Certification and Training

PMW LearnCTR

Flexible Learning Options

Choose from our existing catalog of courses or collaborate with the PMW team to customize state-specific and program specific courses that align perfectly with your unique peer mentoring program objectives. Whether you need asynchronous on-demand training or prefer the interactive experience of synchronous webinars, our platform accommodates your program’s specific needs.

Rich Educational Content

Our courses are crafted to enhance peer mentoring for students, youth, and adults with disabilities, featuring: 

  • Diverse Media Formats: Engage with content through alternative media, including YouTube explorations, peer mentoring tips, and interactive quizzes. 
  • Certification: Upon completion of training requirements, participants receive a Certificate of Completion from PMW, endorsing their readiness and competence as part of your onboarding and training protocol. 
  • Expert Validation: Our training and certification modules were reviewed by WINTAC’s Pre-ETS Subject Matter Experts and employed by SVRAs under Intensive Technical Assistance Agreements funded by the Rehab Service Administration’s Workforce Innovation Pilot Projects through the WINTAC.  

Series Offerings

  1. Peer Mentoring Fundamentals: From foundational concepts to advanced communication and self-advocacy skills, this series sets the stage for effective mentoring. 
  2. Employment Transition Essentials: Focused on disability rights and employment transitions, this series empowers coordinators with essential legal knowledge and resource navigation skills. 
  3. State and Community Resources: This series deepens understanding of the vast resources available through state and community channels to support mentees effectively. 
  4. Optional Electives: Covering a range of topics from the Independent Living Movement to financial literacy and career pathways, these electives broaden the scope and depth of mentor training. 
  5. Customizable Solutions: Let us help you design and implement a tailored training and certification protocol to meet the specific needs of your program. Inquire today about how PMW LearnCTR can transform your peer mentoring services. 

Technical Assistance and Consulting

The PMW Team is available to program administrators to plan, develop and implement an effective peer mentoring program aligned to meet the needs of your program participants.

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Peer Mentoring Vocational Rehab Program Model Service Provision

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014 established that students with disabilities (14-21) be provided access to instruction in self-advocacy with the support of a peer mentor may be included as one of five required Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) funded by 15% of the federal $3.6 billion annual vocational rehabilitation (VR) budget.

In fact, if a State VR Agency (SVRA) uses peer mentors to provide any of the five required Pre-ETS services, can they charge the cost of the peer mentor delivering the required service to the minimum reserve requirement for Pre-ETS.  

Source: WINTAC’s FAQs Pre-employment transition services

The Peer MentoringWorks LearnCTR and FieldGuide was designed to support vocational rehabilitation for students, youth and adults with disabilities seeking Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) and post-secondary education pursuit of career path transition to competitive integrated employment.   

PolicyWorks brings a decade of peer mentoring service delivery and 5 years of intensive technical assistance experience working with SVRAs through the Workforce Innovation and Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC) and currently two Subminimum Wage Transition to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) 5-year Demonstration Innovation Fund (DIF) grant projects funded by the Rehab Services Administration (RSA) to design, pilot and implement peer mentoring programs.