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Project SEARCH places Highlands County interns at AdventHealth Sebring to build workplace skills
Summary
Presenters told the School Board of Highlands County about Project SEARCH, a nine-month internship program hosted at AdventHealth Sebring that gives 18–21-year-olds with disabilities classroom training and three on-site internships to prepare for competitive employment.
At a School Board of Highlands County presentation, a Project SEARCH representative described a nine-month internship program based at AdventHealth Sebring that places 18- to 21-year-olds with disabilities in three on-site internships while providing classroom instruction and individualized coaching.
Program leaders said the model, founded in 1996 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, combines classroom lessons led by a full-time special education instructor and skills trainers with workplace placements to build employability and marketable skills.
The Project SEARCH representative (unnamed), Project SEARCH representative, said, "Project Search was founded at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1996. What began as an innovative and visionary idea for a pathway to employment for individuals with disabilities has grown into a comprehensive and internationally recognized internship model." The presenter described the program…
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