Best Colleges offers an article on Top Mental Health Challenges Facing College Students
PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment provides information and resources for youth, families, employers and others helping teens and young adults with disabilities as they transition.
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, funded by US Department of Education to support states and local school systems.
Getting Ready for When Your Teen Reaches the Age of Majority: A Parent’s Guide from the Center for Parent Information and Resources
Comprehensive Approach to Transition Guide from the Association of University Centers on Disability is a youth-friendly planning workbook.
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability, funded by the Department of Labor, offers many employment, education and other transition resources for youth with disabilities and their families.
Center on Technology and Disability is a national resource for families on assistive technology and instructional technology.
Hiring People with Disabilities is one of many disability resources from the US Department of Labor.
The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition has a matrix of effective transition planning practices and predictors. Parents and caregivers, as well as educators, can learn about what works well for transitioning students with special needs.
A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities from the U.S. Department of Education covers transition planning, transition services, and post-high school education and employment options.
Wilson Workforce Rehabilitation Center, in Fishersville, VA offers vocational evaluation and training services.
The Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities conducts six studies to generate evidence-based interventions to assist youth to enter competitive integrated employment: 1) a systematic review of the literature to assess and organize the relevant research to inform their work 2) a pilot study of an intervention on effective knowledge translation methods for counselors working with students with significant disabilities ages 14-16 3) a randomized control trial to study the effects of paid internships for at-risk youth with disabilities prior to graduation 4) a randomized control trial to examine the effects of technology for college students with traumatic brain injury and develop an intervention 5) a randomized control trial on the effects of paid work in high school for youth with severe disabilities and 6) an intervention on the effects of an online course and subsequent technical assistance for postsecondary staff providing employment supports for college students with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities.
The website offers resources including trainings on issues related to transition-age youth.
Center for Transition Innovations at VCU is funded by the Virginia Department of Education and serves as a resource for educators and other stakeholders in the transition of youth with disabilities.
Resource compiled by the Arc of Northern Virginia, written for Northern Virginia but much is applicable in other areas of state.
Virginia’s I’m Determined project provides training modules and resources for teachers, parents and youth to promote self-determination of youth with disabilities.
Person-Centered Planning is a Virginia resource to promote person-centered planning, training and other aspects of person-centeredness including self-direction. The Center for Person Centered Practices promotes ways for people to create and maintain positive change in their lives, organizations, and communities through the use of person centered skills and actions.
Virginia Department of Education’s Transfer of Rights for Students with Disabilities Upon Reaching Age of Majority in Virginia, which includes information on educational power of attorney.
APPENDIX C is a Sample Specific Power Of Attorney For Educational Decisions Made Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.
Transfer of Rights for Students with Disabilities guide
Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitation Services provides services to and for Virginians with disabilities including Employment Services, Community Based Services, Assistive Technology/Devices and Equipment, and Disability Determination.
The Virginia Partnership for People with Disabilities at VCU links families to wide spectrum of professional services and community interests as it seeks to expand opportunities to individuals with disabilities.
Information from VDOE about the Applied Studies Diploma and other diplomas and certificates.
Information from VDOE about Credit Accommodations offered to students with disabilities who are seeking a Standard Diploma.
Information from VDOE about substitute tests for verified credit.
Applied Studies Diploma
Other Diplomas and Certificates
Credit Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Substitute Tests for Verified Credit