{"id":90445,"date":"2024-02-05T12:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=90445"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:34:53","slug":"vocational-training-programs-for-special-education-students-teach-work-life-skills-thornton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/02\/05\/vocational-training-programs-for-special-education-students-teach-work-life-skills-thornton\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocational training programs for special education students teach work, life skills [Thornton]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edsource.org\/2024\/vocational-training-programs-for-special-education-students-teach-work-life-skills\/704701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vocational training programs for special education students teach work, life skills<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edsource.org by Lasherica Thornton<br \/>\n<em>Programs also foster acceptance in the community<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edsource.org\/2024\/vocational-training-programs-for-special-education-students-teach-work-life-skills\/704701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/edsource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AR504429-1-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through hands-on experience at the hotel, students gain skills to work in the housekeeping and hospitality industry \u2013 whether at El Capitan or elsewhere \u2013 after they graduate. And they develop life skills for adulthood.<br \/>\n\u2026<br \/>\nThis is not the case with Merced County\u2019s program which, instead, integrates students into the housekeeping career, making it one of a few in California and across the nation to do so. The program now serves as a model for other districts aspiring to integrate students with disabilities into careers and society.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Fong said the year-long program is critical for the students \u201cto be in the actual field,\u201d get on-the-job training and be able to model employees\u2019 behavior, which in turn provides them with real world experience while allowing them to interact with others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>This hits home for my family and me. We are entering a phase of our youngest daughter&#8217;s life where we need to help her build life skills. This type of program is excellent &#8212; highly relevant to many families out there.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vocational training programs for special education students teach work, life skills &#8212; from edsource.org by Lasherica Thornton Programs also foster acceptance in the community Through hands-on experience at the hotel, students gain skills to work in the housekeeping and hospitality industry \u2013 whether at El Capitan or elsewhere \u2013 after they graduate. And they develop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,46,102,838,382,560,486,855,480,66,11,852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-development","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-experience-design","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-parents-guardians","category-real-world-assignments","category-skills","category-society","category-student-related","category-vision-possibilities","category-vocational-trades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90445"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90449,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90445\/revisions\/90449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}