Manuals Brochures and Articles
Category
Post
Secondary
Education
Title
Steps Forward- Guide
for New Students
Catching the Wave
From High School to
College
ADA, Q & A…The
ADA,, Section 504 &
Postsecondary
Education
What Youth and
Families Should Know
about the Transition to
Postsecondary
Education for Students
with intellectual
Disabilities
My Future, My Way,
How to Go, How to Pay
College or Training
Programs: How to
Decide
Overview of the Federal
Higher Education
Opportunity Act
Reauthorization
ADA Disability Law
Handbook
Description
Written in simple words for a new
college student. Focus is on inclusive
education
Written for transitioning from high
school to a specific college, but
contains lots of useful information
Type
11 page
manual
Webs Address
www.steps-forward.org
19 page
manual
http://cms.cerritos.edu/uploads/D
SPS/highschool/catchingthewave
02.pdf
Written for parents explaining what
the students are entitled to under
ADA, in postsecondary education
3 page article
www.PACER.org
Addresses high school planning,
what families can do,
accommodations, financial aid,
emotional support and provides
resources
8 page article
www.thinkcollege.net
Written for students on how to pay
for postsecondary education
Written for students, contains info on
choosing your path, taking first steps,
paving the way, and resources
Addresses new eligibility of students
with intellectual disabilities for
financial aid
31-page
manual
2 page article
orders@FSApubs.org
2 page article
www.thinkcollege.net
Describes all aspects of the ADA
110 page
manual
http://adata.org/sites/cms.adata.or
g/files/files/ADANN_DisabilityLaw
Handbook_2013.pdf
www.PACER.org
1
Category
Post
Secondary
Education
Title
A practical Guide for
People with Disabilities
Who Want to Go to
College:
20 Ways to Enhance
Access to
Postsecondary
Education for Students
with Disabilities
Description
A guide for people with psychiatric
disabilities
Type
34- page
manual
Webs Address
http://tucollaborative.org/pdfs/edu
cation/College_Guide.pdf
This article presents 20 ways to
improve preparation and to foster
increased access to postsecondary
education for students with
disabilities.
13-page
article
http://www.csd.uconn.edu/docs/2
0_ways_2008.pdf
2
Category
Post
Secondary
Education
Title
College Planning for
Students with
Disabilities
College Preparation
Checklist
Guidance and Career
Counselor’s Toolkit
Opening Doors to
Postsecondary
Education and Training
Texas College and
Career Readiness
Standards
College Preparation
Checklist
Description
Covers all aspects of planning for
students with disabilities to go to
college
Addresses finding money for school,
taking the right classes, and choosing
a career
Addresses advising high school
students with disabilities on
Postsecondary Options
Provides information on planning for
life after high school for students,
teachers, counselors, and parents
What students entering college
should know
Type
5-page article
Webs Address
Not available
26-page
manual
www.Federal.Student.Aid.ed.gov
180 page
manual
http://www.heath.gwu.edu/assets/
33/toolkit.pdf
10 page
manual
http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/pdf/tranopn
drs.pdf
103 page
manual
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/files/d
mfile/CCRS081009FINALUTRevi
sions.pdf
Information for students and parents
beginning in elementary school on
what to do to prepare for college
Basic info on federal student loans
www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov
1-800-FED-AID
Funding Your Education
In-depth info on federal student loans
My Future, My Way:
How to Go, How to Pay
A workbook for students in middle
school and high school
www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov
1-800-FED-AID
www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov
1-800-FED-AID
Navigating College
A handbook on self-advocacy written
for autistic students from autistic
students
Do You Need Money for
College
www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov
1-800-FED-AID
159 page
manual
http://autisticadvocacy.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/01/Navcoll
Final.pdf
3
Category
Employment
Title
ADA Q & A: How Can I
Help My Son or
Daughter Get That Job
Shaping Tomorrow’s
Workforce
Going to Work: A Guide
to Social Security
Benefits and
Employment for Young
People with Disabilities
Essential Tools: In Their
Own Words: Employer
Perspectives on Youth
with Disabilities in the
Workplace
Discovery Log- 20
Steps to Successful
Discovery and
Customization
Essential Tools: In Their
Own Words: Employer
Perspectives on Youth
with Disabilities in the
Workplace
Navigating College
Employment
Description
Addresses what parents can do to
prepare their child for work by
providing an understanding of ADA
Written for the employer. Addresses
how to hire and work with people with
disabilities. Also lists resources
Provides information for students with
disabilities on how to work and not
lose benefits
Type
4 page article
Webs Address
www.PACER.org
4 page article
www.dol.gov.odep
40 page
manual
www.communityinclusion.org/artic
le.php?article_id=211&style=print
Provides information on the
employer’s perspective, on working
with youth with disability through
anecdotes
31 page
manual
http://www.ncset.org/publications/
essentialtools/ownwords/default.a
sp
Describes how to customize a job,
presented in a log format
3 pages
Not available
Provides information on the
employer’s perspective, on working
with youth with disability through
anecdotes
31 page
manual
http://www.ncset.org/publications/
essentialtools/ownwords/default.a
sp
A Handbook on Self-Advocacy
Written for Autistic Students from
Autistic Adults
Guide to employment for students
with disabilities
159 page
manual
www.Navigatingcollegehandbook.
pdf
47 page
manual
http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/
publications/commliving.pdf
4
Category
Employment
Title
Building a Resume
Description
Tips for Youth with Disabilities
Type
Article
Webs Address
Tunnels and Cliffs
Guide for workforce development
practitioners and policy makers
serving youth with mental health
needs
Addresses what parents can do to
prepare their child for work by
providing an understanding of ADA
Written for the employer. Addresses
how to hire and work with people with
disabilities. Also lists resources
Provides information for students with
disabilities on how to work and not
lose benefits
114 page
manual
http://www.ncwdyouth.info/tunnels-and-cliffs
4 page article
www.PACER.org
4 page article
www.dol.gov.odep
40 page
manual
www.communityinclusion.org/artic
le.php?article_id=211&style=print
Provides information on the
employer’s perspective, on working
with youth with disability through
anecdotes
31 page
manual
http://www.ncset.org/publications/
essentialtools/ownwords/default.a
sp
Describes how to customize a job,
presented in a log format
3 pages
Not available
Provides information on the
employer’s perspective, on working
with youth with disability through
anecdotes
31 page
manual
http://www.ncset.org/publications/
essentialtools/ownwords/default.a
sp
ADA Q & A: How Can I
Help My Son or
Daughter Get That Job
Shaping Tomorrow’s
Workforce
Going to Work: A Guide
to Social Security
Benefits and
Employment for Young
People with Disabilities
Essential Tools: In Their
Own Words: Employer
Perspectives on Youth
with Disabilities in the
Workplace
Discovery Log- 20
Steps to Successful
Discovery and
Customization
Essential Tools: In Their
Own Words: Employer
Perspectives on Youth
with Disabilities in the
Workplace
5
Category
Employment
Title
Profiles and Promising
Practices in Higher
Education for Students
with Disabilities
Roadmaps for
Enhancing Employment
of Persons with
Disabilities Through
Accessible Technology
Customized
Employment- Practical
Solutions for
Employment Success
Knowledge, skills, and
Abilities of Youth
Service Practitioners
Skills to Pay the Bills
Disability Employment
101
Transition to
Employment: Moving
Forward?
Green Jobs: A
Resource Guide for
Individuals with
Disabilities
Description
Think College publication. Describes
results of a study
Type
45 Page
manual
Webs Address
www.thinkcollege.net
Describes successful business
strategies to support people with
disabilities in the workplace using
technology
27 page
manual
www.atia.org
Addresses all aspects of customized
employment including job seeking,
self-representation and customizing,
employer negotiation, selfemployment, and resources
Written about those who work with
transition-aged youth and what are
the abilities they need to be
successful
Addresses soft skills in the
workplace. Provides many activities
to teach soft skills in the classroom
Information on all aspects of finding a
job for people with disabilities
52 page
manual
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documen
ts/3a71dce9_0f04_4e80_8533_ae
da57aa48b0.pdf
37 page
paper
http://www.ncwdyouth.info/assets/background/ksa.
pdf
142 page
manual
http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/yo
uth/softskills/softskills.pdf
56 page
manual
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/li
st/osers/products/employmentgui
de/index.html
Addresses how to overcome the
many barriers encountered when
preparing youth with disabilities for
the workplace
Provides many resources and
information in helping people with
disability take advantage of the
market for green jobs
2 page article
Not available
13 page
manual
Not available
6
Category
Employment
Title
Intro-Youth with
Disabilities Entering the
Workplace through
Apprenticeship
Youth with Disabilities
Entering the Workplace
through Apprenticeship
Description
Provides information on
apprenticeship and people with
disabilities. Designed for transition
providers
A toolkit to provide information on
issues related to apprenticeship to
young people including those with
disabilities
Essential Tools – A
Covers all aspects of work-based
Handbook for
learning from classroom activities to
Implementing a
Career and Technology Education
Comprehensive Workand special education on-the-job
Based Learning Program training
According to the Fair
Labor Standards Act
Type
36 page
toolkit
Internships: The OnRamp to Employment
Guide for students with disabilities to
getting and making the most of an
internship
95-page
guide
Addresses how to support the career
development of youth with learning
disabilities
Guide for vocational rehabilitation
specialist which provides an overview
of relevant issues for individuals with
autism and employment
Created by US Dept. of Education.
Overview of issues regarding
employment for individuals with
disabilities
120-page
manual
http://ncldyouth.info/Downloads/internguide-final.pdf
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/ldguide
47-page
manual
https://www.disability.gov/viewRe
source?id=13900411
57-page
guide
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/li
st/osers/products/employmentgui
de/index.html
Charting the Course
Adult Autism and
Employment
Disability Employment
101
Webs Address
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/att
ach/TEN/ten2009/TEN1009a2.pdf
http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/yo
uth/Apprenticeship.htm
70-page
manual
www.nscet.org
http://www.ncset.org/topics/wblear
ning/default.asp?topic=19
www.ncld-youth.org
7
Category
Employment
Title
Internships: The OnRamp to Employment
A Student’s Guide to
Jobs
The Time Is Now:
Embracing Employment
First
Job Olympics
The Time Is Now:
Embracing Employment
First
A Student’s Jobs: a
guide especially for
students with significant
disabilities such as
intellectual disabilities
and autism
Description
Guide for students with disabilities to
getting and making the most of an
internship
Type
95 Page
guide
Guide especially for students with
significant disabilities such as mental
retardation and autism
Examines employment first as the
basis for well-being of people with
disabilities. It covers policies and
practices of councils on
developmental disabilities
11-page
guide
www.nichcy.org
28-page
report
http://www.nacdd.org/documents/
EmploymentFirstFINALNov13201
1_PRINT.pdf
Guide created by a school district
where students grades 9-12 compete
on job-related skills
Guide for individuals with disabilities
and employers. Discusses how to
change expectations regarding
employment for people with
disabilities
115-page
guide
Not available
Brief stories about students with
significant disabilities and the jobs
they do
Webs Address
www.ncld-youth.org
http://ncldyouth.info/Downloads/internguide-final.pdf
http://www.nacdd.org/documents/
EmploymentFirstFINALNov13201
1_PRINT.pdf
www.nichcy.org
8
Category
Employment
Title
Paving the Way to
Work: A Guide to
Career-Focused
Mentoring
Description
Guide is intended for individuals
designing mentoring programs for
youth, including youth with
disabilities, in the transition phase to
adulthood
Type
170-page
guide
Webs Address
http://www.ncwdyouth.info/paving-the-way-to-work
Road to SelfSufficiency: A Guide to
Entrepreneurship for
Youth with Disabilities
Guide shows how entrepreneurship
education can be implemented in
programs and offers suggestions on
how to introduce self-employment as
an option for all youth, including
youth with disabilities.
80-page
guide
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/roadto-self-sufficiency
Transitioning Youth with
Mental Health Needs to
Meaningful
Based on research of programs with
a dual focus on youth and young
adults with mental health needs and
career preparation, guide provides
information on this topic
103-page
guide
http://www.ncwdyouth.info/assets/reports/mental_
health_case_study_report.pdf
Work is For All
Describes how individuals with
developmental disabilities can work
and contribute to their communities
12-page
booklet
http://www.qualitymall.org/product
s/prod1.asp?prodid=48370
Work Based Learning
Guide that provides an overview of
Work Based Learning, covering all
aspects
116 page
guide
http://www.imdetermined.org/files
_resources/647/cte_workbased_learning_guide.pdf
A Guide to Developing
Collaborative SchoolCommunity-Business
Describes all aspects of creating
collaborative partnerships with
community businesses
31 page
guide
9
Category
Assessments
Title
Career Planning Begins
with Assessment
Description
Provides information on all areas of
transition including a chart that
details major transition assessment
tools to be used when ordering
Provides over 150 different informal
assessments
Type
146-page
manual
Webs Address
http://www.ncwdyouth.info/career-planning-beginswith-assessment
175- page
resource
http://www.tslp.org/docs/Quickboo
kIEPChecklistFinal091407.pdf
The Time Is Now:
Embracing Employment
First
Examines employment first as the
basis for well-being of people with
disabilities. It covers policies and
practices of councils on
developmental disabilities
28-page
report
www.nadd.org
Finding Solutions
Generating Success
Marketing toolkit for professionals
working with students with disabilities
to market their program to employers
Discusses career planning and
vocational assessment for transitionage youth
100-page
manual
Not available
13-page
article
www.ncwdyouth.info/resources_&_Publicatio
ns/information_Briefs/issue20.htm
l
Detailed information on transition
assessments including actual
assessment tools and ordering
information
33-page
manual
http://nsttac.org
Quick Book of
Transition Assessments
Vocational Assessment
and Its Role in Career
Planning
Age-Appropriate
Transition Assessments
10
Category
Transition
Title
Making the Right Turn
Strengthening
Transition Partnerships:
Building Federal TA
Center Capacity
A Toolkit of Resources
for Independent Living
Specialists, Vocational
Rehabilitation
Counselors &
Teachers/Educators
Family Information
Guide to Assistive
Technology and
Transition Planning
Description
A guide about improving transition
outcomes for youth involved in the
Juvenile Corrections System
Descriptions of federally-supported
projects and centers that focus on
youth transition
Type
84-page
guide
Webs Address
www.ncwd-youth.org
14-page
directory
Not available
A guide for those who assist young
adults with disabilities in transition
planning
43-page
guide with
general
information
on transition
planning
49-page
guide
http://www.tr4y.org/resources.sea
rch.php?new_search=1&keyword
s=transitioning
11-page
guide
www.nsttac.org
17-page
guide
www.nsttac.org
Provides information on all aspects of
transitioning students who use
assistive technology and how it
impacts post secondary
environments
Describes all aspects of UDL and
transition
Universal Design for
Learning and
Secondary Transition
Planning for Students
with Disabilities:101
Tiered Interventions and Describes an RTI-type approach to
Secondary Transition
transition planning
Planning for Students
with Disabilities: 101
www.fctd.info
11
Category
Transition
Title
College and Career
Ready Standards and
Secondary Transition
Planning for Students
with Disabilities: 101
What Secondary
Special Education
Teachers Need to Know
about Transition
PEPNet Perspectives,
iTransition
Description
Describes how government programs
and research(e.g., Race to The Top,
21st Century Skills, etc.) can be
combined with transition planning
Type
29-page
guide
Webs Address
www.nsttac.org
Covers basic aspects of transition
planning including a timeline for
planning, family, and administrative
roles, etc.
Provides information on PEPNet and
iTransition, an online transition tool
focused on students who are deaf or
hard of hearing. iTransition can also
be used for students with other
disabilities
Describes problems with transition
and what can be done about it.
20-page
guide
www.nsttac.org
7-page article
www.pepnet.org
4-page article
Copyrighted article
81-page
study
www.gao.gov
8-page
planning
guide
80-page
guide/toolkit
Georgetown ISD (TX)
The Unfulfilled Promise
of Special Education:
The Transition from
Education to Work for
Young Adults with
Disabilities
Young Adults with
Describes steps being taken by
Serious Mental Illnesses states and federal agencies to
address transition challenges for this
population
The Transition Planning Georgetown ISD’s transition plan
Matrix
which details transition planning
starting in PPCD
Life After High School
Describes strategies, tools and
Transition Tool Kit
resources for families of Youth with
disabilities to assist in creating
successful transition plans
http://nhspecialed.org/documents/
Transition_Tool_Kit_w_IEP.pdf
12
Category
Transition
Title
Parent Educational
Advocacy Training
Center Webcast
Why Disabled Techies
Rock
Description
Script of video webcast on transition
Type
9-page script
Webs Address
www.worksupport.com/document
s/04_20_09.txt
Discusses how TecAccess has found
a lucrative niche connecting disabled
workers with high-tech job
opportunities
Discusses issues specifically related
to students with severe disabilities
and transition
3-page article
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/
smallbusiness/disabled_techies_r
ock.fsb/index.htm
26-page
PowerPoint
and article
www.nsttac.org
Addresses pointers for workforce
professionals who are employing
youth with mental health needs
Print version of online self-directed
course on person centered planning
Describes a comprehensive
approach for regional economic
planning for communities starting in
school
Taxonomy for Transition A model for planning, organizing, and
Programming
evaluating transition education,
services, and programs
6-page article
http://www.ncwdyouth.info/information-brief-23
42-page
document
50-page
guide
www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/pcp
12-page
model of
transition
programming
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~ko
hlerp/pdf/Taxonomy.pdf
Part B Indicator 13 and
Students with Severe
Disabilities
Successful Transition
Models for Youth with
Mental Health Needs:
What Is PersonCentered Planning?
The Career Pathways
How-to Guide 2006
Making the Move to
Managing Your Own
Personal Assistance
Services (PAS)
A toolkit for youth with disabilities
67-page
transitioning to adulthood and in need guide
of assistance in performing certain
personal services throughout the day
that they can’t perform for
themselves
http://www.workforcestrategy.org/i
mages/pdfs/publications/WSC_ho
wto_10.16.06.pdf
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/pastoolkit
13
Category
Transition
Title
The community
Transition Program
Description
Experiences and information on
starting a community-based program
for students ages 18-21
Collection of tips for on all facets
implementing a transition program
from places throughout the US
Type
86-page
guide
Webs Address
www.transitioncoalition.org
32 page
guide
www.transitioncoalition.org
Systematic Reviews of
Research:
Postsecondary
Transitions- Identifying
Effective Models and
Practices
Assumptions in
Transition Planning:
Are They Culturally
Sensitive
Report containing research on
various models of transition
programs, criteria, and evaluation
73-page
report
Not available
Discusses the impact and importance
of culture on transition planning
35-page
article
Not available
Growing Your Capacity
to Engage Diverse
Communities
Discusses how to work with
community liaisons and cultural
brokers, how to develop community
support, to support transition
planning
28-page
collection of
articles
www.familyvoices.org
The 411 on Disability
Addresses how youth with disabilities
should discuss their disability in the
workplace, in college, and other
areas
115-page
workbook/
manual
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/411on-disability-disclosure
Tips for Transition
http://www.transitioncoalition.org/t
ransition/tcfiles/files/docs/Tips_No
v09_final1258398594.pdf/Tips_N
ov09_final.pdf
http://www.familyvoices.org/admin
/work_diversity/files/CommunityBr
okers_04-27-2009.pdf
14
Category
Transition
Title
The 411 on Disability
Disclosure: A Workbook
for Families, Educators,
Youth Service
Professionals, and Adult
Allies Who Care About
Youth with Disabilities
Cyber Disclosure for
Youth with Disabilities
Description
Discusses how families can support
youth with disabilities in how they
disclose about their disability
Type
85-page
guide book
Webs Address
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/411on-disability-disclosure-for-adults
Addresses pointers on disclosure of
youth with disabilities in social media
7-page brief
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/cyberdisclosure
Organizational
Framework for
Secondary Transition
Toolkit
Autism Speaks: Family
Services
Elaborates on Paula Kohler’s
taxonomy of transition
20-page
paper
Not available
Transition toolkit which addressed
the needs of students with autism
140-page
toolkit
http://www.autismspeaks.org/famil
y-services/tool-kits/transition-toolkit
Planning for Your
Transition from High
School to Adult Life
Workbook to help students decide
what they want their life to look like
after graduation
70-page
workbook
http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/transiti
on/Articles/PlanningWorkbook.pdf
Coordinated set of
Activities
Ed O’Leary and Wendy Collison’s
work on coordinated set of activities
Includes detailed information on
coordinated set of activities
25-page
resource
http://www5.esc13.net/transition/d
ocs/CoordinatedSetofActivities.pdf
http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/transitn
/coordinated.pdf
http://www.tslp.org/docs/2007Tra
nsitionServicesHelpingEducators.
pdf
15
Category
Transition
Title
Finding Solutions
Generating Success
Increasing PersonCentered Thinking:
Improving the Quality of
Person-Centered
Planning
Finding a Way Toward
Everyday Lives
The Community
Transition ProgramExperiences Starting a
Community –Based
Program for Students
Ages 18-21
A Toolkit of Resources
for Independent Living
Specialists, Vocational
Rehabilitation
Counselors and
Teachers/Educators
It’s My Choice
Charting the Course:
Supporting the Career
Development of Youth
with Learning
Disabilities
Description
Marketing toolkit for professionals
working with students with disabilities
to market their program to employers
A Manual for Person-Centered
Planning Facilitators
Type
100-page
manual
Webs Address
Not available
85-page
manual
http://www.scribd.com/doc/53367
912/Increasing-Person-CenteredThinking-Improving-the-Quality-ofPerson-Centered-Planning
The contribution of Person Centered
Planning
List of tips useful in the transition
process. Each tip is listed followed by
a summary of its purpose in the
transition process
23-page
manual
Not available
http://transitioncoalition.org/transiti
on/file.php?path=files/docs/47365
_FINAL_WEB1213214133.pdf
Guide for collaboration among
various stakeholders in planning for
postsecondary transition.
http://www.dcil.org/resources/Tran
sition%20Toolkit%209-9-11.pdf
Person Centered Planning guide for
persons with developmental
disabilities who can read
?
http://www.mnddc.org/extra/public
ations/choice/Its_My_Choice.pdf
?
?
16
Category
Transition
Title
Person Centered
Planning Education Site
Making the Move to
Managing Your Own
Personal Assistance
Services
Description
Self-paced free course on person
centered planning
Guide to accessing Personal
Assistance Services that can enable
people with disabilities to work
Type
Webs Address
http://ilr-edir1.ilr.cornell.edu/PCP/
Autism: Reaching for a
Brighter Future
Service guidelines for individuals with
autism spectrum disorders through
the lifespan
http://www.netwellness.org/healtht
opics/autism/autismbook_1.pdf
Coordinated Set of
Needed Activities/
Strategies Examples
Ed O’Leary’s explanation and
examples of the coordinated set of
activities
http://www.bing.com/search?q=ed
+o%27leary&src=IESearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC&adlt
=strict
Planning for Your
Transition from High
School to Adult Life
Journey to Adulthood, a
Transition Travel Guide
Workbook to help students decide
what they want their life to look like
after graduation
A guide to transition planning for
youth and families
http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/transiti
on/Articles/PlanningWorkbook.pdf
A Collaborative
Interagency,
Interdisciplinary
Approach to Transition
from Adolescence to
Adulthood
Describes a collaborative approach
to transition planning
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/pastoolkit
http://chfs.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/F5
5ED346-CEE9-42EF-A1C51B3C339C18D9/0/TransitionBook
December122011Final100pages.
pdf
A 57-page
manual
www.dol.gov/odep
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Category
Transition
Title
Healthy Transitions:
Description
A Pathway to Employment for Youth
with Chronic Health Conditions and
other Disabilities
Type
A 13-page
manual
Webs Address
Here’s to Your
Student’s Future
A Parent’s Guide to Transition
Planning
A 47-page
manual
http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/p
ublications/tranguide09.pdf
Texas Foster Care
and Student Success
Resource Guide
Guide to all aspects of foster care as it
relates to the school system including
transition
125 page
manual
www.tea.state.tx.us/FosterCareStu
dentSuccess/resource-guide.pdf
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Category
Legal
Title
Description
Summary of the Texas Includes: definitions, hours of
Child Labor Law
employment, federal laws, permitted
occupations for specific ages
We Have Human
Harvard Project on Disability- a human
Rights
rights handbook for people with
developmental disabilities
The Disability Law
Describes various aspects of ADA,
Handbook
social security, civil rights laws and
others
NCLB and IDEA: What Provides information to parents on
Parents Of Students
NCLB and IDEA
with Disabilities Need
to Know (English and
Spanish)
Personal Graduation
Resource Guide and model
Plan (Region 13
Document)
Type
10-page
overview
Webs Address
www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/cllsum.
html
27 page
teaching tool
www.hpod.org
65-page
handout
http://www.swdbtac.org/html/publica
tions/dlh/index.html
23-page
guide
Not available
12-page
guide
Not available
A Guide to Disability
Rights Law
19-page
guide
http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm
2-page chart
Not available
Describes various aspects of ADA
Comparison Chart of
Compares and contrasts the 4 laws
IDEA 04, Section 504,
ADA, and
ESEA/NCLB
The ADA National
In depth explanation of the ADA
Network Disability Law
Handbook 2013
ADA Update: A Primer Update booklet on ADA
for State and Local
Governments
122 page
guide
6-page
manual
http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/titleII_
2010/title_ii_primer.html
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Category
Parent
Information
Title
Parent Educational
Advocacy Training
Center Webcast
ADA Q & A: How Can I
Help My Son or Daughter
Get That Job
ADA, Q & A…The ADA,,
Section 504 &
Postsecondary Education
What Youth and
Families Should Know
about the Transition to
Postsecondary
Education for Students
with intellectual
Disabilities
Life After High School
Transition Tool Kit
Family Information
Guide to Assistive
Technology and
Transition Planning
The 411 on Disability
Disclosure: A Workbook
for Families, Educators,
Youth Service
Professionals, and Adult
Description
Script of video webcast on transition
Type
9-page
script
Webs Address
www.worksupport.com/documents/
04_20_09.txt
Addresses what parents can do to
prepare their child for work by
providing an understanding of ADA
Written for parents explaining what the
students are entitled to under ADA, in
postsecondary education
Addresses high school planning, what
families can do, accommodations,
financial aid, emotional support and
provides resources
4 page
article
www.PACER.org
3 page
article
www.PACER.org
8 page
article
www.thinkcollege.net
Describes strategies, tools and
resources for families of Youth with
disabilities to assist in creating
successful transition plans
Provides information on all aspects of
transitioning students who use
assistive technology and how it
impacts post secondary environments
80-page
guide/toolkit
http://nhspecialed.org/documents/Tr
ansition_Tool_Kit_w_IEP.pdf
49-page
guide
www.fctd.info
Discusses how families can support
youth with disabilities in how they
disclose about their disability
85-page
guide book
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/411-ondisability-disclosure-for-adults
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Category
Parent
Information
Allies Who Care About
Youth with Disabilities
Title
About My Child
Description
Asks parents questions about their
child that give in-depth information
Type
14-page
manual
Webs Address
http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/p
ublications/about%20my%20child.p
df
Tips for parents to help their student
with disabilities prepare for
employment
8-page
article
http://www.ldonline.org/article/1205
3
Growing Your Community How to work with community liaisons
to Engage Diverse
and cultural brokers to have greater
Communities
parent engagement
19-page
guide
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/
o/6739/images/CommunityBrokers_
04-27-2009.pdf
Mapping Your Dreams
Education
Case studies and information and on
assisting the child with achieving their
dreams in education
6-page
manual
http://www.pacer.org/tatra/resource
s/MYD/education.asp
Mapping Your Dreams
Employment
Case studies and information and on
assisting the child with achieving their
dreams in employment
6-page
manual
http://www.pacer.org/tatra/resources/M
YD/employment.asp
Mapping Your Dreams
Recreation
Case studies and information and on
assisting the child with achieving their
dreams in recreation
6-page
manual
http://www.pacer.org/tatra/resources/M
YD/recreation.asp
Mapping Your Dreams
Community
Case studies and information and on
assisting the child with achieving their
dreams in participating in the
community
6-page
manual
http://www.pacer.org/tatra/resources/M
YD/community.asp
Preparing for
Employment on the
Home Front
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Category
Parent
Information
Title
Great Expectations:
Preparing Your Child with
Developmental
Disabilities for
Employment Success
Autism Speaks: Family
Services Transition
Toolkit
Description
Manual describes how parents help
support their child with developmental
disabilities in postschool employment
Type
24 page
manual
Webs Address
Guide to assist families as their child
with autism moves from adolescence
to adulthood
118-page
manual
http://www.autismspeaks.org/family
-services/tool-kits/transition-tool-kit
Family Voices- Growing
Your Capacity to Engage
Diverse Communities
Guide that provides information on
working with community liaisons and
cultural brokers
Understanding the New
Vision for Career
Development: The Role
of Family
Article that discusses the new view of
the role of the family in career
development for youth with disabilities.
6-page
article
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/node/1463
A Texas Guide to Adult
Guardianship
Manual from DADS that addresses
various aspects of guardianship
54- page
manual
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/news_info/
publications/brochures/pub395guardianship.pdf
http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/def
ault/files/products/uploads/Heldrich%20C
enter_Great_Expectations.pdf
No longer available
22
Category
Person
Centered
Planning and
Thinking
Title
What Is PersonCentered Planning?
Description
Print version of online self-directed
course on person centered planning
Type
42-page
document
Webs Address
www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/pcp
Increasing PersonCentered Thinking:
Improving the Quality
of Person-Centered
Planning
A Manual for Person-Centered
Planning Facilitators
85-page
manual
http://www.scribd.com/doc/53367
912/Increasing-Person-CenteredThinking-Improving-the-Quality-ofPerson-Centered-Planning
It’s My Choice
Person Centered Planning guide for
persons with developmental disabilities
who can read
http://www.mnddc.org/extra/public
ations/choice/Its_My_Choice.pdf
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Category
Title
Miscellaneous Money Milestones
(President’s Advisory on
Financial Capability)
Description
20 things kids need to know to live
financially smart lives
Type
10-page
guide
Webs Address
http://www.treasury.gov/resourcecenter/financialeducation/Documents/Youth%20S
ubcommittee%20Money%20Milest
ones%20Visuals%201-05-11.pdf
Essential Tools:
Interagency Transition
Team Development and
Facilitation
Describes how to set up and maintain
an interagency transition team
53-page
guide
http://www.ncset.org/publications/e
ssentialtools/teams/default.asp
Early Career Awareness
and Development for
Students with Disabilities
in Elementary and Middle
Schools
Overview of early career and transition
programs
15-page
paper
http://www.emstac.org/resources/tr
ansition.pdf
Facts From NLTS2
Study on secondary school
experiences of students with autism
16-page
report
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsi
nfo.asp?pubid=NCSER20073005
Youth Adult Partnerships
in Public Action:
Describes how to engage youth in
community organizing and advocacy
by creating partnerships with adults
and the impact of that process
46-page
report
http://forumfyi.org/files/YouthAdult
Partnerships.pdf
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The HHSC Quick
Resource Guide
Category
Miscellaneous
Lists services offered to the public by
health and human service agencies in
Texas
Title
The Quick Resource
Guide
Description
Services offered to the public by
health and human service agencies in
Texas
Secondary School
Information from a national study on
Experiences of
secondary school experiences of
Students with Autism students with autism from the student
perspective
Elementary and
Article describes what attributes are
Middle Schools
important in the development and
Technical Assistance implementation of an early career
Center (EMSTAC)
awareness and career development
Extra
program
40-page
resource
http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/hhsc_p
rojects/oba/colonias/QRG.pdf
Type
33-page
manual
Webs Address
http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/hhsc_pro
jects/oba/colonias/QRG.pdf
Article
http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/pubs/2007300
5/index.asp
Article
http://www.emstac.org/resources/tra
nsition.pdf
Money as You Grow
Chart with 20 things kids need to know Chart
to live financially smart lives
http://moneyasyougrow.org/_print/mil
estones_tabloid.pdf
Friends- connecting
people with
disabilities and
community members
Find Choose and
Keep Great DSPs
Teaches individuals with disabilities
how to make friends.
84-page
manual
http://Rtc.umn.edu/friends
A toolkit for people with disabilities
looking for quality, caring and
committed Direct Support
47-page
manual
http://ici.umn.edu/index.php?product
s/view_part/375/
25
Category
It’s My Choice
Professionals
Self-Determination workbook aimed at
people with developmental disabilities
90 page
workbook
http://mn.gov/mnddc/extra/publicatio
ns/choice/its_my_choice.pdf
Title
Description
Type
Webs Address
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