Transition-Self Advocacy Resources

Websites

• Transition Self-Advocacy Specialized Care for Children UIC

• Open Letter from Sheli on Charting the LifeCourse Transformation

• Transition Resources- List of resources and toolkits Susan Walter

• Specialized Care for Children UIC

• Whose Future is it Anyway? A Student-Directed Transition Planning Process

Articles

• Mental Health and Secondary Transition Annotated Bibliography (2018),
  NTACT & Ideas that Work

• Including College and Career Readiness Within a Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework Mary E. Morningstar, Allison Lombardi, David Test, (March 19, 2018)

• Quick Guide: Mental Health-Secondary Transition, (2016) NTACT & Ideas that Work

Books

• Your Complete Guide to Transition Planning and Services (2018), Morningstar, Mary.E. & Clavenna-Deane, Beth

• Transition of youth and young adults with emotional or behavioral difficulties: An evidence-supported handbook, Clark, H. B., & Unruh, D. K.

Tools

• Transition Resources Toolkit: Person-Centered Planning Susan Walter

• Illinois Team Planning Tool for Student Focused Planning (PPT)

• National Technical Assistance Network “Secondary education and services for students with disabilities

• Post-Secondary Education and Training Toolkit

• Age-Appropriate Transition Assessment Toolkit

• Competitive Integrated Employment Toolkit

• Person-Centered Planning

Self-Determination and Person-Centered Planning

• Self Determination and Person-Centered Planning

• Self Determination-The Importance of Student Involvement in IEPS OC

• Self Determination Assessment Tools

• Self Determination Changes How We Work

• Your IEP Meeting: A Great Place to Practice Self-Advocacy Skills

Parent/Family Traning & Support

• Youth Tips for Parents

• PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
  
  
• Tips to Maximize the Parent Role in Transition

• Supporting Families of Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education

Evidence-Based Transition Practices-Professional Development and Traning for Professionals and School Personnel Working with Transition-Aged Youth

• A Transition Guide to Post-Secondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities 

• Quick Guide: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth-Secondary Transition

Student-Directed Transition Planning 

• Student-Directed Transition Planning Lessons 

• Secondary Transition: Student-Centered Transition Planning

• Quick Guide: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth-Secondary Transition

Creating Access to Post-Secondary Traning Options

• Secondary Transition: Student-Centered Transition Planning

• Promoting Inclusion and Success for People with Disabilities 

• Communities of Practice

Creating Access to Post-Secondary Employment Options

• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability

• Community Mapping School-to-Careers Research

• Quick Guide: Preparing Students for competitive Integrated Employment

• Self-Directed Employment: A Handbook for Transition Teachers and Employment Specialists

Creating or Increasing Access to Local Transportation Options

• Quick Guide: Transportation Training and Instruction

• Easter Seals Project ACTION 

• Supporting Independent Travel Through Skills Training