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Description: The need for virtual learning has existed in serving transition-aged students for quite some time for many programs, such as those in rural areas or with limited resources. The pandemic in the spring of 2020 made virtual learning a need for everyone! Motivating and encouraging teenagers to participate in supplemental career education services after school hours and on the weekends and securing authentic, meaningful work-based learning experiences can be challenging enough, but doing it through a virtual platform with little experience by all involved can seem insurmountable. Can t Touch This will provide an overview of a virtual summer transition program and strategies for planning and implementing transition services to students with visual impairments aged 14-22. Ideas will be presented on teaching job readiness skills, developing and implementing work-based learning experiences, fostering career exploration, and maintaining student engagement and participation via virtual learning. Instructor: Sue Glaser Instructor s Title: Transition Program Coordinator Instructor s Affiliation: Lighthouse for the Blind & Low Vision Primary Core or ECC Area: Career Education Target Audience: teachers of students with visual impairments, Transition, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, Transition Specialists. Pre-requisite knowledge: Understand the needs of transition-aged students, job readiness skills, career exploration, work-based learning experiences. Lesson Plan Goal: Participants will learn how to develop and incorporate a job readiness and career education program into a virtual format for transition-aged students with visual impairments. Learning Objectives: a. Participants will learn how to incorporate multiple aspects of career education into a virtual learning setting for transition-aged students. |
