Youth and Families
Youth and Families have an important and unique role in the transition planning process. Here you will find several resources that can help you prepare for and participate in the process of transitioning to adulthood.
Learn a little about agencies you and your family may be interacting with during the transition to adulthood years. Includes fill-in space to keep track of information and local contacts.
Video: Agency Navigation Tool Video
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Use these tools to begin or continue making plans over time for a youth’s desired adult outcomes. Planning with the youth is most effective when done with teachers, agency partners and others. To learn more about Backwards Planning Tools and to download templates, visit the Tools for Multi-Agency Team Transition Planning and click on “Multi-Agency Transition Planning, Person Center Thinking, and Backwards Planning” to find the resources and tools to get started.
Effective Practices are instructional methods and strategies proven through research to be effective to teach youth specific transition-related skills. The Practices teach various skills, such as those associated with employment, daily living, communication, academics, job-routines and tasks, independence, and workplace behavior. Families, youth, providers, and others can continue use of the practices in non-instructional settings such as work sites, community environments, social settings, etc.
The Predictors of Post School Success provide research-based strategies useful for educators and adult service professionals to equip youth with the skills and resources needed for adult living and working in the community. Families and youth can gain information to share with Team members about programs and services to build community capacity and investment in serving transition youth. Multi agency Teams can plan for engaging youth in Predictor activities that begin while the youth is still in school and continue into adulthood.
Video: Navigation Transition Planning for Youth on Place 3 and 4 on the Path to Employment
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Watch this webinar to learn how to approach planning as a multi-agency team for the youth with complex needs.
So, you got accepted into college, but you are not sure what happens next? This is a useful guide for any student pursuing continuing education or training after high school. This guide will help you navigate the post-secondary experience.
Preparing for life after high school can be overwhelming and scary at times. Know that you are not alone in these feelings and that it is common to feel anxious about what comes next. Hitting the Open Road After High School: How to Choose Your Own Adventure to Success! Is a guide that can help you answer these four questions:
- How can I learn to make choices that are right for me?
- What activities can I do during high school to help me get ready?
- What are my options after high school?
- How do I access other supports to be successful?
The Charting the LifeCourse Framework was created to help individuals and families of all abilities and all ages develop a vision for a good life, think about what they need to know and do, identify how to find or develop supports, and discover what it takes to live the lives they want to live.
Download the Charting the LifeCourse Focus on Transition quick guide
This folder is a “conversation starter” with families and youth. It gives a broad overview of the possible steps, questions, services and decisions that need to be considered during the years of transition planning.
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Ohio’s postsecondary programs deliver inclusive college experiences for students with intellectual disabilities (ID) that include internships, college classes, housing and social experiences that result in improved access to competitive integrated employment.
Families, youth, agencies, and schools frequently use different terms to talk about the transition process. The Vocabulary Crosswalk is a reference tool that explains similarities and differences in terms used across agencies.