This session will discuss strategies and ideas that families and caregivers can use to support children ages 2-5 with transition between daily home-based routines and activities, as well as strategies for helping children to adapt to changes in their everyday life experiences. Read More
If you teach and support young adults with disabilities, you might get the question “when and how should I disclose my disability when I apply for a job or internship?” Read More
This post gives you 20 “starter strategies” for helping young people with disabilities who are ready for their first job experience. Read More
In the preface to Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities, learn how the authors—a college professor with ADHD and a poet with a learning disability—met and teamed up to write this book, inspired by their shared experiences. Read More
Download this set of forms to accompany your purchase of Successful Kindergarten Transition. Included are a Transition Interview form, a Transition Practices Brainstorming Guide, a Transition Timeline Worksheet, teacher/principal checklists, a Kindergarten Transition Contact Log, and an Instructions for Kindergarten Transition Menu Checklist Read More
Read the excerpt and learn how high schools can better prepare students with disabilities for college and careers. This excerpt also contains a unified framework for secondary transition services. Read More
Lack of cultural understanding, lack of respect, and lack of acknowledgment of their hopes and dreams are a few of the major obstacles that this demographic and their families are up against. Read more about these challenges in this chapter excerpt. Read More
In this chapter, learn how formal and informal assessment plays an important role in a student's transition to college and/or the professional world. Also included are helpful forms for transition planning like a Parent Survey of Student’s Academic-related Skills sheet and a Study Skills Inventory scale. Read More
Use the following excerpt from Successful Kindergarten Transitionas a guide to help families explore their experiences in the fall, winter, and spring of preschool. The intent is to engage the family member in a conversation about school, following up on themes that arise. Read More
This brief excerpt explains why it's useful for professionals to gather information on the families they serve, inculding details about family composition, culture/language, and customs. Read More
