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We will strive to provide people with differing abilities the maximum supports needed to successfully achieve and
sustain their goals.
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The Only Disability In Life is a Bad Attitude.
– Scott Hamilton
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In The Beginning…
• Bill and Karen Blumhorst
• Opened 1997
• Accredited by CARF (Certification and Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
www.CARF.org
• Rehabilitation Services Commissionwww.RSC.OHIO.gov
• Bureau of Workman's Compensationwww.ohiobwc.com
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Counties Served
• Allen• Ashland• Auglaize• Butler• Champaign• Clark• Clinton• Crawford• Darke• Fulton• Greene• Hamilton• Hancock
• Hardin• Henry• Knox• Logan• Lucas• Madison• Marion• Mercer • Miami • Montgomery• Morrow• Ottawa• Preble
• Putnam • Richland • Sandusky• Seneca• Shelby• Union• Van Wert• Warren• Wood• Wyandot
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Counties Served
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1343 Woodman DriveDayton, OH 45408Phone: (937)223-8004Fax: (937)[email protected]
Dayton Office
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124 S Front St.St Marys, OH 45885Phone: (419)394-0003Toll Free: (877)394-0858Fax: (419)[email protected]
St. Marys Office
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Persons Served
• To receive services, a person must have a disability that is an impediment to employment. Capabilities can assist with people who experience:– Learning Disability– Mental Retardation– Mental Health – Physical– Vision– Hearing
Remember we are all individuals and every person and situation is unique
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Services
• Assessments – vocational, computer, home-site, community based, work adjustment, career exploration, job shadows
• Computer Training • Job Seeking and Keeping Skills Training• Job Development• Job Coaching• Follow Along• Pre-Drivers Education• On the Road Drivers Training
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Career Exploration
• Career Exploration is learning what job is the right fit for YOU! • We do this through
– Job Shadows– Informational Interviews – Reviews of Local Labor Market
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Career Exploration
• Some of the Websites We Use:– www.onetonline.org– www.bls.gov/ooh– www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm
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Career Exploration
• Doing those activities help you:– Research Jobs– Learn Necessary Skills and Abilities Needed for Jobs– Gain Market Information Such as Wages, Percentages of Employment
Openings etc.
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Career Exploration
• Activity!– Use this site: www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm– What kind of jobs interest you?– What kind of wage can you expect to make at that job? – How many openings are there for that kind of job?
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Assistive Technology
• Helps People Use Computers• Can Include
– Programs– Hardware– Switches
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
• Dragon Naturally Speaking– Control computer by voice– Type by speaking– Train to your voice– Create custom commands
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Examples of Assistive Technology
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Examples of Assistive Technology
• WYNN– What You Need Now– Helps people read by changing colors– Helps typing and wording with word prediction– Highlights text as it is spoken
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Examples of Assistive Technology
• WYNN– Educational and Productivity Features
• Masking Tips (Things to know when using "masking")• Paraphrasing (Information using WYNN’s Voice Notes Feature)• Creating Study Sheets from Text Notes (How to print text notes from a WYNN
document)• Improving Reading Comprehension Using WYNN and SQ5R (The SQ5R study
method enables students to actively study textbooks)• Differential Coloring (Emphasizing Letter Combinations and/or Words)• Internet: Browsing the Web with WYNN (Using the Internet browsing features in
WYNN)• Internet: Studying with WYNN (Using WYNN to support Internet research and
learning)
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Examples of Assistive Technology
• Lastpass– www.lastpass.com– Add on to web browsers to help remember passwords– Doing this through other ways is insecure– Automatically fills usernames and passwords– Can share usernames and passwords with ohers
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Examples of Assistive Technology
• Swiftkey– http://www.swiftkey.net – Keyboard replacement for Android Phones– Helps predict words when typing on phone– Helps improve spelling and speed– Learns from the more you use it
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Capabilities Info
Website www.capabilitiesinc.biz
Blog http://blog.capabilitiesinc.biz
Facebook www.facebook.com/capabilities
Twitter www.twitter.com/capabilities
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Other Options
http://blog.capabilitiesinc.biz or Go to the Capabilities Website and Click on the News Item on the Bottom named Introducing the Capabilities Social Club
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Connect / Contact Us
Justin Blumhorst Kellie Fox
Email [email protected] [email protected]
Phone 419.394.0003 937.223.8004
Cell 419.305.2883
Andrea Klosterman
Email [email protected]
Phone 937.223.8004
Cell
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