TRANSITION CONFERENCE

Topics (partial list)

Ø Vocational Skill Development for Every Student
Ø Bridging the Gap Between Education & Careers
Ø Wills, Trusts, Entitlements & Guardianship
Ø Secondary Transition Education Programs
Ø Global Overview of Services
Ø Pros and Cons of Trade Schools
Ø Preparing for College
Ø Financing College
Ø Job Placement Assistance
Ø Student Rights
Ø Career Trends
Ø Student Responsibilities
Ø Assistive Technology
Ø Recreation
Ø Options at Joliet Junior College
Ø Residential Opportunities

Organizations Represented

Ø Advocacy Groups
Ø Area Special Recreation Associations
Ø Cornerstone Services, Inc.
Ø Department of Employment Securities
Ø Illinois Transition Consortium (ITC)
Ø Joliet Job Corps
Ø Joliet Junior College
Ø Local Employers
Ø Office of Rehabilitation Services
Ø Recording for the Blind
Ø SERVICE, Inc.
Ø Social Security Administration
Ø Spanish Center, Inc.
Ø Three Rivers Education for Employment System
Ø Trade Unions
Ø Trinity Services
Ø U.S. Military
Ø Universal Technical Institute (UTI)
Ø Universities
Ø WILCO
Ø Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living