Links to Free/ Low-Cost Instructional Materials
200 adapted recipes to teach life skills.
An interactive website that teaches students how much it cost to live alone and may help understand why it is important to plan and budget.
A Chance to Ride" is a curriculum developed by The Kennedy Center to teach young adults on the autism spectrum to travel independently using public transportation. This product was created with funding generously provided by Autism Speaks.
EnvisionIT (EIT) is a free, evidence-based, standards-aligned, college and career readiness curriculum for 21st century students in middle and high school. EIT is a teacher-guided, digital curriculum for students with and without disabilities focused on helping students develop key literacy and career skills needed for the 21st Century workplace.
These interactive Everyday Life activities offer an opportunity to experience life's daily challenges without real-world consequences. For more information about the Everyday Life program, view this video.
The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities
This workbook is designed for youth and adults working with them to learn about disability disclosure and help them make informed decisions about whether or not to disclose their disability and understand by considering how that decision may impact their education, employment, and social lives. Based on the premise that disclosure is a very personal decision to be made by young people themselves, the workbook helps young people think about and practice disclosing their disability.
Edge exists to provide youth with engaging, impactful customer service training that creates a solid foundation from which to launch a career. These trainings are all available on any device, for free, to flexibly support job attainment, career advancement, and personal development. Through Edge training, youth will be better equipped to serve, assuring managers that the Edge employees they recruit and retain are more ready for their jobs. The Edge curriculum will become a national standard curriculum leveraged by anyone interested in entering the service sector in any industry; and recognized by employers as a preferred training for new hires.
Provides a collection of job applications from various employers. There are videos that includes interviews from past employees.
Has a variety of programs - virtual, in-person, and materials for helping students understand finances and learn to be an entrepreneur. . There are also opportunities to have career guest speakers.
Overcoming Obstacles is a free, award-winning, and research-based curriculum that provides educators with the tools to teach elementary, middle, and high school students life skills. With hundreds of activity-based lessons covering more than 30 critical social and emotional skills, students learn how to communicate effectively. They learn how to make informed decisions. They learn how to set and achieve goals, resolve conflicts, solve problems, respect one another, and more.
Short (1- 2 minute) videos, by various adults with disabilities, talking about why self-advocacy, voting, and not bullying, etc. are especially important for people with disabilities.
Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success," is a curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching "soft" or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities. Created for youth development professionals as an introduction to workplace interpersonal and professional skills, the curriculum is targeted for youth ages 14 to 21 in both in-school and out-of-school environments. The basic structure of the program is comprised of modular, hands-on, engaging activities that focus on six key skill areas: communication, enthusiasm and attitude, teamwork, networking, problem solving and critical thinking, and professionalism.
Social Skills Role Play Videos (UCLA)
Videos portraying various social/communication skills. How to ask for a date, how to have/enter/leave a conversation, rumors and gossip, humor, sportsmanship, and arguments.
A game-based website that teaches students financial literacy.
Stash 101 is an immersive banking and investing simulation that helps students gain skills to navigate their own financial worlds. It even has options to "pay" students for their daily jobs.
The curriculum includes separate materials for two different age groups: One is designed for students transitioning from middle school to high school, and the other is designed for students transitioning from high school to college. The curriculum for each transition is further organized into a set of materials for classroom/teacher use and a set of materials for home/family use. Please use the links below to access each of these resources.
Differentiated and age appropriate ideas for practicing job skills, either remotely or on campus.
T-Folio is a free online transition portfolio tool for high school-age youth with disabilities. The curriculum provides facilitators with lesson plans and tips to help youth build self-determination and job-readiness skills through a series of interactive exercises.
Welcome to Tennessee’s online home for training and resources on preparing students with disabilities for life after high school. Our goal is to improve transition outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities by sharing research-based practices and policies. Our site is organized into different sections for educators, for providers, and for students. Each includes free video-based lessons, ideas, resources, and much more.
Want to take your students to Goodwill as Community-Based instruction?
Goodwill SWEP Program.pdfStudent-Led IEP Resources
An Educational Journey from Self-Discovery to Advocacy A Handbook for Students.pdfMy IEP Owner's Manual.pdfDisability Awareness Packet.pdfStudent-Led IEP Templates
Student led IEP Template 3.pptxStudent led IEP Template 2.pptxStudent-Led IEP Template.ppt