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Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist
...And here's what makes this transition so hard: IDEA requires that...self-advocacy instruction in transition services, but most students...instruction in transition services, but most students don't...never having explained their disability to a professor, and never...how to register with the Disability Resource Center, how to request...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...handle. By the time they're navigating college disability services or workplace accommodations, they've...the time they're navigating college disability services or workplace accommodations, they've practiced...moments are the foundation for the bigger ones. The transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy isn't a...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
The transition from high school...think about college disability services find themselves...college disability services find themselves scrambling...Freshman Year: Name the Disability and Build the Foundation....to the IEP as a transition goal. Federal law...IEPs to include transition planning starting...comes first. That transition planning must address...
Legal > Government Benefits
Navigating the Age 18 Disability Benefits Transition: What Changes, What Stays, and How to Prepare
...Security will review their disability status under adult standards....eligibility, and access to services tied to SSI receipt. The...your child under pediatric disability standards to adult disability...disability standards to adult disability criteria. Here's what that...means in practice. Adult Disability Standards Replace Childhood...
Global Insights > Employment
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
...mentioned transition planning....IDEA-mandated transition planning...provides services at each...those services include,...child. Transition Planning...law, transition planning...or 15. Transition planning...develops a transition plan...assessments Transition services...Transition services needed...related services, and...developmental disability agencies,...adult services If your...initiated transition planning,...underemphasize transition work,...
Education > Higher Education
From IDEA to ADA: What Students with Disabilities Lose and Gain in the College Transition
For twelve years, the school found the services. Evaluations were scheduled by the district. IEPs...education programs, and ensuring students receive services designed to help them succeed. That result standard...education. These laws prohibit discrimination based on disability and require colleges to provide equal access to...
Career > Skills Training
From School to Work: How Students with Disabilities Can Build Career Skills Before Graduation
The transition section of an IEP is...funding and its own set of services, is available at the...for. Pre-Employment Transition Services, known as Pre-ETS,...Pre-Employment Transition Services, known as Pre-ETS, are...be a student with a disability who might eventually...categories of Pre-ETS services. Understanding what's...
Career > Finding Jobs
Many People with Autism Suited for Jobs
...Simler is the director of career development services at Turning Pointe Autism Foundation, which has...career and life skills to individuals preparing to transition to the workplace. He stresses that "there is...Scott Standifer of the University of Missouri's Disability Policy and Studies Office explains that businesses...
News > Employment
Trump's Budget Would Eliminate Disability Employment Programs. Congress Rejected This Last Year. Here's What Families Can Do.
...rights advocacy, and transition services that help young...advocacy, and transition services that help young adults...targets four categories of disability employment funding under...Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration: Client...and file appeals when services are denied. The FY2026...employment, and community services. FY2026 funding: $20.1...
Legal > Government Benefits
Colorado Is About to Double Its 7-Year Waitlist for Disability Services. Here's What Families Can Do.
...cut developmental disability services to close...developmental disability services to close a state...Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver support...The developmental disability waiver program now...to developmental disability waiver services....disability waiver services. 1. Enrollment cap:...out of state, or transition to other programs....
Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...long-term support. The survivorship phase is not a return to normal. It's a transition to a different kind of medical and developmental management, one that...Here's what you need to know about recognizing late effects, accessing disability benefits, and building the support system your survivor needs. What Late...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...schedule changes, and being asked to transition between activities. The nurse tested,...developmental, cognitive, or physical disability isn't just standard diabetes care...diabetes intersects with another disability. Why Dual Diagnosis Diabetes Management...child also has autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, or another...