It was a small, impromptu test — teacher Trenton Gabriel turned bottles of cleaning products back to front on some below-eye level shelves at the Navy Exchange mini-mart, to see what intern Markus Gray would do.
Gray, a recent graduate of Landstown High School, had only recently started with Naval Air Station Oceana’s new Project Search internship program for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To read the full article, visit The Virginia Pilot’s website.
In Project Search’s daily classes, before work starts at the mini-mart, Gabriel and instructional specialist Jan Varney focus on key workplace skills — including some, like asking for help, that don’t come easily. “I don’t like to ask,” he said, even when he’s working in the stockroom, breaking down pallet loads of boxes that are often stacked just about as high as he can reach…
Source: The Virginia Pilot
Published: October 2021
Original story: https://www.pilotonline.com/military/dp-nw-oceana-internss-20211012-2l3klak2kbawbmbv2xmhpbbm3a-story.html
