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| Transition Plan | A coordinated set of activities identified on a student's IEP to address transition needs from the school environment to post-school settings |
| Post-secondary options | After high school career/education choices |
| Transition | CHANGE. Transitioning is movement and growth from one stage to another....in high school it refers to a change in status from behaving primarily as a student to assuming emergent roles in the community. |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 (VR, 504) | Civil Rights legislation for Americans with disabilities |
| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | Civil Rights for Americans with disabilities legislation/law that promotes equal access to accommodations in the work place |
| Entitlement system | This is an educational system that every U.S. citizen is entitled to....a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment appropriate to meet needs (I.D.E.A.) |
| Eligibility system | This is the educational system or set of coordinated services, through Agencies, that a person qualifies for to receive. For students with disabilities, this means he/she must qualify (meet eligibility requirements) in order to receive services |
| Disclosure | Sharing information about your disability, learning needs, and accommodations with people who need to know (teachers, employer, post-secondary school, etc.) |
| Strengths | The things a person is stron in or good at |
| Needs | The things a person needs to work on or his/her weaknesses |
| Attitude | How a prson feels about people, thinks about people, and acts toward people |
| Leisure activities | Things that a person does for recreation and fun |
| Interpersonal skills | Communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal; interacting with others |
| Academic | Related to school and education |
| Assistive Technology | Equipment, sofeware, and other tools that help a person complete a task to the best of his or her ability |
| Documentation of Disability | Generally refers to a copy of a student's IEP and any formal testing that was conducted |
| Inferential comprehension | A type of understanding where a person looks beyond the text to find the answer |
| Transcript | The official school record of the subjects a person took and the grades he or she earned |
| Apprenticeship | When a person learns a specific trade from a trained professional |
| Career | A job or series of jobs that make up a person's life's work |
| Communication | The exchange of information between two or more people |
| Volunteer | A person who offers assistance and works without getting paid |
| Job shadow | Learning about a career by actually watching another person do the work |
| Qualifications | A person's abilities, knowledge, skills, and experience |
| Work History | A job applicant's previous employers, job titles, and dates employed |
| Reference | A person whom an employer can call to ask about a job applicant's personal characteristics, work habits, and abilities |
| Body language | How a person sits, stands, or moves that tells others how he or she feels |
| Promotion | A move from one job to another job in the same company with more responsibilities and usually more pay |
| Punctual | The characteristic of being on time |
| Mortgage | A loan on a property |
| Teamwork | Working together with other people toward a common goal |
| Termination | When an employee is fired from a job |
| Workforce Reduction | To permanently dismiss a worker because the position has been eliminated |
| Resignation | When an employee chooses to leave (quit) a job |
| Lay Off | To temporarily or permanently dismiss a worker from a job due to a decrease in a company's number of employees |
| Entrepreneurship | Starting and owning your own business |
| Envision | To imagine something |
| Testimonial | A verbal or written endorsement of a product or service |
| Etiquette | The proper way to act - having manners |
| Admission Requirements | What a college requires from an applicant (high school transcripts, class rank, ACT/ASSET scores, etc.) |
| Vocation | A career field |
| Job Application | A form you fill out when applying for a job |
| Retirement | The years after a person stops working and earning an income |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| Work ethic | How a person feels about his or her job and the effort he/she puts into it |
| Grant | Money contributed toward a student's expenses that does not need to be repaid |
| FAFSA | Free Application for Federal Student Aid...the official application students use to apply for financial aid for college |
| Confidential | To keep private |
| Resume | A brief history of a person's education, work experience, and other qualifications for employment |
| Aspirations | A person's hopes and goals for the future |
| Interview | A meeting in which you answer another person's questions about your job qualifications |
| Fringe benefits | Goods and/or services a business provides for employees besides wages |
