Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) and Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation program (TWS-VRS) are working together to provide a variety of services that assist eligible people with disabilities prepare for, obtain, retain or advance in employment.

Services include (as needed):

• Vocational counseling and guidance.
• Referrals for hearing, visual and other examinations.
• Assistance with medical appointments and treatment.
• rehabilitation deceives, including hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, and braces.
• Therapy to address a disability, including occupational or speech therapy and applied behavioral analysis.
• Physical restoration services
• Medical, psychological, and vocational assessments.
• Assistance with college education or trade certification.
• On-the-job training
• Training in workplace and employer expectations.
• Vocational adjustment training
• Rehabilitation teachers services to help you learn Braille, orientation and mobility, and home and health management skills if you are blind or have a visual impairment.
• Supported employment

Job Matching & Placement Services:

• Transportation assistance to and from your job, including travel vouchers and vehicle modifications.
• Follow-up and supported employment services to help you maintain employment.
• Referral to Business Enterprises of Texas program, Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and other state, federal, and community agencies and organizations.

Services may also include:

• Referral to community support systems, such as peer support and advocacy organizations.
• Vocational counseling and guidance, including exploring employment options and postsecondary education programs with high school students who have disabilities
• Required assessments to determine eligibility and VR needs.
• Interpreter services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
• Needs assessment of assistive technology.
• Assistive devices such as hearing aids, prosthetics, braces, and wheelchairs to improve functioning on the job.
• Assistive technology and training, including training to use hearing aids, Braille, low-vision aids, and other types of technology to improve communication, access to information, and performance of job functions.
• Orientation and mobility training for participants who are blind.
• Speech, physical, and occupational therapies
• Outpatient psychiatric and psychological services
• Personal assistance services
• Medical treatment to reduce or remove barriers to employment.
• Work-based learning experiences for high school students with disabilities, such as job shadowing, volunteer work, internships, and summer employment.
• Training in behaviors that are expected by employers in a work environment.
• Job coaches and support for customized employment, self-employment, and supported employment.
• College, technical, and on-the-job training
• Return-to-work, job retention, job development, and job placement assistance.
• Instruction in self-advocacy

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

• Blindness or significant visual impairments
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness, or other hearing impairments
• Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
• Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
• Other physical or mental conditions
• Behavioral and mental health conditions
• Alcoholism or drug addiction

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