CAREER MANAGEMENT

Required:

Sitlington, P. L., Clark, G.M. & Kolstoe, O.P. (2000). Transition education & services for adolescents with disabilities (3^rd Ed.), Boston: Allyn & Bacon

Other readings as assigned including from the E-reserves
(you will need the username and password) http://library.sau.edu/Reserves/ereserves/ereserves.htm

Goals: At the completion of this course, a student will be able to:

1. Identify the intermediate and long-term needs of individuals with disabilities;

2. Describe the impact of the cognitive and behavioral characteristics of disabled individuals on the transition process;

3. Identify and describe the legislative mandates impacting transition process at the secondary and postsecondary levels;

4. Describe and apply career development theories to working with individuals who have disabilities;

5. To develop and conduct an informal career assessment of an individual with disabilities;

6. Prepare a job analysis or analysis of a course for accommodations

7. Identify strategies and accommodations for individuals with disabilities in educational, training and/or employment settings;

8. Apply information from the professional research to the transition process;

9. Identify and describe resources that can assist an individual who has a disability with living, employment, education, independent living, or personal needs;

10. Assess and/or develop a program model for the delivery of career and transitional services to individuals with disabilities at the secondary and/ or postsecondary levels; and

11. Identify and describe the current and future issues associated with preparing individuals with disabilities to transition to the “community.”

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