Vocational Rehabilitation Workforce Studio » Podcast
Summary: The VR Workforce Studio is a podcast rooted in the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The core mission and purpose of the VR Workforce Studio is to offer important compelling information and stories for Individuals with disabilities (IWD) who are "in" or "preparing to be part of" the workforce in Virginia as well as employers and the staff who help IWD become employed. The show is produced at WWRC, a comprehensive vocational rehabilitation center that serves over 300 IWD on any given day helping them prepare for employment. The Center is one of only seven such facilities in the United States and has been in operation since 1947 offering both comprehensive medical rehabilitation as well as vocational assessments, transition and jobs-driven training. In addition to the extensive array of IWD at WWRC, the Center's parent agency, The Department for Again and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) serves upwards of 20,000 consumers at any given time who also hope to go to work and demonstrate the value that IWD bring to the workplace. This exceptional array of consumers, employers and professionals working together provide an ongoing and unparalleled plethora of stories, interviews, strategies and opportunities listeners will find both informative and educational. VR Workforce Studio listeners can expect to hear WWRC chronicle the journeys and triumphs of IWD while spotlighting employers who hire them
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Welcome to episode 75 and featured guest in our big inspiration showcase Alfred McMillan. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Episode75FFBSailorsjourneythorughVRfollowingmilitaryservice.mp3"][/audio]
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with cancer survivor Matt Campbell. ComSonics and the National Employment Team. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Episode74MattCampbellIfyouwanttogofa-1.mp3"][/audio]
Hear Andy Poole's story of becoming an IT Security Officer through VR and learn about the Blue Man Groups autism friendly performances. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Episode73FFBVocationalRehabilitationand.mp3"][/audio]
Learn how the Blue Man Group provides autism-friendly performances to enhance accessibility for people with autism and other sensory related issues. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Episode72FFBInternationalPodcastDayBlue-2.mp3"][/audio]
Recorded live from the Manufacturing Skills Institute's 8th Annual Workforce Solutions Symposium here at Liberty University in the brand new school of business. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Episode70FFBLeavingSSBenefitsforaFortune500job.mp3"][/audio]
Welcome to episode 70 of the VR Workforce Studio Podcast, Marvin Whitfield, standing by for the big inspiration showcase interviews. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Episode70FFBLeavingSSBenefitsforaFortune500job.mp3"][/audio]
An interview with Rick Sizemore as he concludes a 33-year career at WWRC and focuses on the VR Workforce Studio podcast. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Episdoe69FFBVRTheSparkThatIgnitesVocati.mp3"][/audio]
Vicki’s Tattoo and Perspective as she travels to the Miss Wheelchair America Event
Hear Ira Socol's phenomenal story of assisted technology and vocational rehabilitation, the National Clearinghouse Update, with Cherie Takemoto, plus Vicki Varner is back, and headed to the National Miss Wheelchair America Program. [embed]https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Episdoe67IraandtheclassroomandVicki.mp3[/embed]
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Hear how Wilson Workforce partners with Special Education to help students with disabilities. With updates from the National Rehabilitation Association. [audio mp3="https://vrworkforcestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Episode65FFBJaredLem.mp3"][/audio]
Episode 64 - A Look Ahead to 2019 and Let's Meet Vicki Varner along with updates from CSAVR and NRA
Today, we bring you an amazing story about a phenomenal partnership that's opening up career pathways that help individuals with disabilities train for and go to work in modern manufacturing as skilled and credentialed registered apprentices. [audio mp3="http://vrworkforcestudio.com/pods/FFB2018HireEd.mp3"][/audio]
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