SearchingForRainbows
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difficult child 2 will be sixteen within four months. He was recently diagnosed with Asperger's. (Will update sig soon.) After the holidays, we're going to schedule a Team Meeting to write a Transition Plan for him. We had the school do a vocational assessment and the results weren't good. In a nutshell, it said that even if appropriate services are put in place, we still should prepare for the possibility of a group home and guardianship should difficult child 2 not make substantial progress.
My original thoughts were to focus difficult child 2's remaining time in high school on the skills that he will need to do whatever type of work he is best suited for according to the results of the vocational assessment. However, difficult child 2 is absolutely clueless as to what he wants to do other than win millions in the lottery, not work, eat chocolate, and play with monkeys - HELP!!!
The vocational assessment said that maybe he could be trained to work as a fast food worker or a bell-hop if he doesn't make substantial progress in high school. (difficult child 2 expressed interest in being a bell-hop. He also expressed interest in being a manager of a business, lol.) If he makes substantial progress, the assessment said that people with his profile can make good researchers or become skilled in computer work. (I honestly don't see difficult child 2 working on computers. A job involving research might be a remote possibility.)
difficult child 2's academic skills with the exception of grammar and spelling are good. He is of average to above average intelligence in some areas, and remembers just about every fact from every book he reads. Unfortunately, he can't apply what he learns in books to real life situations.
difficult child 2 has very poor social skills and minimal self-care skills. On top of this, he has absolutely no common sense. We want his transition plan to focus heavily on daily living skills and self-care skills. Realistically, what can we expect from our SD in regard to providing daily living skills and self-care skills? We have a very poor SD. On top of this, our SD doesn't have any sort of daily living skills program or offer any type of help with self-care skills that we know of.
I am determined to help difficult child 2 become as self-sufficient as possible. There was a time I didn't even think he would be able to talk. I'm not about to give up now!!!
Any help, advice, or information regarding what services our SD should provide in his Transition Plan are greatly appreciated!!!
WFEN
My original thoughts were to focus difficult child 2's remaining time in high school on the skills that he will need to do whatever type of work he is best suited for according to the results of the vocational assessment. However, difficult child 2 is absolutely clueless as to what he wants to do other than win millions in the lottery, not work, eat chocolate, and play with monkeys - HELP!!!
The vocational assessment said that maybe he could be trained to work as a fast food worker or a bell-hop if he doesn't make substantial progress in high school. (difficult child 2 expressed interest in being a bell-hop. He also expressed interest in being a manager of a business, lol.) If he makes substantial progress, the assessment said that people with his profile can make good researchers or become skilled in computer work. (I honestly don't see difficult child 2 working on computers. A job involving research might be a remote possibility.)
difficult child 2's academic skills with the exception of grammar and spelling are good. He is of average to above average intelligence in some areas, and remembers just about every fact from every book he reads. Unfortunately, he can't apply what he learns in books to real life situations.
difficult child 2 has very poor social skills and minimal self-care skills. On top of this, he has absolutely no common sense. We want his transition plan to focus heavily on daily living skills and self-care skills. Realistically, what can we expect from our SD in regard to providing daily living skills and self-care skills? We have a very poor SD. On top of this, our SD doesn't have any sort of daily living skills program or offer any type of help with self-care skills that we know of.
I am determined to help difficult child 2 become as self-sufficient as possible. There was a time I didn't even think he would be able to talk. I'm not about to give up now!!!
Any help, advice, or information regarding what services our SD should provide in his Transition Plan are greatly appreciated!!!
WFEN
