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LRE and Transition. Question to OSEP: Does LRE apply to transition and job preparation?. Key Questions: How do transition staff envision the work life of youth after graduation? Students with mild and moderate disabilities Students with significant disabilities
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Question to OSEP:Does LRE apply to transition and job preparation? • Key Questions: • How do transition staff envision the work life of youth after graduation? • Students with mild and moderate disabilities • Students with significant disabilities • How do families and youth themselves staff envision the work life after graduation? • Students with mild and moderate disabilities • Students with significant disabilities
The Context for the Question …and the Answers • Segregated employment under examination • Policy changes support integrated competitive employment • Integrated competitive employment receiving greater support in states; judicial decisions clarify the direction for policy and practice • Disability community split on the new direction
OSEP Letter • Key Points:
Litigation • OR • The case and the finding • Fialure to • The Dept. of Justice involvement • RI • The case and the findings • Other
Policy • Employment First legislation • Funding shifts in states • VT • Other
Critical Dialogue • In communities…with providers and families • In schools…with teachers and transition staff • With youth and young adults with disabilities
Resources • OSEP • Letter from WI to OSEP • Response: OSEP letter • ODEP • Employment First • Integrated employment Tool Kit • Other….