Shawnee Mission and AdventHealth spotlight Project SEARCH internship program for students with disabilities
Shawnee Mission hosts Project SEARCH in partnership with AdventHealth, a full-year, workplace-immersion program for students with disabilities that the program says has placed about 50 interns and yields about a 78% employment rate for participants.
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Shawnee Mission Public Schools featured Project SEARCH on its podcast, describing a nine-year partnership with AdventHealth that places students with disabilities in unpaid, multi-week internships designed to build job skills and confidence. Mike Schumacher, the district superintendent and show host, framed the episode around National Disability Employment Awareness Month and invited program staff and alumni to explain how the initiative works.
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