Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Pre-Employment Transition Services (DVR Pre-ETS)
Services are funded by DVR (free for students)
To apply for any opportunity, please fill out the Pre-ETS Information and Consent Form (page 1 only) and then email to kemeyer@xlqx.net.
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), part of DSHS provides service for students with disabilities to learn skills and get ready for work. The services can be weekly workshops at school, after-school virtual sessions, college or workplace tours, paid or unpaid internships, summer week-long boot camps, and other opportunities. To be eligible, students need to be ages 14-21, attending school, and have an IEP, 504 Plan or documented disability.
There are five (5) parts to Pre-ETS services:
- Counseling on Post-Secondary Programs-Learning about education and training after high school (like campus visits, how to apply & enroll, how to apply for financial aid, etc)
- Job Exploration-Exploring the world of work, interests, abilities & future goals (like interest inventories, career pathways, researching in-demand industries, etc)
- Self-Advocacy-Developing skills to flourish in the economy & life (like self determination, disability disclosure, etc)
- Work Readiness-Preparing to enter work & live independently (like soft skills, hygiene, time management, dress for success, etc)
- Work-Based Learning-Trying out jobs & gaining work experience (like job shadows, workplace tours, informational interviews, volunteering, paid & unpaid internships, etc)
DVR provides more info about Pre-ETS on their website and in an animated More information about Pre-ETS video.
Interested in applying for Pre-ETS at your school or any of the opportunities below? Download & fill out page 1 of the Pre-ETS Information and Consent form and email it to Katherine Meyer at kemeyer@xlqx.net.
Pre-ETS Opportunities
*Pre-ETS Consent Forms (to apply for any services above) are available in multiple languages: English, Amharic (Ge’ez), Arabic, Cambodian (Khmer), Chinese (Mandarin), English, Korean, Laotian (Lao), Persian (Farsi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Russian (Cyrillic), Somali, Spanish (Espanol), Ukranian (Cyrillic), Vietnamese (tieng Viet). Please email for any version kemeyer@xlqx.net