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Author: Richard G Luecking
(Soft cover, 223 pages) Readers will get the specific, ready-to-use guidance they need to · uncover students' strengths, needs, and interests through formal and informal assessments · recruit and retain employer partners who gladly host youth in their workplaces · help students decide when and how to disclose a disability to an employer · guide students in advocating effectively for accommodations on the job · support students and employers in making the most of work experiences · involve families in supporting the work experience · collaborate with other professionals to develop and sustain work experiences · and much more. 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.
Includes helpful tools & forms! Positive Personal Profile Work Experience/Job Search Plan Inventory of Employer's Needs and Tasks Work Experience Proposal Template · Youth Performance Feedback Form · Satisfaction Questionnaire for Employers and more! READER FEEDBACK "Outstanding ... easily the most practical how-to book available for transition specialists faced with how to help their students get and hold a job before school is over. [Will] have immediate application in schools across America." — Paul Wehman, Ph.D., Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Full of excellent strategies and examples ... will be a welcome addition to front-line practitioners who are looking for an easy-to-use resource for helping students with disabilities start a career, as well as teacher trainers who are teaching secondary transition methods courses." — David W. Test, Professor, Department of Special Education and Child Development, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
$34.95
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