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Cognitopia Think Work: How to Prepare for Work the Next Day

Getting ready for your next day of work the night before will save you time, reduce anxiety, and make things easier. Getting to work on time is important, and getting the right start to the day can mean the difference between a fantastic day and one that is more challenging. Use our Routines tool below
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Cognitopia Think Work: How to Stock Store Shelves

Working at your job involves doing may involve doing things in a very specific way. For instance, if  If you work in a retail store you might need to know how to stock store shelves with new products to keep the shelves full and looking nice. Using Cognitopia’s Routines tool you can use your phone to access follow step-by-step
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Cognitopia Think Work: Using Public Transportation to Get to Work

You applied and got the job. Now you need to figure out how to get there! With Routines, you can create step-by-step directions to use on your phone to help with that. Below is an example here that shows how to use Washington D.C.’s Metro transit system.  Click the following link or scan
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Cognitopia Think Work: How to Write an Elevator Pitch

Whether it’s a job you’re trying to get or a personal story you want to tell, knowing how to prepare an “elevator pitch” is a valuable skill. An elevator pitch is a brief, clear description of your work goal or idea anyone can understand in the thirty seconds it might take to share an elevator ride.  Use Cognitopia’s routine tool below to learn all of the
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Cognitopia Daily Living: How to Wash Laundry

OPEN THE How To Wash Laundry ROUTINE HERE: Knowing how to clean your clothes is an important daily living skill. Clean clothes make us feel and look better and are essential for job interviews, going to school or work, and more. Enjoy this routine below, which goes through, step-by-step, how
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Cognitopia Think Work: How to Prepare for an In-person Job Interview

Job interviews can be stressful. However, with a few easy steps and some multimedia guidance from Cognitopia’s Routines tool, the process of preparing for a job interview can be done in a confident and efficient way that will help you practice your interviewing skills and enhance the your chances for
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Cognitopia Think Work: How to Conduct a Job Search Online

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM) The Cognitopia Think Work series of blog post offers helpful routines to find and sustain employment for individuals with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities.  .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_d15a97-ca, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_d15a97-ca[data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading_d15a97-ca"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_d15a97-ca mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_d15a97-ca[data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading_d15a97-ca"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;} Looking for a job can be a challenging task. Learning how
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Routine: Tips for Setting and Achieving Goals

It may be early February with the advent of the new year fading a bit, but setting goals for oneself is never out of date. And right here in Cognitopia’s suite of digital portfolio tools is our Goal Guide, which is an excellent way to create and track goals you
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New Video: Cognitopia MyLife Digital Portfolio Helps Tell Child’s Story

If you are the primary caregiver for a neurodiverse child, you understand how tiring and frustrating it can be to tell their story over and over again. Cognitopia My Life Digital Portfolios make this easy. Your child might be young, an adolescent, or an adult, but you want other supporters
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Cognitopia Fosters Independence

Through Cognitopia’s long-time collaboration with Supporting Living, Learning, andEarning with Autism (SLLEA), we’ve been helping young adults with autism to be moresuccessful in learning how to live on their own, find successful employment, and pursuecollege degrees. This recently-produced video showcases how for one SLLEAparticipant, Cognitopia systematically builds independence and optimizes