Review graduation requirements and
diploma options.
Obtain the brochure, The
Florida Sunshine State Standards and Students with
Disabilities: What parents need to know, Product #ESE 310487.A, available from the Florida
Department of Education Clearinghouse Information Center
and review the information with your parents, teachers
or others who might be able to help you.
Obtain Diploma
Decisions for Students with Disabilities: What parents
need to know, Product #ESE 310521, and
review the information with your parents, teachers,
or others who might be able to help you.
Obtain information on your school district's graduation
requirements and discuss the requirements with your
parents, teachers, or others who might be able to help
you.
Find out what diploma options your school district
offers. Discuss the diploma options and post-school
outcomes.
Contact your guidance office for scholarship
information.
Review scholarship requirements and status
annually to make certain required courses are completed
and tests such as the ACT/SAT are taken and passed. |
Provide opportunities
for your son or daughter to learn about his or her
disability.
Help your son or daughter identify other successful
people with disabilities.
Encourage your son or daughter to discuss his or
her disability.
Share information with your son or daughter on how other people with similar disabilities
have been able to get good jobs, go on to college or
a vocational program, live on their own:
- getting help from others,
- using pictorial charts,
- using note takers,
- using assistive technology.
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