Vocational Training Center for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
The center offers opportunities to experience vairous occupations for school-aged children with developmental disabilities by establishing job experience space similar to the workplace environment and provides specialized vocational training for persons with developmental disdabilities.
- Provison of vocational training for persons with developmental disabilities
- Major Curriculum : Manufacturing technologies, service industries, office administrative support, etc.
- Common Curriculum : Self-management, workplace etiquette, job search preparations, basic learning, occupational safety, computer skills, administrative assistance, etc.
- Provision of job experience opportunities for persons with disabilities
- Major job experience areas: office administrative support, clothing sorting, retail service, barista, hospital assistance, kitchen assistance, assembly job, etc
Program Composition
| Category | Program Name | Eligible Persons | Operational Methods | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vocational Training | Specialized training per disability type (intellectual/autism) | Job-seekers age 15 or older with developmental disabilities | 1-6 months | |
| (Also possible for high-school 3rd graders, persons with developmental disabilities who will graduate from major departments, and those who complete the 1st phase of the Employment Success Package) | ||||
| Special Courses | Vocational training preparation courses | Persons age 15 or older with developmental disabilities who have difficulties in employment-connected training | 1-3 months | |
| Vocational experience | Basic experience | Those subject to special education (including high-school 1st-3rd graders and those in major departments) | 4 or more hours | |
| (in collaboration with the Office of Education) | ||||
| Intensive experience | Those subject to special education (including high-school 1st-3rd graders and those in major departments) | 20 or more hours | ||
| (in collaboration with the Office of Education) | ||||
| Special experience | Job-seekers with developmental disabilities | 4 or more hours | ||
| Teacher training | Those in charge of special education | 2 or more hours | ||
| Employer education | Employers and HR managers (including the public sector) | 2 or more hours | ||
| Specialist network | Specialists in persons with developmental disabilities | 2 or more hours | ||