Full Description
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.
Contents
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 InvolvementTeacher/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 OpportunitiesTeacher/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 AfterTeacher/Transition Coordinator Vignette
Teaching Self-Determination
Identifying Instructional Strategies and Support
Instructional Strategies
Natural Supports
7 Ways to Overcome the Yeah, but . . . SyndromeStudent Vignette
Case Studies
Challenges That Teachers Face
References
Index
