Ethics Training
for Disability Employment Service ProvidersÂ
Making real-world decisions that build trust, protect clients, and maintain your integrity as a service provider
ENROLL NOWEthics aren't just about knowing the rules.
They're about what you do when the answer isn't obvious, the policies don't tell the whole story, or you're caught between what a client wants, what your agency needs, and what you know is right.
This course is designed to help you recognize ethical issues before they become complaints, liability, damaged trust, or harm to the people you support.
Because in disability employment services, the gray areas are where things get complicated.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
Inside the course, you'll explore:
- What ethical practice actually looks like in day-to-day employment services
- How ethics, policy, compliance, and professional judgment differ
- Informed choice, client autonomy, and the fine line between encouragement and coercion
- Common biases and rationalizations that can lead us off track
- Professional boundaries, dual relationships, gifts, favors, social media, and conflicts of interest
- Confidentiality, consent, releases of information, and protecting client information
- Ethical documentation and case notes
- The impact of productivity pressures, burnout, and ethical stress
- How to respond when you're faced with a genuinely gray-area situation
- When to pause, consult, document, and ask for help
Ready to feel more confident navigating the gray areas?
Get the practical ethics training you can actually use in your day-to-day work.
START THE TRAINING
Ethics training that actually feels relevant to your work.
Let's be honest: ethics training can be pretty boring.
It doesn't have to be.
This course moves beyond definitions and policy language to explore the situations employment service providers actually encounter — from boundaries and confidentiality to informed choice, competing priorities, bias, documentation, and those uncomfortable situations where you're just not sure what the "right" answer is.
You'll work through realistic scenarios and learn how to think through ethical decisions — not just memorize a code of ethics.
THINK ABOUT IT
Because knowing the rules isn't always enough.
You can follow a policy and still find yourself in an ethically questionable situation.
You can have good intentions and still cause harm.
You can genuinely want what's best for a client and accidentally cross a boundary.
And sometimes, two reasonable choices can come with very different ethical consequences.
That's why this course focuses on ethical reasoning, not just rule-following.
You'll learn a practical framework for slowing down, looking at the situation from multiple perspectives, considering the client's rights and choices, and making a decision you can stand behind.
I'M ALL IN
Ethics for Disability Employment Service Providers
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Ethics for Disability Employment Service Providers
11 lessons- Pre-Survey
- Copyright + Use of Course Material
- Welcome
- Lesson 1: Foundations of Ethical Practice in Employment Supports
- Lesson 2: Ethical Influence + Informed Choice
- Lesson 3: Recognizing Bias + Ethical Rationalizations
- Lesson 4: Ethical Boundaries
- Lesson 5: Confidentiality, Consent, + Ethical Documentation
- Lesson 6: Sustaining Ethical Practices
- Quiz
- Post-Survey
Ready to make ethical decision-making a little less complicated?
Built for people who actually do this work.
This training is designed specifically for disability employment service providers and vocational rehabilitation professionals who are making decisions, supporting clients, navigating systems, and trying to do the right thing every day.
No endless ethics theory.
No vague examples that have nothing to do with your work.
Just practical ethics for the situations you're actually likely to encounter.
MEET YOUR TRAINERS
Hi there, we're Alison + Andrea
Alison Swan, MS, CRC
Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Wisconsin–Stout
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
- Over 12 years of experience in disability employment services
- Extensive background in job development and career counseling
- Developer of workforce training programs and online curriculum
- Specialized in supporting neurodivergent individuals, people with mental health conditions, and those with acquired disabilities
Andrea Marty, M.Ed.
Master of Science in Special Education
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
- Over 12 years as a Special Education Teacher and Transition Coordinator
- Developed employment-focused curriculum
- Led school-based job training programs
- Extensive experience supporting students as they transition to employment and adult life
- Specialized in supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through supported and customized employment
