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Helping Your 9th or 10th Grader with Career Awareness and Preparation – NCLD
From the National Center for Learning Disabilities: “As your child makes her way through school, you, like most parents, worry about what life after graduation will hold. As a parent of a child with...
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International DCDT Conference: Save the Date — Submit a Proposal
Mark your calendars! The 17th Annual DCDT International Conference will be held on November 14-16, 2013 in Williamsburg, Virginia. This year’s theme will be “Leaders for Life: No Limits…No...
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Students Get Involved! — National Dissemination Center for Children with...
From the NCHCY Website: “There’s a very simple and common sense reason why IDEA 2004 requires that students with disabilities be invited to attend every IEP meeting where postsecondary transition goals...
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New App Matches Students’ Interests With Careers – Education Week
From Education Week: Young people today love being online. They are drawn to images—especially as they relate to their own interests. Plus, they have short attention spans. Now there is a new, free app...
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From the NY DCDT President: Let Your Voice Be Heard
As many of you know, NYSED has proposed amendments to establish a New York State Career Development and Occupation Studies Commencement Credential. This is not a NY State recognized diploma but is a...
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New York State DCDT Save-The-Date
The 4th Statewide Institute on Preparing Students and Systems for Multiple Pathways to Graduation — March 26, 27, and 28, 2014. Pass it on!! Filed under: News Tagged: career development, CEC,...
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Career Exploration: A Critical Experience for All Youth | NCWD/Youth – The...
From NCWD/Youth: “The following blog entry is a cross-post from Work in Progress, the official blog of theU.S. Department of Labor. The blog is written by Kathy Martinez, the Assistant Secretary of...
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Information Related to Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities
Information Related to Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities From the New York State Education Department Website: “This page provides information on both high school diploma and...
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NYS DCDT Transition Institute: Complete Program and Speaker Bio’s
We’ve just posted our NYS DCDT Transition Institute complete program and the bio-sketches of all of our amazing speakers. Click on the document links below: Speakers Bios and NYS DCDT ProgramFiled...
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NYS DCDT Statewide Transition Institute Materials Posted
Due to the generosity of our presenters, many of the materials that were shared during the NYS DCDT Statewide Transition Institute have been posted on the NYS DCDT Website. Click HERE to select and...
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President Obama Announces New Youth CareerConnect Grants
From the U.S. Department of Education…”How do we start making high school … more interesting, more exciting, more relevant to young people?” That’s the idea behind the Youth CareerConnect grant...
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Save the Date: Youth Transitions Collaborative
Please mark your calendar! The Youth Transitions Collaborative, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), will host an...
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Work-based Learning Webinar Series
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Description: Sponsored by NSTTAC http://tadnet.adobe.connect.com/nsttac/ NSTTAC, in partnership with other organizations focused on employment of youth and young adults with...
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New Infobrief for Families from NCWD-Youth
From NCWD-Youth: “This Info Brief introduces families, including families of youth with disabilities, to a new way of looking at career development for youth. This brief discusses the three phases of...
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eScholar: Goals Matter Contest
From the eScholar website: “Students, what are goals that you want to achieve and why? If you’re a student between the ages of 8-17, tell us about your goals! As students, sometimes you get so caught...
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College and Career Readiness and Success (CCRS) Center Launches “Research to...
Starting next month, the College and Career Readiness and Success (CCRS) Center will be launching a new blog series that will make connections between recent policy conversations to research conducted...
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U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy –...
You may have heard about something called an Individualized Learning Plan ILP. Maybe you’ve even got one! If you do have one, you have a choice: 1 Start it and treat it like any other assignment, or 2...
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Understanding the New Vision for Career Development: The Role of Family |...
From NCWD-Youth: “The world of work has changed. A high school diploma alone no longer guarantees a decent living wage. A typical career path today does not necessarily follow the traditional course of...
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VCU Webcast: Self Determination: Past, Present, Future
The Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment of People with Physical Disabilities will host a webcast: Self Determination: Past, Present, Future...
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Employers’ Challenge to Educators: Make School Relevant to Students’ Lives |...
From MindShift: “Business leaders and economic thinkers are worried that today’s students aren’t leaving school with the skills they’ll need to succeed in the workplace. Representatives from tech...
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