Empowering Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: Navigating Career Resources and Employment Strategies June 24, 2025 at 9:30 am

A basic overview of working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing adults who are using post-secondary programs to transition into employment and a brief overview of the benefits of using a schedule A letter to obtain federal employment.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Understanding when to encourage clients to obtain an schedule A letter.
  2. How to encourage students to utilize the Disability Resource Center when working with the university’s Career Centers
  3. How students should be utilizing the last six months of school to seek employment and develop a plan with their VR counselor to be able to be fully employed by the time they graduate.

Speaker(s)

Sienko, McAlevy