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Transition School to Work

Crystal Hence & April Lynch


Virginia Commonwealth University
Rehabilitation Research & Training Center

Autism Center for Excellence


Housekeeping
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• By participating, you are consenting to being recorded.
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Learning Objectives

Transition School to Work What is it?

Transition Age Services How do you access services?

Skills at Home Ways to prepare during quarantine!

Skills in the Ways to prepare at school!


Classroom/Community
Transition School to Work
• Student to competitive integrated employment

• Post-high school employment

• Strongest predictors of student to worker success:


-high school employment experiences
-parent expectations/support
So Where Do We Start?
Self-Determination Motivation
Autonomy Intrinsic or Autonomous

Competence Extrinsic or Controlled

Relatedness Goal Setting


Self-Determination Theory
• Belief in one’s abilities to achieve goals

• Increases motivation to enhance skills

• Strengths exploration and self advocacy

• Promotes autonomy and independence


Accessing Services through DARS
• DARS = Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services
– Contact your local office to begin the referral process
– The following services are provided…
• Help individuals with disabilities to find and maintain
integrated, competitive employment
• Connect clients with job coaches
• Pre-ETS (Pre-Employment Transition Services)
Transition Based Programs
○ Pre-ETS

○ ACE-IT

○ Project SEARCH
Pre-Employment Transition Service
(Pre-ETS)
• Provides 5 different services, which include, career
exploration and work readiness skill building for students
aged 14 - 22
• Students may have an opportunity to have a work based
learning experience in a business
• Counseling on post-secondary education
ACE-IT
• Provides an inclusive college experience to students with
intellectual disabilities

• Each student has individualized support to experience


college employment, classes and activities on campus

• Students who complete the 20+ credit hours receive a VCU


School of Education certificate
Project SEARCH
• Started in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1996
• Project SEARCH now has 600 programs around the world
– There are 20 sites in Virginia
• Hands on experience at the host business
• Gain transferable skills
• At the end of the program, interns work with their job coach to
find employment
Transferable Skills
● Abilities that you develop throughout life

● Soft and hard skills

● Skill set that is beneficial in many roles

● Can transfer across many environments


Vocational Meets Life Skills
• Independent living skills

• Create routines and expectations

• Promote independence with the use of visual supports

• Technology
Classroom and Community Skills
• Provides student purpose

• Focuses on strengths and independence

• Tasks that promote teamwork

• Foundation for resume


Who Can Support?
• Student→ Self-determination

• Parents→ Life skills at home

• Teacher/School Based→ Community Based Instruction

• Job coach→ DARS eligibility to pursue employment or Pre-


ETS
Resources
ACE-IT
• https://aceitincollege.org/
CTI Workplace Readiness Handbook
• https://centerontransition.org/transition/employment/workplacereadinessskills.html
Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services
• https://www.virginia.gov/agencies/department-for-aging-and-rehabilitative-services/
Pre-ETS
• https://vcurrtc.org/businessconnections/pre_ets/
Project SEARCH
• https://www.projectsearch.us/who-we-are/
VCU Autism Center or Excellence
• http://www.vcuautismcenter.org/documents/FinalCommunityAssessment711141.pdf
Upcoming Topics
Date Topic Presenter
For questions or more information
Please visit:

www.vcuautismcenter.org
Or
e-mail: [email protected]

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