Training for Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services Division

NCDET offers several training experiences designed to prepare professionals with skills necessary for providing employment-related supports for people with developmental disabilities. 

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• General Employment Training (GET)

This introductory course on employment offers participants the basics of supporting job seekers or workers in jobs in the community.

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• Employment Training Specialist Orientation - I (ETSO I)

This three-day course in basic job coaching builds upon the core philosophy of the prerequisite General Employment Training and includes the skills basic to assisting job seekers to get and keep jobs in the community.

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• Employment Training Specialist Orientation - II (ETSO 2)

This one-day training is required for staff seeking to complete the Employment Specialist Certification.  Both Get and ETSO1 are required prerequisites for attending. Approximately 4 sessions are scheduled each year.

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• Advanced Supported Employment Training

Each year NCDET offers advanced supported employment training for professionals serving people with disabilities. 

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Program Manager Training (PMT):

This one-day training is designed to prepare Program Managers with the basic skills and knowledge needed to lead employment (vocational) services within their provider agency.  Approximately four sessions are scheduled each year.  

Supported Employment Conference

Each year NCDET has assisted with the coordination and organization of a conference on supported employment.  The annual Conference is hosted by the Oklahoma APSE Network on Employment (APSE-Association for People in Supported Employment) which collaborates with several state agencies, foundations and private non-profit organizations in sponsoring the event.  With the assistance of NCDET the Conference has grown to become the largest state conference of its kind in the nation.

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 Audio Visual Production 

"Oklahomans at Work"   This video features Oklahoma workers with severe disabilities who work in jobs found in the community.  Other videos are available for lending upon request.


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For more information about the above programs and services

Contact OU/NCDET, DDSD Training Registration,

Krissi Turley at (405)325-4915

e-mail:  keturley@ou.edu