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Table of contents Take the transition quiz! Can you help these 6 students make a smooth transition to college? Related titles: Essentials of Transition Planning Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Transition Universal Design for Transition: A Roadmap for Planning and Instruction The Transition Handbook: Strategies High School Teachers Use that Work! Life Beyond the Classroom: Transition Strategies for Young People with Disabilities, Fifth Edition The Job Developer's Handbook: Practical Tactics for Customized Employment |
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Great early work experiences for students with disabilities
The Way to Work Foreword Authors
Employment is one of the biggest contributors to quality of life for people with disabilities—and that means well-planned work experiences should be an integral part of transition preparation for every secondary and postsecondary school aged youth. Make that happen with this practical guide, developed to help educators, transition specialists, and employment specialists facilitate individualized, person-centered work experiences and jobs for high school students and young adults with a wide range of disabilities. Readers will get the specific, ready-to-use guidance they need to
To help with every step of facilitating meaningful employment, readers will get examples of model programs, stories that illustrate what works and doesn't work, more than a dozen photocopiable tools and forms [see box], and end-of-chapter "Learning Labs" with reflection questions and thought-provoking activities. Teachers and transition specialists will rely on this strategy-filled guidebook to connect students with the early work experiences they really want—and make lifelong career satisfaction the rule, not the exception, for people with disabilities.
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 ORDERING INFO ISBN 978-1-55766-898-1 Paperback 248 pages / 7 x 10 2009 / $34.95 Stock# 68981 |
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Table of Contents About the Author Introduction
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