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More“The Pre-ETS program serviced by Voices Together has had an extremely positive impact on my child. She had little to no interest in employment before beginning this program. Through working within the vocational curriculum that Voices Together provided she now is not only interested in a job but is currently successfully going to work at a coffee shop independently. This has been a huge step for her. Now, she has a much better understanding of what it means to have a job and what that means for her future.”
Laura, Pre-ETS Parent
Voices Together is a designated service provider in North Carolina for Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), a federally funded program administered by the N.C. Division of Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities (EIPD), part of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
Pre-ETS offers VOICSS® music therapy at no cost for eligible students to overcome challenges to employment.
Our VOICSS®-trained music therapists help students develop communication, social and job skills, enabling them to transition successfully from school to community.
Therapists engage and validate participants as they learn to communicate in a work environment, self-regulate their behavior and ask for help – key elements for success in the workplace.
Any student, verbal or non-verbal, can benefit from this program.
Voices Together music therapists work weekly with 8 to 12 students in 45-60-minute interactive group sessions.
The structured sessions begin with a written schedule of the program activities for that session. Students sit in a semi-circle around the therapist to engage in sessions that combine discussion, problem-solving, practice elements and, of course, song, to advance students’ communication and social skills.
Our proven, evidence-based program has yielded transformational outcomes and impact in public school exceptional children classrooms, communities and vocational settings since 2007.
In 2021, Voices Together entered into a contract agreement with the NC Division of Services for the Blind (DSB) to deliver Pre-ETS to students who are vision impaired. If you have a student or know of a student who would benefit from participation in this partnership, please reach out to Voices Together's Pre-ETS Team.
Pre-ETS is available at no cost for students who are:
Students in other VR programs may enroll in Voices Together Pre-ETS.
Parents and students must submit a Pre-ETS consent form to their VR counselor. Once VR approves a student’s participation, our program coordinator can schedule services.
Contact Voices Together’s Pre-ETS team to connect with a VR counselor in your area.
To bring our program into your school, reach out to your child’s teachers, your school’s administration, the VR representative for your district or district-level representatives for Exceptional Children and Occupational Course of Study programs to encourage them to contract with Voices Together for Pre-ETS services.
For more information or assistance, contact the Pre-ETS team at programming@voicestogether.org or call (919) 942-2714.