...prepare students for upcoming adulthood responsibilities and demands that the process be results oriented. The most common transition goal result being skilled based employment. Effective transition planning at the high school level is vital for individuals with intellectual disabilities to develop job and vocational skills. Post-secondary transition goals are developed for every individual at the high school level with the intention of harnessing the individual’s interests and skills into paid employment after graduation. IDEA identities transition services as a “coordinated set of activities” that promote movement from “school to post school activities.” Research studies report that post school activities and employment rates for individuals with intellectual disabilities were slightly under fifty percent according to Douck and Joshi (2012). Years of transition goal development and implementation occur at the high school level with the primary focus of employment for the individual. If transition planning and skill development are effective at the high school level, why do current employment statistics reveal less than fifty percent of individuals with mild intellectual disabilities obtain employment and less that twenty percent of individuals with severe intellectual disabilities? The purpose of this literature review is to examine high school transition planning and its correlation to the employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Through valid...
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...Goals Essay Outline This essay is part of the Rainier HS portfolio, which is a graduation requirement. This essay will receive both an English class grade (using the 6-traits rubric) and a completion score in Advisory. When you have completed this essay, you will need to share it through your Google drive with both your advisory teacher and myself. Use this outline to guide your essay. #1 Introductory Paragraph *There will be at least 2 sentences in this paragraph. Why is it important for you to set goals? What type of goals will you address in this essay? #2 Academic Goals Paragraph *There will be at least 9 sentences in this paragraph. Short Term Academic Goal: What is your SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Long Term Academic Goal: What is your SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Transition: How will your academic goals help you post-high school? #3 Career Goals Paragraph *There will be at least 9 sentences in this paragraph. Short Term Career Goal: What is SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Long Term Career Goal: What is SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete...
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...Stockbridge High School Senior Portfolio Post Graduation Action Plan Whether you are planning college, employment or the military, you need a PLAN!!! Please follow the guidelines below and develop an action plan. You must have “PLAN A”/your 1st choice) and “Plan B” (a back-up). This is part of your Portfolio graduation requirement. What is your Plan A for post graduation plans? Employment College Military What is your plan B if plan A doesn’t work out? Employment College Military On the following pages list three goals for your A and B Plans. Also complete the Living Arrangements, Finances and /insurance page for both plans. Here are some suggestions: College Consider Application Deadlines- Give a list of colleges you applied to, where you were accepted and where you may attend. ✓ Letters of Recommendation/Transcripts-List all the people you asked to write you a letter of recommendation. What was that process like? SAT/ACT Scores ✓ Financial Aid Applications ✓ A College Visit- List all of the colleges you visited. List at least 3 things you like about each college and 3 things that turned you off. Will you be a full or part time student ✓ Review the College Catalog for required courses- List at least 3 required courses for your freshman year ✓ How will you pay- Explain how you will pay for college these next four years? ✓ Where will you live? On or Off Campus- How will you...
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...How Will A Post-Secondary Education Help Me Achieve My Goals In Life? A post-secondary education is one of the most important periods of a person’s life. It demonstrates the effort left in every assignment through the years in high school. It doesn’t ensure you that you will be receiving a degree because if you make a mistake everything can be lost, but it is a great opportunity to show your potential and how far you would like to get in life. The education of a college helps you to achieve any goal in life by giving you the degree you deserve to work everywhere you would like. Through my years in middle and high school I had been focused just in one thing; study hard to become a great Architect. It is a dream since I was ten years old to participate in making designs of new houses and buildings. A secondary education will help me to increase my knowledge, be independent, work even harder, learn amazing things from others, and make sure of what I really wish in life and what my goals are. I will not have my friends to pass me homework or assignments that I forget to do just because of the movie from last night, and that will make me responsible. Attending to a college will make me realize that teachers are not the same and if I don’t worry about myself they won’t do it either. Everything will be different because my parents are not going to be there for me to defend my rights or petitions. Having a college degree will open many doors and opportunities in my life. I would...
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty Name> <Grade Earned> <Writing Score> <Date Graded> Title Topic Paper Submitted to Northcentral University Graduate Faculty of the School of Business and Technology Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION by Christina Thompson Prescott Valley, Arizona January 2013 Table of Contents Proposed Topic 1 Introduction 1 Abridged Literature Review 1 Problem Statement 1 Purpose Statement 1 Research Questions 1 Summary 1 References 2 Postsecondary Transition for Students with Disabilities Accumulative number of students with disabilities is following post-secondary education. The number of students with disabilities attending college or entering the work place has significantly increased in the last three decades. The most recent changes, many of which were implemented in the amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) in 1997, introduced more accountability for transition outcomes and facilitated partnerships, particularly those related to employment. Despite these changes, studies have documented problems overlapping...
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...The IDEA mandate for transition services occurred in 1990 and included four central elements. These four elements in collaboration with self-determination and the ecological view are integral parts of planning and implementing transition services. The first essential element of the 1990 mandate stated that transition services must be based on student needs, preferences, and interests. This is supported by self-determination because it involves having the ability to make a choice in your own learning and planning for the future (Weymeyer). These choices allow students to give a voice to their future. Another essential element is that the service be designed with an outcome-oriented process, or it has a focus on the end goal....
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The middle school years are a critical turning point in young peoples’ lives. At ages 11-14 years, children go through the early adolescence stage. Adolescence is an important period when a child adjusts physically, learns new cognitive abilities, forms positive social relationships, develops a positive sense of self, and forges a personal code of ethics and morality (Eccles, Midgley,1989;Jackson & Davis,2000). Schools, along with peers and families, play an important role in fostering young peoples’ healthy development through the adolescent years (Meece, 2003). Thus, ignoring the developmental needs of students in school might result in the students developing a wrong notion of school until adulthood. Students’ eagerness and motivation to go to high school may decline as they go through their first year in high school if they may still lack the interaction they need to become familiar with and to be exposed to the high school’s norms and environment (Eccles & Midgley, 1989) (Barone, Aguirre-Deandreis, & Trickett, 1991). First year students tend to become lost in the “new world” they are in (Mizelle, 1995; Phelan, Yu, & Davidson, 1994) as they are expected to be more independent in high school, with less spoon-feeding of information and more application of good study habits. The new first year students are expected to be more mature as they deal with new classroom subjects, adopt a better value system, and be...
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...a total of six elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. In 2009, Brownsburg was ranked number one in the state and number thirty three in the nation for top places to live. This was because Brownsburg’s low crime rate, excellent school system, and strong economy. These are all of the reasons why I love my hometown and why I chose it for this paper. I believe by making simple changes in the community, transitioning to a post-carbon community will be a lot easier. If I had to envision myself living the “good life,” it would have to start with having a family with 3 kids and a wife. We would be living in a two story house in a neighborhood that it close to the schools. My wife and I would both have successful jobs, together making over 125,000 a year. I want to be a nice, well known, sociable guy around the community. I see myself being involved in as many community activities possible and hope that everyone else in Brownsburg will too. In a perfect life, I see Brownsburg as a place where the whole community can be a happy place where everyone has an important purpose. A lofty goal, but a good goal would be to have everyone in the community know each other. Another goal would be to have everyone have their own job in the community. If everyone pulls their own weight in the community, everyone would be seen as equal. No one would be judged by their social class, or how much money they have. If there was to be a transition to a post carbon society, I would first...
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...High school, is extremely important step that will make a difference in your life. I will work hard in high school which will help me get into college, find connections for power, and get a full time job which will make my life better. I will need to graduate high school before I can do any of these things in the future. Life does not just start in high school it starts with your skills you get before starting college. The skills you already accumulated can have a critical impact on your future in high school and even in your entire life. For me my skills are video games, babysitter,and I play piano. All of these skills help with my high school and post goals. If I am good at babysitting I can be good socially. Video games helps me with concentrating,...
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...individuals preparing for education beyond K12. The purpose of this essay is to provide an outline of how implement a curriculum improvement plan that goes beyond high school transitioning to colleges and universities. Analysis of Curriculum Articulation and Alignment Curriculums in many high schools (systems) throughout America vary, but regionally many public school systems are similar, especially if they are in the same state. Most states mandate certain criteria that must exist in terms of what is expected for graduation. However, school districts do develop their own curriculums, as long as the elements that are mandated exist in the development of each school districts academic plan. By focusing on existing articulation programs a review of what is occurring in Wisconsin and with some reference to California will be used as a comparison to the proposed plan. In most school systems the goal of curriculum articulation as it applies in Wisconsin and California, is to provide educators a method where they can work towards an established articulated curriculum. (Alexson & Kemnitz, 2004) The target is to provide students with a transition between their secondary education towards colleges or universities. (Alexson & Kemnitz, 2004) The overall goal of the Wisconsin plan is to assist in the association of high school curriculum which has been revised to meet Wisconsin Model Academic Standards in terms of the content of courses as the University of Wisconsin. (Alexson...
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...Erickson High School correctly disciplined Sarah Miller for the effect of her postings on StudentJournal.com. Intentional or not, Sarah Miller’s postings disrupted the normal routine and rules at EHS. The principal, Margie Baldwin, felt the need to maintain order at her school so that the main goal of academic progress could be realized. Baldwin’s action was consistent with Court rulings made in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988). In Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier case, the Court decided that, “ School officials can censor speech if it conflicts with the school’s basic educational mission.” It also held in favor of the school officials at Hazelwood School District and found that the students’ First Amendment rights had not been violated....
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...of students to move from the world of school to the world of adulthood (“Transition to Adulthood | Center for Parent Information and Resources,” n.d.). Transition should take into consideration such aspects as postsecondary education or vocational training, employment, independent living, and community participation. Transition may be considered a multidimensional process that includes beginning working life, social and community participation, establishing satisfactory adult relationships, and beginning emancipation from the family (Cobb & Alwell, 2009) (Pallisera, Vilà, & Fullana, 2014). IDEA’s definition of transition services appears at §300.43. Under IDEA transition services means, a coordinated set...
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...Have you heard of the Early College program at Waipahu High School? What about the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society? Did you know that Waipahu High School’s Early College program is associated with the Phi Theta Kappa organization? Today, not many Early College students are aware of the Phi Theta Kappa organization being offered at Waipahu High School. Phi Theta Kappa is a college honor society that is also offered to early college students at Waipahu High School. Students are participating in Early College courses, however, are not choosing to be involved in the Phi Theta Kappa organization. Because of this issue, it is important to raise awareness of the availability of honor programs, so students would be motivated by their high achieving peers...
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...assistance or prompts. Morgan has mastered telling time within five minute intervals and reading a calendar. Morgan has mastered home-living activities such as laundry and simple mean preparation in the Life Skills Lap at school. Student Interests Morgan states she would enjoy working in a grocery store or restaurant after high school. Teachers and family members have noted that she exhibits superior skills for her grade level in the kitchen and grocery store. In the kitchen and grocery store, Morgan displays great independence, requiring little prompting or direction to complete her task. Morgan states she would enjoy living in an apartment with a roommate after high school. When asked what she wanted to be doing when she is 25, Morgan states she would like to attend a cooking school and work in a restaurant as a cook. She states working in a grocery store while she is in school would be good to pay the bills until she finished cooking school. Assessments Enderle-Severson Transition Rating Scales Morgan and her parents will complete the Enderle-Severson Transition Rating Scales (ESTR-J); designed for mild disabilities of any age. The rating scales can be completed jointly or separately; however, Morgan will complete the rating scales at school with minimal assistance since her parents have not been supportive of her completing tasks at home and...
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...this is where a majority of the special education teachers lack when it comes to preparing to transition their students. In the article, it talks about the demands of the 21st-century workforce and how it requires local education agencies to prepare students with disabilities for college and career readiness by providing instruction and services to assist youth in attaining positive post school outcomes. The transition assessment process provides guidance for using transition assessments to guide instruction and determine appropriate services for youth with disabilities. Since our nation is becoming more diverse, important...
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