This resource was created as a handout for participants of National Disability Mentoring Day, October 19, 2005. For more information about the Disability Mentoring Day visit
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Blue Highways Transition Gameplan
What it is: A visual plan that illustrates the resources, success factors, steps to success and challenges of the transition from school to employment.
Organization: Washington Initiative for Supportive Employment
Where you can find it: http://www.theinitiative.ws/transition.html
Center for Change in Transition Services
What it is: A program that provides technical assistance and training to school districts in exemplary transition practices for students with disabilities moving from school to adult life. The website provides special education teachers, directors, students and their families with resources, information and news regarding secondary special education and transition services.
Organization: Seattle University
Where you can find it: http://www.seattleu.edu/ccts/
DO-IT
What it is: DO-IT recruits youth with disabilities into challenging college programs and careers. This program enables high school students with disabilities to explore careers and to gain the prerequisite knowledge needed for success in college and employment.
Organization: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT) is a program at the University of Washington
Where you can find it: http://www.washington.edu/doit
Ticket-to-Work
What it is: A program that provides employment support services for people with disabilities who want to work. Services might include vocational rehabilitation, job search assistance, job training, resume writing, job coaching, and more.
Organization: The Ticket to Work (TTW) is a Social Security Administration program.
Where you can find it: http://depts.washington.edu/healthtr/TTW/default.html
Transition from High School
What it is: A 2-page brochure for parents about general topics surrounding the transition from high school to post-high school activities for students with disabilities.
Organization: Washington Parents Are Vital in Education (PAVE)
Where you can find it: http://www.washingtonpave.org/res/tips/14tb.pdf
Washington State Adolescent Transition Resource Notebook
What it is: A notebook with forms that can be downloaded with sections on Post-Secondary school and Work, Volunteering, and Community Participation among other topics.
Organization: Adolescent Health Transition Project (AHTP)
Where you can find it: http://depts.washington.edu/healthtr/notebook/default.html
Center on Education and Work
What it is: A website with resources to enhance the quality of career-related learning for all individuals in schools, colleges, and the workplace.
Organization: Center on Education and Work (CEW)
Where you can find it: http://www.cew.wisc.edu/
Employment Strategies for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities
What it is: A curriculum for families that highlights strategies and programs that help prepare youth with disabilities for employment and a curriculum designed to build the capacity of youth development programs to serve youth with disabilities.
Organization: PACER Center - (expands opportunities and enhances the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families).
Where you can find it: http://www.pacer.org/swift/index.htm
Guideposts for Success
What it is: A guide to help steer families, institutions, and youth themselves through the transition process.
Organization: The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth)
Where you can find it: http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/guideposts/index.html
Transition Planning: Community Mapping as a Tool for Teachers and Students
What it is: A tool for educators to help match student transition needs with community assets, and for students to explore organizations and career opportunities in their community.
Organization: National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
Where you can find it: http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2128
