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Marc Gold & Associates

The people who try another way, and have been since 1976.

Through our customized employment training, we reframe the way employment looks for people impacted by significant disabilities.

09/10/2025

Marc Gold & Associates is honored to partner with the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities (ICDD) in presenting the Provider Transformation Cohort Webinar Series.

This five-part series brings providers together to explore Discovery, Customized Employment, and Systematic Instruction—approaches that help spark new ideas for supporting job seekers on their path to meaningful work and community life.

We are grateful for the chance to collaborate with ICDD and celebrate the important work happening across Illinois to advance opportunities and transform services for people with disabilities. Together, we’re re-imagining what’s possible.

06/26/2025

Our final day of Systematic Instruction training in Louisville, KY. A wonderful 3 days of learning and applying these principles. Thank you to all who participated. And special thanks to Milton Tyree, Merry-Reid Sheffer, and Marie Palmer.

06/25/2025

MG&A is happy to be with our colleagues in Louisville, KY to conduct an in-person Systematic Instruction training for Edge Employment and Mattingly Edge. While there was a brief moment where we thought this training may not be possible due to a last minute venue cancellation because of lost AC in this heat, we pushed on because MG&A was founded on the principle of "Try Another Way". Everyone came together to brainstorm, and our friends at ZG zoomgroup were able to provide a room for training. We are honored to carry on the legacy of Systematic Instruction that Marc Gold started back in the 70's.

05/06/2025

MG&A is very excited to embark on a live virtual Comprehensive Customized Employment Course. This training takes us virtually to New South Wales, Australia as we work with some great folks at Family Advocacy. &A

10/21/2024

What an excellent day to start a journey down under!

We are excited today as we begin Session One in our Comprehensive Customisted Employment Course with some wonderful folks from Australia!

This training is hosted by Resourcing Inclusive Communities as part of the School to Work Project. School to Work is a consortium project designed and delivered by three organisations: resourcing Inclusive Communities, an imitative of Family Advocacy in NSW; Community Resource Unit (CRU) in Queesnland; and Imagine More in the ICT. &A

At the helm of this international journey are MG&A trainers:(L to R) Abby Cooper, Therese Fimian - MG&A President, Marie Palmer, and Randy Dicks.

06/19/2024

It is important to support community, and MG&A is here to support APSE at their national conference in Charlotte, NC. Great job APSE!

01/30/2024

February is right around the corner and we've got another Systematic Instruction Short Course coming up too! Join us February 8th and 15th by registering today! www.marcgold.com/sishortcourse

11/01/2023

A couple days ago we announced a few opportunities we’re offering in November and early December. Quickly approaching is our virtual 2023 Discovery Retreat on November 7th! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to network with peers, hear from our associates on important and key topics of the field, and deepen your understanding of Discovery, its importance, and its critical aspects.
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Visit our website, www.marcgold.com to learn more and register today!

10/30/2023

November is right around the corner and we have a few exciting opportunities to announce: ⁣
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1. Our 2023 Discovery Retreat is going virtual! Sign up on our website and join us November 7th via Zoom for networking with like minds and discussion with the minds behind MG&A.⁣
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2. The Comprehensive Customized Employment Course (CCEC) begins November 27th, spanning nine 4.5 hour days. Learn the foundations and basic components of Discovery and Customized Job Development and earn an ACRE Certificate with an Emphasis on Customized Employment upon successful completion of the course!⁣
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3. Our Systematic Instruction (SI) Short course covers key concepts such as the Seven-Phase Sequence, types of Job Tasks and Discrepancy Analysis, and more over the course of two days, November 29th and December 6th.⁣
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Visit www.marcgold.com for more information and to register today for these great opportunities.⁣

09/25/2023

Happy Monday! You may have noticed an increase in posts here about Discovery, that's because we at MG&A are getting excited for our 2023 Discovery Retreat in the City of Discovery: Ocean Springs, MS, November 6th-8th!⁣
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Visit our website, marcgold.com, for more information and to register today. Come hang with us and like-minded peers!⁣
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We can't wait and hope to see you there!

09/14/2023

“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺…” - excerpt from a quote by Margaret Sanderson, Independent contractor for Vocational Rehabilitation.⁣
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What is Discovery? Discovery describes the many facets and processes that go into truly learning and understanding the job seeker. Knowing the likes, dislikes, challenges and support needs, and capabilities and interests of the job seeker provides unique insight into the potential positions they in which they could participate and contribute. Combined with a Benefits & Needs Analysis of potential employers, Discovery has become a powerful tool in finding and customizing the best fit for job seekers.⁣
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For more about Discovery and its inception: https://www.marcgold.com/s/Timeline01TheLegacyofDiscovery.pdf⁣
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For the full quote by Margaret Sanderson, more information on what we at MG&A do, and the other strategies we employ and teach, visit our website: www.marcgold.com

08/16/2023

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐌𝐆&𝐀: The term “Discovery” as we know it today wasn’t used until 1996 when Michael Callahan suggested the term to represent the qualitative process used to develop the information that would be put into a vocational profile document about a job seeker.⁣
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This alternative to vocational assessment sought to describe job seekers through narrative documentation with the idea that observation and in-the-moment experiences would give a more accurate picture of the job seeker than a test ever could. Today it is used throughout the disability employment field!

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