
POST SECONDARY TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE
Some of the topics covered:
- Developing a one year, three year, five year outlook of your child’s life
- Honing in on personality traits, special skills, and interests for future employment
- Consider environment and lifestyle ( city, small town, drive, mass transit…)
- Types of living type arrangements and affordable housing
- Creating a plan for employment possibilities
- Selecting your employment agency
- Creating a resume for your child
- Creating a video of your child – and why he/she would make a great employee
- Understanding personal branding and developing your child as a brand
- Creating a 30 sec elevator pitch for your child
- Importance of conversations not being one sided and how to learn that
- State resources available, social security and SSI amounts
- Finding a roommate
- Living Independently