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Career Choices and Options
Some Examples of Our Consumers' Career Choices
Since 2003 our Tribal VR Program has been geared entirely toward successfully assisting disabled Native Americans residing in Connecticut and Rhode Island in obtaining gainful and meaningful employment. As a result of our program's services, eligible VR consumers have found the career fields best suited to their individual abilities and talents. Below is a selection of just some of the careers that have provided our VR consumers with meaningful and gainful employment.
- Research Technician
- Registered Nurse / Licensed Practical Nurse
- CDL A – B Driver
- Teaching Assistant
- Special Education worker
- Fashion Design
- Medical Transcriber
- Carpentry, Construction and Plumbing careers
- Self-Employment
- Museum Educator
- Food Service Worker
- Landscaper
- Human Services Worker
- Early Childhood Administrator
Possible Careers in Vocational Rehabilitation
If you or someone you know is interested in a career in Vocational Rehabilitation, here are some employment opportunities to consider:
- Research Technician
- Rehabilitation Technician
- Rehabilitation Counselor
- Research Coordinator
- Orientation & Mobility Specialists (for Blind & Visually Impaired)
- Rehabilitation Teachers (for Blind & Visually Impaired)
- Vocational Evaluators
- Work Adjustment Specialists
- Job Development & Placement Specialists
- Deafness Rehabilitation Professionals
- Interpreters for Deaf Individuals
- Rehabilitation Administrators
- Rehabilitation Medicine: Physiatrists
- Rehabilitation Nurses
- Prosthetist-Orthotists
- Rehabilitation Technologists
- Rehabilitation Psychologists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Speech-Language Audiologists
For further information on these careers, see www.rehabjobs.org
