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Tag: Sarah Johnston-Rodriguez

All-College Meeting goes virtual, shares optimism for a ‘modified’ fall semester

August 20, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Laurie Elish-Piper opened Tuesday’s All-College Meeting by quickly acknowledging the elephant in the virtual room. COVID-19 continues to impact the world, and returning to a new semester of teaching and learning will bring “challenges and situations that are quite different than what

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Sarah Johnston-Rodriguez’s retirement leaves ‘think backward’ mantra to grads

August 12, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, SEED

Once Sarah Johnston-Rodriguez dismissed her early notions to become a ballerina or an archaeologist, she turned her attention to nuclear physics. “I used to have a lab in our basement and blow things up,” Johnston-Rodriguez says. “But I had a career counselor

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Self-advocacy: SEED professor partners with alumna to pilot student-driven transition plans

May 15, 2018 Mark McGowan Alumni, Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, SEED

Choosing a path for after high school is rarely easy for any young adult, and that naturally includes those teens with special needs. But for students with special needs at Hononegah High School in Rockton, Ill., those roads to “transition” are becoming

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Community Learning Series sheds light on autism, transition

April 18, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, SEED

Parents who attended the College of Education’s Spring 2018 Community Learning Series left with a loud-and-clear message. They must advocate strongly and continuously for their children with autism, especially when those children are in high school or nearing the age of 22

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Community Learning Series will explore ‘transitions’ to adulthood for students on autism spectrum

March 23, 2018 Mark McGowan Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, SEED

During the first 21 years of their lives, individuals with autism are offered critical support services through their local public schools. By law, those services must include “transition” planning that begins when the students turn 14½, providing nearly seven years of preparation

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