Special needs students get real world experience at Zoo Miami NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

How to help special-needs kids adjust to the real world, once they transition out of high school, has always been challenging.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has a program which places those students into jobs, including various positions at Zoo Miami.

On Tuesday, we saw Adrian preparing food for the animals, Faith helping visitors feed the lorikeets, and Danny working in the gift store.

“I wanted to work at the zoo because I love animals, you know?” said Danny Rojas, as he showed us what he does at the store.

They’re all working at Zoo Miami as part of a school district program called Project Victory.

“So they end up becoming part of the staff, so they get that sense of being a staff member working with others,” said Angie Torres, the assistant superintendent for exceptional education. “Programs like this give our students that confidence to be able to do it …