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Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...track. Your school district develops transition goals tied to academics, independent living, and employment. Pre-ETS delivers specific workplace readiness training,...school district develops transition goals tied to academics, independent living, and employment. Pre-ETS delivers specific workplace readiness training,...
News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...for Community Living (ACL), the federal...Centers for Independent Living, caregiver...Independent Living, caregiver support...able to live independently and participate...Centers for Independent Living (CILs):...Independent Living (CILs): Local...Disability, Independent Living, and...Independent Living, and Rehabilitation...advance community living. Elder rights...
News > Lifestyle
Teaching Life Skills for Independence: A Parent's Roadmap
...clear picture of where your child is right now. Life skills organize into six domains: Self-care: Bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, eating independently. Household management: Cleaning, laundry, basic cooking, organizing personal space. Money management: Counting coins, making purchases, budgeting,...
News > Advocacy
After High School: What Families Need to Know About Transition Planning
...goals in education, employment, and independent living. That means the school isn't...education, employment, and independent living. That means the school isn't just...training, supported employment, community living. This planning should answer real...supports will they need to live as independently as possible? What comes after graduation...
Parenting > Adulthood
Housing Options for Adults with Disabilities: From Supported Living to Independence
...group homes to fully independent apartments. In between...between are supported living arrangements, family...family care homes, and independent living programs with...homes, and independent living programs with varying...not on what you think independence should look like or...are more deserving of independence. The only meaningful...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...supported employment, or other work-based goals Independent living skills: where appropriate, goals related...employment, or other work-based goals Independent living skills: where appropriate, goals related to daily...skills: where appropriate, goals related to daily living, self-care, and community participation Each...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...They're designed to build independent living skills, career...to build independent living skills, career readiness,...career training, and independent living instruction. Students...training, and independent living instruction. Students...to the idea of work. Independent living instruction covers...of work. Independent living instruction covers daily...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Preparing Your Teen with Down Syndrome for Adult Life: A Transition Planning Guide
...education or training, employment, and independent living skills. What the law doesn't...training, employment, and independent living skills. What the law doesn't provide...toward after high school. "Will live independently" isn't measurable. "Will manage a...employment objectives, and daily living skills training designed to help...
Social Engagement > Community Living
Community Living for Adults with Disabilities: Options, Services, and How to Get Started
...whether community living is possible. It's...takes. Community living doesn't mean one...Main Community Living Options. Community...Options. Community living arrangements fall...autonomy. Supported living means the person...with. Supported Living Services (SLS)...overnight coverage. Independent living programs...coverage. Independent living programs focus...
Global Insights > Employment
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
...focuses on life after high school: employment, postsecondary education, and independent living skills. The IEP team, which includes you and your child, develops...after high school: employment, postsecondary education, and independent living skills. The IEP team, which includes you and your child, develops a transition...
Career > Skills Training
From School to Work: How Students with Disabilities Can Build Career Skills Before Graduation
...required to identify goals for postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. Parents and students prepare for that conversation, often without...identify goals for postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. Parents and students prepare for that conversation, often without realizing...
Medical > Orthopedics
Enhancing Outcomes for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities through Early Intervention
...therapies help children improve strength, flexibility, movement, and daily living skills. Speech therapy can also help if the child's disability impacts...likely to improve their abilities, do well in school, and become more independent. It gives them a strong...