skills-tracker

Skills tracking app for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD).

Cllient:

Developmental Disabilities Division (DDD) of the Department of Health, State of Hawaii

Client Statement

• Track progress of job skills acquisition
• Create video resume
• Connect job seeker with their employment team
• Goal: competitive integrated epmloyment for job seeker

Ref:

1. em Power application - HACC_Challenge_v2.pdf
2. DDD's presentation - HACC_Presentation_2.pdf
3. DDD's website - http://health.hawaii.gov/ddd/
4. Notes on what the web app will provide - skills-app-notes.PNG

Specifications

Target users:

• Job seeker
  • Post-high school person with (I/DD)
  • Special education student with I/DD
• Parents and other support people
• DDD Employment Program Specialists - works with job seeker and prospective employers
• Service providers
• Employers
• Special education teachers and counselors

Features this web app will provide:

• Gathering skills, interests, and personality traits

  • I can bake (text)
  • pictures
  • videos
  • details
  • self-entry
  • entries by others; in particular parents, employment specialists, etc.
  • I like, I don't like (how much)
  • Virtual badges for skill acquired (like merit badges)

• Resume generator

  • visual dynamic version
  • PDF or Word doc compatible (Word 97)

• Calendar

  • organize things in life
  • routines
  • considerations
    • meals
    • clothes
    • transportation

• Support Customized employment process

• Transportation to job (and other locations)

• Social network

  • reminders (upcoming things, events)
    • self
    • support group
  • digest of the status of support people
  • in-app and/or email
    • frequency of notifications
  • Support contacts

• Forum

  • topic creation
  • topic moderator
  • code of conduct

• Permission or consent

  • view individual's info
    • what granularity?
      • designated areas (blocks or groups) of info
  • add to individual's info (like comments or info on individual's skills, training, work performance, accomplishments, etc.)
    • can edit
    • delete? (who should be able to)
  • revoke access
    • all or specific areas

Use cases

• Track job seeker's progress in developing job skills (vocational devemopment) according to their interests

  • Virtual badges are awarded to acknowledge completion
  • Add, edit, and delete job skill training sessions and times
    • Mark when training sessions are done
  • Add, edit, and delete job skill acquisition
    • Giving correct change (Math)
    • Dollar up (Math)
    • Counting dollars (Math)
    • Identify coins (Math)
    • Grammar (Writing)
    • Spelling (Writing)
    • Sentence structture (Writing)
    • Computer use
    • Communication
    • Music
    • Cookng
    • Clerical
    • Mechanical
    • Landscaping
    • Others can be added
    • Data items:
      • Name
      • Description
      • Date completed
      • Date started
  • Add, edit, and delete Employment history
    • Employer's name
    • Employer's address
    • Employer's phone
    • Employer's email
    • Salary
      • Starting amount and date
      • Current amount and date
      • Ending amount and date
    • Employment start date
    • Employment end date
    • Reason for termination
    • Comments or remarks, date, and name of commenter
  • Add, edit, and delete Vocational development after high school
    • Keep up to 8 activities, events, coureses, schooling, training, etc.
    • Vocational development type (school, training, event, etc.)
    • Vocational development start date
    • Vocational development end date
    • Certification description
    • Comments or remarks, date, and name of commenter

• Create resume

  • Video version
    • web page with embedded videos of job seeker performing specific skills
  • Print version
    • Downloadable PDF; video not included but may include pictures
  • Show employment history
  • Show vocational development after high school

• Calendar

  • Schedule job skill training sessions and times
  • Add, edit, or remove items to do (e.g., appointments, interviews, training sessions, transportation, etc.) for:
  • Personal schedules
  • Work schedules
  • Transportation:
    • What bus to take to and from work?
    • What is the phone number for the Handi-Van?
  • Add, edit, or remove preferred times available for work
  • View daily list of things to do for:
    • Today
    • Specified date
    • Specified week (7 days)
  • View preferred times available for work
    • Separately
    • Together with items to do
  • Grant or revoke permission for others to:
    • View resume
    • View skills, training, hobbies, preferred work times, etc.
    • View scheduled calendar items
    • Add or change skills, training, hobbies, preferred work times, etc.
    • Add or change job performance (?)
    • Others are:
      • Family
      • Friends
      • Employment team
      • Employers (?)

• Forum for discussing common issues and challenges, arranging ride-sharing, etc.

  • Code of conduct must be adhered to by all users
  • Users are:
    • Job seekers
    • Family and friends
    • Employment team
  • Types of forums
    • Parents, friends, and DDD staff
    • Open to all (job seeker, parents, etc.)
    • Parents and DDD staff
  • Topics can be created by users or moderators
  • Moderators manage users in the two types of forums
  • Moderators can:
    • Edit posts for content
    • Remove posts violating the terms of use and/or code of conduct
    • Revoke user access to forum

• Job seeker's support team

  • Team size is typically up to six people
  • Capture:
    • Name
    • Occupation
    • Address
    • Phone number
    • Email