Resources on Transition of Youth
The following list of resources is provided to supplement the trainings, publications and other resources on Transition of Youth contained on this website.
- A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities
- ACL letter announcing FAQs on IL Services for Children and Youth with Disabilities (pdf)
- ACL FAQs on IL Services for Children and Youth with Disabilities (Youth Services FAQ) (pdf)
- Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs’ (OSEP’s) IDEA — This site was created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations.
- Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16- to 24-Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School — The 2009 Congressional Research Service report for Congress which provides context for Congress about the characteristics of disconnected youth, and the circumstances in which they live (PDF)
- The FreeChild Institute: Youth + Social Change — an international training and technical assistance source for everyone to learn about the power of young people.
- Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy Website
- Middle & High School Transition Planning — Parents of youth with disabilities should begin thinking about transition (planning for adulthood) as early as possible. Although the formal process of transition planning doesn’t begin until high school, it is helpful to begin thinking about it much sooner.
- MY Transitions: Montana Youth Transitions
- National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN)
- Navigating College with Visual Impairments
- Office of Disability Employment Policy, Youth Development and Leadership
- Partners for Youth with Disabilities Website
- Possibilities: A Financial Resource Guide for Parents of Children with Disabilities — A publication of the PACER Center.
- Resources for Youth with Autism Transitioning to Adulthood developed by the Administration for Community Living (ACL)
- Think College — A project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
- YIELD the Power — Access Living's YIELD the Power Workshops teach students with disabilities self-advocacy and leadership skills. By learning about disability culture and the disability rights movement, YIELD students become empowered members of the disability community.