Build skills for the future
Families will learn about how their child’s blindness and academic and problem-solving) skills develop over time. Through understanding how children develop, and with an understanding of how expectations change after high school, families will be able to advocate for opportunities to build their child’s skills and abilities with a deeper understanding of what expectations will look like after high school graduation or completion.
Presenter: Leslie Thatcher
With 35+ years of experience to the Transition Center, Leslie Thatcher presents nationally about college and career readiness for students with visual impairments, including keys to developing stronger technology skills earlier, executive functioning skills, and literacy. She also consults with collegebound young adults as an independent educational consultant and executive functioning coach.
GRANT FUNDING
This training is funded through the Pathways to Partnership (P2P) Grant, a Disability Innovation Fund grant awarded to the Pennsylvania Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation. To participate the student either must have an active OVR case (confirmed by OVR) or a completed OVR-244 Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Request Form must be submitted.
GRANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This training is being developed under Grant Number H421E230004 from the U.S. Department of Education. The contents of this training do not necessarily represent the
policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. §§ 1221e-3 and 3474).
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