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Article: Diamonds in the rough: preparing the special needs student for entry-level employment.
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- Techniques
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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"You have the power to make a difference."
This quote is one of the first lessons taught during the first year of the hospitality class that I teach to learning disabled or developmentally handicapped high school students. The two-year lab is a satellite program through the Delaware Joint Vocational School (JVS), a career center in Delaware, Ohio. The school-to-work program, now in its eighth year, is housed at Grady Memorial Hospital and is comprised entirely of special needs students who are learning about the hospitality industry.
Hospitality, the service rendered to customers within businesses such as hotels, hospitals and nursing facilities, ...