The library includes carefully selected resources on a wide range of topics related to postsecondary education for people with intellectual disability.
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This helpful resource from ACHIEVE at Highline was created to provide a student with an opportunity for career exploration and skill development, and allows the involved parties to be in agreement about the various roles and responsibilities.
This helpful resource from ACHIEVE at Highline can be used by a job coach, support staff, or supervisor to evaluate a student's potential or current internship work.
This useful worksheet from ACHIEVE at Highline can be used to identify a student's career interests and experience.
This webinar reviewed the what, where, and how of good collaboration between VR and institutions of higher education serving students with intellectual disability (ID), with regard to accessing pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS). Staff from Think College and the Achieve program at Highline College share practical resources, strategies, and examples of how pre-ETS services can be offered via a college program, and how these services can help students with ID explore, and ultimately obtain, competitive integrated employment.
This study examined the vocational outcomes achieved by 9,432 transition-age (17-26 years old) supported employees with intellectual disability served by state-federal vocational rehabilitation programs throughout the United States in 2015.
This Think College Transition Student Profile features Morgan, a dual enrollment student at Holyoke Community College who went on to transfer to Westfield State University. Morgan developed and used self-determination skills to self-direct her transition experience with the support of her college advisors, school transition specialist, educational coaches, peer mentor, and family. This profile highlights the positive outcomes that can be achieved from collaborative planning and fading supports.
This report examines issues regarding needed alignment of services and collaboration among agencies and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to achieve the goal of supporting youth with intellectual disability (ID) to obtain increased academic learning, independent living, and competitive integrated employment through participation in postsecondary education.
Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities provides effective strategies for navigating the transition process from high school into college for students with a wide range of disabilities. As students with disabilities attend two and four-year colleges in increasing numbers and through expanding access opportunities, challenges remain in helping these students and their families prepare for and successfully transition into higher education.
This guide for students was created to accompany Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities, a book published by Routledge. This stand-alone resource for students includes testimony from students with disabilities about considerations when planning for college, how to pick a school that’s right for you, how to advocate for yourself, and more.
Through its global financial literacy initiative, Visa’s award-winning Practical Money Skills program strives to help individuals and communities develop their money management skills. This website provides lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint presentations, and more on 10 different foundational financial literacy topics, and all materials are free and easily downloadable.
