A

• Action Plan (spanish version)
• ADRC Map
• Adulthood
• Adult Services- Opening Doors to Adult Services
• Age Appropriate Transition Assessment Resource List
• Age Appropriate Transition Assessment Toolkit--NSTTAC
• Alianza Latina Aplicando Soluciones (A.L.A.S.)- promotes the development of children and young adults with special needs via resources, education, training, advocacy and referral for individuals, families, caregivers and the community with the goal of improving their quality of life.
• Applying for a Job:  Young Adult's Guide
• Assessment Toolbox (how to build--ppt)
• Assistive Technology Financial Assistance
• Augmentative/Alternative Communication and Employment
• Autism Spectrum Disorder Guide--for WI Technical College Staff

B

• Benefits Counseling

C

• Career Pathways
• Careers Video
• Centers for Independent Living
• Child Labor Laws--Wisconsin Statute
  • Minimum Wage Statute
  • Hours and Time of Day Minors May Work
• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
• College Information
  • "Disability-Friendly Colleges: A Guide for Students with Physical Disabilities" is an online college guide for students with physical disabilities containing interactive charts of 75 colleges that go beyond ADA including: accessibility, personal care, transportation, adaptive sports, academic rank, contact information and how the Ivy League stacks up, High school vs. college comparison, Tips on commuting to college, 10 things students with physical disabilities should look for on a college visit, An interactive disability-friendly college blog to help create a database of college experiences and begin a conversation on college accessibility.
  • "A Developmental Perspective on College and Workplace Readiness"
  • We Connect Now --dedicated to uniting college students with disabilities in access to higher education and employment issues
• Community-based Transportation Planning practitioner's guide
• Connecting Youth with Role Models, Mentors, and Work Experiences during National Disability Employment Awareness Month
• Coordinated Set of Activities---SEE "Transition Services"
• Coordinated Set of Activities (Middle School)--SEE "Transition Services"
• Consent
• Creating the Vision
• Customized Employment
  • Works Everywhere vignettes
  • How it works for Employers
  • Discovery for Transition article
• Cyber Transition Experience: A Life For Me - An interactive site for youth in upper elementary and middle school that lets them look at different careers, prepare for high school, etc. Similar to the SIMS: you choose a character that visits different workplaces and asks questions. There also is helpful info for families.

D

• Deaf/Blind Transition Guide
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing Transition Tools
  • College Visit Planning Questionnaire
  • Planning for Postsecondary Education High School Timeline
  • Planning for Postsecondary Education Out of High School Timeline
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing Student Resource - An online transition curriculum for students who are deaf or hard of hearing
• Department of Health Services
• Department of Public Instruction
• Department of Workforce Development
  • Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
    • Important info for DVR applicants
    • DVR Process flowchart
    • DVR Order of Selection Checklist
    • DVR Application form
    • DVR Release of Information form
    • DVR Director and Supervisor Contacts
    • DVR Statewide Transition Action and Resource Team (START)
• Disability.gov - Features comprehensive information from 22 federal agencies, as well as educational institutions, non-profit organizations and state and local governments. Topics covered on the site include: benefits; civil rights; community life; education; emergency preparedness; employment; health; housing; technology; and transportation.
• Disability Documentation - WI College & Trng - This Guide will assist organizations to determine their role in understanding needed documentation for students with disabilities transitioning from PK-12 to Wisconsin postsecondary education.
• Disability Services Coordinators - UW System
• Disability Services Coordinators - Wisconsin Technical College System
• Discovery Process
  • Customized Employment Works Everywhere vignettes
  • Customized Employment- How it Works for Employers
  • Discovery for Transition article
• DPI/DVR DHS Interagency Agreement and Transition Action Guide
• Driver's Education Handbook Audio Files

E

• Early Warning System High School Tool
• Early Warning System Middle Grades Tool
• Education Alignment and Accountability in an Era of Convergence: Policy Insights from States with Individual Learning Plans and Policies
• Employment
  • Employment During High School  white paper on paid work experiences
  • Employment - Public Awareness Campaign Project Toolkit - Developed by NEW Partnerships for Employment for the purpose of sharing coalition developed materials with other individuals and groups interested in promoting increased awareness regarding the contributions that people with disabilities bring to the workforce. The toolkit contains information and materials aimed at increasing the recruiting and hiring of candidates with disabilities. The materials can be adjusted to meet the specific needs in your area.
  • Employment Safety
  • Encouraging Recruitment and Hiring for Job Seekers with Disabilities----Think Beyond the Label
  • Engaging Employers: Moving From a Handshake to Hands-On Opportunities for Youth
  • Fact sheets for parents, youth and employers from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
    • Creating a Path to Employment:  Tips for Parent of Children with Disabilities
    • Essential Skills to Getting a Job:  What Young People with Disabilities Need to Know
    • Shaping Tomorrow's Workforce:  Including Talents of Young People with Disabilities
  • Opening Doors to Employment
  • A Systemic Approach to Arming Students and Job Seekers with Disabilities and Their Advocates in Securing Meaningful Employment
• Enhancing Home Involvement to Address Barriers to Learning:  A Collaborative Process  from the School Mental Health Project at UCLA
• Evidence-based Practices Users Guide - Developed by an IDEA Partnership* cross-stakeholder group of practitioners and Technical Assistance Center personnel to provide efficient access to and use of research and materials located on the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center website.
  These tools reference educational practices and specific strategies supported by rigorous educational research which have yielded evidence of positive results for students. Included in this Users Guide are a glossary of terms and a PowerPoint with presenter information. Highlighted throughout are various materials regarding transition research synthesis, lesson plan starters, and professional development resources.
• Extra-curricular Activities - Involving Youth

F

• FACETS
• Foster Care  "Building Better Lives for Youth Leaving Foster Care"
• Fourteen Things Congregations Can Do To Include Youth With Disabilities
• From Where I Sit--A video series of eight California State University students with disabilities who share their experiences in the college classroom.  A variety of disabilities are represented.
• Funding for Transportation

G

• Guardianship
• Guardianship of Adults
• Guardianship Support Center- Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups

H

• Healthcare Checklist  a resource to help youth and young adults with special health care needs and disabilities make a successful transition to adult living that includes education, health and community living
• Hire Gauge---online tool for employers to calculate the cost and benefits of hiring a person with a disability.
• How do we involve youth in their IEPs?
• How to disclose your disability at the postsecondary level

I

• I'm Determined - Has lesson plans, checklists, curricula, etc. on building self-determination and self-advocacy skills in youth, as well as strategies for supporting youth in running their own IEPs.
• Indicator #13
• Institute on Community Integration
• Integrated Employment Toolkit (US Dept. of Labor--Office of Disability Employment Policy)
• Interagency Agreement and Transition Action Guide
• Issues in Mental Health: Mental Illness Awareness--guide from the WI Department of Public Instruction

J

• Job Shadows
• Job Centers in Wisconsin

K

• Kenosha Seamless Collaboration--a local-level demonstration of interagency collaboration in transitioning students with disabilities

L

• Learning Registry--an open source technical system designed to facilitate the exchange of data behind the scenes, and an open community of resource creators, publishers, curators, and consumers who are collaborating to broadly share resources, as well as information about how those resources are used by educators in diverse learning environments across the Web.
• Life After High School Transition Toolkit:  Strategies, Tools & Resources for Families of Youth with Disabilities to Assist in Creating Successful Transition Plans
• Long Term Care --this document from the Bureau of People with Developmental Disabilities provides an overview of Medicaid long-term care programs available for adults with disabilities and frail elders in Wisconsin

M

• Measurable Post-secondary Goal Examples
• Medical Home Toolkit
• Mental Health Transition Resources
  • Youth Suicide information
• Mental Health Transition Academy:  October, 2011
  • Keynote Address:  Preventing Challenging Behavior--Dr. Rick Van Acker
  • Keynote:  Group Contingency Described
  • Session 1:  Hold On!  We're Trying to Help You--Dr. Rick Van Acker
  • Session 2:  Trauma-Informed Care--Elizabeth Hudson
  • Session 3:  NAMI--Parents and Teachers as Allies (Early Warning Signs)--Patti Jo Severson
  • Session 3:  Transition to Postsecondary Mental Health (Early Warning Signs)--Sandy Hall
  • Session 4:  Challenges and Strategies for Educating Students with Mental Illness--Nanci Schiman
  • Session 5:  Biology of Sex and Gender--Flo Hilliard
  • Session 6:  Transition to Young Adulthood Goals (Part 1)--Dr. Rusty Clark
  • Session 7:  Trauma-Informed Care in Schools--Christine Dunning
  • Session 8:  Resources Available to Support the Mental health Needs of Students with Disabilities--Nic Dibble
  • Session 9:  Wraparound Teams in Wisconsin Counties--Dawn Campbell, Philip Robinson, and Paula Buege
    • Core Values
    • Rights and Responsibilities
    • Team Overview
  • Session 10:  Employment Strategies for Kids with Behavioral Issues---Brian Kenney
    • Career Clusters Inventory
    • Job Coaching Progress Report
  • Session 11:  Transition to Young Adulthood Roles (Part 2)---Dr. Rusty Clark
  • Session 12:  Trauma-Sensitive Schools---Sara Daniel
    • Building Blocks of Relationships
    • Sensory Interventions
  • Session 13:  Mental Illness Through the Transition Years
  • Session 14:  Substance Use and Abuse
  • Session 15:  Collaborations for Mental Health:  One County's Approach
    • Red roadmap (front)
    • Red roadmap (back)
    • Parent roadmap
    • Mental Health roadmap
• Modified Expectation Contracts used for Students with Significant Disabilities (example)
• Modified Expectation Contracts used for Students with Significant Disabilities (blank form)

N

• National Career Development Association
• National Career Development Month
• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)--coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures. NCSET is headquartered at the Institute on Community Integration in the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD-Youth) - Your source for information about employment and youth with disabilities.
• National Community of Practice---IDEA Partnership
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
• National High School Center
• Navigating College:  A Handbook on Self-Advocacy Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults
• Navigating College:  Autistic Self-Advocacy Network--blog and site connected to the Handbook
• NSTTAC Age Appropriate Transition Assessment Toolkit
• The Nature and Use of Individualized Learning Plans as a Career Intervention Strategy

O

• On Being 18--this document now has a new title and can be found under W (What You Should Know about Wisconsin Law)
• Opening Doors Series (order form)
  • Opening Doors to Self-Determination Skills
  • Opening Doors to Adult Services
  • Opening Doors to Employment
  • Opening Doors to Postsecondary Education
• OSEP Ideas that Work - Toolkit on teaching and assessing students with disabilities
• OSERS Transition Fact Sheet
• Overlooked and Underserved: 'Action Signs' for Identifying Children With Unmet Mental Health Needs -toolkit available at bottom of this link

P

• Parent Training
  • YiPPE Brochure 2011-12
• Peer Power
• PepNet - Transition Tools for Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • College Visit Planning Questionnaire
  • Planning for Postsecondary Education High School Timeline
  • Planning for Postsecondary Education Out of High School Timeline
• Personal Assistance Services - Recently released toolkit through the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability-Youth, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). This toolkit assists youth in strengthening some of the fundamental skills essential for successfully managing their own PAS: effective communication, time-management, working with others, and establishing professional relationships.
• Post School Outcomes--WI Post-School Outcomes Survey website
• Post-secondary Education Information
  • We Connect Now
  • Postsecondary Education
  • Postsecondary Guide to Disability Documentation - This Guide will assist organizations to determine their role in understanding needed documentation for students with disabilities transitioning from PK-12 to Wisconsin postsecondary education.
• Pro-Ed - Click on "Transition" on left hand side of homepage
• The Power of Peer Influence – Are You Tapping Into It?

Q

R

• Re-Entry from Juvenile Justice

S

• School/Business Partnerships--a how-to guide
• Seamless Collaboration - Kenosha
• Secondary Transition Toolkit
• Self-Advocacy Curriculum
  • Chapter 1 - Your Life After High School
  • Chapter 2 - The Self-Advocacy Questionnaire
  • Steps in Considering Accommodations
  • Explaining Your Disability - AU
  • Explaining Your Disability - CD
  • Explaining Your Disability - ED
  • Explaining Your Disability - LD
  • EBD Worksheet
  • LD Worksheet
  • Self-Advocacy for the 9th grade student
• Self-Determination
  • It's Not Easy (Powerpoint)
  • Self-Determination Guide:  Promoting Findings and Strategies from a Survey of Wisconsin Paraprofessionals (Waisman Center)
  • Self-Determination Handbook --developed by Mary Ann Beckman, Laura Owens and Jessica Steuer
  • Think-Plan-Do Encourages Self-Determination - The State of California Department of Developmental Services guide
• Setting Higher Employment Expectations for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities
• Severe disabilities examples
• Social Jobs Partnership (Facebook page)
• Social Security Spanish website
• Social Security PASS Plans (Plans for Achieving Self-Support)
• Statewide Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)--includes "hubs" for transition, parent leadership, early childhood, personnel development, and higher education
• Strength of Us--a website from NAMI
• Summary of Performance presentation materials--including the following
  • SoP presentation
  • SoP effective practice blank form
  • SoP examples
  • Disability Documentation Guide
• Summary of Performance Survey report---Spring 2011
• Supporting Young Veterans’ Transition to Civilian Employment

T

• Technical College Information
• Telework Brochure
• Ten Things Employers Can Do To Support Youth With Disabilities
• Ten Things Social Organizations and Associations Can Do To Include Youth with Disabilities
• Ticket to Work
• Transition Action Guide
• Transition Assessment
• Transition Coordinator Job Description--example from Milwaukee Public Schools
• Transition from High School to College (Podcast part 1)  (Podcast part 2) - The Disability Law Lowdown website has posted a podcast called Transitioning from High School to College for Students with Disabilities. Interviews are conducted about facts, myths, and tips for students with disabilities transitioning from high school to college.
• Transition in the IEP (TIEP) Checklist
• Transition Planning for Parents
• Transition Planning for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities
• Transition Resource Directory
• Transition Services
• Transition Specialist Job Duties--example from Marathon County area
• Transition to Adult Care Assessment (spanish)
• Transition Toolkit
• Transportation Challenges for Youth
• Transportation Funding Options
• Transportation Planning

U

• Univ. of Wisc. System
• U.S. Department of Education Q & A on Secondary Transition
• UW Disability Services Coordinators

V

W

• Waisman Center - Materials focused on transition to adulthood
• We Connect Now
• What Did You Do for Disability Mentoring Day? Programs & Youth Share What They Did & Learned
• What You Should Know about Wisconsin Law:  Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities (formerly "On Being 18")
• WI Community on Transition
• WI Statewide Parent Educator Initiative
• Wisconsin Technical College System
• WI Tech. College System Disability Services Coordinators--2011/12
• WI Transition Assessment Guide
• Wisconsin Youth Option Program
• WisKids Journal
• Work-based Learning Programs
• Workforce Investment Act--Youth Programs
  • WIA Administrators
• Workplace Readiness
• WTCS Accommodations Guide--2010
• WTCS Guide for Student Records Confidentiality

X

Y

• YIPPE
• Youthhood
• Youth Development and Leadership Facilitator Guide
• Youth Development and Leadership Participant Guide
• Youth Development in Employment
• Youth Development in Religious Organizations
• Youth Development in Social Groups
• Youth Involvement
• Youth Leadership Forum
• Youth Leadership Skill Development Tips
• YouthRules!--website from U.S. Department of Labor
• Youth Training and Resource Center - Assists young adults (13-30) with developmental disabilities, in a 4-county area (Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington) with transition, empowerment, and advocacy related to education, employment and health
• Youth Transportation Challenges

Z