Career preparation
Career preparation, as addressed by the Institute, encompasses career development services for people with disabilities to help them make educational, training, and occupational choices and to help them manage their careers.
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- Career Planning Begins with Assessment: A Guide for Professionals Serving Youth with Educational and Career Development Challenges (2005) [Archived]
A guide providing adults who work with youth with disabilities a solid understanding of the purpose, benefits, and limitations of assessment in relation to those youth and the workforce development...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Charting the Course: Supporting the Career Development of Youth with Learning Disabilities (2010)
A guide helping practitioners, administrators, and policymakers in secondary and postsecondary education programs, transition programs, One-Stop Career Centers, youth employment programs, and...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Connecting to Success: Mentoring Through Technology to Promote Student Achievement (2003) [Archived]
An e-mentoring manual facilitating meaningful mentoring experiences by combining the well-developed concept of mentoring with e-mail to connect caring adults in the business community with students...
Cost: Free - $20.00 Delivery format: PDF, Print - DirectCourse (2004)
Offers a suite of competency-based, online curricula for professionals providing services to people with intellectual, developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities, and to older adults....
- E-Connect Website (2010)
A website presenting E-Connect, the school-based e-mentoring program that uses e-mail and face-to-face meetings to connect high school students to employees from the local business community.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) Website (2001)
A website presenting NCSET, a center that focuses on improved access and success for students with disabilities in secondary and postsecondary education, as well as employment, independent living,...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - National Standards & Quality Indicators: Transition Toolkit for Systems Improvement (2005)
A toolkit providing a common and shared framework to help school systems and communities identify what youth need in order to achieve successful participation in postsecondary education and...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring for Youth with Disabilities (2006) [Archived]
A guide providing specific disability-related and career preparation information relevant to mentoring youth with disabilities during their transition from secondary school to postsecondary work....
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Preparing for Life After High School: The Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education. Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Volume 1: Comparisons with Other Youth: Full Report (2017)
A report from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012). The NLTS 2012, which is part of the congressionally-mandated National Assessment of the Individuals with Disabilities...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Preparing for Life After High School: The Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education. Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Volume 2: Comparisons Across Disability Groups: Full Report (2017)
A report from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012); a second report, Volume 1, also relates to this study. The NLTS 2012, which is part of the congressionally-mandated...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Preparing for Life After High School: The Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education, Volume 3: Comparisons Over Time (2018)
A report from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012); two earlier reports, Volumes 1 and 2, also relate to this study. The NLTS 2012, which is part of the...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - Quality Mall (2004)
An interactive database providing an online clearinghouse of over 3,500 resources from around the country related to person-centered services and supports for persons with intellectual and...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - Radical Inclusion in the Arts (2011)
A video weaving together concepts raised by Changing Landscapes Symposium presenters about artwork created by artists with disabilities and its...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - State of the Science: Theories, Concepts, and Evidence Guiding Policy and Practice in Community Living and Participation for People with Intellectual Disabilities (2013)
A set of online video presentations from the July 2012 conference, State of the Science: Outcomes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Experts in...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - Impact (2000 – 2019) [New]Latest: Feature Issue on Inclusive Education for K-8 Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
A newsletter series containing strategies, research, and success stories in specific focus areas related to persons with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities. It provides practical...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Email subscription, Print subscription - Make Work a Part of the Plan Fact Sheets (2016)Latest: Choosing Community-Based Employment
A series of fact sheets developed to deliver positive narratives about competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities. In a time of changing systems and services, focusing on...
- Make Work a Part of the Plan Videos and Webinars (2016)Latest: I Choose Employment (#1)
A series of videos and Webinars developed to deliver positive narratives about competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities. In a time of changing systems and services,...