((PKG)) ECHO JOB TRAINING
((Banner: An Inclusive Workforce))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera: Mike Burke))
((Map: Leesburg, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
ECHO was instituted in 1975 and it originally stood for ‘Every
Citizen Has Opportunities’ and we provide skill building, job
placement, day support and transportation to individuals with
disabilities. Our mission is to empower each individual to
achieve their optimal level of personal, social and economic
success.
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
Today, we’re working here at MAC Aerospace. We are
working on their inventory which is one of the jobs that we
have here for our participants. And we count the inventory,
we label it and if it needs to be re-boxed, we can re-box it as
well.
((NATS))
You’re going through that whole bowl, right?
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
Today, we’re counting screws. Everybody has a process.
Everybody does it differently.
((NATS))
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
So I have to come in and learn the process and then I teach
the process to the participants.
((NATS))
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
They’re capable of anything. They can do anything as long
as they are trained properly. And that is my job.
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
We were instituted in 1975 and we provide skill building, job
placement, day support and transportation to individuals with
disabilities. Our mission is to empower each individual to
achieve their optimal level of personal, social and economic
success.
((NATS:
Becky, how’s it going? Are you finding every piece?
Yeah? So, make sure some of the smaller pieces tend to fall
at the very bottom. So, if you need to, you can take things
out and move them around but I promise you, every piece is
in there. OK?))
((Becky, ECHO Program Participant))
I was in Phoenix, Arizona with my parents until my parents
passed away. I moved here in October, last October.
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
We currently serve around 207 individuals with disabilities.
((NATS))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
The assessment center helps determine different aptitudes
and interests. It has a number of different modules which we
put people through in various industries.
((NATS:
How is it going? OK.))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
And as you saw, Amy was very good at that. She’s quite
skilled at rolling napkins, silverware into napkins. So, for
instance, she might be a good fit for our hospitability or
dishwashing and restaurant services.
((NATS:
What is something that’s not appropriate to wear to work?
Bathing suit?
A bathing suit or a swim suit not appropriate.))
((Jacob Brown, ECHO Program Coordinator))
Finding a job is a desire and goal of theirs, not everyone.
So, a lot of the participants that we work with here in the
academy have expressed their desire to get a job. So, we
kind of work on a lot of the soft skills that is required when
one gets a job.
((NATS:
If you have another idea, I want you to raise your hand.))
((Jacob Brown, ECHO Program Coordinator))
When a participant has gone through a certain semester of
curriculum, they will get a certificate, certificate of attendance
and also a certificate of completion. There is a lot of room
for success for our participants. You know, breaking down
those types of mind-frames and showing that our
participants, even though they may have a disability in one
way or another, are very, very capable of being extremely
successful in the work field.
((NATS))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
It’s just wonderful to see people achieving this sense of
independence and purpose because of the fact that they can
be employed. As I mentioned, they have this real dignity of
the paycheck which, in turn, enables them to impact their
families and friends and the communities. So, it’s a force
multiplier of good.
((NATS))
((Banner: An Inclusive Workforce))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera: Mike Burke))
((Map: Leesburg, Virginia))
((NATS))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
ECHO was instituted in 1975 and it originally stood for ‘Every
Citizen Has Opportunities’ and we provide skill building, job
placement, day support and transportation to individuals with
disabilities. Our mission is to empower each individual to
achieve their optimal level of personal, social and economic
success.
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
Today, we’re working here at MAC Aerospace. We are
working on their inventory which is one of the jobs that we
have here for our participants. And we count the inventory,
we label it and if it needs to be re-boxed, we can re-box it as
well.
((NATS))
You’re going through that whole bowl, right?
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
Today, we’re counting screws. Everybody has a process.
Everybody does it differently.
((NATS))
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
So I have to come in and learn the process and then I teach
the process to the participants.
((NATS))
((Bernice Matos, ECHO Job Coach))
They’re capable of anything. They can do anything as long
as they are trained properly. And that is my job.
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
We were instituted in 1975 and we provide skill building, job
placement, day support and transportation to individuals with
disabilities. Our mission is to empower each individual to
achieve their optimal level of personal, social and economic
success.
((NATS:
Becky, how’s it going? Are you finding every piece?
Yeah? So, make sure some of the smaller pieces tend to fall
at the very bottom. So, if you need to, you can take things
out and move them around but I promise you, every piece is
in there. OK?))
((Becky, ECHO Program Participant))
I was in Phoenix, Arizona with my parents until my parents
passed away. I moved here in October, last October.
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
We currently serve around 207 individuals with disabilities.
((NATS))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
The assessment center helps determine different aptitudes
and interests. It has a number of different modules which we
put people through in various industries.
((NATS:
How is it going? OK.))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
And as you saw, Amy was very good at that. She’s quite
skilled at rolling napkins, silverware into napkins. So, for
instance, she might be a good fit for our hospitability or
dishwashing and restaurant services.
((NATS:
What is something that’s not appropriate to wear to work?
Bathing suit?
A bathing suit or a swim suit not appropriate.))
((Jacob Brown, ECHO Program Coordinator))
Finding a job is a desire and goal of theirs, not everyone.
So, a lot of the participants that we work with here in the
academy have expressed their desire to get a job. So, we
kind of work on a lot of the soft skills that is required when
one gets a job.
((NATS:
If you have another idea, I want you to raise your hand.))
((Jacob Brown, ECHO Program Coordinator))
When a participant has gone through a certain semester of
curriculum, they will get a certificate, certificate of attendance
and also a certificate of completion. There is a lot of room
for success for our participants. You know, breaking down
those types of mind-frames and showing that our
participants, even though they may have a disability in one
way or another, are very, very capable of being extremely
successful in the work field.
((NATS))
((Erica Lengermann, ECHO Spokesperson))
It’s just wonderful to see people achieving this sense of
independence and purpose because of the fact that they can
be employed. As I mentioned, they have this real dignity of
the paycheck which, in turn, enables them to impact their
families and friends and the communities. So, it’s a force
multiplier of good.
((NATS))
