Provides a variety of programs, services, and courses of study for students
with disabilities including career exploration and planning; job maintenance
and job preparation; New Directions, a college preparation program for
adults with a head injury (527-5463); Consumer and Job Preparation for
Adults with Special Needs (5275171); Basic Occupational Education covering
Food Services, Electronic Assembly, and Micrographic Services (527-5484);
and a Career and Employment Preparation program, designed to assist people
with disabilities explore their career options (5275097). Call for more
information about these programs.
Offers comprehensive vocational counselling and employment service for blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind people throughout BC. Includes assistance in career identification and job search skills, job adaptations, information on aids and technology, and follow-up services.
1450 St. Paul Street, Kelowna BC V1Y 2E6 ;Phone 763-1191
225-285 Prideaux Street, Nanaimo BC V9R 2N2 'Phone 753-0233
100-490 Quebec Street, Prince George BC V2L 5N5 Phone 563-1702
2340 Richmond Avenue, Victoria BC V8R 4R9 Phone 595-1100
Provides job placement services and other employment services to people
with disabilities. Sponsored by the International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers.
Toll-free line for an international network and consulting service that
works to enable workers with disabilities to be rehired or retrained. Brings
together information from a variety of sources about practical ways of
making accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities. Provides
callers with information about technical devices available to assist persons
with disabilities on the job.
National, nonprofit organization that identifies and responds to the
needs of adults with severe physical disabilities. Specializes in the development
of products and programs that assist these individuals to be more independent.
Main services include Creative Employment Options, an employment training
project that assists adults with severe physical disabilities obtain meaningful
employment in an area of their choice; Computer Comfort in which volunteer
instructors provide computer instruction to people with disabilities; and
Consultation and Assessment Services, which includes computer and disabilities;
and Consultation and Assessment Services, which includes computer and equipment
evaluation, workstation design, architectural accessibility, ergonomic
evaluations of the workplace, job demand analysis, and personalized computer
training. The Research and Development office works on adaptive projects.
Fees charged for some services. *
A nonprofit, independently-funded resource base serving organizations,
business, and government involved in the employment of persons with a disability.
The group provides consultation services and collects and distributes employment-related
information and material.
Assists people with disabilities to prepare for competitive employment. Services such as medical evaluations, vocational assessment and counselling, technical aids, prosthetics and orthotics, as well as job training and job placement, are coordinated through rehabilitation consultants who may work in conjunction with other resources throughout the province. Referrals are made by physicians, hospitals, government, private agencies, individuals with disabilities, and their families. This office serves Vancouver, the North Shore, Burnaby, Richmond, and New Westminster. Office hours are 8:30 to 4:30 Monday to Friday.
Abbotsford Skills Development Centre
200-32463 Simon Avenue,
Abbotsford BC V2T 5E3
Phone 852-5922 TTY 852-7347 Fax 864-6707
Coquitlam Skills Development Centre
305-2963 Glen Drive, Coquitlam BC V3B 2P7
Phone 552-2600 TTY 945-0371 Fax 660-8816
Surrey Skill Development Centre
102-9030 King George Highway, Surrey BC V3V 7Y3
Phone 543-6600 TTY 591-5729 Fax 660-9763
Promotes the well-being of all deaf and hard of hearing people, through vocational, employment, educational and personal counselling, audiological assessments, hearing aid fittings and sales, assistive listening device demonstrations, sales and service, psychological and psychiatric consultation services, sign language interpretation, and technical aids sales and service.