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