Learn More About ACRE
ACRE Does the Following:
- Promotes competency-based training for employment service professionals. This facilitates the provision of high- quality employment services to individuals with disabilities.
- Provides a curriculum certification review process for community employment provider organzations.
- Maintains sets of competencies for employment staff and evaluates curricula against those competencies.
- Identifies emerging needs in the field of employment services, which informs the need to update competency lists.
- Maintains a registry of names of professionals who complete any ACRE-approved competency-based training.
- Helps individuals and organizations with training needs to find competency-based training.
As ACRE members, we...
- Share a common goal: to improve employment services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities by providing competency-based training.
- Provide competency-based training for employment service professionals using online, virtual, and/or in-person delivery formats.
APSE/ACRE State Guidelines:
APSE/ACRE State Guidelines for Employment Services Personnel Training Certificates or Certification is a white paper created in collaboration to address two complementary approaches to professional development. Details outlined in the downloadable document linked here.
