Contact
LaKiesha London,CRC
Interim Director and Instructor for
The Program for Successful Employment
201 Community College Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Governor's Building-235
pse@mybrcc.edu
225-216-8281
To be eligible to join a PSE cohort, the applicant must:
- Be between the ages 18 and 28 years of age
- Have completed a high school or learning resource program
- Have a documented diagnosis of an intellectual disability and/or autism
- Have basic safety awareness in an unsupervised setting
- Express, verbally or in writing, a desire for paid employment
- Possess strong positive behavior conducive to a classroom or workplace setting
- Read at or above a fourth-grade reading level, based on the TABE or equivalent
- Be able to commit to a two-year college certificate program and meet the requirements of the program
- Have experience in attending and participating in classes that are in 60-90 minute increments
- Be able to navigate a college campus independently and manage self-care
- Be able and willing to learn and participate in inclusive classroom and work settings
- Be able to follow the Baton Rouge Community College Student Standard of Conduct
- Have family support
The BRCC PSE application process:
Once the PSE application is submitted the following are the next steps in our process:
Program for Successful Employment Application
- Read and print the prompt at the end of the application. Follow the directions carefully.
- After a careful review of your application, you will receive a telephone call and/or email from the PSE office to set up an interview and assessment date and time. The interview and assessment will be conducted with a PSE staff member and only the student. Parents, guardians, family members and/or caregivers can wait in the lobby until the interview and assessment process has been completed.
- Once the interview and assessment scores are determined, the student will receive an admissions decision via email.
- Review Funding Sources tab for financial assistance.