Project Search Leadership Conference

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We will strive to provide people with differing abilities the maximum supports needed to successfully achieve and

sustain their goals.


The Only Disability In Life is a Bad Attitude.

– Scott Hamilton


In The Beginning…

• Bill and Karen Blumhorst

• Opened 1997

• Accredited by CARF (Certification and Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)

www.CARF.org

• Rehabilitation Services Commissionwww.RSC.OHIO.gov

• Bureau of Workman's Compensationwww.ohiobwc.com


Counties Served

• Allen• Ashland• Auglaize• Butler• Champaign• Clark• Clinton• Crawford• Darke• Fulton• Greene• Hamilton• Hancock

• Hardin• Henry• Knox• Logan• Lucas• Madison• Marion• Mercer • Miami • Montgomery• Morrow• Ottawa• Preble

• Putnam • Richland • Sandusky• Seneca• Shelby• Union• Van Wert• Warren• Wood• Wyandot


Counties Served


1343 Woodman DriveDayton, OH 45408Phone: (937)223-8004Fax: (937)[email protected]

Dayton Office

mailto:[email protected]


124 S Front St.St Marys, OH 45885Phone: (419)394-0003Toll Free: (877)394-0858Fax: (419)[email protected]

St. Marys Office



Persons Served

• To receive services, a person must have a disability that is an impediment to employment. Capabilities can assist with people who experience:– Learning Disability– Mental Retardation– Mental Health – Physical– Vision– Hearing

Remember we are all individuals and every person and situation is unique


Services

• Assessments – vocational, computer, home-site, community based, work adjustment, career exploration, job shadows

• Computer Training • Job Seeking and Keeping Skills Training• Job Development• Job Coaching• Follow Along• Pre-Drivers Education• On the Road Drivers Training


Career Exploration

• Career Exploration is learning what job is the right fit for YOU! • We do this through

– Job Shadows– Informational Interviews – Reviews of Local Labor Market


Career Exploration

• Some of the Websites We Use:– www.onetonline.org– www.bls.gov/ooh– www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm

http://www.onetonline.org/

http://www.bls.gov/ooh

http://www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm


Career Exploration

• Doing those activities help you:– Research Jobs– Learn Necessary Skills and Abilities Needed for Jobs– Gain Market Information Such as Wages, Percentages of Employment

Openings etc.


Career Exploration

• Activity!– Use this site: www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm– What kind of jobs interest you?– What kind of wage can you expect to make at that job? – How many openings are there for that kind of job?

http://www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm


Assistive Technology

• Helps People Use Computers• Can Include

– Programs– Hardware– Switches


Examples of Assistive Technology



• Dragon Naturally Speaking– Control computer by voice– Type by speaking– Train to your voice– Create custom commands



• WYNN– What You Need Now– Helps people read by changing colors– Helps typing and wording with word prediction– Highlights text as it is spoken



• WYNN– Educational and Productivity Features

• Masking Tips (Things to know when using "masking")• Paraphrasing (Information using WYNN’s Voice Notes Feature)• Creating Study Sheets from Text Notes (How to print text notes from a WYNN

document)• Improving Reading Comprehension Using WYNN and SQ5R (The SQ5R study

method enables students to actively study textbooks)• Differential Coloring (Emphasizing Letter Combinations and/or Words)• Internet: Browsing the Web with WYNN (Using the Internet browsing features in

WYNN)• Internet: Studying with WYNN (Using WYNN to support Internet research and

learning)

http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/tipsheets/tip_wn_masking.asp

http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/tipsheets/tip_wn_paraphrasing.asp

http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/tipsheets/tip_wn_printtextnotes.asp

http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/tipsheets/tip_wn_SQ5R_Study.asp

http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/tipsheets/tip_wn_diffhilite.asp

http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/tipsheets/tip_wn_internet_browsing.asp

http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/tipsheets/tip_wn_internet_studying.asp



• Lastpass– www.lastpass.com– Add on to web browsers to help remember passwords– Doing this through other ways is insecure– Automatically fills usernames and passwords– Can share usernames and passwords with ohers

http://www.lastpass.com/



• Swiftkey– http://www.swiftkey.net – Keyboard replacement for Android Phones– Helps predict words when typing on phone– Helps improve spelling and speed– Learns from the more you use it

http://www.swiftkey.net/


Capabilities Info

Website www.capabilitiesinc.biz

Blog http://blog.capabilitiesinc.biz

Facebook www.facebook.com/capabilities

Twitter www.twitter.com/capabilities

For More Information

Download This Presentation

Slideshare www.slideshare.net/jblumho/capabilities-social-club

Other Options

http://blog.capabilitiesinc.biz or Go to the Capabilities Website and Click on the News Item on the Bottom named Introducing the Capabilities Social Club

http://www.capabilitiesinc.biz/

http://blog.capabilitiesinc.biz/

http://www.facebook.com/capabilities

http://www.twitter.com/capabilities

http://www.slideshare.net/jblumho/capabilities-social-club

http://blog.capabilitiesinc.biz/


For More Information

Connect / Contact Us

Justin Blumhorst Kellie Fox

Email [email protected] [email protected]

Phone 419.394.0003 937.223.8004

Cell 419.305.2883

Andrea Klosterman

Email [email protected]

Phone 937.223.8004

Cell




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