• VCU-RRTC Course

    ACRE-Approved Supported Employment Online Course

    This professional development course is designed to provide knowledge and skill development in competitive integrated employment to include supported and customized employment. The 40-hour training is presented in six modules. Each module is posted for two weeks for a total of tweleve weeks. Course content is delivered through an online course format with recorded audio and video presentations, required reading, practical activities, and online discussions.

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    Registration is now open for the ACRE-Approved Supported Employment Online Course
  • Pre-ETS Highlight

    Beacons of Excellence: Gloucester

    Virginia's Collaborative Model for Pre-Employment Transition Services, funded by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, highlights Gloucester County Schools and their recent Summer Training Programs for students as a Beacon of Excellence in Pre-Employment Transition Services. The programs included Welding Classes, Culinary Classes, and a Drone Academy.

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    Gloucester Pre-ETS participant welding, sparks flying
  • ACE Highlight

    CoLA Conference 2025

    VCU-RRTC Autism Center for Education held its annual Communities of Leaders in Autism (CoLA) Summer Institute Conference. Members of the VCU-RRTC-ACE staff and administrators and educators from across Virginia Public School divisions discussed this year's conference successes, themes and takeaways in this video presentation.

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  • VCU-RRTC

    Meet the Researchers

    Who is behind some of the research here at the RRTC? This video series is a behind-the-scenes look at the real people driving our research. Discover what they're working on and the populations they're affecting with their work.

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    Meet the Researchers of RRTC Video Series, photos of 7 researchers
  • Episode 2

    Zooming into Focus: A VCU-RRTC-IDD Podcast

    Premieres October 6: On this episode, we talk with the principal investigator of Research Study One, Dr. Ben Schwartzman about his team's study, as he and his team are developing a combined parent and peer mentorship program to help adults with IDD connect to employment.

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    Zooming into Focus Episode 2 premieres Oct 6th
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