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Tip of the Week for July 8, 2013

 

Transition Planning - Part 2

  

 

We all know the law says we have to begin planning for the transition to adulthood when our child is in high school, but many families and professionals have begun to realize that this may be too late.  There are many ways that we can begin transition planning and teaching independent living skills and vocational skills at a very young age.


A second way we can begin working on these skills at a very young age is to expose our children with autism to a variety of different careers and start the discussion about what they would like to do when they grow up.  This may seem very simple, but sometimes this is overlooked with our kids with autism, while their peers are already discussing their choices of careers as early as 3 years old.  We don't need to worry about whether or not their goal is "realistic" because kids without autism often have career choices at a young age that are not "realistic" (i.e. cowboy, rock star, etc.).  The important thing is that they are beginning to plan for the future.


Book of the Week: Webber photo cards. Occupations [game] / [photos by PhotoDisc and Corbis ; edited by Sharon G. Webber ; graphics by Tony Mitchell and Chuck Hart]. Super Duper Publications, 2001.

Description: Using card games such as: naming, describing, matching and remembering, students build vocabulary and develop language skills by naming the occupation represented by the picture. Game ideas and inventory cards in English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.


This card set is in the SESA Library. You may search the library catalog via the SESA website (http://www.sesa.org), or contact Anne directly by email at [email protected] or by phone at 907-334-1301.

 
  
  

 

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