Life Coach of persons with disabilities (PWDs) ST. KITTS & NEVIS

Life Coaches of persons with disabilities teach children and adults using a variety of techniques to facilitate communication, rehabilitation, social skills, and increased independence. They are employed in rehabilitation centres, homes, specialized educational institutions, campus homes, and throughout the school system.

Work week duration

Life Coaches of persons with disabilities usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Coaches of persons with disabilities have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

• Develop individualized education and intervention plans based on special needs of client to facilitate their readaptation and independence.

  
  

• Assess individuals in areas such as physical limitations, orientation and mobility skills, and cognitive, social, and emotional barriers to establish client rehabilitation or adaptation goals.

  
  

• Assist individuals with physical, intellectual, visual, and hearing disabilities or multiple disorders to develop life skills and provide job training.

  
  

• Instruct individuals with disabilities and their families in the use of rehabilitative techniques, prosthetic devices, wheelchairs and other equipment designed to maximize clients' independence and potential.

  
  

• Instruct persons with a visual impairment in reading and writing braille and in the use of special equipment or supports such as human or animal guides, long canes, and other adaptive mobility devices.

  
  

• Instruct persons who are hard of hearing or deaf in lip-reading, finger spelling, and sign language according to individual communication needs.

  
  

• Instruct persons who are hard of hearing or deaf in the formation and development of sounds for speech using hearing aids and other devices and techniques.

  
  

• Collaborate with specialists, such as rehabilitation counsellors, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists, to develop programs for clients' special needs.

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Coaches of persons with disabilities are employed:

Rehabilitation centres

Elementary and secondary school systems,

Specialized educational institutions and homes.