This resource is designed to help rehabilitation professionals, counselors, and educators align their practices with the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards.
Business Relations Blueprint
The Business Relations Blueprint Toolkit was developed to enhance the delivery of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) business services by identifying effective structures, policies, and branding strategies across various State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies (SVRAs).
Join a Toolkit Implementation Team
Join a Toolkit Implementation Team – each group is designed to bring together a diverse set of professionals from state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to collaboratively implement a comprehensive Toolkit developed by TACQE learning communities.
VR Outreach Guide
This Outreach Guide presents solutions and strategies to enhance vocational rehabilitation outreach.
Building Social Capital as an Employment Strategy
Explore how VR professionals can build social capital as an employment strategy for people with disabilities.
Resource Guide: Motivational Interviewing
Learn how using a motivational interviewing approach, vocational rehabilitation professionals can increase feelings of competency and readiness to engage in VR services in job seekers with disabilities.
Transitional Employment: an Effective Employment Strategy for People with Severe Mental Illness
Learn key characteristics of transitional employment, as an effective employment strategy for people with severe mental illness.
Transferable Skills Analysis: Using Past Skills to Inform Future Opportunities
This article provides an overview of the key elements of transferable skills analyses. VR counselors who are familiar with and comfortable using these elements become empowered to improve quality employment outcomes for job seekers with disabilities.
Enhancing Remote VR Services with Smart Tech and AI
Learn how smart tech and AI could enhance remote VR services.
Taking Care of Yourself: Practical Self-Care for VR Counselors
Discover simple, research-based self-care strategies to help VR counselors reduce stress, prevent burnout, and stay grounded in their work.
Making Your Materials Accessible: Plain Language Tips for Rehabilitation Professionals
Use these plain language tips and design practices to help make materials accessible for people with disabilities.
Justice-Involved Toolkit
The primary purpose of the Justice-Involved Toolkit is to serve as a resource for vocational rehabilitation counselors. The toolkit will also be useful for other practitioners and organizations that work with individuals with disabilities who have been involved with the justice system. It is intended to be both a resource to better understand the needs of justice-impacted adults with disabilities and a tool to improve the provision of services for this disadvantaged population in vocational rehabilitation (VR).
Smarter Outreach, Better Connections: How AI Is Supporting VR Services
Explore how AI helps VR programs reach more job seekers, improve data collection, and deliver personalized, timely support.
Outreach Guide: Reaching People in Rural Communities
Discover outreach strategies to connect rural and migrant communities with VR services through trust, flexibility, and local partnerships.
What’s Your Counseling Approach? Choosing the Right Fit for Quality Employment and Life Outcomes
Explore five research-backed counseling approaches used in vocational rehabilitation and learn how your strategy can impact quality employment outcomes.
Quick Guide: Three Key Laws That Protect Students with Disabilities
Learn how understanding IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA can help VR counselors support students with disabilities as they move through school into adult life.
Responding to Change: A Vision for the Future of VR
Key takeaways from Dr. Tim Tansey’s 2025 VR keynote on adapting through challenge and change.