Guideposts for Success Believe in YOURSELF !! 3/5/2014
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Guideposts for SuccessBelieve in YOURSELF!!
3/5/2014
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You Will Face Challenges and Difficulties
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The Guideposts for Success help students deal with these
challenges
Students with disabilities may face:
• More obstacles finding employment than their peers and also higher unemployment rates
• Not having the academic skills you need, which leads to weak job skills
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Don’t Be a Statistic!! • Special education students are more than twice
as likely as their peers in general education to drop out of high school
• Students with disabilities are half as likely as their peers NOT to participate in postsecondary education
• Two thirds of students with learning disabilities have not been identified by the school system as having such disorders
Guideposts For Success/NCWD,
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/sites/default/files/Guideposts-for-Success-(English).pdf
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Rise Above Obstacles
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The Guideposts Are for ALL Students
They include:
1. School Preparation
2. Youth Development & Leadership
3. Career Preparation
4. Connecting Activities
5. Family Involvement
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Guidepost #1 School Preparation
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• Preparing for post- secondary life includes gaining knowledge, learning skills, and developing a plan for college, technical school and/or job experience
• Creating a safe learning environment that is supported by highly qualified staff who are supportive of your goals and dreams
What is School Preparation?
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Be Prepared!
• Access technology and specific individual learning accommodations while you are in school
• Develop knowledge of reasonable accommodations that can be requested in college or other educational settings
• Develop the skills and learning strategies you need to be successful, for example:
Ask Questions !!!!!
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Accommodations Allow You to Be Successful
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We use Accommodations throughout our life
• When you learn to ride a bicycle you use training wheels to learn balance until you can ride on your own
• In school you may need large print, a screen reader, computer, calculator, note taker or extended time to take a test
• Your ‘extra set of wheels’ are not always available and you must learn how to be successful without them
• Assistive technology provides access to course work and the workplace
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It Works Both Ways!!!
• Students need to understand the reasonable accommodations they need and how to request them
• Then teachers, professors, parents and employers can do their part
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Guidepost #2Career Preparation
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What is Career Preparation?
•Identifying your job/career interests through career assessments •On-the-job training experiences (paid or unpaid), including community service that matches your skills and interests•Learning how to communicate about your disability and your work support and accommodation needs
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Opportunities to learn first hand on the job so you can:
Practice, Practice, Practice!
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Guidepost # 3. Youth Development
and Leadership
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What is Youth Development and Leadership?
A process that helps you meet the challenges of adulthood which can include:
• Developing self-advocacy skills (expressing your learning needs and style to others)
• Mentoring opportunities which will develop leadership skills
• Learning how to resolve conflict
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Qualities of Leadership
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Guidepost #4 Connecting Activities
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What are Connecting Activities?
•Mental and physical health services •Housing and transportation support•Financial planning and management services•Post secondary supports like tutoring and assistive technology•Adult service agencies, for example:
• BRS – Bureau of Rehabilitation Services• DDS – Department of Developmental Services• DMHAS – Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Stay connected!
Students may want to connect with:
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Guidepost #5Family Involvement and
Support
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What is Family Involvement and
Support?
Parents, families and other caring adults who will:
•Have high expectations that build upon your strengths , interests and help you achieve independence•Understand you and your disability to help you be successful in your education , work and your daily life•Remain involved in your life
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Guideposts were created to help you on your journey through
adulthood.
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CT State Department of Education, Transition Task Force
Where can I get more information?
Patricia L. Anderson, Ph.D.Education ConsultantCT State Department of EducationBureau of Special Education
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Christopher
McCray Catherine D.
Forker
A presentation for the Connecticut Transition Task
Force developed by:
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Acknowledgements
Patti Clay – Bureau of Rehabilitation Services (BRS)
Cathy Felice – Tunxis Community College
Cathy Forker – State Education Resource Center (SERC)
Khampasong Khantivong – Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
(BRS)
Chris Librandi – Fairfield Public Schools
Christopher McCray – Student Representative
Beth Reel – CT Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
A special thank you to the members of the Guideposts for Success Subcommittee of the Connecticut Transition Task Force who developed, guided, and edited this presentation:
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Acknowledgements, continued…Valerie Reyher – The Kennedy Center, Inc.
Barry Rita – Board of Education & Services for the Blind (BESB)
Dorine Russo – School Counselor
Pamela J. Starr – Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU)
Cindy Stevenson – Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
John Van Hare – African & Caribbean American Parents of
Children with Disabilities (AFCAMP)
And, to Patricia L. Anderson, Ph.D., CT State Department of
Education, Bureau of Special Education/Bureau of Rehabilitation
Services (BRS), for her ongoing leadership and dedication to
improving the lives of students with disabilities