| Event Description | The Program Committee for the 19th Annual Pacific Rim Conference is pleased to announce a conference program strand focused upon “Supporting Students with Disabilities in Secondary Education, Transition, & Postsecondary Educational /Employment Settings.” The strand will consist of more than ten nationally recognized speakers and over fifty research and program demonstration presentations, as well as forums, special topic discussions, and poster presentations focused upon this area of work.
The National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports (NCSPES) and the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) is once again collaborating with this year’s Pacific Rim Conference Program Committee to conduct this important program strand around secondary and postsecondary educational supports for persons with disabilities. The strand will bring together researchers from around the nation to discuss and move forward with a national research agenda.
If you are a secondary school teacher, transition coordinator, special education support person, counselor, vocational rehabilitation counselor, postsecondary support person, consumer of support services, or an interested person, you are encouraged to attend and participate in the Secondary Education Transition/Postsecondary Supports strand of the 19th Annual Pacific Rim Conference. Topical areas to be explored and discussed within the strand include:
Types of supports required by students with disabilities
Preparation for transition of students with disabilities into post-school settings
Use of technology (including internet) supports
Role of community agencies and vocational rehabilitation
Role of self-determination and self-efficacy of students
Effectiveness of different models of support provision in postsecondary settings
Carryover of educational supports into work settings
Integrating academics and work place needs in secondary school curriculum |
Secondary Transition/Postsecondary Education & Employment Strand