Choose To Grow

eQuality provides many ways for its Associates to grow over time.

eQuality’s mission is to help individuals with developmental disabilities maximize their potential. eQuality works with each Associate and their team to help them become as successful as is possible for them.

eQuality staff takes the time to get to know each Associate and works with them to identify what independence and growth means for them. It may be working independently from the on-site job coach for one person, while for another it might be achieving competitive employment in the community. Many Associates and their teams focus also on the relationships that they have with others at work and in the community. The Associate and their team develop outcomes based on what is needed to achieve their goal of independence.

eQuality has several programs that Associates participate in as a way for them to grown and achieve the success that they desire:

• Job Club—For those Associates who work independently or for those who desire to, eQuality hosts a “Job Club” several times per month. Associates gather with an eQuality staff and a group of their peers to talk about working in the community, how to handle work challenges and manage relationships on the job. Associates can talk about work frustrations and successes in a supportive environment while getting feedback directly from their peers.

• Self-Advocacy group—eQuality believes that the Associates should drive their own vision of growth and success. Currently eQuality Associates have started a political action group based out of the principles of self-advocacy.

• Mentor Program—eQuality Associates who have achieved some level of success are paired with Associates who would like to grow and achieve more. The Mentors meet in the community with their Mentees twice per month. They do activities together that promote self-advocacy, self-esteem, community integration, self-confidence and stress reduction.

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