This is an overview of the topics covered in:

"ASPERGER SYNDROME: Transition to College and Work."

COLLEGE SECTION:

- Differences between college and high school
- Skills to develop in high school for college success
- College search and selection process
- Arranging accommodations based on IEP and psycho/educational testing
- Legal limitations on parents' role at college
- Learning to be a self-advocate
- Step-by-step college preparation checklist for each year of high school

WORK SECTION:

- Importance of having a job
- Job match - self-analysis, researching careers and finding the right job
- Job carving - creating a job that's good for you and an employer
- What employers are looking for - talking in an employer's language
- Disclosure issues - should you reveal that you have Asperger Syndrome?
- How to negotiate accommodations
- Importance of early job experience
- Skills you need to get and hold a job
- Job training, job coaches & job sampling
- Job Safety

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