Abstract
The purpose of this project was to develop a program manual and job club curriculum for PRIDE Industries Disabilities Services Program Manager, Qualified Rehabilitation Professionals, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, other professionals, and students in the California State University Sacramento Vocational Rehabilitation master’s level graduate program by providing an instructional manual on vocational rehabilitation for foster youth with disabilities. This author feels it is imperative for those in the field of vocational rehabilitation to understand that many foster youth have significant mental heath and developmental disabilities which create barriers in attaining and maintaining gainful employment when applying for rehabilitation services. Research material was attained form periodicals, professional journals, related books, state and county websites. The program manual and job club curriculum were developed to help readers and my incumbent to attain the required information to continue providing vocational rehabilitation services to foster youth with mental health disabilities in my absence and to provide information often overlooked or not part of the current curriculum in the vocational rehabilitation so that they must have a better understanding of the world of disability amongst foster youth during their professional career. This author also hopes the department will consider adding curriculum on the subject of disabilities amongst foster youth to the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor master’s degree program.