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 (pdf)
• 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)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.  
• 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
• 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)
• 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.
• 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.