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Students with Intellectual Disabilities Going to College? Absolutely!
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Kleinert, Harold L.; Jones, Melissa M.; Sheppard-Jones, Kathleen; Harp, Beverly; Harrison, Elizabeth M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2012
In this article we describe the new opportunities for postsecondary education available to students with intellectual disabilities (ID) through the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008. We also identify the importance of these opportunities for students with ID, and key strategies for ensuring that their college experience is an important…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Opportunities, Extracurricular Activities, Career Exploration
Career Resources on the Internet.
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TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
Internet sites that address career exploration, college selection, college financial aid sources, and job search resources (including listings of teaching positions and newspaper employment ads from major cities) for individuals seeking careers in special education are listed and described. (CR)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Choice, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities
That's the Job I Want!
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Morgan, Robert L.; Ellerd, David A.; Gerity, Brent P.; Blair, Rebecca J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
This article describes how educators can use motion video on CD-ROM to provide more information to youth on employment and to represent the complexity of employment environments. The Youth Employment Selections program for helping students and adults with disabilities to understand critical attributes of many jobs is profiled. (Contains…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities
The Local Employer Survey Project: An Effective School-to-Work Curriculum.
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Owens-Johnson, Laura; Johnson, James – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Discusses a vocational/career program for students with emotional disabilities. The curriculum involves students in surveying employers in their community for information about jobs and career opportunities. In the process, students learn how to fill out job applications, conduct interviews, make presentations, and follow their own interests. (CR)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, Curriculum Design, Education Work Relationship
Learning Life Management--in the Classroom.
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Kaiser, Denise; Abell, Michael – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Examines shortcomings of the traditional high school special education curriculum and highlights a curriculum designed to assist students with mild disabilities in their transition to adulthood. The curriculum emphasizes problem solving and self-advocacy and includes components on daily living, personal/social, occupational exploration, and…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Supporting Student Voices in Transition Planning.
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Thoma, Colleen A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Discusses strategies that support student self-determination in transition planning, including: holding high expectations for students, preparing students for transition meetings, allowing students to make important decisions, encouraging students to attend transition fairs, and providing opportunities for students to explore their communities and…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, Decision Making, Disabilities