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Kelly Ligon

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Susan McKelvey

The SOS Program and Its Impact on College & Career Readiness

Presented By:
Kelly Ligon

Susan McKelvey, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation, RRTC
Date:
August 27, 2024
 

Start on Success (SOS) is a high-quality work-based learning program designed to increase college and career success readiness among at-risk high school students with disabilities. Since 2014 the Virginia Department of Education, the Center on Transition Innovations, and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services have collaborated to offer this program to school divisions across the state. During this webcast, viewers will increase their knowledge of the essential components that make Start on Success a highly quality work-based learning program. They will gain insight into the collaborative partnership between special education, Career and Technical Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, students, families, and businesses. Presenters will highlight ten years of post-school outcome data of students who completed the SOS program.