# Career Readiness for Students with Multiple Impairments

**URL:** <https://community.aphhive.org/t/career-readiness-for-students-with-multiple-impairments/100>\
**Category:** Career Readiness: Students w/ Multiple Impairments\
**Tags:** career, self-determination, employment\
**Created:** [March 26, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/career-readiness-for-students-with-multiple-impairments/100 "2023-03-26T23:01:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![adresselhaus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.aphhive.org/adresselhaus/32/97_2.png) [@adresselhaus](https://community.aphhive.org/u/adresselhaus)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/career-readiness-for-students-with-multiple-impairments/100/1 "2023-03-26T23:01:48Z")

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**Enroll in the [Hive course](https://aphhive.org/#catalog/course/2274)**

**Course Description:** What are the ingredients for preparing students to become career ready? How can self-determination skills and quality of life principles be incorporated into educational programming? In this course, discover how educators can help students with complex needs and visual impairment improve the success rate of entering the workforce as they transition to adult life.

**ACVREP Credit Hours:** 1.5

**Objectives**

- Identify career readiness skills and instructional strategies for students with complex needs and visual impairment.
- Explain why career readiness planning should be student-centered.
- Describe how ECC skills can be embedded into career readiness planning. "

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel\_NSABIMANA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@Emmanuel\_NSABIMANA](https://community.aphhive.org/u/Emmanuel_NSABIMANA)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/career-readiness-for-students-with-multiple-impairments/100/2 "2026-01-16T11:00:53Z")

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Preparing students to be career ready means helping them gain the skills they need for adult life and work. Students with visual impairment and complex needs require special support to become independent and successful in the workplace. This course explains how teachers can prepare these students by focusing on career skills, self-determination, and quality of life. It emphasizes student-centered planning, where learners are involved in making decisions about their own future. The course also shows how Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) skills can be included in career readiness programs to support independence, employment, and successful transition to adult life.

1. Ingredients for preparing students to be career ready  
Teaching practical life and work skills  
Developing communication and social skills  
Building independence and problem-solving skills  
Teaching self-determination (making choices and decisions)  
Providing real-life work experiences and career exposure  
Supporting mobility, technology use, and daily living skills
2. How self-determination skills and quality of life principles can be included  
Allow students to make choices about their goals and careers  
Teach students to speak up for their needs and rights  
Help students set personal goals and plan how to reach them  
Encourage independence in daily and school activities  
Focus on skills that improve confidence, well-being, and participation in society
3. How educators can support students with complex needs and visual impairment to succeed in work  
Use student-centered career planning  
Adapt teaching methods to individual needs  
Embed ECC skills into daily lessons  
Provide transition support from school to adult life  
Work with families, employers, and community partner.
4. Why career readiness planning should be student-centered  
Every student has different strengths, interests, and needs  
Student-centered planning increases motivation and confidence  
It helps students take ownership of their future  
It leads to better employment and life outcome
5. How ECC skills can be embedded into career readiness planning  
Teaching assistive technology for work tasks  
Including orientation and mobility skills for job travel  
Practicing social interaction and workplace behavior  
Developing independent living and self-care skills  
Teaching career education and work habits