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Project

2.6 Brazos Valley Employment Project

Center:

TX-Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2009

Contact Information:

Dan Zhang
[email protected]
979-862-6514

Project Description:

Objective 2.6: The BVEP is designed to create work-based learning and employment opportunities for secondary students with disabilities by utilizing and further developing the Youth Transition Program model. TAMU provides technical assistance and training to facilitate schools in developing relationships with community employers; matching students and jobs in order to provide meaningful job experiences that are consistent with student qualifications and interests; and providing students with employment support that promotes self-determination, job satisfaction and job retention. Six secondary schools will become model demonstration sites, and an annual Disability in the Workplace meeting will be held for community employers.

Keyword(s):

work-based experience, employment, employability, university-school partner

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Employment-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Mulit-County