Overview

Resources to support family engagement within transition planning for students with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Articles

• Help Your Student Transition to College
• Skills for Independent Living: Parents Help Build Social Skills
• Virginia Parents' Tips on Transition Planning
• Why Parent Engagement is Important to Student Success

Books

• Included with the End in Mind:  Integrating Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities
• Parents and Families of Students with Special Needs:  Collaborating Across the Age Span

Resources

• Accessing Community Supports and Adult Services:  Helpful Tips to Access & Navigate Systems
• Assistive Technology for Kansans
• Autism-at-a-Glance: Supporting Independence in Daily Living Skills
• Autism Speaks Transition Tool Kit
• Family Information Guide to Assistive Technology and Transition Planning
  • Transition planning is always the key to effective transitions; this guide explores information specific to individuals using assistive technology. Free & downloadable.
• Fostering Self-Determination Among Children & Youth with Disabilities
• A Guide to Preparing Your Child with a Disability for Life Beyond High School
• Life Course Tools
  • Free, downloadable tools that support the rights of families and individuals accessing rights to live, love, work, play and pursue their life aspirations in their community. 
• National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
• Parent and Family Involvement Annotated Bibliography
• Supporting the Transition to Adulthood (The Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders)
• Supports, Modifications, and Accommodations for Students
• Transitioning from Adolescence:  Alternatives to Guardianship (video)
• Transition Survey

Websites

• Beach Center on Families and Disability
• Center for Parent Information and Resources
• College Support Programs for Students with Autism
• Families Together
• National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
  • Parent tips for supporting success in high school and beyond.
• PACER Center's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
  • Pacer Center flier
• Parents Helping Parents
• Transition Coalition
  • Working with Families in Transition
  • Secondary Transition and Cultural Diversity