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Beyond High School - How to Transition to Your Future
A self-study transition curriculum designed for the competitive work/ competitive college bound student with disabilities.
- 1. Where can I go from here? - Designing my career and life plan
- Assessing yourself
- Shadowing, work experiences, mentors and community connections
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- 2. An overview of disability - Related laws and the legal changes that come with leaving high school.
- Reasonable accommodations and academic adjustments defined
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- 3. Identifying and using existing school and family supports
- Showing your family and teachers you’re ready to transition
- High school is not a dress rehearsal for life – taking charge of your program now
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- 4. Transition and your IEP
- How does your IEP connect to life after high school? Transition components of the IEP
- Self-determination, self advocacy and running your own IEP meeting
- Documentation, documentation, documentation – getting it and keeping it together
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- 5. Getting ready for college
- Coursework and high school preparation
- College entrance examinations
- College visitations
- Disability Disclosure
- Student Disability Support Services
- Once you've arrived
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- 6. Getting ready for the workplace
- Resumes and Job Applications
- Am I "Otherwise Qualified"?
- Working with the Job Service Office or One Stop
- Applying for the Job
- Disclosure of Disability
- Reasonable accommodations
- Keeping the job
- Paying Taxes and other Benefits of Adult Life
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