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Transition Vision 

  • Alden Road Exceptional Student Center has highly developed Transition Program for students who have earned all required credits and are ages 18 to 22 years old.

  • This program will focus on: developing employability and life skills; maximizing levels of student independence that enable them to actively and productively participate as young adults within the workforce and community; connecting students and families with appropriate agency supports.

Plans include:

  • Increasing community-based instruction (CBI) for students 11-22 year old to help them develop age-appropriate skills for functioning outside the school environment, preparing them for transition to adulthood after graduation, helping them to live independently, and enhancing their quality of life.

  • Increasing community-based vocational instruction (CBVE) for students 18-22 year old.

  • Increasing employability skills training on campus with a business-based learning focused on critical thinking skills, collaboration/team work, communication, problem solving, technology skills, and flexible/adaptable thinking in the classroom settings.

On campus programs will include the School–Based Enterprises that provide vocational and employability skills training for the students:

  • Dolphin Pin Factory: quality bent pens

  • Eco Dolphins Atelier: handcrafted art

  • Alden's Naturals: hand-poured specialty soaps and lotions

  • Assisted Hands: greeting cards, calendars and more

  • Alden's Attic Thrift Store: retail services

  • Exceptional Designs: graphic tees, bags, and more

  • Works of Heart: handmade jewelry and more

  • Roots of Life: natural handcrafted products

  • Fresh Out of School: horticulture and landscaping

  • The Print Shop: school printing and clerical services

  • Finny's Coffee Shop: food service training

  • Alden Road News: TV production

  • The Button Express: custom made buttons

  • New Dimensions: 3D printer creations