Students with disabilities who did not request accommodation during the admissions process may realize as they start to participate in the program that they need accommodation to be successful. Therefore, many students may request accommodation during the CPP. Students should be provided information about the accommodation process and staff who interact with student's during this period should be aware of reasonable accommodation and receive training on the center's reasonable accommodation request process. Identifying Learning Styles and Preferences Every student should complete a learning styles inventory that will help staff understand how a student prefers to intake and output information. The results can be used to tailor instructional experiences to each student's preferred learning modality (e.g., auditory, visual, kinesthetic). A recommended inventory is the VARK (visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic) questionnaire. The inventory is brief and easy to complete and scores are automatically generated. It can be purchased and installed on local intranets. For more information visit the VARK website. The inventory would be completed during the career preparation period. Results from the inventory can be recorded on the PCDP and made available to all appropriate supervisory and instructional education and training staff. The results can provide useful information to other staff as well. Understanding how a student prefers to intake and output information can be useful when assigning tasks outside of the training environment such as learning independent living tasks. As students feel more confident about their ability to participate effectively, they may be encouraged to participate in situations that they have previously felt uncomfortable (i.e., committee meetings, group meetings, etc.). NOTE: Student learning experiences are not to be limited to activities that require only the use of their preferential styles of learning. Although the use of this information is certainly beneficial to developing positive learning experiences, a student should not be limited to just those experiences. It is still the general consensus in the education community that the best COMBINATION of instruction and experience comes from multimodal and multisensory learning experiences. Enhanced Social Intake Form (SIF) A tool that can be used by career development counselors soon after a student arrives on center to gather information and help develop an individualized training plan for the student. For students with mental health or drug/alcohol disabilities who have not disclosed their disability or requested accommodation, this form may provide information necessary to start a dialog about the student's reasonable accommodation needs. Several centers have expressed concerns related to using the SIF as it was released in the information notice. Keep in mind that since the SIF was released as an information notice and is not a part of the PRH, the form can be modified to meet the center's needs. CMHC Review of SIF A specific concern has been CMHC review of the form. If having the CMHC review all the SIFs does not make sense for the center due to its size or CMHC concerns, the CMHC can consider signing only those SIFs forwarded by the counselors or counseling manager that warrant closer attention. These are probably already students being referred directly to the CMHC. This would limit the CMHCs' responsibility for just those students referred from counseling. On some centers-usually smaller ones, the CMHC acts as administrator of the mental health program and reviews each SIF along with counseling as a means for triage. In these cases, the CMHC and counseling jointly fill out the referral section of the form. If CMHC review is an issue on your center, you may want to modify the signature block of the reviewed by section of the form (page 4), making the center mental health consultant's signature applicable only when the CMHC has direct contact with the student. Then the form does not imply that the CMHC must review and sign all SIFs. Click here for the form and related information notice. Working with Other Service Providers Working with other service providers during the CPP is often crucial to the student's success. The student may have developed a relationship with other service providers prior to enrollment in the Job Corps program and the provider may have been the referral source. Partner benefits may include: History and documentation of prior accommodations
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