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Angela Calzone

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
162 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

Yes. All of the things that we do here, we want as part of our mission is to lead to work, to lead to meaningful, sustainable employment, because that is what allows us to live our lives. We have a good job. We can pay our bills. We can have a nice place to live. Our folks want the exact same thing.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

Yes. All of the things that we do here, we want as part of our mission is to lead to work, to lead to meaningful, sustainable employment, because that is what allows us to live our lives. We have a good job. We can pay our bills. We can have a nice place to live. Our folks want the exact same thing.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

Yes. All of the things that we do here, we want as part of our mission is to lead to work, to lead to meaningful, sustainable employment, because that is what allows us to live our lives. We have a good job. We can pay our bills. We can have a nice place to live. Our folks want the exact same thing.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

So the evaluation process can take place at any point in time in getting ready for employment or maybe it's a reevaluation. They want to make a career change or a job change. So the evaluation process is very vocationally based. For example, if we've got a high school student who's getting ready to graduate, it's time for them to have a vocational assessment.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

So the evaluation process can take place at any point in time in getting ready for employment or maybe it's a reevaluation. They want to make a career change or a job change. So the evaluation process is very vocationally based. For example, if we've got a high school student who's getting ready to graduate, it's time for them to have a vocational assessment.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

So the evaluation process can take place at any point in time in getting ready for employment or maybe it's a reevaluation. They want to make a career change or a job change. So the evaluation process is very vocationally based. For example, if we've got a high school student who's getting ready to graduate, it's time for them to have a vocational assessment.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

And what we do is we look at their skills, abilities, Competency areas, we also evaluate what it is that they like, what they feel connected to in terms of a vocation. It's a very comprehensive process, but what the result is almost like, I wish I could have had an evaluation coming out of college because it really helps inform and provide you with a roadmap in a way on how you can be successful.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

And what we do is we look at their skills, abilities, Competency areas, we also evaluate what it is that they like, what they feel connected to in terms of a vocation. It's a very comprehensive process, but what the result is almost like, I wish I could have had an evaluation coming out of college because it really helps inform and provide you with a roadmap in a way on how you can be successful.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

And what we do is we look at their skills, abilities, Competency areas, we also evaluate what it is that they like, what they feel connected to in terms of a vocation. It's a very comprehensive process, but what the result is almost like, I wish I could have had an evaluation coming out of college because it really helps inform and provide you with a roadmap in a way on how you can be successful.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

Things that you're good at, things you need to work on. areas of interest that you have. But it's very engaging. It's a great tool.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

Things that you're good at, things you need to work on. areas of interest that you have. But it's very engaging. It's a great tool.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

Things that you're good at, things you need to work on. areas of interest that you have. But it's very engaging. It's a great tool.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

So we have the OSHA forklift training is a certificate training program like the Surf Save Food Handlers, our janitorial maintenance program. Same thing. That's one of the training programs where you can secure a certificate. The other types of vocational learning that we do, we also have some of our folks practicing in our workshop, which is the assembly and packaging.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

So we have the OSHA forklift training is a certificate training program like the Surf Save Food Handlers, our janitorial maintenance program. Same thing. That's one of the training programs where you can secure a certificate. The other types of vocational learning that we do, we also have some of our folks practicing in our workshop, which is the assembly and packaging.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

So we have the OSHA forklift training is a certificate training program like the Surf Save Food Handlers, our janitorial maintenance program. Same thing. That's one of the training programs where you can secure a certificate. The other types of vocational learning that we do, we also have some of our folks practicing in our workshop, which is the assembly and packaging.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

And those folks will go on to work in manufacturing or in warehouse distribution. We also go out into the community and have them do job sampling so that they can learn while they're doing in retail or in a hospital setting as a porter or an orderly. Really depends on what the individual's interest is. And so we'll create a plan around them to accommodate that vocational interest.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

And those folks will go on to work in manufacturing or in warehouse distribution. We also go out into the community and have them do job sampling so that they can learn while they're doing in retail or in a hospital setting as a porter or an orderly. Really depends on what the individual's interest is. And so we'll create a plan around them to accommodate that vocational interest.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

And those folks will go on to work in manufacturing or in warehouse distribution. We also go out into the community and have them do job sampling so that they can learn while they're doing in retail or in a hospital setting as a porter or an orderly. Really depends on what the individual's interest is. And so we'll create a plan around them to accommodate that vocational interest.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

again it's driven by the individual if we have someone who comes in and who is passionately interested in gosh i don't know working in a bakery we will dip into our network in the community and say okay where can we find a bakery who will accommodate us so that we can do some initial job sampling where can we find a bakery who's got an open position for this person

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Angela Calzone's Vision:Integrating disabilities into the workforce

again it's driven by the individual if we have someone who comes in and who is passionately interested in gosh i don't know working in a bakery we will dip into our network in the community and say okay where can we find a bakery who will accommodate us so that we can do some initial job sampling where can we find a bakery who's got an open position for this person