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"The Employment First Transition Framework is a results-oriented process that leads to individual community employment outcomes for youth with developmental disabilities. The Framework is a system of practices that are present at the state, regional, and individual levels that reflect person-centeredness, are agency neutral, and are outcome focused."

National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center

The findings of this study have many implications for ways that the education community can guide children toward successful postsecondary transitions and support teens and young adults with LAI on their journey to adulthood.

"JobTIPS Student online program offers real world examples and assistance to teens and adults transitioning to the workplace. It provides learning resources, guided exercises, graphic organzers, role-playing scenario cards, prescreening tests, video tutorials, and visual prompts to help individuals with any learning style get and keep a job."

"It gives me hope for quality classroom instruction in elementary mathematics. Be sure to notice the transition to a new task at the 4-minute mark, and how the teacher deals with the struggle that occurs at the 6-minute mark. Also please look in the kids' eyes. Watch their body language and their waving hands. Watch them think. Kids are practicing facts in this classroom. The teacher is providing instruction. Contrast with this (which is not a joke). You can flip this latter instructional sequence because it involves telling and choral response."

"Are you searching for resources to implement the Common Core State Standards? Here you will find current, relevant, evidence-based tools and professional development to smooth your transition into a new era of teaching and learning."

"he Journey to Life After High School: A Road Map for Parents of Children with Special Needs" This comprehensive guide examines the laws that impact a child with special needs, the importance of the individualized education plan, and the different paths a child with special needs can take after graduating from high school. "The Journey to Life after High School" not only provides the steps that need to be taken prior to graduation but also the preparation required for the new adult's legal and medical rights"

"Improving Postsecondary Outcomes for All Students with Disabilities Welcome to NTACT's website! NTACT's purpose is to assist State Education Agencies, Local Education Agencies, State VR agencies, and VR service providers in implementing evidence-based and promising practices ensuring students with disabilities, including those with significant disabilities, graduate prepared for success in postsecondary education and employment."

""Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success," is a curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching "soft" or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities."

Continuing your education is a big decision, but OhioMeansSuccess will help guide the decision making process for students and families exploring their many opportunities. OhioMeansSuccess is designed to get you on the path to college and career success, and we hope you start now. There's no better time to find your future. 

The Central Texas Student Futures Project - formerly known as the Central Texas High School Data Center - is a research partnership of the Ray Marshall Center and a growing number of Central Texas independent school districts (ISDs). The project documents and analyzes the progress of Central Texas high school students as they move onto colleges and careers. It relies on a combination of student surveys and linked administrative records to improve feedback and policy and program alignment for Central Texas ISDs in preparing students for the demands of adulthood and success in the workplace.

"Research has shown that in addition to academic knowledge, a variety of noncognitive skills are essential to students' post-secondary success.  This article is adapted from Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners:  The Role of Noncognitive Factors in Shaping School Performance: A Critical Literature Review."

"This policy brief provides a synthesis of the key takeaways from the Annotated Bibliography and describes policy considerations for integrating LLS into education objectives. Staff working in state education agencies can use the resources found in the Annotated Bibliography to provide a rationale for integrating LLS into a state's college and career readiness strategies and initiatives."

"The CCRS Center, in partnership with the Center on Great Teachers and LeadersExternal Links icon (GTL Center) and RTI InternationalExternal Links icon, developed Integrating Employability Skills: A Framework for All Educators, a Professional Learning Module (PLM), to support regional comprehensive centers, state educational agency staff, and state regional centers in building their knowledge and capacity to integrate and prioritize employability skills at the state and local levels. This interactive module - a collection PowerPoint slides, handouts, sample agenda, a workbook and tools for individuals or state workgroups, and a facilitator's guide - provides the following activities:"

"Casey Life Skills (CLS) is a free tool that assesses the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long term goals. It aims to set youth on their way toward developing healthy, productive lives. Examples of the life skills CLS helps youth self-evaluate include: Maintaining healthy relationships Work and study habits Planning and goal-setting Using community resources Daily living activities Budgeting and paying bills Computer literacy Their permanent connections to caring adults"

"The American Institutes for Research (AIR), in collaboration with Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, developed the student, parent, and educator  versions of the AIR Self-Determination Assessments with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The AIR Self-Determination scale: produces a profile of the student's level of self-determination identifies areas of strength and areas needing improvement identifies specific educational goals that can be incorporated into the student's IEP"

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"The Employability Skills Framework is a one-stop resource for information and tools to inform the instruction and assessment of employability skills."