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Provides vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals to prepare them for employment (including helping them to further their education) consistent with their strengths, ability and interest. These jobs can be in the competitive workforce, self-owned businesses in the home, sheltered workshops or in supported employment in the community. Also works with students, families and school districts to coordinate appropriate services for students with disabilities who are leaving secondary education and entering adult vocational rehabilitation.

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School to Adult Life Transition Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Provides the following services to the blind and visually-impaired and to organizations/individuals working with this audience: information and referral, publications on blindness, data collection and information dissemination, and production of recorded materials for the blind through the Talking Books Program. Conducts a wide variety of programs to support independent living, literacy, employment and access to technology. Advocates for legislation and operates a web site which offers access to an on-line book store, Career Connect(employment planning tool), and Braille Bug(children's web channel for literacy).

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Community Action / Social Advocacy Groups
Life Skills Education
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Specialized Information and Referral
Vocational Rehabilitation
Visual / Reading Aids
Enables students with disabilities and adults whose disabilities impose barriers to employment access to independence, work and economically productive lives. VESID oversees special education, provides consultation to students with disabilities transitioning from school to work, and offers counseling, guidance, job preparation and placement services to adults with disabilities. VESID assists business and industry with free recruitment, compliance information on Diversity, Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity, and Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, sensitivity training, and Employee Assistance Program Consultations. VESID has offices located on Long Island: Riverhead, 524 East Main Street (Phone (631)727-6496. VESID is affiliated with the Long Island Working Partnership for Workers With Disabilities and Business and Industry and the Nassau and Suffolk Placement Networks.
Operates a 10 bed unit for adolescents experiencing anxiety, panic disorders, depression, bipolar illness, schizophrenia, eating disorders, or family crisis that cannot be resolved on an outpatient basis. Admission may also be granted for adolescents experiencing unresolved emotional interpersonal or family difficulties that cannot be resolved on an outpatient basis. A school tutorial program and vocational training are also available. Therapies include individual and group psychotherapy, psychopharmacology and recreational and occupational therapy. Weekly family group meetings provide education and support for family members during the hospitalization period.

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Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Hospital Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Provides vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals to prepare them for employment (including helping them to further their education) consistent with their strengths, ability and interest. These jobs can be in the competitive workforce, self-owned businesses in the home, sheltered workshops or in supported employment in the community. Also works with students, families and school districts to coordinate appropriate services for students with disabilities who are leaving secondary education and entering adult vocational rehabilitation.

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School to Adult Life Transition Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Provides diagnostic vocational evaluation, prevocational services and sheltered vocational training in work centers leading to comparative employment in the community. Work activities: bench assembly/packaging, porter maintenance, food service, printing, mail sorting and material movement. Clinical services include social work, psychology and nursing. Offers supported/ competitive job placements with long term support services. Program activities operate under the guidelines established by the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Labor. Limited transportation provided for individuals. Program offered at 2 locations in Bohemia.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Enables adults whose disabilities impose barriers to employment, work and economically productive lives. VESID provides consultation to students with disabilities transitioning from school to work, and offers vocational counseling, guidance, job preparation and placement services to adults with disabilities. VESID assists business and industry with free recruitment, compliance information on Diversity, Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity, and Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, sensitivity training, and Employee Assistance Program Consultations. Other locations on Long Island:Hauppauge, at New York State Office Building, Veterans Memorial Highway, (Phone (631)952-6357, Fax (631)952-5826). VESID is affiliated with the Long Island Working Partnership for Workers With Disabilities and Business and Industry and the Nassau and Suffolk Placement Networks.
Provides an ICM to help clients gain access to services necessary to address identified needs (psychiatric, medical, social, educational, psychological, housing, employment or vacation training). Call for more information.

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Mental Illness / Emotional Disabilities
Vocational Rehabilitation
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
Mental Health Care Facilities
Psychiatric Hospitals
Provides psychiatric treatment serves which include: Continuing Day Treatment psychiatric assessment medications individual, group and family therapy trauma services crisis intervention vocational, rehabilitative and social support services self help and empowerment services. Appointment and referral required.

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
Volunteer Opportunities
Vocational Rehabilitation
Mental Illness / Emotional Disabilities
Psychiatric Day Treatment
Crisis Intervention
Provides comprehensive outpatient managed mental health services which includes treatment, rehabilitation, peer run groups, health education, service coordination, daily activities skills teaching, relapse prevention, money management and entitlement assistance, educational assistance, peer support, self help, and crisis intervention. Vocational services can provide a path to recovering a life role as a worker.

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Adult Psychiatry
In Person Crisis Intervention
Vocational Rehabilitation
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Peer to Peer Networking
Mental Health Related Support Groups
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
General Psychiatry
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Relapse Prevention Programs
Provides educational programs including vocational training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physical education, speech/language services, psychological services, family services, nursing services, community integration and transitional planning for students with autism, intellectual disabilities, multiple handicaps, or developmental disabilities.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Special Education
Psychological Testing
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
Occupational Therapy
Pediatrics
Music Therapy
Vocational Rehabilitation
Art Therapy
Speech Therapy
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Adapted Physical Education
Physical Therapy
Provides continuing day treatment mental health services to Hispanic/Spanish speaking clients. Services include: assessment, treatment planning, individual and group therapy, vocational/educational training, recreation, crisis intervention, rehabilitation services, social support, self help and empowerment services for individuals 18 years or older.

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation
Crisis Intervention
Self Help Instruction
Hispanic / Latino Community
Mental Illness / Emotional Disabilities
Volunteer Opportunities
Offers various formats to help individuals with disabilities to prepare and gain employment. Services include job skills assessment and training, supported employment, job coaching and more, which helps these individuals become more competitive and self-sustaining in the workplace.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Vocational Assessment
Assists youth and adults to succeed in the workforce by encouraging self-sufficiency, familiarizing them with the world of work, facilitating the creation of job opportunities, and providing services related to these activities. Vocational rehabilitation provides HSED (formerly GED), career readiness workshops, vocational and classroom training, construction technology program, and work experience services for members of the Seneca Nation of Indians and other federally recognized Nations residing 20 miles of all Seneca Nation territories who have a documented disability. Tribal 477 provides HSED (formerly GED), training, career readiness workshops, vocational and classroom training, construction technology program, and work experience services for members of the Seneca Nation of Indians and other federally recognized Nations (and children of an enrolled Seneca father) residing 25 miles of the Cattaraugus, Allegany and Oil Springs territories.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Work Experience
Job Readiness
Occupation Specific Job Training
GED / High School Equivalency Test Instruction
Vocational Education
Assists individuals ages 18 years and older who have a diagnosis of severe and persistent mental illness, with entering the workforce. Provides activities such as searching for employment, assist them with the hiring process, supports the individual during employment, connects with community resources for benefits advisement, intensive job coaching, or obtaining work attire. Staff coordinates employment concerns with clinical providers and employers to provide a continuity of care, and to optimize the probability of success.
Helps individuals with developmental disabilities or other barriers to independence develop appropriate, long-term vocational goals through: ACE (Assisted Competitive Employment)Program participants 18 years or older with a mental health diagnosis, receive vocational rehabilitation and mental health supports to obtain and sustain integrated competitive employment. Through group and individual activities including: goal setting, career exploration and volunteer experiences, we help participants improve their self-confidence, stamina, skills and dependability in a supportive environment.Transitional Employment Placement (TEP)Program participants 18 years or older with a mental health diagnosis explore a variety of employment opportunities through short-term placements and volunteering to strengthen skills with the goal of achieving assisted or unassisted competitive employment in the field of their choice.

Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include:

Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment.

Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services.

Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance.

Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Braille Instruction
Blind Mobility Aids
Assistive Technology Information
Disability Rights Groups
Braille and Tactile Aids
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Assistive Technology Training
Orientation and Mobility Training
Provides work for pay opportunities within community-based and facility-based job sites throughout Lewis and Oneida counties. Training and clinical supports are provided based on individuals needs.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Employment options for individuals with vision disabilitiesPlacement services help individuals prepare and search for employment: resume writing interviewing techniques and strategies computer skills and assessments job search networking employer consultation social and communication skillsEmployment opportunties include: manufacturing positions at AVRE facility at competitive pay and benefits taking calls, monitoring hospital alarm systems and dispatching response teams through contracts AVRE has with businessesHelps young people with vision disabilities obtain summer work or jobs that are part of a school-to-work transition program.
Provides supported employment program. Offers some on-site job training opportunities.
* Provides prevocational and vocational services to individuals with disabilities that helps with finding and keeping employment.
* Provides education and employment services for individuals in recovery from mental health and substance use disorders. Services include: GED preparation. Computer skills training. Vocational assessment and counseling. Job readiness training. Referrals to schools and skills training programs. Job development, placement and retention assistance.
Offering a wide variety of person centered supports and services that assist individuals in attaining their desired outcomes. Services are provided in a variety of environments including day programs, in individuals' homes, work settings and in the community.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Vocational Assessment
Case/Care Management
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Provides work for pay opportunities within community-based and facility-based job sites throughout Lewis and Oneida counties. Training and clinical supports are provided based on individuals needs.
* Provides diagnostic evaluation services for individuals with disabilities that impact their finding or keeping employment. Medical evaluation Psychological evaluation Rehabilitation* Provides vocational counseling.* Offers vocational training.* Offers job placement services.

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Job Finding Assistance
Supported Employment
Workplace Evaluation/Modification
Vocational Rehabilitation