Career exploration websites
Achieve Texas - Explore career clusters you can pursue in high school
My Next Move - Interest Profiler
Texas Career Check - a tool to explore careers and education options in Texas
Texas Reality Check - Texas site where students can explore the costs of living
Volunteer with United Way Brazos Valley - Search for volunteer opportunities
Curriculum, activities, and lessons
The Next Step - Nineteen-minute video with discussion guide created by the Texas Council of Developmental Disabilities
DO-IT - Series of links to helpful web pages that can be used for guided lessons (9 lessons)
Skills to Pay the Bills (and the associated videos) - Soft skills training created by the Department of Education (30 lessons)
Web Design and Development I - Web design curriculum for youth with disabilities (8 units)
See also "Self-Advocacy and Self-Determination Education Resources"
Agency Help
Texas Workforce Commission-Vocational Rehabilitation (TWC-VR) provides support for people with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment (ages 14 and up).
To contact TWC-VRS, call (979) 595-2880.
Texas Workforce Commission provides employment training, support, and placement for everyone, including people with mild disabilities: TWC
For more on TWC's youth program see: WIOA (Workforce Innovation Act)