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is in charge of that. Uh but it is really 
we've had four meetings or so maybe around

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about in there. Uh I think that will be 
number four. Number four, I think. Yeah.

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Um it's been a really great opportunity for our 
parents to meet other parents, ask questions,

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talk about important information. We've had a 
lot of amazing ideas shared with us as a district

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um that we've actually been able to take and put 
into action. So that's been really exciting. Um

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and then they always follow up on the workshops 
that we do as well. So, our next one is here

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December 2nd from 6:00 to 8. Um, everybody's 
welcome. We'd love to have you guys. Hey Karen,

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could you be my clicker person? I don't have it. 
Where is it at? It's right there. Thank you. Um,

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but my name is Angela Lang and I am the college 
and career readiness coach for the district and

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we're going to talk tonight about bringing the 
future together, empowering our OC students and

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families for life after high school. Go ahead. So, 
a little background on me just uh so you know that

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you know I'm qualified to talk about this stuff I 
guess. Um I have got my bachelor's in education in

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special ed elementary, my masters in secondary 
ed. Um and I also have my director of special

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ed certificate and this is unbelievably 
my 27th year in teaching. Um but I will

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not be retiring anytime soon. Um I have taught 
everywhere. I've done elementary, middle high,

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um and I've been in private school and public 
school and um I took this about two and a half

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years ago to be the college and career readiness 
coach. Um, and honestly, this is my dream job if

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I'm being truthful about everything. I love 
helping our students figure out what they're

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going to do after they graduate. There's so much 
out there. Even going into this position and all

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the experience that I had, I had no idea all the 
resources that were available for our students

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in the state of Kentucky um especially. And so 
hopefully tonight you guys can learn a little

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bit more about that, what we offer here in 
Old County, but also what's available to you

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um in our area and in the state. That's my contact 
information. Your best bet to get a hold of me is

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email. I'm going to be super honest. If I'm in 
my office, that's great, but it's not often. So,

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um I'm out in all the different schools, all the 
different high schools. So, if you want to write

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that down, it's the very same old first name. 
And it'll be at the end of the presentation, too.

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Okay. So looking at the questions we're going 
to answer today hopefully for you all are

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understanding what transition services are. So 
what do what do they look like and what do they

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mean and how do they apply to a child and why is 
it important to start early. Um we're also going

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to talk about family involvement. How you all can 
be involved and included in the planning process

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for your child as they start to prepare for life 
after high school. And then I'm going to talk to

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you guys about some different resources we have 
in county and Kentucky that can help with that

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process. Um, when you look in this packet, oh, and 
real quick, I told Miss Cella I would plug this

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as well. This is on December the 4th. This is our 
um another initial AAC parent meeting. So, if you

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or somebody you love or a child in your class or 
your home uses an AAC device, which is a augmented

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Wait, what's I don't remember what the other part 
is. Jennifer, what is it? Augmented alternative.

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Thank you. Got it. Okay. I knew. Okay. Thank you 
all. Um this is a great time for you guys to come

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and to learn more about that. So that's in there, 
too. So please join us for that if you would like.

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So they use that to talk. Yes. So it's it's 
pretty awesome. So all right. Um so this packet,

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we're going to go through this packet. I will 
point out to you the different resources and what

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they use and how they are connected to what I'm 
talking about. Go ahead. Thank you. All right. So,

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basically, what is transition services, y'all? 
This covers so much stuff. Um, but basically what

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we are going to talk about and look at tonight is 
what getting ready for life after high school. Um,

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when we talk about transition in the school 
system, we've got to talk about our students

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transitioning from preschool to elementary 
school, from elementary school to middle school,

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from middle school to high school, and high school 
and beyond. Um but also in between all of that

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then we also talk about transitions from different 
types of classrooms. So that's part of transition

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as well. Um so there's a lot that goes with all 
that. But the big thing is we want to make sure

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for our students um that it is based on their 
individual needs and it focuses on their academic

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career um their career goals and then also their 
independent living skills. So for me and basically

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it falls under my position is looking at how do 
we get those students in the 18 plus years that

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we might have them and get them ready to be most 
independent before they go on to life after high

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school with us. So that's what that's what the 
transition services are that we're really going

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to be focusing on today. Okay. Um okay. So 
who qualifies for transition services? Well,

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this is where it might get a little confusing 
and I apologize in advance. There's like I said

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um Originally the umbrella that I fell under 
was just for our students that have special

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education services. So I specifically helped 
with students where we did indicator 13 which

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is starting in 8th grade. You probably saw on 
your child's IEP the transition popped onto

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there and that became a part of it. So we are able 
to look at and talk about goals that we have for

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our child and goals that our child has for the 
third year child or student has for themselves.

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So that's indicator 13. That is part of the IEP. 
So that's part of the transition service. It

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goes on the IEP. We do what's called um well 
just like an assessment. What do you want to

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be? What are you interested in? What do you 
like? And then we write a goal under educator

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13. Student would like to pursue um a career in 
whatever and by doing by going to trade school

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and becoming a plumber after high school. That's 
what they want to do. And that goes on the IEP.

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So, that's one area. Um, students with an IEP of 
or 504 or a documented disability can work with

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the office of vocational rehabilitation starting 
at age 14. And I will talk to you about what that

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looks like because that's a little tricky right 
now. Um, the office of vocational rehabilitation

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is through the state and their funding comes 
through from a lot of their funding comes from

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the state. We also have other services are 
offered through county high school that are

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offered to all students. it doesn't matter 
if they have an IEP or not. So that became

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where my brother used to just be the special 
education world. It also brought in the general

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education population. And so I also worked with 
two other programs that also include our students

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um even if they don't have an IEP or a documented 
disability. And then I'm also going to talk to you

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guys a little bit about um our YTP which is for 
our young adult transition program which is for

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our students that have alternate assessment. Um 
and then I'm going to share other resources that

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happen after after we you all are out of here. 
Okay. So, any questions on this so far? Just gonna

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give you really quick of the basics and then we'll 
get into the Okay. So, when I said transition,

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there's a lot. Oh, question. Yes. Yes. Trade 
school and also mention rehabilitation. Yes. So,

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so the trade schools we can talk that and how 
to get in some different programs with the trade

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schools. The office for vocational rehabilitation 
is a state um entity and they they cover a lot of

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help with transition and getting jobs and being 
employed after they're out of high school. But

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going to a school is something they can help 
with. Okay. And yeah, and I'll I'll share more

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about that in a few minutes. Okay. So when I say 
transition guys, this is not even everything,

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but this is the main um thing that we try to 
look at while they're with us in school. So

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we've got a lot of different things going on. Um 
we've got students that are looking at postsecary

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ed prep. We've got students that need to work on 
independent living skills. We've got students that

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are looking at vocational training opportunities, 
community participation, employment readiness,

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um agency connections and resources. And 
this is one. Did Did the lights just go down?

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Like are you messing? I think it's helping the 
Is it okay? I'm like, wait a minute. What just

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happened? Um, so all of these things are part of 
the transition awareness that we cover. This is a

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lot of stuff. So, um, looking at what we really 
fit, it depends upon, that's why it's dependent

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on the students needs because we've got some 
students that don't need all of this. We've got

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some students that need a couple things in here. 
We've got some students that need a lot of it. Um,

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my little get on my little soap box for just a 
minute. This is why one of my biggest goals is to

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really start to shoot transition earlier because 
to cover all of this in four years, five years,

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six years is really difficult. it's really hard 
to do. Um, and so it's been a big goal of mine. I

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just went to a conference in Denver a couple weeks 
ago. It's a big goal of the the national the the

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national transition people that are working on it. 
Um, they really want to make sure that we start

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hitting our grade center. So, we're we're making 
some steps in county and I'll share what that is

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with you all here in a few minutes. But, um, this 
is a lot. This is a lot of stuff. So, I mean,

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I know as a parent, I've got three kids, but as a 
parent, I look at that and I'm like, I don't even

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know where I'd want to start because all three of 
my kids are so extremely different. Um, I wouldn't

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even know where to begin on there with with any of 
them because you need a lot of vocational training

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opportunities, the self-awareness, self- advocacy, 
social and emotional skills, goal setting, and

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decision- making to really think about, well, what 
do you want to do when you get into a career? Um,

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but you also need to know what u skills you need 
for the crew that you want to be in. And so then

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you need to go and visit a community connection 
because you're not sure if you really are going

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to like it or not. You want to find out more 
about it. But then we got to talk about community

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participation. You got to, you know, do your 
part for the community and that's always like,

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oh my gosh. And so, and then independent living 
skills. Good lord, that's that's a whole other

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ball game. So, lots to look at. Did any of those 
are you all like, yeah, that makes sense. All the

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that are on there. Yeah. Will you see something up 
there that interests you? Uh uh first I think the

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employment readiness is pretty cool. Okay. Why? 
Because employment readiness it gets you prepared

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for be employed. Uh it helps you you'll be able 
to find the jobs that you want to do and be able

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to have better advancements in finding those jobs 
beforehand. So that sounds exciting to you. You

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want to learn more about jobs that you can do. 
Awesome. That's one of my favorite things to do,

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too, and I get to work with students. I love that 
part. Very nice. All right, Baron, go ahead. So,

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one of the handouts I gave you, and this was 
just really quickly. I thought it was super

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interesting. Um, they did a national survey and 
they asked 32 transition activities. They asked

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um parents, teachers, students what they thought 
were the most important transition experiences and

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what made the most impact. You look at this, 
it says paid work 100%. Everybody said yeah,

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that's going to be the best one. Unpaid 
work, so internships, co-ops, things like

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that. Apprenticeships, going to college, both 75% 
leadership and volunteering right at 63%. But then

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what they found out was most students aren't 
doing those things. So they're saying, "Hey,

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go work a full-time. Go get a job experience. This 
is awesome. It's going to be the most impactful,

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but only 23% of them are doing it." Same thing 
with unpaid work, college experience, leadership

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experience, and then the volunteer experience. 
Um, they weren't getting the opportunities to make

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these impactful opport or these impactful times 
and be able to do things. And so, it's great. Hey,

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that's great. We know they need to do, but we're 
not doing it. So, thankfully, the district saw a

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need for that and hired me. So, so let's talk a 
little bit then about what some of the services

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are that we've got going on in county schools. Oh 
gosh, I forgot about this slide. Okay, sorry. Um,

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so student involvement, we really want to make 
sure these are a lot of things we want to make

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sure the students are working with. Self- advocacy 
training, goal setting exercises. Um, and I'm not

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again I don't I don't like to read to everybody 
because that's not the way I like to to sit and

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learn. So you can look at some of those that we 
ask our students to do. These are things that our

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teachers have been trained to do and we've shared 
with them. Very easy in the classroom to be able

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to do some of these things. Go ahead, Taran. Um, 
we do a lot of interest and skills assessments

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at the high school level. They do what's called 
major clarity. I think that actually starts at

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the middle school now. Um, and so all of your 
students have a major clarity account and they

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go in and they do different activities in major 
clarity with their counselors. um and during which

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depending on what school they're at, they've got 
different times where they've got a baby called

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home room or ed or advisory or whatever anybody 
calls it, all the different ones. These other

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um links up here, the intact, the career 
onetop and future ready are extremely re

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wonderful resources. Intact is a national resource 
that basically every transition place I go to,

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they're like, "This is where you go." and it has 
everything. And the great thing about that is that

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they've done all the research and they found 
it all. So you go there, you click on it, you

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tell them what you want, and they pop up all the 
links. The career onetop's super cool because you

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um can go in and so if your student has a job that 
they really like and they want to know more about,

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they can um go in and put it in and then they can 
say Kentucky and then it tells them in Kentucky,

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where's this job needed? How much does it make? 
what kind of career or what kind of education

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might you need? Where can you get help with 
this? And then the future ready is actually

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something that our state legislature put together 
and that is only for the state of Kentucky. So all

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of those are really great resources. Um if we 
have time tonight, we can go back and click on

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it. We can look at some of them together. Yes. Um 
are we I mean I know each of those are links but

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uh I can't click on them. You can't. I know. I 
thought about that earlier today and um we can

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get it on our website. Okay. I just Yeah. there's 
a listing at some place or something like that.

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Yeah, we can definitely do that. Um, we've got 
on our family our ECS family website, we've got a

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transition tab and what I can do, we can make sure 
that we get this uploaded so you guys have access

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to it. Thank you. But yeah, and then if you send 
me an email, I can well, I remember your email,

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so you know my I won't I won't tell why, but I 
do remember your email. So, um, yeah, these are

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really great. Those are just if you are at home 
with your your kids and you want to talk to them

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about it, um, get on any of those. They're really 
good. And then family involvement again. And guys,

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I'm going to really push this for you all. Do not 
hesitate to communicate and talk to your schools

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about your child's future. If you've got ideas, 
if you've got things you want them to look into,

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send communication. Um, ask them, "Hey, I heard 
about this. I want to know more about this." Make

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sure you're asking those questions because if 
they don't know the answers, then they can come

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back and ask me. You typically get a parent 
survey before every IEP meeting or you should

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anyways fill that out. They're going to ask those 
questions especially when they start to get older

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because that helps them figure out the route on 
the transition goal on the okay but don't hesitate

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to communicate ask questions and you can reach out 
to me as well. Um one of the things that I loved

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from the conference that I went to a couple weeks 
ago they talked about setting goals for families

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to complete at home. So, what are some things 
that you can do at home as a family to set goals

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uh for them? If you've got personal connections 
in the community, you know that your child might

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be interested in working with animals and you 
know somebody that works at an animal shelter,

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reach out and be like, "Hey, is it possible 
for for me to bring them so they can come see

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what it looks like?" And then I'm going to do 
another shameless plug for our parent workshops

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and our OC cares because um I think that this is 
an extremely valuable resource that we have. Our

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workshops are valuable. Um OC care is extremely 
valuable. I don't think it's as I thought it was

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more prominent across the nation that workshops 
like this were put on, but again when I've gone

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to these conferences, they're always like, 
"Do you put workshops on?" And I'm like,

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"Yeah." Um and so I don't think it's, you know, 
it's not something that we see everywhere. So,

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um please take advantage of those. I 
know it's hard to get out. I get it, too.

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Okay. So, now I promise I'm pretty 100% sure 
99 99.9% sure that the next one is going to be

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what we do at school. There we go. Got it. Okay. 
Um, these are all the things I'm going to talk

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about tonight and I hope you're not completely 
overwhelmed by them all, but there's a lot. Um,

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we have what's called pre-employment transition 
services. That's for students that have an IEP,

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a 504, or a documented disability. Okay. We are 
going to talk about jobs for America's graduates

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that's available to all students right now that 
attend Oldm County High School and North Oldm

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High School. It is coming to South. We just had to 
it's a funding thing. And so um and I'll tell you

0:17:34.240,0:17:38.640
a little bit more about our works, but JAG gives 
us money for that program to pay for a teacher.

0:17:38.640,0:17:44.560
So we've got to go based on what JAG can fund. 
So right now they're funding two schools for us.

0:17:44.560,0:17:50.080
We have a program called active a tassel. This is 
for any senior that is choosing not to go to the

0:17:50.080,0:17:55.200
traditional college after high school. We've got 
the indicator 13 we talked about and that's the

0:17:55.200,0:18:00.640
IPS only and that's on the the transition piece 
of it. We have the young adult transition program

0:18:00.640,0:18:05.200
um which is available for our students that were 
on the alternate assessment pathway and then the

0:18:05.200,0:18:10.640
office of vocational rehabilitation which 
is available for the IEP 504 and documented

0:18:10.640,0:18:16.560
disability students. So we will go through all of 
those right now starting with employee transition

0:18:16.560,0:18:24.320
services. Okay. So that is the next couple of 
documents you're going to have. This document

0:18:24.320,0:18:29.120
in here is paths and it's path. I'm not going 
to say pre-employment transition service at a

0:18:29.120,0:18:37.200
certain time. So this is path. This is a fabulous 
letter from me with my information on it. And then

0:18:37.200,0:18:43.360
if you hear or you like what you hear and you 
want to go ahead and fill this information out,

0:18:43.360,0:18:48.960
um this is the form that needs to be completed 
and turned in to your student your child's school

0:18:48.960,0:18:54.720
for pre-employment transition services. 
Angela, yes. With Noah already being at,

0:18:54.720,0:19:01.600
do I need to fill this? No, you do not. If your 
child's already in it, then yes, you do not.

0:19:01.600,0:19:08.640
It looks familiar, but I don't know. I think he 
is. Okay. I'll check. I'm almost positive he is,

0:19:08.640,0:19:16.640
but I'll check. Um, so how does paths work? Okay, 
so this work gets a little confusing. So remember,

0:19:16.640,0:19:21.840
prizes is just for our students that have 
IEPs, 504s, and documented disabilities,

0:19:21.840,0:19:29.360
but they can get path services in a lot of 
these places right here. So Jack, Kentucky,

0:19:29.360,0:19:34.720
which is another thing that any student can be a 
part of, but they still get paid services in their

0:19:35.680,0:19:40.240
through OVR and Jack, which is a little confusing, 
but but they can create services through and

0:19:40.240,0:19:44.480
Jack. Um they have an office of vocational 
rehabilitation consultant that they can work

0:19:44.480,0:19:49.920
with. Um we've got a couple of outside consultant 
people that come into our schools and work with

0:19:49.920,0:19:55.120
our students and typically pull them like once 
a week. Um and that's through a group called the

0:19:55.120,0:20:00.800
edge and everybody counts. And I'm waiting and 
hoping that another group called Zoom group will

0:20:00.800,0:20:08.480
also be coming in and doing that as well. So preX 
is where we do a lot of job exploration, workbased

0:20:08.480,0:20:16.640
learning experiences, which is a fancy way to say 
um field trips and postsecary counseling, work

0:20:16.640,0:20:22.800
readiness training, self- advocacy instruction. Um 
they may also receive rupettes depending upon how

0:20:22.800,0:20:28.480
and what they qualify for, tuition assistance, 
help with transportation, assisted technology,

0:20:28.480,0:20:35.520
and other services to help them gain employment. 
Um this is this has kind of been my baby

0:20:35.520,0:20:43.120
um since I started with this job. This is phase 
through OVR. OVR right now was which is the office

0:20:43.120,0:20:49.200
of vocational rehabilitation. They're on a um 
they're kind of on a shutdown would probably

0:20:49.200,0:20:55.120
be the easiest way to say that um because of 
government funding. So they have what they are

0:20:55.120,0:20:59.280
telling us to do if your child wants to do OVR 
down the road. And again, I'll I'll get into more

0:20:59.280,0:21:03.440
of OVR here because that's a little bit further 
down the road. They want us to start them in

0:21:03.440,0:21:08.880
prix because they are still servicing prizes and 
still paying for pri. So, this is still happening

0:21:08.880,0:21:18.240
and going on. Once your child is accepted into 
this, you are considered um a possible open case

0:21:18.240,0:21:25.360
for OVR and it moves you up on the list when 
OVR opens back up. So, you want to get into

0:21:25.360,0:21:33.840
pre-employment transition services right now. Did 
I explain that? But it is it is really confusing.

0:21:33.840,0:21:39.600
Are you all good with that? No. No. But you're 
good because he's already good. You're good. You

0:21:39.600,0:21:43.040
don't have to. He's already on the list. Then I if 
I don't need to know, that's cool. Yeah. You don't

0:21:43.040,0:21:51.120
need to know. You're good. You're good. Okay. So, 
if your if you've not seen this paper, um I'd go

0:21:51.120,0:21:55.120
ahead and fill it out and get it turned in either 
your archer or your counselor and they can get it

0:21:55.120,0:22:02.400
to me. Um and then we will process it. In order to 
get pre-employment transition transition services,

0:22:02.400,0:22:08.080
I said, you have to have my 504, a diagnosis of a 
disability. You have to be 14 plus years old. So,

0:22:08.080,0:22:14.240
typically then eighth grade is when we can 
start those services. Um it is typically

0:22:14.240,0:22:20.720
provided during school hours. So, typically with 
PEX, we have people come into the school building

0:22:20.720,0:22:24.000
and they work with the students one-on-one 
and all of those things that were listed,

0:22:24.000,0:22:28.560
but with parent permission, they can work with 
your child outside of the school day. They can

0:22:28.560,0:22:34.080
also work with their child over the summer and on 
breaks. What's the example? Over the summer and on

0:22:34.080,0:22:40.080
breaks or what what do they do when they either 
come into the school or what's so um depending

0:22:40.080,0:22:47.840
upon the child and what they need. So, kids right 
now get um small groups and they come in and talk

0:22:47.840,0:22:51.280
about so I did priests for a little bit but 
I wasn't really through OVR I was just doing

0:22:51.280,0:22:58.960
it on my own so I would go in and I would teach 
things like um how to do a proper handshake okay

0:22:58.960,0:23:04.080
um how to walk up and just introduce yourself 
to somebody I would sit down with students and

0:23:04.080,0:23:09.680
do resume building what a resume is and what that 
looks like we would talk about interviews and we

0:23:09.680,0:23:14.720
would do different interview questions um I had 
some students where we did skill searches. What

0:23:14.720,0:23:20.800
are you good at? What do you like? We would just 
do exploration. I'd take them to the career onetop

0:23:20.800,0:23:27.520
career websites. I'd take them to future ready. 
We would just do those those kind of things. Um

0:23:27.520,0:23:34.720
there are so many things that you can cover that 
they they they can do a lot of different I mean

0:23:34.720,0:23:39.200
we've got the different providers doing a bunch of 
different things. The thing that I get to do now

0:23:39.200,0:23:45.120
that I love is I get to do the workbased marketing 
trips. So, we have taken I've taken students and

0:23:45.120,0:23:51.280
I've actually got some pictures here in a little 
bit, but um we do a lot of career exploration. So,

0:23:51.280,0:23:55.520
finding out and learning about jobs that are in 
the community. A few weeks ago, I took a group of

0:23:55.520,0:24:00.000
kids to the L family stadium. We had students 
that love sports. They aren't going to be a

0:24:00.000,0:24:05.280
pro sports player as much as they really, really, 
really, really want to and think that they might

0:24:05.280,0:24:11.280
be. Um we talked about different opportunities 
in sports. So, Lyn Family Stadium checked in.

0:24:11.280,0:24:15.040
We went to the training facility and we went to 
the stadium and the kids got to learn about all

0:24:15.040,0:24:20.000
the jobs that happened at Lyn Family Stadium 
to make a game ride. It was great. They had

0:24:20.000,0:24:24.000
a great time. Some students walked away and 
said, "I never thought I love music. I didn't

0:24:24.000,0:24:29.920
think I could be a DJ at a at a sporting event." 
Yeah, that guy there's having a good time. Um,

0:24:29.920,0:24:34.320
others that were really interested in food and 
culinary, they're over here at culinary at Arvin.

0:24:34.320,0:24:40.560
They're like, "Oh my gosh, I didn't realize all 
the food that went into running the stadium." Um,

0:24:40.560,0:24:44.720
taking a group of Churchill Downs in a couple 
in January. Um, and we'll do the same thing

0:24:44.720,0:24:50.240
there. I took a student, she won an internship 
through Churchill Downs and so I took her to it

0:24:50.240,0:24:55.120
was a it was a one-day internship, but we went 
and she got to be an intern all day long and

0:24:55.120,0:25:00.880
follow the lady around at Churchill Downs. And 
so, um, we are going up to JCTC on Friday. I'm

0:25:00.880,0:25:07.680
taking a group up on Friday to learn more about 
their small campus up there. We talked about,

0:25:07.680,0:25:13.120
um, I'm trying to other places I've gone. Um 
I've done churchel downs a couple of times.

0:25:13.120,0:25:19.360
We love we love triple downs. Um oh the zoo. I 
took a group to the zoo. We learned all about

0:25:19.360,0:25:24.640
the I mean there's just lots of but I do that's my 
I've taken kids on interviews before. So the nice

0:25:24.640,0:25:30.000
job about what I do is because um if we've got 
students that are in any of these programs and

0:25:30.000,0:25:35.200
they need something smaller oneonone, I can take 
them out in the van and so we can go and do that.

0:25:35.200,0:25:39.280
But I can also do things like we need to go to the 
grocery and learn how to go to the grocery. Like

0:25:39.280,0:25:44.320
I'm that's great. Or we need to go and figure 
out how to open a bank account. Those kind of

0:25:44.320,0:25:52.800
things. So anything that really falls under 
that transition piece can happen under this.

0:25:52.800,0:26:00.160
Any questions on that? So this is at all of our 
high schools. This is at um and then it starts

0:26:00.160,0:26:04.000
in 8th grade. So it's 14 plus is when we can 
start doing this. So when your child reaches 14,

0:26:04.000,0:26:12.400
you can start this paper out and get it back to 
them. All right. Um, this is Jag, Kentucky. It

0:26:12.400,0:26:17.440
jobs for America's graduates. This is the one that 
right now is currently only at Olden County and at

0:26:17.440,0:26:24.400
North, but it is coming to South. This tells you 
all about JAG. Um, this has been another program

0:26:24.400,0:26:31.920
I'm extremely proud about that we have brought in 
to Oldm County. This is a national program. Jag is

0:26:31.920,0:26:40.560
it's been around for 47 years, probably more than 
that. If you um will click on the JAG logo for me,

0:26:40.560,0:26:52.880
please thanks and then go to scroll down. So this 
gives you a little bit of an idea, but they their

0:26:52.880,0:26:58.560
main goal is to help students that have any kind 
of barriers in their life to remove those barriers

0:26:58.560,0:27:04.720
and help them become a productive citizen of their 
community. There are I don't even know how many

0:27:04.720,0:27:11.920
barriers that students can qualify under, but they 
want to any student that has any type of barrier

0:27:11.920,0:27:17.360
and that barrier could be anywhere from they have 
anxiety in the hallways to they have family uh

0:27:17.360,0:27:24.560
parents that that are in jail or um parents didn't 
graduate from high or from college or didn't go

0:27:24.560,0:27:29.600
to college or they've moved a lot because their 
family was in the military. There was all these

0:27:29.600,0:27:35.680
barriers that they can fall under. um and they 
can be a part of this this what I love about this

0:27:35.680,0:27:39.520
is that it offers some amazing leadership 
opportunities especially for our students

0:27:39.520,0:27:44.560
that maybe don't always have those opportunities 
there's a career association that goes along with

0:27:44.560,0:27:50.400
JAG they're able to participate in a district 
regional state and national competitions with

0:27:50.400,0:27:55.200
this and they're able to travel and go so if they 
win the district and then they win the region and

0:27:55.200,0:28:00.320
then they win state then they can go to nationals 
um and nationals last year was in Indianapolis I

0:28:01.600,0:28:05.840
So students have really amazing opportunities. 
Last year we took some kids up to Frankfurt

0:28:05.840,0:28:10.640
and they got to go and meet with their state 
representatives and so that was pretty cool

0:28:10.640,0:28:17.200
as well. Um this is open to any student. Doesn't 
matter if they have an IEP or not. Um we do a lot

0:28:17.200,0:28:20.560
of work based learning activities with this as 
well. A lot of guest speakers come in and talk

0:28:20.560,0:28:26.880
to students about different jobs. There's been 
so we've had pilots, we've had um the military,

0:28:26.880,0:28:32.320
we've had um the high school manufacturing academy 
in teach them to do the lines, how to work at the

0:28:32.320,0:28:37.920
lines and manufacturing and industries. We've had 
trades come in. Um, we had the building industry

0:28:37.920,0:28:44.000
association come in and they set up stations and 
the kids went around and were able to use hammers

0:28:44.000,0:28:49.200
and nails and all things and then they went over 
here and they were doing foam stuff and then they

0:28:49.200,0:28:53.360
went over here and they were I don't think they 
saw it. I don't think they got permission to use

0:28:53.360,0:28:58.560
the saw, but they were doing they were doing 
all the fun stuff with the trade. So, um, so

0:28:58.560,0:29:03.040
this has been really big that we've brought in and 
that we're really excited about as an opportunity

0:29:03.040,0:29:08.800
in Old County. Yes, ma'am. How do people sign up 
for that? Is that like a class on their schedule?

0:29:08.800,0:29:12.800
Thank you for asking that question. It is a class 
and it's an elective. They can take it all four

0:29:12.800,0:29:20.880
years if they want to when they're in high school. 
Yeah. And so, um, Jack KY is a class. Is that Oh,

0:29:20.880,0:29:28.160
and if our child is at the age of graduation, 
Yeah. It's too late. Yeah. Sorry. Uh, it just

0:29:28.160,0:29:36.400
started last year county. So, and then this year 
was north. It started at North this year. So,

0:29:36.400,0:29:43.520
I know we'll just have another kid. I know. I 
know. So, um, all right. Can you find it fair?

0:29:43.520,0:29:51.600
I was going to say it finds 500,000 tabs that I 
have open up there. It's that one. Yeah. U Well,

0:29:51.600,0:29:55.920
real fast on this. One of the other things I 
really love about JAG 2 is that a year out after

0:29:55.920,0:29:59.680
they graduate from high school, the mentor who's 
the teacher, the specialist in the classroom calls

0:29:59.680,0:30:04.160
and follows up with them for a full year. So they 
follow up and they check in with them on monthly.

0:30:04.160,0:30:09.760
And so that's really cool, too, because they're 
able to um to just check in, see how they're

0:30:09.760,0:30:15.520
doing. We've made some really cool connections 
with that. The OCS teachers been calling and some

0:30:15.520,0:30:19.040
of the students I worked with last year, we've 
kind of tag teamed on and to hear what they're

0:30:19.040,0:30:22.640
doing is really neat. Some of them are still 
trying to find their way, but they're emailing and

0:30:22.640,0:30:29.600
asking questions. So, we feel really good about 
that, but they're still reaching back out to us.

0:30:29.600,0:30:33.120
So, here's some pictures back. I just threw them 
in there. There's a lot of different This one.

0:30:33.120,0:30:39.520
This is the brother internship. Um, we've got 
some military. That was Lynn Family Stadium. Oh,

0:30:39.520,0:30:44.480
that was really super exciting. We had at one of 
the ceremonies they did the news showed up and the

0:30:44.480,0:30:48.880
kids got interviewed on TV and that was awesome. 
Um, and then I can't believe I didn't mention it,

0:30:48.880,0:30:53.680
but we have VR headsets. And this is so cool, you 
all, because, and this is available to all of our

0:30:53.680,0:31:00.720
students, too. We have VR headsets. They can go in 
and I can drop videos in and they can have a 360

0:31:00.720,0:31:06.400
view and follow somebody at a dog. So, if there's 
I was just working with our um Buckner High School

0:31:06.400,0:31:10.080
students yesterday, like a brick layer. You want 
to know what a brick layer does all day? So, you

0:31:10.080,0:31:15.360
put the headsets on and hit the button and you can 
follow the brick layer all day. you want to know

0:31:15.360,0:31:20.080
what they do in surgery, you can go in and follow 
them in surgery. Um, so that's really cool. We've

0:31:20.080,0:31:26.640
got a lot of other things that we're working on. 
Get some other software around your headsets, too.

0:31:26.640,0:31:35.280
Okay, coming down. Um, after the tassel is 
probably one of the biggest things that I do,

0:31:35.280,0:31:38.960
and I love this because I really need to 
work one-on-one with the students on this.

0:31:38.960,0:31:43.520
This is funded through Kentucky in Anna Works 
and this is available at all of our high schools

0:31:43.520,0:31:50.560
including our alternative school. Um we are 
looking to specifically work with any high school

0:31:50.560,0:31:56.320
senior that does not have plans to immediately 
go to college. So they want to take a gap year,

0:31:56.320,0:32:00.720
they want to go straight to the workforce, 
they want to go to a trade school and get

0:32:00.720,0:32:05.200
trained. Um they're or they're just not 100% 
sure what they want to do or they want to go

0:32:05.200,0:32:10.240
straight to the workforce. Our goal is that we 
find a full-time employment, paying $15 an hour,

0:32:10.240,0:32:15.280
and the bonus would be if they get benefits. Um, I 
personally sit down and work one-on-one with each

0:32:15.280,0:32:21.280
one of these students. I go in and I do a initial 
meeting with them and then from there decide what

0:32:21.280,0:32:25.760
kind of tier they almost fall into and what 
kind of assistance I'm going to give them. Um,

0:32:25.760,0:32:30.560
I can do job assessments, individual planning, 
career exploration, job readiness training, skills

0:32:30.560,0:32:35.200
building, connections, community resources, job 
placements, and I do ongoing support and follow

0:32:35.200,0:32:40.240
up. I will follow up with them next year to make 
sure they are placed and doing okay with that. Um,

0:32:40.240,0:32:49.040
in your packet letter from me, the little signup 
sheet on here and the QR code if you want to find

0:32:49.040,0:32:54.640
out more information on that. What happens if 
you hit the next one for me, Karen, please?

0:32:55.360,0:33:00.880
Um if you do that QR code, you can either do 
that or you can reach out to your art chairs

0:33:00.880,0:33:07.600
um your counselor um and ask them to recommend 
them to me. What happens after I get their name

0:33:07.600,0:33:12.480
is that I sit down and have an interview with 
all of them whose names have been given to me.

0:33:12.480,0:33:16.080
Like I said, I place them on interior support. 
So might they might need a whole lot of support,

0:33:16.080,0:33:21.200
they might not need a whole lot of support. 
Um, and then I help them set up a transition

0:33:21.200,0:33:25.680
plan and I can work individually with 
them throughout the school year. So,

0:33:25.680,0:33:28.400
I'm in the process right now of 
meeting with all the students. Um,

0:33:28.400,0:33:33.760
I've been to South and I haven't been anywhere 
else yet, but I'm making my way around. So,

0:33:33.760,0:33:38.960
if you have a senior or know a senior and you want 
them to meet with me, I'm happy to do that. Um,

0:33:38.960,0:33:43.280
if they're not 100% sure what they want to do, it 
that's okay. If they think they may want to go to

0:33:43.280,0:33:46.640
college, but they're not sure, that's fine, too. I 
met with a student at South yesterday. He's like,

0:33:46.640,0:33:50.240
"I think I want to go to college now." Like, 
great. And I'm still going to sit and assist

0:33:50.240,0:33:57.440
them. I'm not going to be like, "Sorry, peace 
out." Um, but but happy to help with that.

0:33:57.440,0:34:02.160
Any questions on Yes, ma'am. After the 
tassel. Okay. I know it does not apply to me,

0:34:02.160,0:34:08.320
but I was just listening to that and um 
I was thinking about like a long time ago

0:34:08.320,0:34:13.920
um because I'm pretty much the same age as you. Um 
I remember like that would have been what I would

0:34:13.920,0:34:19.520
have gone to my guidance counselor for right like 
back in the day that you'd be like hey I'm not

0:34:19.520,0:34:26.160
really sure what I want to do blah blah blah tell 
me what is the difference now between like what

0:34:26.160,0:34:32.160
the counselor itself does versus this specific 
thing that you're talking about after the tassel.

0:34:32.160,0:34:39.520
So what we are finding this is an added bonus. 
Um the counselors do a lot more than just that

0:34:39.520,0:34:46.560
now. They are not just you know so um ideally we 
would have a college counselor in every building.

0:34:46.560,0:34:52.080
That's ideally what we would have that is not 
the way it's laid out. Um they they have they

0:34:52.080,0:34:56.400
work a lot with the students on picking college 
and things like that. So they are really I'm

0:34:56.400,0:35:01.440
what I'm saying to them is you you take your 
college knowledge and the knowledge you have

0:35:01.440,0:35:06.080
for post-secondary schools and you let me work 
with the students that maybe need that extra

0:35:06.080,0:35:12.560
assistance that need more one-on-one time and 
help. And so that gives me a smaller number kind

0:35:12.560,0:35:18.960
of I guess it's a big number but that's okay. Um 
and they're able to hone in. Now it is not just

0:35:18.960,0:35:24.080
me though. I communicate with the counselors on a 
regular basis. I'm every time I'm in the building,

0:35:24.080,0:35:27.280
we're talking, I'm talking about the kids. I'm 
like, "Hey, I met with this kid." "Oh, yeah,

0:35:27.280,0:35:30.880
he's great. Let me tell you more about him." 
Or, you know, I met with her. What else do I

0:35:30.880,0:35:33.440
need to know? I can tell there's something else 
going on. I need to know a little bit more. So,

0:35:33.440,0:35:40.000
we're communicating a lot. Um, 
but it's just an added resource.

0:35:40.000,0:35:48.320
Yes. Is that for that end at the end? No, I can 
still work with him. Um, I it's Yes. But there

0:35:48.320,0:35:53.200
there are some things I'm going to share that I 
think are going to be more long for him. But yes,

0:35:53.200,0:35:58.720
I can still do this with him. The goal the the 
actual goal with this is to get a full-time job

0:35:58.720,0:36:04.240
paying $15 an hour. And so, yeah, that's 
not a We can save the button for us. Yeah,

0:36:04.240,0:36:07.600
absolutely. No, and that's it. And 
I've got a lot of students right now,

0:36:07.600,0:36:14.160
they can do it. Yeah, that's something that 
we can do and I can work with him for sure.

0:36:14.160,0:36:19.040
Any other questions on this?

0:36:19.040,0:36:23.760
Okay. One of my favorite places in the whole wide 
world is the young adult transition program. Um

0:36:23.760,0:36:28.800
it is housed here in the Arvin Center and the 
mission is to prepare our students enrolled

0:36:28.800,0:36:33.520
in this program for their next step in adult 
life. Um and so they work on independent skills,

0:36:33.520,0:36:37.360
workbased learning, career exploration, job 
readiness training and social opportunities.

0:36:37.360,0:36:41.040
I don't know if you'll see a theme with all of 
those, but those are like the theme five ones

0:36:41.040,0:36:47.040
that we do across the board. Um, these are our 
students from the alternative assessment program.

0:36:47.040,0:36:51.920
And so they are able to stay with us after 
they complete four years of high school. Um,

0:36:51.920,0:36:57.200
they stay with us until they're 21. And so, um, 
they have the choice to stay in their high school

0:36:57.200,0:37:02.080
if they want to. They have the choice to maybe do 
a little bit of a hybrid and they could stay maybe

0:37:02.080,0:37:06.480
stay high school and and go out into the community 
or they can go into the adult transition program

0:37:06.480,0:37:13.040
and go out in the community. Um, we flipped to the 
pictures for for me here in the slide. Sorry. Um,

0:37:13.040,0:37:19.680
so this gives gives you an idea. They go out 
twice a day typically, usually starting in

0:37:19.680,0:37:25.600
October at some point to different places in our 
community. Um, they go and they do life skills,

0:37:25.600,0:37:29.840
work skills, independent skills. You can see 
some of them are working on laundry. We've got

0:37:29.840,0:37:36.560
some cooking that's happening. Um, we've got some 
karaoke because you always have to have fun. Um,

0:37:36.560,0:37:40.720
there are I'm trying to see up here. We've 
got students that'll go into some daycarees.

0:37:40.720,0:37:45.680
They go to the senior center. They go to the 
recycling center. Gosh, I can't even remember

0:37:45.680,0:37:54.880
where where where else Kroger. Yes, they they do 
uh Kroger. Where' you say Stockyards? I thought

0:37:54.880,0:38:00.000
they just said stockyards. I'm like, I didn't know 
that. What are they doing there? Sweet. Um yeah,

0:38:00.000,0:38:04.720
so they go all out in the community and 
they they get to experience different jobs,

0:38:04.720,0:38:10.320
different skills, different things that they 
might like to be doing. Um a lot of our students

0:38:10.320,0:38:13.760
that are here in Arvin Center. We take advantage 
of Arvin Center. So, they'll go to our culinary

0:38:13.760,0:38:20.960
classes, they'll go to our automotive classes, and 
so they are learning to um to do stuff with cars

0:38:20.960,0:38:27.120
and to learn how to cook and things like that. So, 
it's an amazing program. It's one of my favorite

0:38:27.120,0:38:34.480
places to be. Um I love I love coming over here. 
So, and we have a good time. They're fun. But I do

0:38:34.480,0:38:39.600
try to hit up on Fridays when it's karaoke Friday 
because that's really a good one. Okay. usually

0:38:39.600,0:38:45.840
have their classes here. They have so they've got 
one big classroom and it's got um the washer and

0:38:45.840,0:38:51.360
dryer and the kitchen and all the things. And so 
they do a lot of those skills there. Um they'll

0:38:51.360,0:38:56.400
do jobs around here. They'll do to prepare like 
to go to Kroger. They may keep them back that

0:38:56.400,0:39:02.080
haven't gone to Kroger yet and they'll practice 
running the um or bagging groceries and then that

0:39:02.080,0:39:08.560
way when they go to Kroger they can do that. So we 
have absolutely loved it. This is our son's second

0:39:08.560,0:39:15.440
year yp and we are terrified for him to leave 
the campus but every kid in there it's not like a

0:39:15.440,0:39:20.800
classroom where everyone learns at the same speed 
they will create something for each individual

0:39:20.800,0:39:30.080
child so um that has been super good very good so 
um and they do and they get you know they try to

0:39:30.080,0:39:33.600
get outside and they walk to make sure they're 
staying healthy and if they can't get outside

0:39:33.600,0:39:38.960
I've come in and they're doing aerobics and yoga 
and they've got the the foot pedals and the arm

0:39:38.960,0:39:42.960
pedals and they'll put on the arm pedals. They'll 
put the iPad in front of them like they're riding

0:39:42.960,0:39:51.360
a bike and um they do morning dance. They Oh, they 
dance. They house um they Yeah, it's really been a

0:39:51.360,0:39:57.040
good But they go to Udell. They'll go during the 
when the season is is or the weather's good out

0:39:57.040,0:40:06.080
there. So, um yeah. So, it's been a really 
that's a really great thing. Um just so you

0:40:06.080,0:40:11.280
know these are few things that are happening 
in our schools for resources in our schools.

0:40:11.280,0:40:17.840
We've got an elementary level. They've got the KD 
career resources that they use. And then a lot of

0:40:17.840,0:40:25.280
our elementary schools use junior achievement. 
They'll go to um Biztown and do Bistown. And the

0:40:25.280,0:40:30.000
middle schools, they also use the resources. If 
you've got a middle schooler, the Pax Matter Labs

0:40:30.000,0:40:35.600
are new this year. This is one of the things 
that I very much um enjoy being able to be a

0:40:35.600,0:40:43.600
part of helping to bring to county schools. So, 
they basically have these labs where students,

0:40:43.600,0:40:51.520
if they're interested in plumbing, let's say, 
this lab comes with a sink, and then all of

0:40:51.520,0:40:56.720
the tools and they learn how to fix a clogged 
drain. They learn how to take the drain apart,

0:40:56.720,0:41:02.880
put it together. Um, they learn how to fix the 
water lines. And so, then there's also another

0:41:02.880,0:41:06.880
section where it's like interior design. And 
so, they have to create this whole board where

0:41:06.880,0:41:12.160
they do all that. There's welding where they 
wear VR headsets and they learn to weld. Um,

0:41:12.160,0:41:20.720
but there's 27 labs. Each middle school has 
15 labs. Um, and then they and I think 10 of

0:41:20.720,0:41:25.280
them are the same because they lead into Arvin 
Center here. And then the five are connected to

0:41:25.280,0:41:28.640
whatever their middle school leads into their 
high school. So all of the middle schools have

0:41:28.640,0:41:33.760
the Paxton Patterson labs in them. The goal is to 
get the students to take the class at least twice

0:41:33.760,0:41:43.840
so they can get through all the labs that the 
schools have, but that just started this year.

0:41:43.840,0:41:48.320
Culinary and automotive, they are so competitive. 
It's typically not till junior and senior year

0:41:48.320,0:41:53.520
because so many kids want to do it. So, I 
know students have gotten into automotive

0:41:53.520,0:41:59.600
their sophomore year. Um, but it's just hard 
because so many kids want to come and do it.

0:41:59.600,0:42:09.280
Yes. Okay. Uh one of when a kid enters into 
the school school so do they like so do they

0:42:09.280,0:42:14.720
pick like a specific like a specific thing that 
they want to do like plumbing or they and they

0:42:14.720,0:42:21.680
learn a lot specifically mostly about plumbing 
or do they get or do they generally get like a

0:42:21.680,0:42:28.320
general idea via multiple different trades? You 
mean for the Patterson labs? Yeah. Well kind of

0:42:28.320,0:42:35.200
like that. the entire program. Do they get to 
like generally learn learn different parts of

0:42:35.200,0:42:40.640
things so they can eventually choose what they 
want to do or do they just uh immediately like

0:42:40.640,0:42:46.720
something? No. So with the pack labs you can 
go in and decide you say I want to do these

0:42:46.720,0:42:50.240
four labs or five labs that you're interested 
in and then you get to rotate through those

0:42:50.240,0:42:53.920
middle school level. When you get to the high 
school level you meet with your counselors and

0:42:53.920,0:42:58.160
you talk about what your schedule looks like. So, 
if you really want to do automotive, they'll say,

0:42:58.160,0:43:00.720
"Okay, we're going to help you make sure 
you get into the automotive path." So,

0:43:00.720,0:43:05.120
if you want to do business, they'll make sure 
you're in the business pathway. There's lots of

0:43:05.120,0:43:08.000
different pathways you can take. And they 
differ a little bit depending on how much

0:43:08.000,0:43:13.280
school you go to. Okay. Okay. But that's a good 
question. Our hope is that we continue to grow

0:43:13.280,0:43:17.040
our pathways. We really want to get here at 
Arden. We want to get construction here. We

0:43:17.040,0:43:21.600
want to get the Hback and the plumbing and all 
those things. We really, really want to get here.

0:43:26.560,0:43:35.360
second trimester. Yes.

0:43:35.360,0:43:39.440
I would just reach out because they they just 
started their new trimester. So yeah, you probably

0:43:39.440,0:43:46.000
can reach out. If not, this you can see if they 
can get into the last one. Nope, it's fixed up.

0:43:46.000,0:43:52.960
It's everybody. Yeah, it's everybody. So, and then 
at the high school, um that's where most of the

0:43:52.960,0:43:57.760
um the paths and all of that starts to happen, but 
that's been the big focus because that's what the

0:43:57.760,0:44:06.000
state provides. So, those are all the things 
there. All right, let's talk OVR, I believe.

0:44:06.000,0:44:15.200
I think that's next. Yes. Okay, so vocational 
rehabilitation. There are three things here. This

0:44:15.200,0:44:21.920
one right here is probably going to be the easiest 
to read. Um, and this tells you all of the things,

0:44:21.920,0:44:26.080
but what you need to remember right now is that 
they are their cases are closed right now. They're

0:44:26.080,0:44:30.400
not taking new cases. They're putting everybody 
on a wait list. You can fill out the paperwork,

0:44:30.400,0:44:36.880
but you're immediately going on to a wait list. 
Um, they are telling us right now not to give

0:44:36.880,0:44:42.000
this information out until their junior till your 
student's junior year because they just don't know

0:44:42.000,0:44:47.360
where the waiting list is going to be. But when 
they get on this um and the paper's filled out,

0:44:47.360,0:44:53.840
it's turned in. You will be contacted by a lady 
called Regina Bates and she will set up a meeting

0:44:53.840,0:44:58.880
with you and your child and kind of do a quick 
you'll talk some things through. You'll do an

0:44:58.880,0:45:03.600
assessment um and she'll meet with you and talk 
to you about all the different opportunities that

0:45:03.600,0:45:08.640
might be available to your child. Basically, 
they want to make sure they are removing any

0:45:08.640,0:45:14.080
barrier that your child might have in order to 
be employed. And so that's the biggest thing that

0:45:14.080,0:45:24.960
they do. Um they can um they can work with you on 
an on on job onsite job trainer and coach can go

0:45:24.960,0:45:33.280
on and be on site with you. So once they are done 
with school and they are pursuing employment, they

0:45:33.280,0:45:40.400
can offer a coach to go out into the job site with 
you. That that job coach lasts for 90 days. Yes,

0:45:40.400,0:45:49.760
ma'am. Um Ethan though is already on this. Can we 
like call her to say where on the list is he? Uh,

0:45:49.760,0:45:53.520
yes. Let me double check because I just 
requested all of the ones that have been

0:45:53.520,0:45:59.120
that are open right now. I had to do a records 
request which felt very weird but um I'm like

0:45:59.120,0:46:03.680
I sent you the paperwork like it came from me. 
I gave it all to you. Um but I'm waiting on an

0:46:03.680,0:46:10.960
open records request so I might get that back to 
see if he's but don't I might forget that. So,

0:46:10.960,0:46:18.000
just try to remember to follow up with me at 
some point. Okay. Um, they can also, guys,

0:46:18.000,0:46:22.560
and this is really nice, too, they can also once 
they're out of school, they can do a reassessment,

0:46:22.560,0:46:27.920
a reevaluation if your student needs it for 
anything. So, if you're up for a reabalout um

0:46:27.920,0:46:32.000
on anything and you're out of the school system, 
they can do this for you guys. And that's part

0:46:32.000,0:46:37.600
of what they do. So, you can use that and take 
advantage of that. Um, they they do a lot of the

0:46:37.600,0:46:43.120
assessments. They will help with driving. So, if 
you've got a child who really wants to drive and

0:46:43.120,0:46:47.680
they're just not there yet, they can remove that 
barrier of not having transportation because she

0:46:47.680,0:46:53.680
goes in and does anything she could possibly do 
to remove the barrier. This follows them for life.

0:46:53.680,0:47:00.720
This doesn't go away. So, once you're in with OVR, 
it doesn't go away. The services that they provide

0:47:00.720,0:47:07.600
will differ for whatever it is that you might 
need. Um, I was talking to a mom whose brother is

0:47:07.600,0:47:12.320
partially blind and lives in Indiana and he went 
and applied for this after she had worked with

0:47:12.320,0:47:16.560
her son through this and they were able to get him 
special glasses he can wear to drive to work now

0:47:16.560,0:47:22.240
because they wanted to remove that barrier for him 
so he could go to work and he's in his 50s. So,

0:47:22.240,0:47:28.560
this is always there. This is Yes. You bring up a 
good question. Um, and I don't know which of these

0:47:28.560,0:47:35.120
or if any of them it fits into, but if there are 
transportation issues, um, which I expect there

0:47:35.120,0:47:41.440
would be, what what resource do we point that for 
those types of like Noah will never drive, right?

0:47:41.440,0:47:47.040
But to be able to to avail himself of employment, 
he has to have some type of transportation. It's

0:47:47.040,0:47:51.840
going to depend upon where he lives. Yeah. Out 
here in Olden County, your options are very slim.

0:47:51.840,0:47:59.520
Um, and so if he lives in a city, then OVR would 
help him figure out how use the buses and the um

0:47:59.520,0:48:04.560
uh Ubers and if you're in a place where there's 
a train or a subway, they would do all of those

0:48:04.560,0:48:11.200
things and help you figure that out. So, when 
is there a wait list? When do we start? So,

0:48:11.200,0:48:17.760
we want to make sure that they're with the Freedex 
first. Freeex is going to get them. They told me

0:48:17.760,0:48:22.720
two weeks, three weeks ago when I was in Denver, 
they really aren't. They really said to hold on

0:48:22.720,0:48:28.560
the application until junior year. Okay. Your art 
chair should tell you all of this in the art chair

0:48:28.560,0:48:32.560
meeting. Especially junior year, they should say 
to you, "Here's the OVR paperwork and here it is."

0:48:32.560,0:48:37.440
If you want to fill it out and send it in, you 
can. You're just going to get a letter telling you

0:48:37.440,0:48:45.440
you are they are not taking cases and you're on 
but you but wait. I mean, we all know how waiver

0:48:45.440,0:48:50.720
rolls, so might as well get them on a wait list. 
So, wait. Yeah. I mean, it's Yeah. So, it wouldn't

0:48:50.720,0:48:57.840
hurt. And you could be doing all the pre pre-ad 
stuff in the meantime. Like just I don't mean like

0:48:57.840,0:49:07.360
exhausting that but like don't cash that in for 
don't don't send in that OVR paperwork until PEX

0:49:07.360,0:49:13.840
has been processed because they said that if you 
turn the OVR paperwork in and then do the PETs,

0:49:13.840,0:49:17.920
there's a good chance that you will get into the 
OVR weight list because you haven't gotten the

0:49:17.920,0:49:26.640
PETs yet. And this is the 3X 3X. Yeah. Okay. So, 
some other things that I want to talk to you guys

0:49:26.640,0:49:30.160
about, but I didn't make handouts for everybody 
because I didn't know what everybody might want.

0:49:30.160,0:49:36.160
If we need handouts, I can make I can make more. 
So, through OVR, one of the amazing things that

0:49:36.160,0:49:43.040
they have is called the Carl Perkins Center. 
Carl B. Perkins Center is located in Thelma,

0:49:43.040,0:49:52.000
Kentucky, and it's just as far away as it sounds. 
Um, You drive and you drive and you drive. Um you

0:49:52.000,0:49:59.120
go past Lexington, you go past um Red River Gorge 
and you get on the mountain parkway and you just

0:49:59.120,0:50:03.520
keep driving and you drive through mountains and 
you drive a really long ways and then you come

0:50:03.520,0:50:11.360
upon Little Thelma and it's a darling little town. 
Um and that's where the Carl D. Perkins Vocational

0:50:11.360,0:50:19.360
Training Center is located. In order to go here, 
you have to be accepted by OVR. It is free. They

0:50:19.360,0:50:25.200
provide all the transportation to get your child 
to and from there. It is open to any student that

0:50:25.200,0:50:32.800
is an OVR client. Um the programs that they 
have, some of them anyways are automotive,

0:50:32.800,0:50:37.760
lubrication and detailing, building maintenance 
and custodial services, childcare development,

0:50:37.760,0:50:44.320
cosmetology, CVS retail, pharmacy collaborative, 
food service, groundskeeping, industrial truck,

0:50:44.320,0:50:50.880
forklift operator, materials management and 
office technology. I went down there to visit

0:50:50.880,0:50:56.640
um last year and the kids that are in 
these programs run that entire place.

0:50:56.640,0:51:05.440
It's really cool. They've got amazing amazing 
collaborative um partnerships with the schools

0:51:05.440,0:51:10.080
in that area. It's it's a very small town. I mean, 
you're you can walk to a lot of places and get

0:51:10.080,0:51:15.920
there. The custodial and the grounds people go and 
they do all the custodial. They have internships

0:51:15.920,0:51:20.240
at all the schools. They have internships with 
the custodians. They have internships with the

0:51:20.240,0:51:29.040
maintenance, with the groundskeeping. Um they 
run the all of the um anything that comes in,

0:51:29.040,0:51:34.160
the kids process it all and they learn how to 
do all of that. Um there are three tiers there,

0:51:34.160,0:51:40.400
levels of independence, and so students can go 
down there and they go down initially and they

0:51:40.400,0:51:44.960
get they do an assessment and they're down there 
for a couple of days for this assessment and they

0:51:44.960,0:51:49.760
figure out where they kind of fall in all the 
levels. Um and then they come back and say,

0:51:49.760,0:51:54.960
"Hey, we think this program, this program, and 
this program would be great for your child."

0:51:54.960,0:52:00.560
They have an initial startup program where you 
go in and you basically learn all the independent

0:52:00.560,0:52:04.240
life skills and all those kind of things and 
you have to take that. It's got to be one of

0:52:04.240,0:52:09.680
the first programs that you do. They also have 
another program that if the student takes all

0:52:09.680,0:52:12.960
that do all the testing and they do everything 
and they're like, you know, we want you to

0:52:12.960,0:52:17.440
try out some college global classes, you can do 
that, but you have to take this class first. So,

0:52:17.440,0:52:22.240
it's study skills and it's time management 
skills and all of that. Put them in there.

0:52:22.240,0:52:25.840
And then there's a community college right down 
the road and the students can go to the community

0:52:25.840,0:52:30.080
college and do some classes there and then come 
back and then get one of these training programs

0:52:30.080,0:52:35.040
and complete these training programs. They live 
there. It's like their own college. There's dorms.

0:52:35.040,0:52:38.960
Uh they remind me of the dorms that I went to, not 
like the dorms that my nieces and nephews live in

0:52:38.960,0:52:46.480
right now. Um so it's real life college with that, 
but they have a roommate. Um and it's it's pretty

0:52:46.480,0:52:53.040
cool. They have recreational activities they do 
on site. They've got meal consultants and and

0:52:53.040,0:53:00.400
um therapists on site if they're needed. Um they 
will, like I said, provide the transportation.

0:53:00.400,0:53:04.560
They will come and go. It it's pretty they've got 
medical down there. I mean, they've got they've

0:53:04.560,0:53:09.360
got it all. It's an amazing program. Um I highly 
encourage if it's something that you want to learn

0:53:09.360,0:53:16.320
more about to make the trip. Like I said, it's a 
long trip, but but I encourage that. I have got

0:53:16.320,0:53:22.720
two or two really pretty colorcoded ones that 
were given to me. colorful ones and then black

0:53:22.720,0:53:26.720
and white ones up here if you're interested in 
that. And then I've also got some brochures that

0:53:26.720,0:53:34.160
were run not the right way, but you can also um 
get those. So that's through OVR. You have to be

0:53:34.160,0:53:43.680
an OVR client to to do this. Any questions about 
crowd purpose? What age does that start at? Uh

0:53:43.680,0:53:49.040
after high school. Yeah, after high school. You 
want one of those? Take this. Take both of those.

0:53:50.320,0:54:01.920
All right. Okay. Um, John, this is another very 
cool thing that we have. This one is located in

0:54:01.920,0:54:07.120
Simpsonville, but they are all over the state 
of Kentucky with the one in Simpsonville.

0:54:07.120,0:54:12.400
You can send your child to. It is completely 
free. You can earn your high school diploma.

0:54:12.400,0:54:18.640
you get to meet with career counselors um and 
participate in work learning opportunities.

0:54:18.640,0:54:23.360
There are some requirements for this. I think 
there is a financial component to this as far as

0:54:23.360,0:54:30.560
um what students what students families are 
able to contribute. So based on financial but

0:54:30.560,0:54:35.120
um the one in Simpsonville has advanced 
manufacturing which is welding. They've got

0:54:35.120,0:54:42.880
all the different construction with brick layer, 
construction technology, carpentry, masonry. You

0:54:42.880,0:54:51.600
can get a your CNA, pharmacy tech, and culinary 
arts at JobCore. So, you can um like I said,

0:54:51.600,0:54:59.520
this is the closest one to us, but they're all 
over. We had a student last year went to um

0:54:59.520,0:55:02.880
down in Bowling Green and he went down to Bowling 
Green to whatever they had down there, but they're

0:55:02.880,0:55:13.200
all over the state. So, John Core is another 
excellent place to go to. Any questions on John?

0:55:13.200,0:55:22.240
Keep sending you out here to get all these. Um and 
then the last three that I have are basically for

0:55:22.240,0:55:30.640
what h for resources and services that you can get 
after um students graduate. If you've come to our

0:55:30.640,0:55:36.320
parent any of our parent workshops before, this 
is Kentucky spin. They help with everything. It

0:55:36.320,0:55:40.880
everything but transition to adulthood is one of 
the things that they help with. You can call work

0:55:40.880,0:55:48.160
with them. Um they're a really great really 
great resource to have Kentucky youth career

0:55:48.160,0:55:53.040
centers through Kentucky and awards. They provide 
education, career opportunities and job search

0:55:53.040,0:55:58.400
assistance for out of school youth ages 18 to 24. 
So again another place for you to go to get help

0:55:58.400,0:56:05.280
to ask for help once they are out. And then also 
you have the spot um and they are ages 16 to 24

0:56:05.280,0:56:12.400
as well. Same thing. Okay. So these are all really 
great resources. Um, you don't have to pick just

0:56:12.400,0:56:18.720
one. You can hit them all up if you want and they 
will all be able and happy to help you um in any

0:56:18.720,0:56:25.600
way whatsoever. Angela, are there specific ways 
that we know? I mean, obviously we could blank it,

0:56:25.600,0:56:31.200
but are there specific ways that we could that we 
know what to target or what is best for kind of

0:56:31.200,0:56:38.320
our particular kid? I would say for your child in 
particular, I would say any of these. I'm not sure

0:56:38.320,0:56:44.960
this one would be suited for him. But any of these 
over here would be Yeah. Yeah. Um and I say that

0:56:44.960,0:56:49.280
only because I know him so well. Yeah. We could 
be honest. I just I know him so well and I'm I'm

0:56:49.280,0:56:53.920
okay to say that to you all. The other thing that 
I have up here is just a resource for you. It's a

0:56:53.920,0:56:58.800
postsecondary transition planning checklist 
for families. It is not It is from New York.

0:56:58.800,0:57:04.320
It is not from I think it's New York. Yes, it's 
from New York. So, there are words in here that

0:57:04.320,0:57:08.400
have nothing to do with the state of Kentucky. 
I completely stole this from them, but it's a

0:57:08.400,0:57:13.280
really nice checklist of things you want to make 
sure that you're doing. Um, but it will talk about

0:57:13.280,0:57:18.240
some things and I'm like, yeah, I don't know what 
that is. Um, because we're not in New York. Um,

0:57:18.240,0:57:23.680
so this is just another resource. And again, if 
I run out of any of these, I can make copies and

0:57:23.680,0:57:32.800
get more for you. So, that checklist is up here. 
So, um, and you all, this is just I had to really

0:57:32.800,0:57:38.400
decide what to bring tonight because there are 
so many resources out there that it can get quite

0:57:38.400,0:57:42.960
overwhelming. It's very overwhelming to me when I 
sit down and try to decide what you need to give

0:57:42.960,0:57:48.400
parents. Um, Angela, this might be a great time 
to talk about what we're doing in February. Well,

0:57:48.400,0:57:52.800
yes. And so I was actually getting ready to dig 
into that and I'm glad because again the other the

0:57:52.800,0:57:58.560
other thing that comes with this is that if you 
are a family that needs to look at your Medicaid

0:57:58.560,0:58:05.440
waiverss and guardianship and all of those things. 
I mean that's a whole whole other parent workshop

0:58:05.440,0:58:11.920
and it really is. So, in February, we are going to 
have representatives come from um social workers

0:58:11.920,0:58:16.880
from Cedar Lake Lodge, and they came last year 
and talked to our families, but they know the

0:58:16.880,0:58:21.680
rules of guardianship really well, and they know 
the rules of the waivers and all of that. So, they

0:58:21.680,0:58:28.640
are going to come in February. No, March. January. 
January. We take it to January. They were March.

0:58:28.640,0:58:34.640
January. That one is in January. And actually 
I was thinking about in February the resource

0:58:34.640,0:58:40.480
fair that we were putting together. Yes. Okay. 
So in January that's the guardianship and the

0:58:40.480,0:58:46.320
waivers. So don't Yeah. Then in February instead 
of doing something like this we are setting up a

0:58:46.320,0:58:52.720
resource fair for our families and we are inviting 
in all of these different places to come. Um we've

0:58:52.720,0:58:57.680
got Sherry. How long is that list? I don't even 
know. We've not even started contacting them yet,

0:58:57.680,0:59:02.880
but we've got a ton of I'm going to say vendors 
just to make it easy. Um, a ton of vendors that

0:59:02.880,0:59:07.440
we're going to reach out to. A lot of them are 
going to be hopefully represented. Um, I'm hoping

0:59:07.440,0:59:11.440
we can get somebody from Carl Perkins to drive up 
here. I think that would be a really great thing.

0:59:11.440,0:59:17.680
And they said they're willing to travel. Um, but 
we hopefully we'll have representatives from a lot

0:59:17.680,0:59:23.520
of these different places. Um, not just these that 
I've talked about because there are so many. Um,

0:59:23.520,0:59:31.520
if you've got a student who needs more help 
due to cognitive deficits and or medical needs,

0:59:31.520,0:59:36.480
there are day programs and I could do 
a whole session on day programs. Um,

0:59:36.480,0:59:41.040
and and so that is another area we're going 
to really on that resource fair in February.

0:59:41.040,0:59:44.240
We're going to ask them to be here as well, 
so you all can have those conversations, too.

0:59:45.040,0:59:49.760
But but it's like I said, it's just there's so 
much that can go with transition and there's

0:59:49.760,0:59:56.400
so many um resources that it's just hard to 
talk about them all and and get them into

0:59:56.400,1:00:03.520
everybody's hands. So, I hate to like throw so 
much information at you, but also as a parent,

1:00:03.520,1:00:07.360
I want to make sure you guys have the resources 
and you know that you've got some you can ask.

1:00:07.360,1:00:14.640
Yes. Um on the application, yes. Um the preet 
provider. Yes. Leave it blank. Okay. Yes. Because

1:00:14.640,1:00:19.360
I that's different per school. I've got some 
providers at some schools and some providers at

1:00:19.360,1:00:24.880
other schools. And also, and I'm glad you said 
that because just so you know, like right now,

1:00:24.880,1:00:29.440
Olden County High School is getting their pre 
services done through JAG only because I am

1:00:29.440,1:00:34.400
waiting for the memorandum of agreement to get 
get approved by the board so my new group can

1:00:34.400,1:00:39.200
come in. So, you fill out the paperwork and 
I process it, but it doesn't mean we're going

1:00:39.200,1:00:48.560
to get started right away because it depends 
upon who's available to come in and do it. So,

1:00:48.560,1:00:56.480
any other questions? Yes. Question. It may be 
individual based, but I find that he's autistic,

1:00:56.480,1:01:00.640
but he doesn't have an IEP because he's high 
functioning. Yes. But he has a lot of social

1:01:00.640,1:01:07.040
skills, but he has a diagnosed disability. Yes. 
Yes. But as far as like going into college or

1:01:07.040,1:01:15.760
other programs like this, is it worthwhile to 
pursue the IEP like students that have do they

1:01:15.760,1:01:21.280
have more opportunities for students that 
have going into postsecary schools? Postary

1:01:21.280,1:01:25.840
schools as well as these any of this? Uh, no. 
Because as long as it's documented disability,

1:01:25.840,1:01:29.920
so you should you shouldn't have any issues with 
that as long as you've got that documentation to

1:01:29.920,1:01:37.120
show that that he needs that. um if he's using 
accommodations or if he needs accommodations,

1:01:37.120,1:01:41.440
he may want to look at the 504 and have that 
in place. But when he goes when when a student

1:01:41.440,1:01:48.560
leaves school and goes to college, the IEP goes 
away. Um they they get accommodations only. So,

1:01:48.560,1:01:51.440
um it doesn't matter if they have an IEP in high 
school or not because they're not going to get

1:01:51.440,1:01:58.080
into college. They will get the accommodations 
that are provided per their diagnosis. So,

1:01:58.080,1:02:02.480
we are going to also do another parent. See, I'm 
just going to plug them all. Um we are going to

1:02:02.480,1:02:09.120
have it's this one will be virtual though we will 
do a um if your child is going to college how to

1:02:09.120,1:02:14.640
access services in college and that will be a 
virtual one. I don't know what that date is yet

1:02:14.640,1:02:18.560
but we will have different representatives from 
different types of schools all over the state of

1:02:18.560,1:02:22.800
Kentucky that will come in and drop in on that and 
talk to you about how to access those services.

1:02:22.800,1:02:30.480
Okay. Along that same lines, is a 504 in high 
school for ADHD similar like I've heard as far

1:02:30.480,1:02:35.680
as like work course, not so much for college, but 
do they need it? Document or just they're going to

1:02:35.680,1:02:40.480
need they're going to typically need proof for 
that. So, if you've got to take like a a test

1:02:40.480,1:02:44.960
or whatever to do get a job, they're probably 
going to want to see that so they can give the

1:02:44.960,1:02:49.120
extent time. I mean, they have to by law. Okay. 
But you have to have a 504. You have to Well,

1:02:49.120,1:02:53.040
you don't necessarily have to have a 504. You 
just have to document show the documentation.

1:02:55.440,1:03:06.000
It might be easier to hand over. That 
whole psychological testing is so

1:03:06.000,1:03:11.680
good questions.

1:03:11.680,1:03:17.200
Anything else? I have a few questions. Sorry, I 
was taking notes. Okay. Go back to major clarity.

1:03:17.200,1:03:24.160
You said everybody takes that. Yes. Results or 
you know kiddos that aren't, you need to reach

1:03:24.160,1:03:28.480
out to the counselor on that. That was a question 
that was asked earlier in a different session and

1:03:28.480,1:03:35.760
I can't remember where it was. Um, your kids can 
log on to it. So, they have a log on. Do they know

1:03:35.760,1:03:40.880
it? Right. Um, but they can log on and they can 
show you everything. So, one of the things that

1:03:40.880,1:03:44.080
I'm doing with the seniors is we're going to get 
on to major clarity and make sure they've done

1:03:44.080,1:03:49.600
their resume. They should have a resume started. I 
bet they don't. And that's just depends upon where

1:03:49.600,1:03:57.040
they fell and major clarity came in. And so, 
um, there's some really cool classes on there,

1:03:57.040,1:04:03.440
too, that you can take to get I can't remember 
what it's called. It's a it's not certified,

1:04:03.440,1:04:10.400
but it makes it sound super important, but you get 
um it's also like study skills and time skills and

1:04:10.400,1:04:16.800
they can get on this class. It's not a class. 
It's a it's a software program that we have as

1:04:16.800,1:04:21.360
a district. And during their advisory time, they 
should be getting on and doing bits and pieces of

1:04:21.360,1:04:25.280
it throughout the school year. And they start like 
they start they should start middle school. Oh,

1:04:25.280,1:04:33.200
okay. All right. Let me see what else. Yeah. 
Yes. I have one more question. Okay. These

1:04:33.200,1:04:40.160
are great questions. Yeah. Okay. So, 
I see that you're reporting it. Yes.

1:04:40.160,1:04:44.640
Or somewhere I could like see. That is a 
great question. See that guy right back there,

1:04:44.640,1:04:50.960
Mr. Rita? You ask him that question. Okay, 
I heard your question. So, this is new for

1:04:50.960,1:04:54.560
us where we are recording. That was a request 
that we had from some parents and we thought

1:04:54.560,1:05:01.600
that was great. They are going to be on the 
website. I have all of them so far recorded.

1:05:01.600,1:05:07.840
I just haven't figured out how I'm getting 
them on the website yet, but the goal is yes,

1:05:07.840,1:05:12.720
all of these will be available along with 
the presentations that they presented will be

1:05:12.720,1:05:22.880
available on our website. What's your exact 
So, it's going to be the old.kychools.usc

1:05:22.880,1:05:32.000
is our ECS specific website. And I believe it's 
linked on Do we have our Do we put our link on our

1:05:32.000,1:05:39.600
newsletters or not newsletters, but the workshop 
flyers? Maybe we don't. Maybe we should, but it is

1:05:39.600,1:05:45.200
just at our Oldm County website and then we have 
an ECS specific one and then we will have all of

1:05:45.200,1:05:52.000
them linked in there and we'll once we get them up 
on the website we will start telling and informing

1:05:52.000,1:06:05.360
people that they are available out there. 
URL should be old.kychools KY schools uscult

1:06:05.360,1:06:11.680
labs is what we call them. I know you 
know how we like to abbreviate everything

1:06:12.720,1:06:18.560
I'm glad to hear that. Yes. No, I'm glad because 
that is so one of the things that I am in the

1:06:18.560,1:06:22.480
process of writing a grant for and hopefully we're 
going to get that submitted and we're going to win

1:06:22.480,1:06:28.240
um are adapted labs that are very similar to Pax 
and Patterson labs and so they will be in all of

1:06:28.240,1:06:32.400
our highly structured classrooms. Um and also a 
lot of our students they were saying some of our

1:06:32.400,1:06:36.320
students really are struggling with the Pax and 
Patterson labs but they are basically again like

1:06:36.320,1:06:42.640
there's a a food serving kit. So the whole the kit 
comes with everything on how to work in the fast

1:06:42.640,1:06:46.640
food restaurant. There's another kit that comes 
with all the things so they could go and work at

1:06:46.640,1:06:51.680
Lowe's. Like they identify wood and they identify 
the tools and all of that stuff. And so there's

1:06:51.680,1:06:59.040
um 18 kits for that. I think medical engines are 
in there. I mean so and they're all adapted for

1:06:59.040,1:07:03.440
our students that um it comes all differentiated. 
So I'm excited about that and I hope we get this

1:07:03.440,1:07:07.840
grant. So this is that please let us get that. 
That company is actually based out of Louisville

1:07:07.840,1:07:11.120
which is really nice too because they're clearly 
right down the road and they will come in and be

1:07:11.120,1:07:18.000
able to do inerson training. So we can do inerson 
training how to do virtual and so hopefully that

1:07:18.000,1:07:23.920
comes through there too. So it's all about career 
exploration in middle school. They want to make

1:07:23.920,1:07:27.760
sure they get their hands on everything they can 
get their hands on and they can learn more about

1:07:27.760,1:07:32.800
um just what's not just in their own backyard. 
And I say that US students what they want to do

1:07:32.800,1:07:37.920
and typically it's what mom and dad or brother or 
sister or grandma or grandpa did. They aren't they

1:07:37.920,1:07:42.560
aren't aware of the big world. And so being able 
to expose them to these different things and the

1:07:42.560,1:07:46.320
different labs and the different opportunities, 
um I've had so many students in the last year and

1:07:46.320,1:07:50.560
a half, especially through the Jag program that 
have said to me, "I didn't know I could do that,

1:07:50.560,1:07:55.040
Mrs. Lang. I didn't know that was available 
to me. I didn't know that I could go into

1:07:55.040,1:07:58.160
the military and they're going to pay for 
my college if I go there because I didn't

1:07:58.160,1:08:03.680
think I could go to college because I didn't 
report it or I didn't know that I could go,

1:08:03.680,1:08:08.560
you know, and go down to Western and and take 
these classes, but also have this huge support

1:08:08.560,1:08:14.240
system there with me to make sure that I am 
getting up and taking a shower every day and

1:08:14.240,1:08:25.040
and going to class and doing my homework. I 
mean, those opportunities are out there. Any

1:08:25.040,1:08:29.600
other questions?

1:08:29.600,1:08:34.960
Well, I am I think there might be one more slide 
after this with my information on it again. I

1:08:34.960,1:08:41.920
could be wrong, Angela. Yes. Yes. You mentioned 
something a little bit earlier and uh so I wanted

1:08:41.920,1:08:47.520
to explore that not just for you but those you 
obviously had a whole bunch of resources. you

1:08:47.520,1:08:52.480
uh kind of curated which ones you wanted to bring 
today, but there's a wide range of other resources

1:08:52.480,1:08:59.680
available. How do we know more about those 
resources? I mean, obviously there's the the

1:08:59.680,1:09:07.120
ability to come here. Yeah. Yeah. But like Noah 
is kind of on the short list for he leaves here,

1:09:07.120,1:09:13.360
right, at the end of this year. Partner is already 
Yeah. Right. That's what we said, too. Dropping

1:09:13.360,1:09:19.280
him at your house. Are you That's good. Um, and 
then then Parker will be up to date and Parker's

1:09:19.280,1:09:24.960
already out of the system or out of this part of 
the system. So, we're in a in a need for that,

1:09:24.960,1:09:31.360
but I mean, as people graduate there, it's how 
do we find out the breadth of of of what else is?

1:09:31.360,1:09:36.720
Yeah. Yeah. Because we've been used for I hate to 
say book time with you, but is that really what it

1:09:36.720,1:09:40.400
is or what's the right thing? We can sit down and 
do some time. I don't mind. I love meeting with

1:09:40.400,1:09:43.760
parents, too, and we can kind of talk through. We 
can We love meeting with you. you know, I know I

1:09:43.760,1:09:47.680
haven't met with you guys in a long time now that 
I don't get to be your rock chair anymore. So,

1:09:47.680,1:09:50.960
uh, but no, we we could definitely do that 
and sit down and talk about what might be

1:09:50.960,1:09:55.520
the best next steps. Um, really getting 
you in contact with the people that know

1:09:55.520,1:10:00.480
the next steps better than because I know kind 
of, but they really know what's out there. Um,

1:10:00.480,1:10:04.240
but just think about what that can look like for 
them. So, yeah, we can definitely do that. We've

1:10:04.240,1:10:13.440
got on our website a transition page that has 
a lot of links on it. Um, but It has been one

1:10:13.440,1:10:19.760
of the things that for me on my five-year 
plan is to really hone in and have a good

1:10:19.760,1:10:23.760
website that can kind of do that. Like if you've 
got, you know, this is kind of where you're at,

1:10:23.760,1:10:27.840
these are the resources that would be helpful for 
you. And um but yeah, we can do that. Just send me

1:10:27.840,1:10:31.440
an email. We can definitely get together. You know 
what you need? You need an AI agent that you can

1:10:31.440,1:10:38.320
load all these resources in. People can just ask 
a question. Did you hear that, Jennifer? He said,

1:10:38.320,1:10:44.880
"I need an AI agent to load all my resources in." 
Oh yeah, good. Let's work on that. So, um, so,

1:10:44.880,1:10:49.280
but anyways, that well, just basically what I just 
said. So, please reach out. I'm happy to answer

1:10:49.280,1:10:53.120
any questions. Um, I can help point you in the 
right direction. And if I don't know the answer,

1:10:53.120,1:10:58.480
I promise you I will help you find it. Um, or at 
least get you connected to somebody that can. Um,

1:10:58.480,1:11:05.280
because it's a lot. It's a big test and I 
know that and so hope you slide I think has my

1:11:05.280,1:11:11.200
information on it again. And I always I started 
using this picture of my children because they

1:11:11.200,1:11:16.240
said every time I speak, you're either mad at me 
and sticking your tongue at me at me and you're

1:11:16.240,1:11:19.520
like, "Oh, this is too much. You're about to lose 
your mind. You go crazy." Or you're the one in the

1:11:19.520,1:11:24.320
middle that's like, "Oh my gosh." So that's 
how my children are all the time. But that's

1:11:24.320,1:11:30.560
some information right there. Don't hesitate 
to reach out. Oh, there's our website. Look,

1:11:30.560,1:11:38.960
I got it correct when I said it from memory. 
So that's good. That's not But it's on there.

1:11:38.960,1:11:40.800
I am. demonstrate your job.