The tools below will facilitate partnership resource mapping for transition teams. Teams may use one or a combination of tools to best meet the needs of the student and community.
An asset mapping chart is often used to produce a list of comprehensive resources in the community. In this resource the team will identify areas for improved outcomes (postsecondary, employment, graduation), list the community resources, and then indicate the services or supports provided by each community resource.
NTACT (National Technical Assistance Center on Transition) has a great resource intended to guide teams in identifying and aligning resources, as well as clarifying roles and responsibilities in the provision of seamless transition services for students and youth with disabilities.
NTACT Resource Mapping Worksheet
NTACTs guide to the whole toolkit
Google maps is an incredibly versatile tool to help teams create a visual map with the ability to create markers that will identify community resources, and can be customized for the individual student and team using the map.
Video of how to use Google My Map for Community Mapping
The Basics of Virtual Community Resource Mapping- Matthew Flanagan
Essential Tools, Improving Secondary Education and Transition for Youth with Disabilities, Community Resource Mapping Guide. This guide will talk the team through pre-mapping, mapping, taking action and maintaining, sustaining and evaluation mapping. Included are resources, examples and blank templates to use.
NCSET Essential Tools for Community Mapping
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Let’s Get to Work Project created a quick guide on Transition to Employment. It includes resources and tools for teams to use when supporting students transitioning to community employment. There is also a High School Opportunity Map to help assess how inclusive school classes and extracurriculars really are.