1. Building a job for your son or daughter a parent panel
Facilitator, Rosemary Alexander
Texas Parent to Parent, Pathways to Adulthood Program
Txp2p.org

2. Work is for everyone!
What do you get out of working and being employed?
Everyone must have a chance to enjoy those benefits
Everyone can work if we expand our view of work to include volunteering, working part-time, self-employment, and full-time, competitive employment

3. Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
Employment assistance after graduation: Vocational Rehabilitation services to help people with disabilities prepare for, find and keep jobs
Pre-Employment Transition Services
Short-term, not long-term services
To contact TWC:
Talk to school staff; your district should have a TWC transition team
(800)

4. TWC transition youth and student services
Get help preparing for post-secondary education and employment opportunities through the following individualized services.  Services are based on eligibility and your individual need, and are provided in collaboration with the family, high school, community college, or Educational Service Center. 
Pre-Employment Transition Services
Receive core services, as needed, to help prepare for post-secondary education and employment opportunities:
Vocational counseling, including counseling in job exploration and post- secondary training opportunities
Counseling on opportunities for post-secondary education such as college, vocational schools, etc.
Work-based learning experiences, including internships and on-the-job training
Training in workplace and employer expectations
Training in self-advocacy and social skills

5. Other resources disabilityrightstx.org/resources/
pacer.org/transition/learning- center/employment
thearcoftexas.org  Services in Texas
transitionintexas.org/Page/95
twc.state.tx.us/jobseekers/vocational- rehabilitation-youth-students

6. Texas Parent to Parent Resources
Txp2p.org, click on Pathways to Adulthood pathway-to-adulthood/life-after-graduation
Register with txp2p and sign up for Transition listserv
Annual Parent Conference includes employment topics
Pathways to Adulthood workshops around the state; register at txp2p.org
for 1-1 assistance: or Toll Free: to discuss any transition issue