Planning the transition to employment

Planning the transition to employment /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Parent-Johnson, Wendy (Author), Owens, Laura, 1961- (Author), Parent-Johnson, Richard (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., [2020]
Series:Brookes transition to adulthood
Subjects:
Youth with disabilities > Education (Secondary) > United States.
Youth with disabilities > Vocational guidance > United States.
Youth with disabilities > Employment > United States.
School-to-work transition > United States.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 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
  • Crucial Importance of Collaboration
  • Grow Your Own Collective Impact Team
  • Collective Impact: A Practical Application
  • Integrating Best Practices
  • 3. Planning for Employment: Person-Centered Planning and Adult Agency Involvement
  • Teacher/Transition Coordinator Vignette
  • Planning for Employment
  • Ready and Reliable
  • Employment First
  • Why Is Person-Centered Planning Important?
  • 4. Developing Skills, Identifying Passions, and Exploring 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 Postsecondary Education Areas of Interest
  • 5. Developing Employer Relationships to Create 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
  • Pulling It All Together.

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