Episode 85: Post secondary success for students with special needs

This week's guest is Fiona Gonzalez from Sped Adulting. Fiona is a mod/severe high school transition teacher who is in charge of vocational curriculum for the high school and transition students and organizes and runs the on and off campus work experience programs.  During her first year of teaching, she discovered that it was hard to find age appropriate resources for her students so she began creating curriculum herself. What started as Fiona’s need for creating resources for her own classroom turned into something bigger than she could ever imagine.  Her resources have helped thousands of teachers all over the world with their lesson plans and hundred of thousands of students reach their goals to greater independence.  This year she has been nominated as Special Education Teacher of the Year at the EDU Choice Awards happening this summer.

Listen in as Fiona and I discuss:

• When to start the transition process
• How vocational training can help ease the transition from high school to real world
• Suggestions for partnering with community agencies
• How to incorporate age appropriate lessons 
• What elementary and middle school special education teachers can do support a high school special education teacher’s job
• Essential skills all students should know to help them be successful at a job post-secondary

Learn more from Fiona:

https://www.spedadulting.com   

https://www.instagram.com/spedadulting/

https://www.facebook.com/spedadulting

Sped Adulting on Teachers Pay Teachers

Also mentioned on the show:

What's Your Special Educator Superpower? Quiz

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