Vocational Skills

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE EXAMPLES OF LEVELS OF SUPPORT AND WORKSHEETS FOR EVALUATING VOCATIONAL GOALS.

For transition aged students, 16 to 21, IDEA requires that they be taught vocational skills. Post-school ISPs can also include these goals.

HOWEVER EMPLOYMENT RELATED TASKS CAN BE TAUGHT EARLY AND CAN INCLUDE SUCH "SOFT" VOCATIONAL SKILLS AS REMAINING ON A TASK TO COMPLETION.

Field trips to authentic vocational settings allow students to experience the world of work.

EVEN VOLUNTEERING IN AN AUTHETIC WORK SETTING CAN HELP STUDENTS LEARN "SOFT" VOCATIONAL SKILLS.

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The Adaptive Resume

This adaptive, functional resume sheet uses paired associates for items commonly found on job applications. Stickers can be printed using the same symbols. These stickers can be placed next to items on actual employment applications as cues that the information on this sheet needs to transferred to another form (such as the employment application).

RIGHT CLICK ON EACH PAGE BELOW TO PRINTOUT THIS FUNCTIONAL EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION.

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Here are each of the symbols used in this form. Right click and save them. Use them to print out labels for each symbol.

  = DATE

  = NAME

= STREET   

= CITY

= STATE (if you are from Oregon)

    = ZIP CODE

= PHONE NUMBER

  = SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

   = WORK EXPERIENCE

   = REFERENCES     

= EDUCATION

   = EMERGENCY CONTACT

  = BIRTH DATE