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Planning the transition to employment / Wendy Parent-Johnson, Laura A. Owens, Richard Parent-Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parent-Johnson, Wendy, author.
- Owens, Laura A., author.
- Parent-Johnson, Richard, author.
- Series:
- Brookes transition to adulthood series.
- The Brookes Transition to Adulthood Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth with disabilities--Education (Secondary)--United States.
- Youth with disabilities.
- Youth with disabilities--Vocational guidance--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., [2020]
- Summary:
- The latest book in the Brookes Transition to Adulthood Series, Getting Career Ready! 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:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- 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. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68125-353-4
- 1-68125-352-6
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