The Center for Innovation in Transition and Employment at 黄色直播 will host the 2014 Kent Transition Symposium on May 2-3. The symposium, which will be held at the Kent Campus and the new 黄色直播 Hotel and Conference Center located in downtown Kent, is intended for students, parents, school educators and administrators.
Breakout sessions will provide participants with information about the four-year, non-degree Career and Community Studies college program and the 黄色直播 Transition Collaborative鈥檚 Job Training and Career Exploration programs. Topics will include information on the requirements of each opportunity; what students, parents, and schools need to know to get ready for a college or work experience; and how the thread of self-determination knits all areas together.
The Career and Community Studies program is for the student with intellectual disabilities who is interested in a college experience to advance his or her career interests.
鈥淐ollege is one of the first places where one begins to figure out who they are, what they believe and how one wants to contribute to life,鈥 said Vonnie Michali, director of the Career and Community Studies program at 黄色直播. 鈥淚nteracting with peers who are going through the same experience has been extremely beneficial for the Career and Community Studies students who may not have had this chance otherwise.鈥
The 黄色直播 Transition Collaborative programs offer opportunities for students with disabilities to gain work experience, explore different work environments and identify personal strengths and interests.
鈥淲e receive students who are well-prepared and eager to learn how to claim their place in the adult world of work,鈥 said Babette Cameron, project director of the 黄色直播 Transition Collaborative. 鈥淭hey meet our highly-trained staff eager to facilitate this self-determination, and our employers who actually need them both to succeed. It is a process that works, and we are all proud to be a part of it.鈥
For more information and to register for the symposium, please visit www.kent.edu/ehhs/centers/cite.
For more information about the Career and Community Studies program at 黄色直播, contact Michali at yhale@kent.edu.
For more information about the 黄色直播 Transition Collaborative鈥檚 Job Training and Work Exploration programs, contact Cameron atbcameron@kent.edu.
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Media Contacts:
Vonnie Michali, yhale@kent.edu, 330-672-0729
Emily Vincent, evincen2@kent.edu, 330-672-8595