The Veteran Supported Education Service Treatment Manual: VetSEd

careful to set realistic target dates so Veterans remain motivated and can see their
progress.
Once a timetable is put together you can develop a more specific educational plan. It
may be helpful to prepare the plan as it relates to the following questions:
1. What is the Veteran going to do?
2. When is the Veteran going to do it?
3. Where is the Veteran going to do it?
4. How is the Veteran going to do it?
5. How will the peer VetSEd provider help?
6. What does the Veteran do if the plan doesn‘t work?
An example of a completed Education Road Map is provided in the Appendix A.
Below are some examples of educational goals and related Steps and Target Dates that
would be included in the Road Map:
Veteran overall goal: I want to go back to school and get my HVAC license so I can find
a good job and provide for my family.
Steps and Target Dates:
Identify schools with a good reputation and a good job placement rate for HVAC
in the next two weeks.
o I will ask my buddies with HVAC licenses where they went to school and
what they thought of it.
o I will look on-line with my VetSEd peer provider to identify different
schools in the area and their graduation and placement rates.
Find out how much my GI Bill will cover for tuition - three weeks
Decide which schools I can afford - end of month
Find out how I apply to that school - end of month
Veteran overall goal: I am not sure what I want to do for work, but I want to go back to
school and find out. Taking classes in different areas will help me discover my skills and
interests.
Steps:
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