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Community Transitions participants, parents and staff describe work-based learning gains
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Participants, parents and program staff said the Community Transitions program helps students move from high school toward employment and greater independence through work-based learning, individualized goal-setting and job coaching. Speakers praised social and practical skill gains; no formal actions or votes were recorded in the transcript.
Community Transitions staff, students and parents described how the program helps students move from high school to employment and greater independence.
"Community transitions is like a bridge, where the students are making the transition from high school into adulthood," a Community Transitions staff member said. "We help those students take the steps that they need to take to reach their employment goals and their independent living goals." The staff member said work-based learning is "a major component" of the program, giving students "hands on, real life experience in…
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