Job Retention: Perspectives of Individuals with Blindness and Low Vision

Self-paced
1 credit

This course explores the factors that influence job retention for individuals who are blind or have low vision. Designed for vocational rehabilitation professionals, it examines common barriers to maintaining employment, the skills that contribute to long-term success, and the role of vocational rehabilitation programs in supporting retention. Participants will also gain insights through actual quotes from individuals with blindness or low vision about what truly impacts their ability to stay employed.

This course is available for 1 hour of CRC credit.

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

Discuss common barriers to job retention experienced by people with blindness or low vision.
Identify the skills necessary to promote job retention among people with blindness or low vision
Identify the personal characteristics that people with blindness or low vision believe lead to job retention.
Recognize issues within the vocational rehabilitation program that program participants believe impact job retention in both positive and negative ways.
Describe how WIOA addresses job retention for vocational rehabilitation program participants.

The following are recommended screen reader and browser combinations.

Mac: Voiceover with the latest version of Safari,

PC: JAWS or NVDA with Firefox.

The course shows a start date, but this is simply the date the course was made available to the public. They are self-paced. So, there is not an end date. You can enroll at any time.

This course was developed by the National Research & Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC) at Mississippi State University. We are the only national center funded to conduct research related to employment for people with blindness or low vision, and training and technical assistance for the federal Older Individuals who are Blind program. As a national center of excellence, we offer resources on a variety of topics for service providers, businesses, and persons with vision loss on our websites:

For daily content relevant to the field of blindness and low vision, connect with us on social media:

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