The Transition Service Integration Model
The Transition Service Integration Model is:
- Intensive Discovery Process
- Person Center Planning
- 1:3 ratio staff to young adult
- Learning: Work Skills, Functional Skills, Life Skills
- 6 hours of Instruction in the Community
Services Offered:
- Create Awareness among Special Education and Adult Service System leaders.
- Offer knowledge and skill training to;
- Teachers
- Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors
- Community Providers (adult service agencies that typically assist adults with significant support needs)
- Present the Transition Service Integration Project to Community Leaders:
- Special Education Personnel: Teachers, Transition Coordinators, Supervisors, Directors
- Highs School Principals
- Workforce Development
- Vocational Rehabilitation: Counselors, Supported Employment Professionals, Supervisors
- Community service providers: Direct Service Staff, Supervisors, Directors of Agencies.
Life After Graduation
Work:
- Job assessments in the real work environment
- Learn good work habits
- Look for a job
Non-Work
- Recreation
- Leisure
- Functional Life Skills.
Connections for Disability and Employment
312 Conference Center Bldg.
Knoxville, TN 37996-4132
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Fax: 865.974.9180
Email: cde@tennessee.edu