Transition: School to Work Resources: deFur, S. H. (1999). Transition planning: A team effort. Washington, DC: NICHCY. [Available online at:  NICHCY’s details on transition  Transition from school to work

deFur, S. H. (1999). Transition planning: A team effort. Washington, DC: NICHCY. [Available online at: Transition services begin at age 16 while a statement must be included at age 14 (what is the new question in IDEIA?) Social Security Disability Insurance Plans for –Employment –Post-secondary education –Independent living

Transition from school to work LDOnline Helping adults with LD seek job help –Job Accommodation NetworkJob Accommodation Network –National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation ResearchNational Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Vocatianal Rehabilitation –North Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation DepartmentNorth Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department –South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation DepartmentSouth Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department –North Carolina Division of Services for the BlindNorth Carolina Division of Services for the Blind –South Carolina Commission for the BlindSouth Carolina Commission for the Blind –North Carolina SHLANorth Carolina SHLA –The South Carolina Telework Loan ProgramThe South Carolina Telework Loan Program –Client Assistance Program “CAP serves as an advocate for customers and works to ensure quality services for those customers. CAP helps clients understand rules, regulations, and procedures, resolves problems, and protects customer rights through the rehabilitation process."Client Assistance Program

Check out your Transition Rights nsition.htmlhttp:// nsition.html Extra for SC: This is a list of services useful in South Carolina.

AT and transitions The transition process must assure that persons with disabilities receive: –1. appropriate services in school which prepare them for adult life in the community, –2. planning and referral to adult service agencies prior to exiting school, –3. appropriate community based adult services immediately upon exiting school, –4. access to appropriate assistive technology devices and services upon exiting school. “An assistive technology (AT) device is any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, off-the-shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve a person's functional capabilities. An assistive technology service is any service that helps an individual select, acquire, or learn to use an AT device. “

Questions How are we currently preparing students for success in post-secondary settings? A student with disabilities plans to work after school. What resources might help? What other ways might we help using resources such as those listed here?