Transition Websites

Career Exploration

• https://www.careeronestop.org/videos/careervideos/career-videos.aspx

• https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/ Career exploration activities from the U.S. Department of Labor

• https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/careers/career-exploration.htm

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Career Prospects in Virginia

• • www.careerprospects.org

Information on careers, articles on getting an education, looking for and finding a job, various career trends, as well as links to career advice, self-tests, salary surveys and internships. While Career Prospects does not have job ads or lists of jobs available in Virginia, we do offer Links to websites that have this information.

Career Inventories (web based)

• Web sites with career inventories and assessments; these are resources, glean what you can. Some of the assessments are very involved with a high level reading ability to complete; overall some good resources and information concerning career exploration.

• Assessments www.assessments.com

• ASVAB Career Exploration https://www.asvabprogram.com/?utm_source=mv&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=intent&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwKLZsYeU7gIVCKGzCh2ctQK4EAMYASAAEgK4_fD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

• Career Explorer www.careerexplorer.net

• Career Key www.careerkey.org

• Career Zone www.nycareerzone.org

• Career Assessments, College Planner, Middle/High School https://www.myplan.com/index.php

• Job Web www.jobweb.com/experiential/interest.htm

• Live Career www.livecareer.com

• Quintessential Careers www.quintcareers.com

• Self-Assessment Resources www.rileyguide.com/assess.html

You can seek other career inventories and resources on Yahoo.com, Monster.com, Google, Careerbuilding.com and other web sites. Just put “career assessments” into a search engine.

Casey Life Skills

• http://lifeskills.casey.org

Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford University

• • http://ctl.stanford.edu/Student/learning_skills.html

Resources for students at the secondary or post-secondary level including time management, note taking, and study skills.

Center on Transition Innovations - Virginia Commonwealth University

• https://centerontransition.org/

Virginia Department of Education created a centralized statewide portal for information, resources, demonstration, and research for educators and other stakeholders in the transition of youth with disabilities. The Center on Transition Innovations (CTI) at Virginia Commonwealth University provides evidence-based resources and information along with emerging practices in the field.

College Guide for Students with Disabilities

(guide can be downloaded; it was printed in 2003 but the information is still relevant)

• • http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/transition_svcs/outcomes_project/college_guide.pdf

CTE Resource Center

• • http://cteresource.org/about/

This has TONS of resources! Check out the new video, Workplace Readiness Skills. These resources will be especially helpful as our students prepare for work or vocational skills, or MTC.

Department of Medical Assistance Services

• • www.dmas.virginia.gov

Includes information on Medicaid and Medicaid Waiver services for students with moderate to severe disabilities.

Department of Mental Health Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services

• • www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov

Provides general information on services and links to local Community Services Boards that provides services to people with mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse.

Differences Between High School and College

• • [PDF] http://www.brcc.edu/uploads/docs/disability/Differences_HS_College.pdf

Fact sheet in PDF format. Although you will see references to ADHD, we are told that the process and paperwork for application to access accommodations is the same for all disability areas.

Disability Services at Blue Ridge Community College

• • http://www.brcc.edu/services/disability/

Disability Support Services at Blue Ridge Community College provides students with disabilities the support services needed to access college classes and events. Services are open to any student with a disability who provides appropriate documentation. Link on this page to Documentation Guidelines.

Division on Career Development and Transition

• • http://www.dcdt.org/

A division of Council for Exceptional Children devoted to improving the quality of and access to, career/vocational and transition services, increasing the participation of education in career development and transition goals and to influence policies affecting career development and transition services for persons with disabilities. The Virginia DCDT is one of the largest and most active groups in the country with members from school divisions, agencies, vocational rehabilitation and higher education.

Easter Seals Project ACTION

• • http://projectaction.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ESPA_homepage

Congress originally commissioned Easter Seals Project ACTION in 1988 as a research and demonstration project to improve access to public transportation for people with disabilities. With the passage of the ADA two years later, our goals expanded to help transportation operators implement the law’s transportation provision.

Economics and Personal Finance Resources for K-12

• https://www.econedlink.org/resources/

Explore Work

• https://explore-work.com/ Website for teens with a disability; helps students explore career choices and training; explore talents and create a plan for their future.

I’m Determined (Self-Advocacy)

• • www.imdetermined.org

I’m Determined, a project developed and sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education’s Training and Technical Assistance Centers, focuses on providing direct instruction, models, and opportunities to practice skills associated with self-determined behavior beginning at the elementary level and continuing through the student’s educational career. The empowered student knows how to set and achieve goals and has a greater understanding of personal strengths and how to get support for areas of need.

Know How Virginia

• • http://www.knowhowvirginia.org/

Know How Virginia.org is a place to discover careers and explore the sixteen career clusters. The home page has all sixteen clusters listed and can be accessed from that page. You can also use the tool bar at the top of the page and includes Home, Explore Careers, Parents, Educators, Businesses, Career & Tech Ed. Under Educators you can scroll down the page to Classroom Tools and see Teacher Help. There are some websites and links there such as the graphic organizer. Also notice the left side with a column entitled “Fastest Growing Jobs 2002 – 2012”. Under Explore Careers, students can click on one of the sixteen career clusters and see links to explorations, and information about each cluster.

Life After High School: Invest in What's Next

• https://www.investinwhatsnext.org/

Exploring My Options, Budgeting for My Future, Evaluating My Plan - lessons developed by the Federal Reserve Bank

Life Skills

• https://wideopenschool.org/student-activities/life-skills/grades-9-12/#all/

lesson plans for middle, high school students from Wide Open Schools.org

Make High School Count!

• https://mappingyourfuture.org/CollegePrep/make-high-school-count-student.cfm

• https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/college-admissions/making-high-school-count

Middle School Students Make The Transition Into High School

• • http://www.kidsource.com/education/middlehigh.html

  • https://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Career_Sites_for_Kids

Money Talks

• http://moneytalks.ucanr.edu/

A hands-on, interactive, on-line program, available in English and Spanish. Our resources consist of colorful learner guides, comprehensive leader's guides, along with supplementary multimedia materials. Money Talks increases the financial literacy capability of youth and young adults (14-24) by giving them applied experiences that encourage fiscally sound decision-making in marketplace transactions.

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)

• • www.ncset.org

NCSET coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures.

National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD)

• • http://www.ncwd-youth.info/index.html

NCWD/Youth is your source for information about employment and youth with disabilities. Our partners — experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development — strive to ensure you will be provided with the highest quality, most relevant information available.

O*Net

• https://www.onetonline.org/

O*NET Web Services (Occupational Information Network ) provides easy access to occupational data and career exploration tools for over 900 occupations, direct from one of the nation’s primary sources of occupational information. O*NET Web Services is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, and developed by the National Center for O*NET Development.

Parent Resources

• https://mappingyourfuture.org/collegeprep/make-high-school-count-parent.cfm

• https://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/parents/parents_guide.pdf - Parent Guide To Special Education

• https://www.vaboard.org/links.htm?scrlybrkr=d0188b6f

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Pictorial Interest Inventory

• https://www.cves.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pictoral_Interest_Inventory_template_SHEN.pdf

Resumes and Cover Letters

• https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/resumes-cover-letters-high

Safety - The Big Red Safety Teacher Toolkit

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fPQnOq2OFHbGpBAC35x7_Bb671YzZ5ev/view

Safety resource from The National Autism Association for educators of students diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder; lesson plans, safety plans for students who are prone to wander, elopement.

SEN Teacher

• • http://www.senteacher.org/Links/

Free teaching resources for Special Education

Shared Works

• • http://www.sharedwork.org/

The SharedWork.org website is designed to support and facilitate the shared work that occurs among individuals, organizations and agencies at the local, district, state, and national levels. For each community of practice, state, or practice group, you will find the following sections: What’s New, Repository, and Discussion.

Social Emotional Learning

• https://casel.org/core-competencies/

Social and emotional learning (SEL) enhances students’ capacity to integrate skills, attitudes, and behaviors to deal effectively and ethically with daily tasks and challenges. Like many similar frameworks, CASEL’s integrated framework promotes intrapersonal, interpersonal, and cognitive competence. There are five core competencies that can be taught in many ways across many settings. (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning )

State Council on Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)

• • http://www.schev.edu/

SCHEV administers a variety of educational programs that benefit students, faculty, parents, and taxpayers. SCHEV serves as a catalyst to promote greater access, quality, affordability, and accountability throughout the system. SCHEV also helps policymakers, college administrators, and other concerned leaders work cooperatively and constructively to advance educational excellence.

Students Loans, Grants

• • http://www.ed.gov/fund/grants-college.html

Helpful information on grants, other funding sources for post secondary education; from U.S. Department of Education

• • https://financialaidtoolkit.ed.gov/tk/resources.jsp

Search tools and resources to help you or your students learn about financial aid for college.

Transition Assessments (Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center)

• https://instrc.indiana.edu/transition-resources/transition-matrix.html

The Transition Assessment Matrix was developed for secondary education transition teachers by the Indiana Northeast Cadre of Transition Leaders and the Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center (INSTRC). Assessments included in the Matrix have either been created by INSTRC, are available online, or are those for which INSTRC has received permission from the original publisher. Recent Matrix updates make it easier to navigate and identify assessments that meet the specific needs of your students ; easy feature allows you to select an area and grade of need.

Transition Assessments and Activities (South Bend Community School Corp.)

• http://www.sped.sbcsc.k12.in.us/ppm/transitionplanning/transitionassessments.html

Transition Coalition

• • http://transitioncoalition.org/transition/index.php

Provides training, collaboration, resources and publications on all areas of transition.

Transition of Students With Disabilities To Postsecondary Education: A Guide for High School Educators

• • http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transitionguide.html

Excerpt: “For students with disabilities, a big factor in their successful transition from high school to postsecondary education is accurate knowledge about their civil rights. The purpose of this guide is to provide high school educators with answers to questions students with disabilities may have as they get ready to move to the postsecondary education environment.”

T/TAC Online

• • http://www.ttaconline.org/

A community linking people and resources to help children and youth with disabilities.

T/TAC Online Learning Disability Resources

• • http://www.ttaconline.org/staff/s_resources/s_resources_subcontent.asp?dis=7

Virginia Board For People With Disabilities

• https://www.vaboard.org/links.htm?scrlybrkr=d0188b6f Links and resources for individuals and families.

Virginia Career Resource Network (VACRN)

• • www.vacrn.net

A one-stop web source for public web resources in Virginia; including Virginia VIEW, RU Ready and Career Planning Guide.

Virginia College Quest

• • www.vacollegequest.org

An on-line guide for students with disabilities interested in pursuing postsecondary education, which includes information on up-coming events in Virginia.

Virginia Department of Education Transition Page

• • http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sped/transition

Provides support, information and resources designed to improve the outcomes of students with disabilities in transition from middle / secondary education to postsecondary education and employment.

Virginia View

• • www.vaview.org

Includes extensive activities geared toward assisting students of all ages in the quest for a career of their choice. Includes information on career clusters, specific careers, postsecondary education, military and numerous activities for figuring out what suits an individual’s interests and strengths. Especially useful for middle school aged youth in transition, with activities also for Grades 3 -5. This is an extremely helpful website; students create an account

Virginia Wizard

• https://www.vawizard.org/wizard/home

Extensive website and resources sponsored by The Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Community college System. Also has a "read-aloud" avatar. Particularly helpful for students who may want to explore college programs within Virginia.

Voters and Elections

• https://www.econedlink.org/resources/voters-and-elections/

Information for students, lesson plans for educators

WebEx

• • http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Technology/OET/recorded_sessions/#sped

Virginia Department of Education posts selected Webinar sessions on this website. They are archived in Windows Media Player format. The videos are Microsoft Media Files and require the free Media Player plug-in. Macintosh users may click the appropriate link to download the free Media Player.

Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC)

• • http://wwrc.virginia.gov/

WWRC is a comprehensive, vocational, rehabilitation center associated with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services. Training and therapy are available to people with disabilities to enhance their skills upon entering or re-entering the work force and to live independently. The PERT program one of the services available exclusively to high school students at WWRC.

Workplace Readiness Skills

• http://www.cteresource.org/wrs/index.html

CTE Resource Center for The Virginia Department of Education; extensive collection of competencies and lesson resources. Also check out the "Career Connections" under Verso tab for resources and lessons on career seeking skills.

Youthhood Project

• • www.youthhood.org

This website was designed especially for students who are planning their transition to adult options. It includes information on career choice, independent living, government services, and staying healthy. There is also a curriculum guide, lesson and additional information for teachers and other providers to use Youthhood in instructional settings.