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Workplace Learning for students with disabilities

Workplace Learning for students with disabilities. Friday 4 March 2011 Gaynor Martyn Concord School Bernadette Gigliotti CEAV. Context. Defining disabilities Why work placement is vital to career development Concord School – the process Preparation of young people and parents for wpl

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Workplace Learning for students with disabilities

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  1. Workplace Learning for students with disabilities Friday 4 March 2011 Gaynor Martyn Concord School Bernadette Gigliotti CEAV

  2. Context • Defining disabilities • Why work placement is vital to career development Concord School – the process • Preparation of young people and parents for wpl • Employer preparation • School and staff preparation • Final Reporting

  3. Defining Disabilities • Acquired brain injury • Learning disabilities • Sensory impairments • Physical disability • Intellectual disability • Mental health conditions • Chronic medial conditions

  4. Career Development • Skill and life experience acquisition across the life span • Life long and life wide experiences • Young people with disabilities need targeted and timely exposure to the world of work • Work readiness may take longer • Career intervention - from time of enrolment

  5. Successful Workplace learning Reflects • Student interests and reasonable expectations • Extensive preparation of student, parent, employer and school staff • Debriefing which informs future wlp options • Ongoing support of students career aspirations

  6. Parents and WPL • Eager to assist but fearful of exposure to the unknown • Safety is paramount – OH&S • Use to routine and established strategies for safety and survival from difficult behaviours You need open, planned, early and timed communication strategies NO SURPRISES!

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