Wash. Admin. Code § 388-891A-0530 – What is involved in a trial work experience?

(1) You and your DVR counselor develop a trial work plan outlining the specific questions to be answered by the trial work experience.
(2) The plan developed by you and your DVR counselor will identify appropriate VR services and supports to accommodate your rehabilitation needs, such as supported employment, on-the-job training, assistive technology or personal assistant services.
(3) DVR will exhaust all opportunities, consistent with your informed choice and rehabilitation needs, for providing trial work experiences through actual work experiences in integrated community environments.
(4) You will participate in one or more trial work experiences that allow you to try different employment experiences.
(5) Your trial work experience(s) will take place over a period of time that you and your DVR counselor agree to in your trial work plan.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.29.020(8) and 34 C.F.R., Parts 361, 363, 397. WSR 18-12-035, § 388-891A-0530, filed 5/29/18, effective 6/30/18.]