Vocational Independence Program
private university in New York, USA
Vocational Independence Program or VIP was one of only 10 postsecondary schools in the United States that is known by the U.S. Department of Education as a Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) program for students with an intellectual disability.[1] In order to be accepted into the VIP program, students must be enrolled in the summer program[2] and the interconnected program[2] is for students 16 to 22 with special needs and provides job training and coursework in independent living, social and academic skills.[3] Any student admitted to the VIP program must be at least 18 years of age.[4] The IQ scores of these students are 70-143.[2] The program was ended in June 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
References
change- ↑ Costs/Financial Aid Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 30, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Vocational Independence Program (VIP) | New York Tech". www.nyit.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-19.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Changes in autism diagnosis worry some Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 30, 2012.
- ↑ VIP Brochure Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 30, 2012.
- ↑ VIP is discontinued Archived 2020-09-21 at the Wayback Machine; URL accessed July 24, 2020.
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