Transition
The transition from school to life in the real world is challenging, and holds additional complexities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In this section, you'll find resources on how people with IDD can make the transition from high school to postsecondary education and competitive work in the community.
Curriculum: Raising Expectations for Better Futures
Investing in Our Future: Youth, Employment and Post-Secondary Opportunities
The purpose of this report was to collect information about advocacy, capacity building, and systems change activities by state developmental disabilities councils specific to employment and post-secondary education opportunities for youth with developmental disabilities. Download the report here.
What Matters Most: Research on Elevating Parent Expectations
This brief outlines the impact of parental expectations on the employment and education outcomes of children with disabilities. It also offers suggestions for practitioners on how to encourage parents to explore and identify community based transition outcomes. Download the brief here.
Lessons Learned from the Learning Academy: Optimizing Transition Supports for Young Adults with Autism
The Learning Academy (TLA) at the University of South Florida is a 30-week transition program for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) between the ages of 18 and 25. The program provides services, supports, and experiential opportunities, with the aim of enhancing skills that will prepare students to succeed in the workplace and postsecondary education settings.
Considering Community Service: Building Social Skills for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Considering Community Service: Building Self-Determination Skills for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Considering Community Service: Career Development for Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Partnerships in Employment: State Self-Assessment Toolkit for Systems Change in the Transition of Youth and Young Adults with IDD from High School
This self-assessment tool was developed for those who wish to embark on state-wide governmental systems change to improve high school transition and employment outcomes for youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Its purpose is to aid in the development of a work plan that is based on a review of the state policies, practices, and strategies that impact transition from school and opportunities for competitive integrated employment of youth and young adults with IDD.
Partnerships in Employment: Building a Transition-to-Employment Agenda
The national Partnerships in Employment (PIE) readiness preparation that impacts post- National Transition Systems Change Project was established in 2011 by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. This five-year project focuses on improving, developing, and implementing policies and practices that raise community expectations and overall employment outcomes for youth with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD).