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YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS Preparing students and youth for their employment future.

high school students

Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

Pre-ETS are provided to students with disabilities who have been determined eligible or are potentially eligible for services. Services improve the transition of students from school to postsecondary education and/or an employment outcome. Pre-ETS includes counseling on post-secondary opportunities, job exploration counseling, instruction on self-advocacy, work-based learning, and workplace readiness training.

Summer Youth Program

Summer Youth Programs are intended to promote a student’s transition from high school to post-secondary education, vocational training, or integrated employment. Services may include evaluation of the consumer’s vocational needs, instruction on vocational topics such as interviewing skills, work behaviors, basic job-readiness skills, and independent living skills, as well as integrated, community-based work experiences. Staff work with students to learn job tasks and skills needed in the workplace. Students are paid Ohio minimum wage for work time.

Matthew Browning, Summer Youth Graduate 202
Goodwill Summer Youth Graduate 2025″ — Matthew Browning

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