Resources on Youth Transition

The following list of resources is provided to supplement the trainings, publications and other resources on Youth Transition contained on this website.

• 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)
• Advance Youth Leadership Power Program - This advocacy group of young people with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 30 are generally youth who have gone through Access Living’s leadership training and understand how to use grassroots organizing techniques to press for social change.
• Advocacy Skill Building Toolkit - The toolkit was developed collaboratively with CIL staff in response to the needs and interests of CILs and other stakeholders. The Advocacy Skill Building Toolkit, is a new set of resources for Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and others to facilitate workshops to develop the advocacy skills of emerging Independent Living leaders and youth with disabilities.
• Blending and Braiding Funds and Resources: The Intermediary as Facilitator — A 2006 brief from the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth.
• Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs’ (OSEP’s) IDEA website — This site was created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations.
• Disability Transition Resources for Parents — A collection of transition materials written especially for parents and other concerned family members is intended to help you do just that.
• 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)
• Family Information Guide to Assistive Technology and Transition Planning — published by the Family Center on Technology and Disability
• Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Youth Programs — 2007 Report from The Finance Project. Part of a series focusing on tools, strategies, and resources to support and sustain effective youth programs and policies (PDF)
• The FreeChild Project Website — connects young people and adults to the tools, training, and technical assistance they need to create new roles for young people throughout society.
• Healthy Opportunities for Transition in Mississippi - Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE)
• Help your Young Adult Learn about Accessing Accommodations after High School — A publication of the PACER Center (PDF).
• Individualized Education Program Form (PDF)
• Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy Website
• Kids As Self Advocates
• Kids Included Together (KIT) Program Website — Kids Included Together (KIT) specializes in providing best practices training for community–based organizations committed to including children with and without disabilities into their recreational, child development and youth development programs.
• Learning and Leading: A Tool Kit for Youth Development and Civic Activism — A 2004 publication from the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development.
• Making the Move to Managing Your Own Personal Assistance Services (PAS): A Toolkit for Youth With Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood — This toolkit is meant to be practical. Users are strongly encouraged to adapt the examples to their own situations, and to pick and choose the strategies that work best for them. It’s not necessary to use the entire toolkit, nor is it essential to use the tools in order.
• Moving On: Transition Tips for Parents of Young Adults with Disabilities — A brochure from Shriners Hospitals for Children Intermountain with tips on transitioning (PDF)
• MY Transitions: Montana Youth Transitions website
• National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN) Governing Board and Committee Chair Training Manual and Checklist (PDF)
• Office of Disability Employment Policy, Youth Development and Leadership
• Parent Brief: Promoting Effective Parent Involvement in Secondary Education and Transition — A website of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition.
• Partners for Youth with Disabilities Website
• Planning for Your Transition from High School to Adult Life (PDF)
• Possibilities: A Financial Resource Guide for Parents of Children with Disabilities — A publication of the PACER Center.
• Postsecondary Education and Students with Intellectual, Developmental and Other Disabilities — This Impact issue explores what we know, and what we still need to know, about what works to support increased participation of students with disabilities, especially those with intellectual disabilities, in postsecondary education and why that participation is important.
• Resources for Youth with Autism Transitioning to Adulthood developed by the Administration for Community Living (ACL)
• Skills to Pay the Bills Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success is a true collaboration between government and the youth it serves.
• Think College — A project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
• Tips for Transition — A transition planning tool (PDF).
• Transition Resources — A website of The Association on Higher Education and Disability containing an full array of resources.
• Transition Services Information for Parents — A website of the National Association of Parents with Children with Special Needs
• The Transition to Adult Health Care for Youth With Special Health Care Needs: Do Racial and Ethnic Disparities Exist? — This review explores evidence of disparities in the transition to adulthood for YSHCN, which is important because the problems that YSHCN face in transitioning to adulthood are, in large part, caused by interrupted access to high-quality health care and minority YSHCN and adults have many well-described gaps in access to quality care.
• What is Authentic Youth Engagement? Ten Lessons from Ten Communities The Search Institute's 2010 Powerpoint presentation (PDF).
• Youth Transition: Back to the Future - 4 Core Services with a Twist (Recorded Teleconference)