Florida Local Web Links for Innovation in Transition and Employment
Brevard
County Project Search
Project SEARCH is a nationally recognized
program established by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
in 1997. It provides a comprehensive approach to employment,
job retention, and career advancement for students and
adults with disabilities. The program consists of these
two programs:
Adult Employment Program: Comprehensive
employment, job retention, and career advancement services
for adults with disabilities. Serving as a single point
of entry, the Adult Employment Program coordinates job
development and agency referrals with human resource needs.
The goal is to match qualified employees with open positions,
primarily in healthcare.
High School Transition Program: A
one-year, worksite-based school-to-work program for students
with developmental and /or physical disabilities during
their last year of high school eligibility. The class of
12 is staffed by one teacher and three job coaches. |
Gulfstream
Goodwill Transition Academy (Word file)
The Goodwill Transition Academy provides tuition free multi-sensory,
individualized and innovative programs for youth and young
adults with developmental disabilities. The Transition
Academy focuses on job readiness and job performance so
that individuals can successfully transition into post-school
adult living. The school opened in August, 2005 and is
located at 950 N. Congress in Riviera Beach. |
Project
Explore, Collier County (Word
file)
Project Explore is a self-directed assessment and workplace
readiness experience. Once students enter the program,
they are matched with a mentor at Moorings Park, a local
retirement community. They do everything from prepare meals
for residents or do laundry and change bedding, to working
with the physical therapists, leading activities and helping
in the business office. |
Lighthouse
Central Florida
Summer Transitions program provides high school students and recent graduates
who are blind or visually impaired the training, skills and experience necessary
to make a successful transition from high school to college or vocational pursuits,
with the goal of preparing them for an independent adulthood. Most students are
between the ages of 14 and 19. Offered in partnership with the State of Florida,
Division of Blind Services, this center-based program is offered to residents
of Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties. |
Leon
County's Transition Services Integration Model
(PDF file)
A pilot program characterized by shared responsibilities
from multiple state agencies (local education authority,
vocational rehabilitation and developmental disabilities
program) that are equally but independently responsible
for transition. At the point of transition, or the final
year that a youth with a significant disability is in a
public school, resources are pooled into an integrated
customized employment process. |
Project
Connect
This is a statewide initiative coordinated by the University
of Florida Transition Center, whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for
coordination of research, education and service relating to adolescents and adults,
especially those with disabilities, as they make and act upon community, employment
and personal/social choices. |
STAGES
Successful Transition After Graduation For Exceptional
Students (STAGES) is a School District of Hillsborough
County Transition Program at the University of South
Florida (USF), College of Education, that provides
training and support to young adults with disabilities.
STAGES in partnership with the Department of Special
Education, offers each student an opportunity to experience
college life, explore career options, utilize public
transportation, learn self-advocacy skills, interact
with age appropriate peers, and reach their potential
as an independent member of the community. |
University
of North Florida On Campus Transition Program
(PDF file)
The University of North Florida is recruiting students
with developmental disabilities so they can learn to
become more independent and teach their classmates
about their world. The On Campus Transition Program
opens up the college campus to students with disabilities.
For news stories, see First
Coast News or The
Jacksonville Business Journal. |
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