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    Planning the Transition to Employment

    Wendy Parent-Johnson (Author), Laura Owens (Author), Richard Parent-Johnson (Author)

    9781598573589

    Paperback / softback, published 31 August 2019

    160 pages
    27.6 x 21.5 x 1 cm, 0.36 kg

    This book reflects optimism for employment outcomes for students with disabilities as well as the importance of student-centered approaches that result in post-school employment. It is full of practical strategies for making that happen."- Richard Luecking, Ed.D., Center for Transition and Career Innovation, University of Maryland

    The latest book in the Brookes Transition to Adulthood Series, this is a practical handbook for helping youth with disabilities transition into integrated, competitive employment alongside their peers, providing advice ranging from career planning and preparation to the job search and sustaining employment.

    Series Preface
    Editorial Advisory Board
    About the Authors
    Preface
    About the Downloads
    Acknowledgments

    1 Getting Started
  • Transition to Employment
  • Importance of Work
  • What Do the Statistics Say?
  • Changing the Landscape of Disability and Employment
  • Upcoming Chapters

    • 2 Strategies to Facilitate Effective Transitions
  • Teacher Vignette
  • The Crucial Importance of Collaboration
  • Grow Your Own Collective Impact Team
  • Collective Impact: A Practical Application
  • Integrating Best Practices

    • 3 How Do We Plan for Employment , Support Self -Directed Team Meetings , and Encourage Adult Agency Involvement
  • Teacher/Transition Coordinator Vignette
  • Planning for Employment
  • Ready and Reliable
  • Employment First
  • Why Is Person-Centered Planning Important?

    • 4 How Do We Develop Skills, Identify Passions, and Explore Careers?
  • Teacher/Transition Coordinator Vignette
  • Developing High School Services
  • Identifying Learning Styles and Preferences
  • Utilizing Online Career Exploration Tools
  • Providing Community Work and Internship
  • Opportunities
  • Establishing Employment or Post-Secondary Education Areas of Interest

    • 5 Developing Employer Relationships to Develop Job Opportunities
  • Teacher/Transition Coordinator Vignette
  • Competitive Integrated Employment
  • Knowing the Business Community
  • Business Knowledge
  • Networking
  • Meeting with Employers
  • Employment Proposals
  • Preparing Students for Employment Through Work-Based Learning or Internships
  • Partnership Agreement
  • Worksite Analysis
  • Intern Criteria and Job Description
  • Application and Interview Process
  • Orientation and Training
  • Evaluation Process

    • 6 Providing Training and Supports While in School and After
  • Teacher/Transition Coordinator Vignette
  • Teaching Self-Determination
  • Identifying Instructional Strategies and Support
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Natural Supports

    • 7 Ways to Overcome the Yeah, but . . . Syndrome
  • Student Vignette
  • Case Studies
  • Challenges That Teachers Face


    • References
    Index

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