Empowering Students With Disabilities: Effective Strategies For Education & Workforce Integration

Description  Overview Students with disabilities often face significant challenges in completing postsecondary education and transitioning to the workforce compared to their nondisabled peers. This webinar explores promising practices that can better prepare these students for such transitions. Additionally, discover how workplaces can enhance accessibility and inclusivity through their application processes, physical spaces, training programs, and technology tools. We will also share valuable resources to support these initiatives. Objectives Identify Challenges: Understand the difficulties some students with disabilities encounter when transitioning to and succeeding in employment. Share Promising Practices: Explore effective strategies to prepare students with disabilities for the workforce. Describe Universal Design Framework: Learn specific practices employers can use to design application processes, physical spaces, training programs, and technology tools that a