Description
This practical guide helps educators, transition specialists, and employment specialists facilitate individualized, person-centered work experiences and jobs for high school students and young adults with a wide range of disabilities. Readers will get the specific, ready-to-use guidance they need to uncover students’ strengths, needs, and interests through formal and informal assessments; promote students’ social skills for success in the workplace; recruit employers and help them accept and understand disability and accommodations; help students decide when and how to disclose a disability to an employer; guide students in advocating effectively for job accommodations; involve families in the work experience; help employers and employees develop mutually beneficial partnerships; support and mentor young people in the workplace; and build their own knowledge of legal considerations.
