Training
SVRI provides face-to-face and online training to rehabilitation professionals, employers, classes, and interested others. Staff members frequently present at conferences in their area of specialty and online training opportunities are regularly offered. In addition, customized training programs, either online or face-to-face, can also be commissioned. Contact April Pierson for more details.
Examples of capacity for training include the following topics:
- Absence Management
- Adaptive Mobility
- Aging
- Assistive Technology
- Benefits Analysis
- Disability Awareness/Sensitivity
- Disability Management
- Ethics
- Health and Productivity Management
- Job Accommodations
- Job Placement
- Job Seeking Skills
- Sensory Disabilities/Technology
- Social Security
- Transition
- Vocational Evaluation
Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Conference 2008
Every two years, SVRI co-sponsors a vocational rehabilitation conference with the Department of Rehabilitation and Counseling. The next conference is October 16th and 17th, 2008, and the focus is on demand-side rehabilitation. The theme is Rehabilitation <-> Employment: Supply <-> Demand
Online Training Opportunities
See our Online Training page for more information on upcoming online training opportunities.
Contact Information
April Pierson, MS, CRC, CVE
Training Coordinator
Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute
University of Wisconsin-Stout
221 10th Avenue
Room 201M
Menomonie, WI 54751
715-232-1685 (voice)
715-232-5008 (fax)
piersona@uwstout.edu