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Making Work and Community Integration a Reality for Young People with Autism. Autism Across the Life Span Wichita, Kansas November 6, 2009. The Key Components of the Transition Planning Process Include the Following:. Who Should Participate?. Student Parents Special Educator Administrator - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Autism Across the Life SpanWichita, Kansas
November 6, 2009
Making Work and Community Integration a Reality for Young People
with Autism
The Key Components of the Transition Planning
Process Include the Following:
Who Should Participate?
StudentParentsSpecial EducatorAdministratorRepresentative of any agency that will
be providing supports or services
Involving students in their own IEPs
Needs to occur prior to 14Has to be coupled with instruction
Needs to be more than physical presence
Practice, practice, practice!
Vocational Choices for Young People with Disabilities
Rehabilitation Facility or Workshop
Supported Employment
Competitive Employment
Self-EmploymentDay Program or Activity Center
Customized Employment
Supplemental Staffing
Telework
Wehman, P. et al. (2007). Real work for real pay.
Supported Employment
Meet Kit
Kit
Functional Positives
Walks and standsHand useUses body language to communicatePolitePerforms task in sequenceNo financial obstaclesSupportive family
Major Perceived Barriers
Severe mental retardationAutismLimited communication skillsLimited strength and enduranceUnusual behaviors (rocks body, sucks fingers,
flaps hands)Needs frequent prompting to stay on taskCannot distinguish between work suppliesNo functional readingLimited transportation options
Spaghetti Warehouse
Employer
Kit at Work
Griffin, C. & Hammis, D. (2003). Self employment.
Self-Employment and Customized
Employment
Meet Ronnie
Ronnie
Self Employment“Keep It Clean”Sterilizes TowelsIndividual Training Account Purchases
High-tech washer and dryer Magnetic advertising panels for Jeep Business License Jeep Repair
Total Individual Training Account expenditures= $4,200
The Walgreens Experience
Inclusion and Autism: Goals and
Objectives
Inclusion and Autism (con’t)
1. Help students gain the knowledge and skills taught in the general education classes
2. Provide peer models for communication
3. Provide skilled peers to practice new communication skills with and receive guidance from peers and adults about communication
4. Provide peer models for social interaction
Inclusion and Autism (con’t)
5. Provide skilled peers to practice new social skills with and receive guidance from peers and adults about social interaction
6. Provide opportunities for natural friendships to occur
7. Foster independence and self-determination
8. Provide opportunities to become members of the school community
Steps and Activities for Developing a
Community-Based Vocational Training
Program
1. Conduct a community job-market analysis.2. Identify businesses with the targeted jobs
and contact the personnel director or community-based training sites and employer.
3. Select and analyze appropriate jobs for community-based training.
4. Schedule community based training.5. Design individual systematic instruction
programs.
Domain: CommunityEnvironment: Happy Family Grill
Table:Partial ecological
inventory for a restaurant
Partial Ecological Inventory for a Restaurant
Domain: Community Environment: Happy Family Grill
Subenvironment
ActivitySkill(s) (including social and communication skills
Parking lotWalking to front entrance
Getting in and out of the vehicle, walking safely through the parking lot, talking in conversational voice tone to companions
Front Entrance/Hostess station
Being seated at an empty table
Using a pay telephone
Waiting in line, greeting the hostess, following the hostess to be seated
Seating area
Ordering food
Look at a menu, greeting wait staff, making a food selection, placing an order, waiting for food, saying “thank you” when food arrives, leaving a tip.
Socializing with others
Commenting on food, talking about topics of shared interests requesting assistance
Eating the meal
Using eating utensils, using condiments, using napkin, drinking, chewing with mouth shut
Public Restroom
Washing and drying hands
Locating restroom, washing hands, drying hands with automatic hand dryer, returning to table
Toileting
Finding empty bathroom stall, locking door, flushing toilet
Maintain a good personal appearance
Locating comb, combining hair, returning comb to purse or pocket, straightening clothes, washing face if needed.
Cashier’s workstation
Paying the check
Locating cashier’s station, giving cashier the check, giving the cashier money, receiving change, using a credit card, signing name to receipt, returning change or card to purse or wallet, saying “thank you,” saying goodbye”