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Barb, The teachers doing the survey know their students and their area and usually can determine that. On 6 Apr 2007 at 10:40, Guy, Barbara [ED] wrote: > Okay, but how are you identifying that the work is in an integrated > environment? > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of BAER, ROBERT > Sent: Fri 4/6/2007 10:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: FW: [NPSO]: defining competitive employment > > > > National Post School Outcome Data Community of Practice > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Barb, > > In Ohio we use the Rehabilitation Act definition which includes the > stipulation > that the work be done in integrated environments. > > > > > On 5 Apr 2007 at 21:18, Dennis, Lawrence wrote: > > > > > Bob would you answer this for me thanks. > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Guy, Barbara [ED] > > Sent: Thu 4/5/2007 12:21 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [NPSO]: defining competitive employment > > National Post School Outcome Data Community of Practice > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Hi everybody - I've finally subscribed to this community of practice as I > > need some input to guide > > Iowa's reporting of % of students in competitive employment one year after > > high school for > > reporting on OSEP Indicator B-13. > > > > Iowa is in the process of finalizing our survey before this spring's > > administration of the 1 year > > follow-up. In doing so, we want to make sure that we can identify students > > who are competitively > > employed. Our stakeholder group is pretty split on their philosophies of > > what needs to be > > considered when making the decision whether the employment is > > competitive.Their preference > > right now is to incorporate various components of the definition within our > > survey so that we can > > actually use different formulas to choose the most appropriate definition. > > > > We've done the research on the various definitions - including RSA and > > think we have everything > > in our survey EXCEPT something that gets to the inclusiveness of the work > > site. I've looked at the > > PSO questions and a few others including NLTS2. Our difficulty is that we > > survey both youth with > > and without disabilities so have to be careful with our wording so that > > everybody understands it > > and it applies to most people. (In this sense we're leaning more towards an > > adaptation of the > > NLTS2 question which asks: At your job, do any of the other workers have > > disabilities?). > > > > We would like to know, however, if there is a better way?Specifically, our > > questions are: > > > > 1. What definition of competitive employment will your state be using to > > report Indicator B-14? > > Does it include inclusiveness of the work site? > > > > 2. If that definition includes inclusiveness of the work site - how will > > that be identified? > > > > Any input would be much appreciated. > > > > Barb Guy > > Iowa Department of Education > > Transition/Work-Experience Consultant > > > > > > > > > Robert Baer > 202 White Hall > Kent State University > Kent, Ohio 44242-0001 > (330) 672-0722 > > > Robert Baer 202 White Hall Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242-0001 (330) 672-0722
