Skill-Building Workshops are available to students that are enrolled in Morningside’s Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). Workshops are set up and scheduled by Morningside and occur on a weekly basis in the students' classroom, virtually or at our Morningside office. Morningside offers both Work Readiness Skill building and Self Advocacy Skill building workshops. Students are eligible for up to 120 hours of both types of workshops. 

Morningside’s Pre-ETS Facilitators set up workshops, typically in partnership with teachers and students for a time that works for students. Workshops vary in length and are typically 60 minutes long.  Workplace Readiness Workshops help students acquire or enhance skills that employers commonly expect from most employees. These workshops help students to develop skills to become more employable in their future and better prepared to meet employer expectations. Some examples of workshop topics include Soft Skills (such as Communication in the workplace, teamwork, and professionalism), First Impressions, Elevator Speeches, Job Applications, Mock Interviews, Resume Building, and Budgeting. Self Advocacy Workshops help students acquire or enhance skills such as the ability to effectively communicate, convey or express their own interests and desires. Some examples of workshop topics include Self Advocacy Goals, Disability Disclosure, and How to ask for Accommodations in in the workplace. Pre-ETS Eligibility for Skill Building Workshops: 

• Students who are enrolled in a secondary, postsecondary, or other recognized education program.
• Students who are between the ages of 14 through 21 
• Students who have an IEP, a 504 plan, or a documented disability.