Transitioning Skills Identifying Your Talents And Associating Vocations with Talents From: Autism Speaks Family Services Transition Tool Kit pp51-58 Whose Future Is It Anyway, pp By: Rommel Campoy 1

Student Objectives  Students will identify their talents  Students will associate vocations with their talents  Students will create transition goals/plans that are based preferences and interests. By: Rommel Campoy 2

Social Emotional Learning Standards  Demonstrate decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts.  Apply decision- making skills to deal responsibly with daily academic and social situations.  Evaluate personal abilities to gather information, generate alternatives, and anticipate the consequences of decisions. By: Rommel Campoy 3

Task 1: Whole Group Discussion The most important consideration in helping an individual with autism find a job is the “ job match”. What is a “ job match ?” By: Rommel Campoy 4

Finding a good job match, three broad areas must be considered:  The interests and skills of the person;  The individual’s learning style; and  The environmental demands on the worker —including communication, sensory, social, and organizational. By: Rommel Campoy 5

Task 2: Small Group  It is imperative to match the job to the unique set of strengths, interests, and passions that the person brings to the situation.  Jay loves to travel in vehicles and would spend most of his day in a car if he could.  Alicia is very interested in women’s and baby clothes.  Henny has limited communication and as having a history of challenging behavior. However, she also is very meticulous and detailed oriented. By: Rommel Campoy 6

Activity: Small Group  What do you want to be doing during most days? Working? Where? Doing what? Going to school? Where? Learning to do what?  How do you want to spend your free time? By: Rommel Campoy 7

What are your interests and preferences?  List the ten things you do best.  Abilities  Ten things you really like to do.  Interests By: Rommel Campoy 8

Interests and Abilities By: Rommel Campoy 9

Create a Plan: Transition Goals “What do you have to know or learn to make it happen? I like working on the computer and I’m pretty good at it. Do I want to look at that as a job skill? What I liked and what I was good at matched with what I could probably get a job doing. By: Rommel Campoy 10

Good at computer Likes computer options Learn basic office skills Go to community college and learn more computer skills Go to vocational training school Get a better job By: Rommel Campoy 11

Presentation  Share your individual plans to the group  Get some perspectives/supports before deciding a goal  Plan for a group presentation to the class. By: Rommel Campoy 12

Council By: Rommel Campoy 13