The Only Constant in Life is Constant Change

The Only Constant, in Life, is Constant Change Summer Institute August 2016 Julie Aufdenkamp, Vocational Transition Specialist, Iowa Department for the Blind Phyllis Mc. Gowan, Family Services/Transition Specialist, Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IESBVI) Transition Roles and Responsibilities • Referral process • Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments • Orientation and Mobility (O&M) • Goals: IEP • Instruction- Local school

Iowa Department for the Blind (IDB) • Referral process • What happens after a referral? • VR- roles and responsibilities • Collaboration • IESBVI • Schools • Others

Transition Components Living Working Learning Post-secondary planning Self determination Self advocacy Job readiness Social interaction skills Collaborative planning Accommodations - Modifications Assistive technology

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School: Delivery of services • Teacher of Students with Visual Impairment (TVI) • Orientation and Mobility Specialist (OMS) • Material Access (AEM) • IEP - Accommodations/ Modifications • Assessments- Services • Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC)

Vocational Rehabilitation Delivery of Services • Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) • Work Force Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA ) • Pre Employment Transition Services (PETS) • Collaboration • Work Experience

Activity • Values • Related to Meaningful work Holland’s Work Personality • Realistic-manual skills • Investigative-analytical • Artistic-expressive, creative • Social- be with others, teach • Enterprising- influence, lead • Conventional- structure, order

Soft Skills • Self-Evaluation • Personal responsibility • Positive attitude • Good work habits • People skills • Critical Thinking • • Followership Citizenship Service Teamwork • Self Determination • Independent Living Skills

IDEA ADA • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • Americans with Disabilities Act • Self - Advocacy

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Conclusion Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~Helen Keller • Questions? • Comments?

Contact Information • Julie Aufdenkamp julieaufdenkamp@blind. state. ia. us 515 -242 -5768 Mobile: 515 -724 -3167 • IDB www. blind. state. ia. us 800 -362 -2587 • Phyllis Mc. Gowan pmcgowan@iowa-braille. k 12. ia. us 319 -472 -5221, Extension 1028 Mobile: 319 -361 -9124 • IESBVI http: //www. iowa-braille. k 12. ia. us 800 -645 -4579 • Department of Education: Transition page • https: //www. educateiowa. gov/pk-12/specialeducation/guidance-quality-ieps/secondary-transitionguidance-quality-ieps

Resources • Bridging the Soft Skills Gap: Bruce Tulgan; 2015. Jossey-Bass, Wiley Publishing • ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments: AFB Press; 2014 • Empowered: An Activity Based Self-Determination Curriculum; TSBVI; 2007 • Independent Living Curriculum. Volume Social Competence: TSBVI; 1993. • Transition Tote System: American Printing House(APH). 2012

Additional Resources • • American Foundation for the Blind: Career Connect Where the Blind Work: https: //nfb. org/wtbw-main https: //www. careerkey. org/ Job Accommodations Network (JAN) Occupational Information Network O*NET Occupational Outlook Handbook National Technical Assistance Center on Transition • NTACT http: //www. transitionta. org • http: //www. ncset. org • Transition Coordinators/Work Experience (AEA, LEA) • Iowa Work Force. Development https: //www. iowaworkforcedevelopment. gov/ • Provides information about job opportunities, training, unemployment benefits, and the labor market.

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