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• School to Work   Process of going to work (and being trained) in a community setting while still receiving services from the school--a way of assisting in the transition process for those individuals who are interested in having a job immediately following high school. Should begin no later than two years prior to graduation.
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act   Federal law guaranteeing students with disabilities "reasonable accommodations" in higher education unless those accommodations would constitute an "undue burden."
• self-determination   The skills needed to understand and address one's wants and needs through decision-making, problem solving and goal setting.
• self-identify   The process through which a student entering college identifies him or herself as havng a disabilitiy at the DSO.
• service learning   Educational model in which learning opportunities are derived from structured service activities rather than traditional classrooms.
• SSA   Social Security Administration
• SSI   Supplemental Security Income - is a Federal income supplement program designed to help people who are aged, blind, and disabled, who have little or no income; and provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.
• supported education   Is individualized assistance that assists students with disabilities to achieve their goals in college. Support education services may assist students to identify and access reasonable and appropriate accommodations, and coordinate with on and off campus disability support services.
• supported employment   The provision of ongoing supports from an external source (e.g. state agency) to an individual in a paid, community-based setting, where the majority of the workers do not have disabilities, directed at teaching the tasks of that specific job as they occur.



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