How can you help your middle school student with unexpected challenges prepare for a safe, happy, independent life during the second decade of the 21st Century?
Jim Hasse, who has athetoid cerebral palsy and served for 10 years as a Fortune 500 vice president during his 29-year career in corporate communication, has some answers -- not-so-difficult things that your youngster probably won’t pick up at school but that you can practice together right now at home.
Time is short. And times are uncertain. But now is the right time for helping your son or daughter to develop the skills and strengths for handling the challenges he or she will face during the teen years and later as adults.
In this transformation book, Jim identifies seven career builders you can use to help your middle school student learn how to leverage disability’s competitive edge, a key factor in disability development and career readiness.
Jim, a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), illustrates each of those seven bits of career advice with a transformational story from his own experiences.
For each short story, he defines the issue at hand for learning how to live and work well with a disability, shows how his parents and others helped him personally resolve the situation, and provides a potential path you can follow as a mentor for your own middle school youngster. (15,000 words)
Jim Hasse, who has athetoid cerebral palsy and served for 10 years as a Fortune 500 vice president during his 29-year career in corporate communication, has some answers -- not-so-difficult things that your youngster probably won’t pick up at school but that you can practice together right now at home.
Time is short. And times are uncertain. But now is the right time for helping your son or daughter to develop the skills and strengths for handling the challenges he or she will face during the teen years and later as adults.
In this transformation book, Jim identifies seven career builders you can use to help your middle school student learn how to leverage disability’s competitive edge, a key factor in disability development and career readiness.
Jim, a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), illustrates each of those seven bits of career advice with a transformational story from his own experiences.
For each short story, he defines the issue at hand for learning how to live and work well with a disability, shows how his parents and others helped him personally resolve the situation, and provides a potential path you can follow as a mentor for your own middle school youngster. (15,000 words)
