Transition Resources
These resources will help students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to employment or higher education. They will also be helpful to Special Education teachers looking to help their students through the transition process.
Transition Resources
- (Podcast) Employment First and the ADA: Working Together
This episode of “ADA Live!” is about “Employment First”, the idea that every person with a disability has a first employment option in an integrated workplace earning competitive wages. Employment First is a mindset, an outcome, and a commitment to ensuring that people with disabilities are working in real jobs for real pay. - (Podcast) The Process of Customized Employment
This episode of “ADA Live!” is about Customized Employment. Customized Employment is a flexible process that personalizes the employment relationship by hiring a job seeker with a disability to meet the specific needs of an employer in a way that benefits both the employer and job seeker, regardless of pre-existing job descriptions. Learn about the Customized Employment process, job search, negotiations, and how this benefits businesses. - (Webinar) Customized Employment – Opening Doors for People on the Autism Spectrum
Learn about the customized employment process, integrating customized employment strategies into vocational rehabilitation systems, and how customized employment can aid competitive employment outcomes for people with Autism and other disabilities. The webinar also covers some great success stories. - (Webinar) How Families and Mentors Can Support Successful Transition to Employment
Learn strategies families and mentors can use to support their young adults with disabilities as they transition from student to employee. - (Webinar) It is Not Charity: Hiring People with IDD
Learn how the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ approaches hiring and their Unified Workplace. The webinar also covers their approach to employee engagement, which has led to better productivity, retention, and morale, and how hiring people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has enabled John’s Crazy Socks to stand out in the marketplace and to achieve success. - Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center
Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center creates and enhances professional development activities and resources to support teachers and, ultimately, students with disabilities as they transition from school to their adult lives, working and participating in their communities, jobs, and/or postsecondary education. - Promoting Achievement for Students with Sensory Loss (PASS)
The purpose of Promoting Achievement for Students with Sensory Loss (PASS) is to provide statewide support, technical assistance and professional development opportunities for educators that will improve instructional quality, promote academic achievement, and foster successful post-secondary transition outcomes for students with sensory loss. - Punch-In
Punch-in, a project of the Great Lakes ADA Center, is designed to help young adults with disabilities be successful with their employment endeavors. They offer self-paced tutorials, expert advice, a moderated online course, and video resources to develop your job-seeking strategies. - The National Youth Transitions Center
The National Youth Transitions Center exists because of a fundamental conviction: The Future Needs Everyone. It thrives because it brings together individuals and organizations that share this commitment and want to multiply their impact. They realize they are stronger together. - Think College
Think College is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability. With a commitment to equity and excellence, Think College supports evidence-based and student-centered research and practice by generating and sharing knowledge, guiding institutional change, informing public policy, and engaging with students, professionals and families. - Ticket to Work
Some people with disabilities may be able to work and continue receiving disability benefits. The Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work program supports career development for Social Security disability beneficiaries age 18 through 64 who want to work. The Ticket program is free and voluntary. The Ticket program helps people with disabilities progress toward financial independence. - Transitions with Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana
The Transitions program helps individuals prepare for the next phase of their life, whether they are just leaving high school or simply striving to increase independence through education and employment. Transitions is a day program based at Easterseals Arc's Coldwater Road facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. However, participants go far beyond the building. All groups go on community outings at least three days a week, with some groups out and about every day Monday through Friday.