Choices

This Choices Newsletter offers an overview and key findings of the Choices In Transition model implemented by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in partnership with the Advocacy and Empowerment for Minorities with Disabilities program at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). The mission of the program is to disseminate an empirically tested transition curriculum to help youth with disability prepare for careers after graduating from high school. This curriculum includes classroom activities for participating students and a teacher's guide with lesson plans. The project also attempts to empirically examine the various degrees of support that teachers require in order to implement the curriculum in their classrooms effectively and provides training for parents for their children's transition from high school to work or higher education. The curriculum was developed and evaluated through a 5 year research and demonstration project with the Chicago Public Schools.