Multiple Exit Points in Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities.

Overview & Synopsis

This technical assistance paper is designed as a general guide to assist school districts in developing and implementing multiple-exit vocational programs for students with disabilities. The following topics are covered in Part 1: the concept of multiple-exit points (MEPs) and its background, purposes and benefits of MEPs, goals and guiding principles, program content modifications, a MEPs flowchart, a recommended district-level MEPs process, a recommended procedure for individualized education program (IEP) teams implementing MEPs, documentation of student progress, procedures for reporting vocational education program completers or leavers, and vocational certificates and MEPs. Discussed in Parts 2 and 3 are the application of MEPs in business education and commercial foods vocational programs. Each part includes job descriptions and sample work-ups for two hypothetical students. Each work-up contains the following: a discussion of the student's strengths and interests, a discussion of and sample sections from the student's IEP, a student performance profile, a sample curriculum-based vocational assessment rating form, and sample competency certificate. The text of a state regulation, Course Modifications for Exceptional Students, is appended. (MN)