Transition to Adulthood Hub - Center for Parent Information and Resources

Transition to Adulthood is a large topic that spans age ranges. The CPIR has many resources related to transition in general and the categories associated with it, including starting the transition process in high school, graduation, higher education, employment and training (WIAO, VR, etc.), independent living, becoming a self-advocate, and much, much more.

Resources from Our Partners at the RAISE Center and the RSA-PTIs

The CPIR is proud to collaborate with the National RAISE Center in bringing the following transition resources collection to you. The information here is broken up into 8 categories that span the breadth of topics RAISE addresses for youth/young adults with disabilities and their families as they navigate the transition from high school to secondary school, competitive employment, independent living, and more.

The resources in this section come directly from the RAISE’s extensive curation of Transition-related resources from professional and educational organizations as well as advocacy groups and, of course, the 7 RSA-PTIs that work to support transition in their states.

Transition Materials from CPIR

This list will update any time a transition-related item is added to the Resource Library.

Jóvenes Adultos en Transición: Servicios de Rehabilitación Vocacional

Advocates, Educators, Highly Rated, Online Tool, Other Professionals, Parent Center Personnel, PDF, RAISE, Rating, Service Providers, Spanish, State and Local Agency Staff, Transition, Transition from School to Adult Life, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Working with Youth

Guía para los defensores que trabajan con estudiantes, familias y guardianes legales para facilitar la participación de las Agencias de Rehabilitación Vocacional Estatales en el proceso de Transición en la Educación Especial. Información actualizada, mayo de 2023 USO...

Conexiones de Educación y Capacitación

Career-ready, Effective practices, English, Highly Rated, In Person, Other Professionals, Parent Center Personnel, Parent Centers’ 14 Priorities, Parents, Postsecondary, Self-advocacy | Youth, Spanish, Transition from School to Adult Life, Web Based, Web Page, Youth

Información actualizada, mayo de 2023 Como parte de la planificación de la transición de un estudiante para la vida después de la escuela secundaria, el estudiante y los otros miembros de su equipo del IEP probablemente considerarán la posibilidad de más educación o...

Evidence and Action to Support and Affirm LGBTQI+ Youth

Advocates, Best Practices, Educators, Emerging issues, English, Mental Health, Other Federal Agency, Other Professionals, Parent Center Directors, Parent Center Personnel, Parent Organization Leaders, Parents, PDF, Research, Research Syntheses, Service Providers, State and Local Agency Staff, TA Providers, Web Based, Working with Youth, Youth

This report provides behavioral health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and other audiences with a comprehensive research overview and accurate information about effective and ineffective therapeutic practices related to youth of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity.

Buzz | Youth in Focus

CPIR, English, Newsletter-Buzz, PDF, Transition from School to Adult Life, Web Based, Working with Youth

Parent Centers, schools, and many community-based organizations work directly with youth who have disabilities, supporting their preparation for adulthood and all the excitement and challenge ahead. This issue of the Buzz will connect you with resources we hope you’ll find helpful in your youth-focused work.

How to Talk to Kids About Sex and Consent

Educators, English, Health, Health organization, K-12 Issues, Mental Health, Native American Parents of Children with Disabilities, Other Professionals, Parent Center Directors, Parent Center Personnel, Parent Organization Leaders, Parents, Salud Mental, School-aged, Spanish, Web Based, Web Page, Working with Youth, Youth and Parents

(Available in English and Spanish) | Useful to Parent Centers, other community groups, and families of adolescent children with and without disabilities When it comes to sex and our children (and ourselves), it's important to have boundaries and hold to them....

Your Child’s Brain | Podcast

Audio File, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Early Intervention/Early Childhood, Educators, English, Health, K-12 Issues, Leadership organization, Mental Health, Native American Parents of Children with Disabilities, Other, Other Professionals, Parent Center Directors, Parent Center Personnel, Parent Organization Leaders, Parents, Research, Service Providers, State and Local Agency Staff, TA Providers, Transition from School to Adult Life, Web Based

(Monthly podcasts) | Useful to parents, Parent Centers, family members, educators, and medical practititioners working with children with different types of brain issues and challenges. Your Child’s Brain is a monthly podcast of the Kennedy Krieger Institute...

An Online Celebration of Mother Language Day 2022

Featured Resource, Native American Parents of Children with Disabilities, Native American Youth with Disabilities, Video, Youth and Parents

“I ka wā mamua, I ka wā mahope.”
Through the Past is the Future.

Hawaiian proverb

The Smithsonian Institution is hosting the online Mother Tongue Film Festival to celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity. The festival will showcase films and filmmakers from around the world, highlighting the critical role languages play in our daily lives and the importance of maintaining languages that are vanishing. For American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, this is an urgent reality, because their mother languages are the only means to communicate with elders, the wisdom keepers, to learn about and from their collective pasts. These languages express ideas and values on which their cultures are built, and Native mother tongues capture concepts that don’t exist in English.

The festival events and film premieres span from February 17 – March 4, 2022. Check out the event schedule and learn more about the films on offer here.

Roadmap to Safely Reopening Institutions of Higher Education

Coronavirus, Educators, Emerging issues, English, Members of Parent Center Advisory Board, Other Professionals, Parent Center Directors, Parent Center Personnel, Parent Organization Leaders, PDF, Personnel Preparation Programs, Post Secondary Education, Postsecondary, State and Local Agency Staff, TA Providers, U.S. Department of Education, Web Based

The Department of Education adds Volume 3 to its ED COVID Handbook series, this time focusing on Strategies for Safe Operation and Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education Students, Faculty, and Staff.

The 54-page volume highlights key areas of concern and discuss strategies for addressing those areas, such as safe practices for in-person learning, broadband and device access, basic needs supports for students, and available federal funding and flexibilities.

Read more about and access Volume 3 here, as well as connect with Volumes 1 and 2 and CPIR’s short summary briefs of those volumes.

Mental Health Practitioners: A Glossary

Educators, English, Mental Health, Native American Parents of Children with Disabilities, Other, Other Professionals, Parent Center Directors, Parent Center Personnel, Parent Organization Leaders, Parents, State and Local Agency Staff, TA Providers, Web Based, Web Page, Youth and Parents

(2021, July) | Useful for Parent Centers and others to share with families The title of this informative article is "There are Many Different Types of Mental Health Practitioners—Here’s What Each of Them Does." The field of mental health care can be confusing, full of...

Disability Information and Access Line

Coronavirus, In Person, Other Federal Agency, Other Professionals, Parent Center Directors, Parent Center Personnel, Parent Organization Leaders, Parents, Remote, Service Providers, State and Local Agency Staff, TA Providers, Web Based, Youth and Parents

(2021, June) | Useful to Parent Centers and individuals and families with disabilities seeking information about vaccination for COVID-19, including where to get vaccinated. Have a disability and looking for where to get a COVID-19 vaccination? The U.S. Department of...