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Signature Employment Grant 2 Year Pilot Study

Signature Employment Grant 2 Year Pilot Study. EmployAble Staff. Steve Brown - Principal Investigator Megan Conway - Principal Investigator Tom Conway - Project Director Madeline Harcourt – Content Expert Rick Shankles – Content Expert Marylou Matsuura – Administrative Assistant.

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Signature Employment Grant 2 Year Pilot Study

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  1. Signature Employment Grant 2 Year Pilot Study

  2. EmployAble Staff Steve Brown - Principal Investigator Megan Conway - Principal Investigator Tom Conway - Project Director Madeline Harcourt – Content Expert Rick Shankles – Content Expert Marylou Matsuura – Administrative Assistant

  3. EmployAble Partners Neil JacobsonAbiliCorp Alice KruegerVirtual Ability Inc.

  4. EmployAbleProject Goals Develop and demonstrate a highly innovative and viable virtual employment orientation and support center

  5. EmployAble Virtual Center

  6. Project Operations Major Components/Rooms Skill BuilderEnhancing employment skills Match MakerBuilding connections between employees, employers, and mentors Access InfoSupporting hiring and retention through information

  7. Project Outcomes • Model Virtual Employment CenterEmployAblethat is sustainable and replicable • 50 people with disabilities supported to gain employment or retain employment Half will be Veterans with TBI

  8. Research on TBI & Virtual Environments Kessler Foundation Research • Long-term memory skills improved • Immersion increased learning • "Improve assessment of real-world functioning" Matheis R J, Schultheis M T, Tiersky L A, Deluca J, Millis S R, Rizzo A. Is learning and memory different in a virtual environment? Clinical Neuropsychology 2007; 21:146–61.

  9. Corporate Training in Virtual Environments IBM Global Training in Second Life "Our USC participants were impressed by the interactive nature of the GIO Conference. The tools and approach inspired us to re-examine how we use our own Second Life environment," Jerry Whitfield, associate director, Marshall School of Business, USC

  10. Questions? www.cds.hawaii.edu/employable Email: employ@hawaii.edu Twitter: EmployAbleVEC Facebook: EmployAble VEC

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