HDC Employment First Initiative

Employment First CORE Training

HDC has moved the Employment First training programs to an online platform. The 40-Hour Core Training is intended for Employment Support Professionals in their first 6 months of providing employment support services. Alternatively, you can take each day as a 5.0-hour Continuing Education Credit. See your two options below and click the button to register.

LSU Health Human Development Center is one of 68 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service across the United States. HDC has been providing training and technical assistance throughout Louisiana for decades. This online training meets LRS vendor training requirements and Medicaid Employment provider rules.

1. 40-Hour Core Training Online

The fee for the entire session is $500 and includes online training materials, presentations, and access to resources. A certificate of completion for 40 hours will be issued once all sessions, course assignments, and session test(s) have been completed and reviewed.

This comprehensive training incorporates national APSE's Universal Employment Competencies and includes online sessions, fieldwork assignments, and online quizzes. Training topics include a variety of essential components and topics including; job development/marketing, assessment/discovery, job-site training, fading supports, WIOA, CMS Medicaid settings rule, and SSA benefits & impact of earnings.

The next Live Virtual Training will take place Tuesday-Thursday, September 26, 27 & 28, 2023

Class hours will be 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM and take place online via zoom.

List of training topics:

Day 1: Tuesday

Topic 1 - History, Policy & Funding
Topic 2 - Assessment

Day 2: Wednesday

Topic 3 - Job Development
Topic 4 - Job Site Training

Day 3: Thursday

Topic 5 - Social Security Benefits and Work Incentives
Topic 6 - Louisiana Rehabilitation Services Milestones

REGISTER for 40-Hour Training

2. 5.0-Hour Classes for Continuing Education Credits

Each day of our Core Training counts as 5.0 hours of Continuing Education for LRS/LWC, OCDD/Medicaid, and CESP renewal accreditation. Or, you can take all three days for 20 hours Continuing Education. The LRS requirement for staff for renewal of vendorship is 20 hours every two years. The fee for these classes is $125 per 5.0-Hour (one-day) training class.

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - Employment First History, Policy, Funding, and Assessment
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - Job Development and Job Site Training
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - SSA Benefits and LRS Milestones

REGISTER for 5.0-Hour Continuing Education

Human Development Center

Employment First Initiative