APSE CESP Certified Employment Support Professional Online Training
APSE CESP Online Training
The questions for CESP were last updated at Nov 23,2024.
- Exam Code: CESP
- Exam Name: Certified Employment Support Professional
- Certification Provider: APSE
- Latest update: Nov 23,2024
You are meeting with a new business owner to market your employment program.
Which of the following items is the LEAST appropriate topic to be discussed?
- A . How difficult it is to find jobs for people with disabilities
- B . Long-term follow along services to help with skill acquisition, diversity training, and promotion
- C . Available tax credits for hiring individuals with disabilities
- D . Job training supports that you provide for the person hired
The primary purpose of a task analysis is to:
- A . take a job duty and break it down into teachable steps
- B . list the types of responsibilities of the employee
- C . help the job coach fade from supporting the employee
- D . identify various positions available in an organization
When negotiating a possible job for a client, which of the following would be the MOST useful?
- A . Present the job seeker in a manner that establishes the value they would bring to the organization.
- B . Show all the tax breaks that the business would get from hiring the job seeker.
- C . Explain why hiring a person with a disability is the right thing to do.
- D . Promise to have a support staff with the person as long as the employer wants.
Which of the following strategies is NOT recommended by the School-to-Work Opportunities Act?
- A . Pull integration of youth with disabilities into the school-to-work system, rather than separate, set-aside programs
- B . Participation of the student’s family in the absence of the student in the planning and decision-making process, with a focus on the student’s preferences
- C . Continuous communication between members of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the transition planning team
- D . Clearly defined roles and responsibilities of the members of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the transition planning team
What core pre-employment transition requirement is met when teaching a student about disclosing a disability?
- A . work-based learning
- B . workplace readiness
- C . disability etiquette
- D . self-advocacy
You are supporting a job-seeker who is eager to start her own catering business. Her vocational counselor asks you to conduct some assessments to determine if she is capable of starting her own business.
Which of the following assessment strategies or tools is LEAST useful in determining whether she will succeed in her own business?
- A . Assisting her to identify her strengths and limitations in managing her own business
- B . A vocational evaluation
- C . Developing a business feasibility test
- D . Evaluation of her family support, Social Security benefits, and other resources
A supervisor reports to you that the young woman with autism who started work two weeks ago is not "fitting in." Specifically, she is not greeting people. Instead she stares at people when they say hello to her, and her supervisor’s efforts at remediation have not been successful.
After you verify the accuracy of his observation, which of the following strategies should you implement FIRST?
- A . Help her prepare an index card reminder to say hello in response to being greeted.
- B . Enroll her in a social club that is offered by your agency to help her develop friendships.
- C . Practice conversations with her in your office until she says hello on cue 9 out of 10 times.
- D . Practice with her at work and model saying hello to co-workers during her work shift.
Focusing on a job-seeker’s vision of their future is a component of:
- A . task analysis
- B . systematic instruction
- C . person-centered planning
- D . people-first language
Impairment-related work expenses, earned income exclusion, and trial work periods are examples of:
- A . work incentives.
- B . disclosure terms.
- C . tax credits.
- D . employer benefits
Sam has a significant cognitive disability. His job begins in one week and he needs systematic instruction to assist him in learning his job duties.
Which of the following is LEAST important for you to do in preparing him for work prior to his first day?
- A . Observe the job to organize the daily routine, establish job duties, and identity a co-worker to provide natural supports.
- B . Ensure that he has rescheduled his medical appointments and recreation activities scheduled for next month so that they do not interfere with his work schedule and natural supports
- C . Arrange for him to attend the new employee orientation and take the time to work his shift with him to develop a job task analysis and identity natural supports.
- D . Observe and interview his co-workers to complete a task and job duty analysis, and identify natural workplace supports.