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Community Integration for students with Special Needs in Episode 104 of Transition Tuesday

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If you’d like to receive our Episode 104 bonus resources on community integration, click this link http://tensigma.org/episode104bonus Community Integration is the opportunity to live in the community and be valued for one’s uniqueness and abilities, like everyone else. Integration involves the participation in a variety of life experiences or community interactions. Students and young adults with special needs often need help in this important area. Examples of community integration: ● Leisure or recreation activities ● Spiritual or cultural activities ● Education or training Community integration or social activities may include: ● Individual or team sports ● Music or dance ● Outdoor leisure ● Continuing Education Potential benefits of community integration for individuals with disabilities could include: ● Improvement in physical health ● Improvement in self-esteem ● Reduced depression and anxiety Potential challenges of community inte …...more
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Community Integration for students with Special Needs in Episode 104 of Transition Tuesday
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2018Apr 15
If you’d like to receive our Episode 104 bonus resources on community integration, click this link http://tensigma.org/episode104bonus Community Integration is the opportunity to live in the community and be valued for one’s uniqueness and abilities, like everyone else. Integration involves the participation in a variety of life experiences or community interactions. Students and young adults with special needs often need help in this important area. Examples of community integration: ● Leisure or recreation activities ● Spiritual or cultural activities ● Education or training Community integration or social activities may include: ● Individual or team sports ● Music or dance ● Outdoor leisure ● Continuing Education Potential benefits of community integration for individuals with disabilities could include: ● Improvement in physical health ● Improvement in self-esteem ● Reduced depression and anxiety Potential challenges of community integration for families, students and schools may include: ● Transportation - needs that will increase more independence ● Safety - for young adults and their surroundings ● Financial - access to activities that are affordable on a budget Determine a Student’s Interests: ● Interest inventory ● Activities/experiences ● Research topics of interest As part of each episode of Transition Tuesday, we provide additional tips, teacher tools, and resources related to the topics we cover. For this week’s bonus, we are providing a PDF with a great resources to help with community integration for students and young adults with special needs, which can be accessed by clicking this link - http://tensigma.org/episode104bonus To learn more about Ten Sigma’s educational resources for teachers or parents, please visit our website http://tensigma.org and you can also connect with us on social media at: Facebook -   / ten-sigma-1572734446323526   Twitter -   / ten_sigma   LinkedIn -   / ten-sigma   If you know anyone else who would benefit from the information we share in these videos, please share this video and invite them to visit http://transitiontuesday.org We hope you enjoyed this episode and that the information about community integration is helpful for teachers, parents, and students or young adults.

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Ten Sigma

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