Services that will help
- Medical and psychological assessments are used to determine eligibility and review consumers' background, abilities, disability-related barriers to employment and rehabilitation needs.
- Vocational evaluation, counseling and career planning guidance are provided by counselors to consumers throughout the rehabilitation process.
- Information and referral help individuals get appropriate services from other agencies.
- Employment services, including job search, placement and follow-up services, help consumers find and keep suitable employment in their chosen careers.
- Assistive technology, including telecommunications, sensory and other rehabilitation equipment and devices, enable consumers to function more effectively in the workplace.
- Training includes vocational, post-secondary, on-the-job, personal and vocational adjustment training, job search skills development and job coaching.
- Diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental disabilities may be provided to enhance consumers' employment opportunities when services are not available through health insurance or other benefits.
- Maintenance helps pay for additional costs connected with being evaluated to determine eligibility or receiving certain services under an IPE.
- Transportation is provided in connection with other services needed to reach employment goals.
Instructional services, such as rehabilitation teaching and orientation and mobility services, assist individuals who are blind. - Self-employment programs help individuals who want to work for themselves, telecommute using computers or operate their own businesses.
- Personal assistance services are available while individuals are receiving VR services.
- Transition School-to-Work services help high school students with disabilities prepare for and reach employment goals.
- Supported employment assists individuals with severe physical, emotional, mental or multiple disabilities with employment in the community.
- Post-employment services help consumers get, keep or move ahead in their jobs.
- Specialized programs assist consumers who are blind, deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind and individuals with speech impairments, severe disabilities and those who require independent living services.
- Foreign-language interpreter services enable individuals who do not speak English to participate in their vocational rehabilitation programs.
Contact Us
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Office: (405) 951-3493
Toll Free: (800) 845-8476
Email: KLohr@okdrs.gov
Vocational Rehabilitation
Office: (405) 951-3470
Toll Free: (800) 845-8476
Email: DBowers@okdrs.gov
Oklahoma Works brings all of our state’s workforce resources together, connecting employers, employees and job-seekers to information and programs that help build Oklahoma’s workforce.