Real Jobs, Real Risk: Magen Rooney-Kron on Transition and Employment
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Magen Rooney-Kron started out co-teaching in Chicago Public Schools. When she asked where her students with intellectual disabilities went after high school, the answers were “I don’t know” and “they go home.” The class meant to prepare them for work had them putting spoons in bags. She has worked on transition ever since, and today she is an assistant professor of inclusive education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Tim and Magen talk about why so few people with intellectual…
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