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Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...You've attended transition meetings where the team discusses post-graduation goals. What you might...readiness services through your state's vocational rehabilitation agency before they graduate. These services,...Includes. Federal law requires state vocational rehabilitation agencies to provide five core Pre-ETS activities...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair Seating Clinics: What Happens During a Seating Evaluation
...specialized assessment involving a team of professionals who measure, test,...appointment productive. Who's on the Seating Team. A seating clinic isn't a solo appointment....You'll typically meet with three core team members, and sometimes more depending...specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation), they may...
Education > Higher Education
From IDEA to ADA: What Students with Disabilities Lose and Gain in the College Transition
...services. Evaluations were scheduled by the district. IEPs were built by a team. Accommodations were in place on the first day of every school year. Then...Cover Instead. The Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act apply in higher education. These laws prohibit discrimination based...
Career > Skills Training
From School to Work: How Students with Disabilities Can Build Career Skills Before Graduation
...a plan. By the time a student turns 16, the team is required to identify goals for postsecondary...Pre-ETS, are funded through state vocational rehabilitation agencies and available to students with disabilities...who might eventually benefit from vocational rehabilitation. That's a broad category, and intentionally so....
News > Sports
The Paralympic Torch Relay 2026: What It Is, Where It's Going, and Why It Matters
...Guttmann organized the first Stoke Mandeville Games in 1948, using sport as rehabilitation for British soldiers with spinal cord injuries. What started as a small...competing. Andrea Macrì is the captain of the Italian Para Ice Hockey national team. He represents the host country at the ceremony, a nod to the Games that...
Education > Accommodations
Special Education Advocates
...Special Education under the guidelines of IDEA 2004 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which was amended under the ADA in 2009. Advocates work hard...parents/guardians) IEP Meetings, Section 504 Plan Meetings, Student Study Team (SST) Meetings, Manifestation Determination IEP Meetings, expulsion hearings,...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy
...individual patient. Each of these people are essential members of the rehabilitation team; it is important to include them in the therapy program, as many therapy...patient. Each of these people are essential members of the rehabilitation team; it is important to include them in the therapy program, as many therapy...
News > Employment
Morgan’s Wonderland to Team up with EMHE
Ultra-accessible family fun park Morgan's Wonderland is teaming up with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (EMHE)...other wounded veterans through the process of rehabilitation and recovery. Despite Harris's constant suffering,...craftsmen and community volunteers and assemble a team...
Education > Special Education
IEP Rights When Your School Cuts Special Education Services
...services, they cannot simply announce the change. They must convene the IEP team, propose the change, and justify it based on your child's needs, not their...Education laid off nearly all staff in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. While many were reinstated in November, federal enforcement has...
Career > Skills Training
Getting to Work Independently: Transit and Paratransit Training for Employees with Disabilities
...don't have to piece this together alone. Travel Training as a Vocational Rehabilitation Service. Travel training isn't "just practicing the bus route." It's...around your specific route and your specific challenges. Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies fund travel training as a pre-employment service in most...
Career > Skills Training
Work-Based Learning and Internships Through VR Programs
You've probably heard that vocational rehabilitation helps with tuition or assistive technology. What you might not know...employment experience designed to build skills. Through your vocational rehabilitation Individual Plan for Employment (IPE), this can include: Paid internships....
Career > Skills Training
Apprenticeships and On-the-Job Training for People with Disabilities
...read. What the Law Requires. Registered apprenticeship programs must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. This covers the application process,...