• VCU-RRTC Course

    ACRE-Approved Supported Employment Online Course

    This accelerated 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 one week for a total of seven weeks (extra week for holidays). 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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    Conference attendees and staff take a big group photo wearing their blue CoLA t-shirts

  • 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

  • Coming Soon

    Zooming into Focus: A VCU-RRTC-IDD Podcast

    The VCU-RRTC on Employment of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is launching the monthly podcast, Zooming into Focus, on Sept. 8, 2025. The podcast features interviews with the project's director, research study leads, and steering committee members discussing the research and training of the project. The new podcast will release episodes on the second Monday of each month over the next five years.

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    Zooming into Focus Episode 1 premieres Sept 8th

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