Saturday, June 29, 2019

Does your disabled adult son or daughter have a resume?



Resumes can be used for a variety of purposes ranging from employment to volunteer opportunities. Lauren's resume may serve as an example.

Lauren
Address
Telephone
Email

Education
William T. Dwyer High School
West Palm Beach, Florida
Completed: 2008
Adult Day Program
Pathways to Independence
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Received speech, occupational and physical therapy.
Attended: 2009-2015
Els Foundation Bridge program
 (Learned work related skills; rolling utensils in napkins, wiping tables)
Attended: 2018

Volunteer Experience
Furry Friends Adoption clinic and ranch
Jupiter, Florida
2017-present
Responsibilities include providing playtime and socialization for cats and kittens.
House of Hope Thrift Store
Stuart, Florida
2017-present
Responsibilities include putting DVDs on shelves, cleaning tables and furniture, and greeting customers.
Sea Turtle Adventures
North Palm Beach, Florida
Responsibilities include getting mail, cleaning tables, feeding fish, taking out trash and watering mangrove plants.
2018-present
Emmanuel Deliverance Church of God Food Pantry
West Palm Beach, Florida
Responsibilities include unloading food from trucks, wiping tables and crossing out bar codes on donated food.
2019-present
Salvation Army Holiday Season Bell Ringer
West Palm Beach, Florida
2018-present

Memberships
United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches
Member of the Amigos group.
2017-present
Exceptional Ensembell hand bell choir member
2018-present
Sea Turtle Adventures iCare nature, travel and volunteering clubs.
2018-present
Recognition
House of Hope, Annual volunteer recognition certificate.
Publications
Featured in an article about Sea Turtle Adventures by Jackie Kingston in the Florida Environmental Outreach magazine, April 2019.

References available on request.


Cheers!

Donna

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