ASPE CPD TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2026 GRADED A+
◉ Business Proposals (Job Carving). Answer: The process of listing the
key components of jobs and employment needs to develop a written
proposal for an employer on how those needs can be met. A proposal
typically includes language identifying job tasks for increased work
efficiencies and the matching of an individual's skills with workplace
needs. This process can result in either job restructuring or job creation.
◉ Career Seeker Portfolio. Answer: A job-hunting tool that developed to
provide employers a complete picture of the job seekers experience,
education, accomplishments, skill sets, and potential.
◉ Employment. Answer: Competitive employment is work performed in
the integrated labor market in which the individual is compensated at or
above minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and
benefits paid for the same or similar work performed by individuals who
do not have a disability. "The philosophy that presumes employability of
all people in the community regardless of
disability. Components include:
• Being the first and preferred outcome for working-age youth and adults
with disabilities, including those with complex and significant
,disabilities, for whom working in the past has been limited, or has not
traditionally occurred,
• Using typical or customized employment techniques to secure
membership in the workforce, where employees with disabilities are
included on the payroll of a competitive business or industry or are self
employed business owners,
• Where the assigned work tasks offer at least minimum or prevailing
wages and benefits,
• And where typical opportunities exist for integration and interactions
with co-workers without disabilities, with customers, and/or the general
public. "
◉ Employment First. Answer: A set of services that are used to
introduce, prepare, monitor, and facilitate individuals with disabilities to
seek and maintain employment. These may also include supports
provided to or by an employer.
◉ Employment Support Professional (ESP). Answer: "A professional
who assists individuals in obtaining and maintaining integrated
employment by meeting the needs of businesses in the community.
There are three levels of certification to become an ESP.
"
◉ Job Developer. Answer: "Professional who matches employers to
employees through pairing targeted business needs with
an individual's transferable skills."
, ◉ Job Trainer/Job Coach. Answer: A professional who provides
necessary supports during the initial employment period to assist the
employee to perform their job tasks to the employer's specifications and
then facilitates the transition to natural workplace supports while
reducing his or her role.
◉ Natural Supports. Answer: Support from supervisors and co-workers
occurring in the workplace to assist employees with disabilities to
perform their jobs, including supports already provided by employers for
all employees. These natural supports may be both formal and informal,
and include mentoring, supervision (ongoing feedback on job
performance), training (learning a new job skill with a co-worker) and
co-workers socializing with employees with disabilities at breaks or after
work.
◉ Person-Centered Planning. Answer: Person Centered Planning is an
ongoing problem-solving process used to help people with disabilities
plan for their future. In person centered planning, groups of people focus
on an individual and that person's vision of what they would like to do in
the future. This "person-centered" team meets to identify opportunities
for the focus person to develop personal relationships, participate in their
community, increase control over their own lives, and develop the skills
and abilities needed to achieve these goals. Person Centered Planning
depends on the commitment of a team of individuals who care about the
focus person. These individuals take action to make sure that the
strategies discussed in planning meetings are implemented.
SOLUTIONS 2026 GRADED A+
◉ Business Proposals (Job Carving). Answer: The process of listing the
key components of jobs and employment needs to develop a written
proposal for an employer on how those needs can be met. A proposal
typically includes language identifying job tasks for increased work
efficiencies and the matching of an individual's skills with workplace
needs. This process can result in either job restructuring or job creation.
◉ Career Seeker Portfolio. Answer: A job-hunting tool that developed to
provide employers a complete picture of the job seekers experience,
education, accomplishments, skill sets, and potential.
◉ Employment. Answer: Competitive employment is work performed in
the integrated labor market in which the individual is compensated at or
above minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and
benefits paid for the same or similar work performed by individuals who
do not have a disability. "The philosophy that presumes employability of
all people in the community regardless of
disability. Components include:
• Being the first and preferred outcome for working-age youth and adults
with disabilities, including those with complex and significant
,disabilities, for whom working in the past has been limited, or has not
traditionally occurred,
• Using typical or customized employment techniques to secure
membership in the workforce, where employees with disabilities are
included on the payroll of a competitive business or industry or are self
employed business owners,
• Where the assigned work tasks offer at least minimum or prevailing
wages and benefits,
• And where typical opportunities exist for integration and interactions
with co-workers without disabilities, with customers, and/or the general
public. "
◉ Employment First. Answer: A set of services that are used to
introduce, prepare, monitor, and facilitate individuals with disabilities to
seek and maintain employment. These may also include supports
provided to or by an employer.
◉ Employment Support Professional (ESP). Answer: "A professional
who assists individuals in obtaining and maintaining integrated
employment by meeting the needs of businesses in the community.
There are three levels of certification to become an ESP.
"
◉ Job Developer. Answer: "Professional who matches employers to
employees through pairing targeted business needs with
an individual's transferable skills."
, ◉ Job Trainer/Job Coach. Answer: A professional who provides
necessary supports during the initial employment period to assist the
employee to perform their job tasks to the employer's specifications and
then facilitates the transition to natural workplace supports while
reducing his or her role.
◉ Natural Supports. Answer: Support from supervisors and co-workers
occurring in the workplace to assist employees with disabilities to
perform their jobs, including supports already provided by employers for
all employees. These natural supports may be both formal and informal,
and include mentoring, supervision (ongoing feedback on job
performance), training (learning a new job skill with a co-worker) and
co-workers socializing with employees with disabilities at breaks or after
work.
◉ Person-Centered Planning. Answer: Person Centered Planning is an
ongoing problem-solving process used to help people with disabilities
plan for their future. In person centered planning, groups of people focus
on an individual and that person's vision of what they would like to do in
the future. This "person-centered" team meets to identify opportunities
for the focus person to develop personal relationships, participate in their
community, increase control over their own lives, and develop the skills
and abilities needed to achieve these goals. Person Centered Planning
depends on the commitment of a team of individuals who care about the
focus person. These individuals take action to make sure that the
strategies discussed in planning meetings are implemented.
