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Transitions: My SWEP Experience (Student Work Experience Program)  

From: FamilyConnect Blog
Categories: career exploration , ECC , Personal Reflections , pre-ets , Transition
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by Daniel Bair Editor’s note: Career Exploration is a critical component of the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) for high-school students and transition-age youth who are blind or low vision.  The W.I.O.A. act set aside IDEA money to develop transition experiences for high-school age students with disabilities. Blindness vocational rehabilitation programs have responded with creative Pre-Employment opportunities for … Continued

Transitions: The Making of a (Self) Advocate  

From: FamilyConnect Blog
Categories: multiple disabilities , pre-ets , Self-Advocacy , Self-Determination , Transition
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by Jaida Burrows Editor’s Note: Growing up with cerebral palsy and cortical visual impairment (CVI), high school Junior, Jaida, shares how she doesn’t see her challenges as “barriers”; she sees “puzzles” that she can solve. Jaida’s parents raised her to be a self-advocate. Starting in middle school, Jaida was empowered to share her story which … Continued