to identify a good career direction?

Assessment

Discovering and assessing interest, behaviors and skill levels are common strategies used by teachers, therapists and service providers respectively.  If the strategy calls for assessments for people with disabilities these professionals may need a variety of tools to accommodate for the disability, then allowing the measurement of behavior, skill or interest levels.  For example; an inventory used for people with learning disabilities may be very different than other disability assessment tools.

Because of the disability, evaluation may require a specialized learning disabilities assessment such as the Free Interest Inventory. This inventory makes use of pictures of individuals engaged in different occupations and does not require reading comprehension or written language skills.  It is ideal for measuring the vocational likes and dislikes of students and adults with intellectual and learning disabilities that are enrolled in vocational/career training programs.

Program Development Associates recognizes the importance of various assessment approaches to accommodate a variety of needs.  Our Assessment Store specializes in providing disability tools, inventories and evaluations designed to assess career planning, work readiness, literacy, behavior and the need for therapy or intervention.

What is vocational self assessment?

Self-assessment is the process of learning about yourself through defining your interests, values, skills and abilities. The process includes analyzing past and current experiences and accomplishments to help give you a sense of direction. Self-assessment is the first step towards making a major or career decision.

What is a community based skills assessment?

A Community Based Assessment (CBA), done at local businesses, provides an exciting opportunity for the people we serve to explore career areas of interest and gain new employment skills through vocational training. The CBA identifies an individuals strengths, skills and potential barriers to employment.

What is career path assessment?

A career test (also called a career aptitude test) is a series of questions that aim to help you learn more about yourself so you can discover which jobs mesh best with your personality, needs, and goals.

What is transition assessment?

Transition assessment is widely defined as follows: "Transition assessment is an on-going process of collecting information on the student's strengths, needs, preferences and interests as they relate to the demands of current and future living, learning, and working environments.