TPWD internship

[BigL]

Got this from my son's school and passing it on


Texas Workforce Commission - Vocational Rehabilitation Division (TWC-VR) is partnering with Texas State Parks to offer paid internships to students. Please take a look at the information attached below, and share it as appropriate. For questions, please get in touch with Alyssa Kee, program specialist for transition and pre-employment transition services (pre-ETS) with TWC-VR: alyssa.kee@twc.texas.govor 915-217-8188


Who: Students receiving 504 or special education services ages 16-22

Where: Over 80 State Parks across the great state of Texas. For a map of state parks in your local area, please go to: https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/parks-map

What: Up to 12 weeks of part-time paid work with flexible schedules. Various tasks and job types are available, including clerical, park programs, custodial, and maintenance. Some tasks will depend on the location and unique programs within each park. Please see the attached job description for additional detail.


To get started, students (or educators) can let their Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselor know they are interested in this opportunity. VR counselors can coordinate a meeting with the local state park through this partnership

[camoclad]

What is 504?

[AntlerCollector]

What is 504?

Kind of like a 503, but one bigger

[Gerald G]

Kind of like a 503, but one bigger

But almost a 505?

[BigL]

What is 504?

I believe that is a special accommodation. For example ADHD, dyslexia, etc. Should have some special accommodation on things like the STARR test

[kyle1974]

What is 504?

It’s a variant of special education/special needs. Could be anything. Dyslexia, Mental disabilities, autism, etc that require extra consideration for their education.

[camoclad]

It’s a variant of special education/special needs. Could be anything. Dyslexia, Mental disabilities, autism, etc that require extra consideration for their education.

Then this would apply to me. Lol

[Quackerbox]

Got this from my son's school and passing it on


Texas Workforce Commission - Vocational Rehabilitation Division (TWC-VR) is partnering with Texas State Parks to offer paid internships to students. Please take a look at the information attached below, and share it as appropriate. For questions, please get in touch with Alyssa Kee, program specialist for transition and pre-employment transition services (pre-ETS) with TWC-VR: alyssa.kee@twc.texas.govor 915-217-8188


Who: Students receiving 504 or special education services ages 16-22

Where: Over 80 State Parks across the great state of Texas. For a map of state parks in your local area, please go to: https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/parks-map

What: Up to 12 weeks of part-time paid work with flexible schedules. Various tasks and job types are available, including clerical, park programs, custodial, and maintenance. Some tasks will depend on the location and unique programs within each park. Please see the attached job description for additional detail.


To get started, students (or educators) can let their Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselor know they are interested in this opportunity. VR counselors can coordinate a meeting with the local state park through this partnership

It’s a variant of special education/special needs. Could be anything. Dyslexia, Mental disabilities, autism, etc that require extra consideration for their education.

Correct

My son is dyslexic. He was allotted more time on tests.

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[RSW0913]

thanks for posting.......my son qualifies as he has adhd. wish he was a little older as this would be right up his alley, he loves the parks and camping and would really like working there. I'm going to keep this in mind for when he's older. My wife has some students that might qualify as well and she is going to pass this on.

[Mudslinger]

In Texas, there are 2 types of Special Ed students. The all have 504's and IEP's. The first and most common are kids with learning disabilities. Second and not in every school within a district are kids with behavioral problems that affect their learning. I know where I taught and worked with the behavioral kids in Lubbock, not every school from elementary to HS had this type of program, only a few. Some of these kids had to have4 24/7 coverage while in a regular classroom, some did not. Every teacher, TA, Admin that had one of my kids had 2 way radios in case an episode occurred with one of my students.

To tell you what it was like working with the kids, I started in 2012 working with them and my last year was the only year that I did not get bloodied. Don't get me wrong, I loved everyone of the kids I worked with, they were all great kids, it is just they had problems and when it happened it could get ugly.

I had one student with an IQ of 142 and the last 3 years I taught, one of my students won the school wide spelling bee, so these kids have the means to be bright in a classroom, it is just that something within them sets them off at times. ADD, ADHD, fetal alcohol syndrome, drug babies, you get the picture.

Each and every kid within the Special Ed dept had an FIE, their Full and Individual Evaluation which is their life history basically. Reading these was required within our dept to learn about the kids and most of them would make you cry.

[camoclad]

Thanks for sharing mudslinger. So were most of these kids a result of nature or nurture? Was adhd something that caused the outbursts or just a factor?

Sorry to derail your thread OP but atleast it's getting bumped for someone that qualifies to see...

[Mudslinger]

Thanks for sharing mudslinger. So were most of these kids a result of nature or nurture? Was adhd something that caused the outbursts or just a factor?

Sorry to derail your thread OP but atleast it's getting bumped for someone that qualifies to see...

Both and just bad luck with hormones or a short circuit in their brain.

[camoclad]

Both and just bad luck with hormones or a short circuit in their brain.

I see. Luck of the draw