Program for Successful Employment (PSE)
The Program for Successful Employment (PSE) is a two-year vocational training program for adults with autism and/or other cognitive differences. The program is designed to blend academic education with job skills training, supplemented by internships within the BRCC network and externship opportunities within local businesses. Each group that starts will stay together as a cohort. Each cohort will occupy a time slot between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Upon admission to PSE, all students enter a probationary period, during which they are evaluated both as students and potential employees. Their performance in both classroom and intern/externship settings serves as an extended interview process. Upon completion of PSE requirements, graduates will receive a PSE Certificate of Completion.
Classes are offered during the fall and spring semesters. Applications for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 now open. Applications for Fall 2024 will close on June 30, 2024. The Spring 2024 application has been closed due to the large number of applications already received and limited enrollment space.
PRESS RELEASES
Baton Rouge Community College Newsfeed
https://www.mybrcc.edu/news/psefy.php
YouTube, April 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qF2z_Btg34
Baton Rouge Advocate, June 2019
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_301a2e06-8e2b-11e9-a480-8fdb9ef0b9fe.html