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Career Education Association of VictoriaLearning is ongoing
Workplace Learning for students with disabilities
Friday 4 March 2011
Gaynor Martyn Concord School
Bernadette Gigliotti CEAV
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Career Education Association of VictoriaLearning is ongoing
Context
• Defining disabilities • Why work placement is vital to career
development
Concord School – the process • Preparation of young people and parents for wpl• Employer preparation• School and staff preparation • Final Reporting
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Career Education Association of VictoriaLearning is ongoing
Defining Disabilities
• Acquired brain injury
• Learning disabilities
• Sensory impairments
• Physical disability
• Intellectual disability
• Mental health conditions
• Chronic medial conditions
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Career Education Association of VictoriaLearning is ongoing
Career Development
• Skill and life experience acquisition across the life span
• Life long and life wide experiences • Young people with disabilities need targeted and
timely exposure to the world of work • Work readiness may take longer • Career intervention - from time of enrolment
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Career Education Association of VictoriaLearning is ongoing
Successful Workplace learning
Reflects• Student interests and reasonable expectations • Extensive preparation of student, parent,
employer and school staff• Debriefing which informs future wlp options• Ongoing support of students career aspirations
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Career Education Association of VictoriaLearning is ongoing
Parents and WPL
• Eager to assist but fearful of exposure to the unknown
• Safety is paramount – OH&S • Use to routine and established strategies for
safety and survival from difficult behaviours
You need open, planned, early and timed communication strategies
NO SURPRISES!