Listed below are key transition resources for Wisconsin youth with disabilities, families, and professionals.
Members of the Wisconsin Transition Planning Coalition developed a broad list of resources available to support the transition process as it relates to education, employment, and health. We then identified Coalition members who were content experts in each of the transition focus areas (education, employment, and health). These content experts reviewed the broad list and selected the key transition resources listed below.
The resources below relate to one or more of the transition focus areas. Our Coalition has also developed a list of integrated resources. These resources support integrated transition planning that includes education, employment, and health. Some resources from the integrated resource list are also included in the key resource list below. The icon to the left indicates these integrated resources.
Academic and Career Planning Webpage – WI Department of Public Instruction
The Department of Public Instruction’s Academic and Career Planning webpage is intended to equip students and their families with the tools necessary to make more informed choices about postsecondary education, training, and careers.
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
These centers provide information on a broad range of programs and services, including long-term care. They also connect people with disabilities to appropriate supports and services.
BeforeAge18.org Website
The BeforeAge18.org website provides online resources to help teens with disabilities and their families prepare and plan for adulthood.
Developmental Disability Programs and Information – WI Department of Health Services
This webpage is designed to help those with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their caregivers find programs that meet their needs.
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – WI Department of Workforce Development
The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) is an employment program that assists people with disabilities find a job, keep a job, or get a better job. Businesses can work with DVR recruit & retain employees.
Family Voices of Wisconsin “What’s After High School” Training
This training covers a variety of topics related to the transition to adult life for youth with disabilities and special health care needs.
Got Transition Website
Got Transition is the federally funded national resource center on health care transition. Its aim is to improve the transition from pediatric to adult health care through the use of evidence-driven strategies.
I’m Determined Transition Guide
A transition guide to help youth and their families transition to post-secondary education and training for a self-determined future. The I’m Determined project is a state-directed project funded by the Virginia Department of Education.
Independent Living Centers (ILCs) in Wisconsin
Independent living centers (ILCs) are consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private non-profit agencies that are designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities, and provide an array of independent living services.
Living My Dream Guide – WI Department of Health Services
This resource guide is designed to provide information for students with disabilities, their families, and teachers, as they prepare for adult life.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Wisconsin
NAMI Wisconsin works to raise mental health awareness, provide education and support, and improve the mental health system in Wisconsin.
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative (NTACT:C)
The federally-funded National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C) provides information, tools, and supports to promote effective services and instruction for secondary students and out of school youth with disabilities.
PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment Learning Center
The Learning Center informs parents and others about major components of transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities.
Special Education Team – WI Department of Public Instruction
Provides leadership to improve outcomes and ensure a free appropriate public education for students protected under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Think College
A national technical assistance, research, and evaluation center dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability. Think College provides resources, technical assistance and training.
Think Possible! Employment Webinar Series
A four-part employment training series developed for service coordinators who work with the Birth to 3 Program, the Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) Waiver Program, and the Children’s Community Options Program (CCOP).
Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities – WI Department of Public Instruction
This webpage provides transition planning information and tools from the Wisconsin Department of Instruction (WI DPI).
Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI BPDD) strives to unite ALL of Wisconsin in supporting people with developmental disabilities to lead their most independent lives.
Wisconsin Children’s Resource Centers
Wisconsin has five Children’s Resource Centers provide information and support to families with children and youth with special health care needs and the providers who serve them.
Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training, & Support (WI FACETS)
The Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training, & Support (WI FACETS) is a leading source of information and support in Wisconsin for families of children with disabilities.
Wisconsin Promise Videos
Videos featuring youth stories of transition.
Wisconsin Transition Action Guide
The Transition Action Guide (TAG) promotes communication, coordination, and services for students with disabilities transitioning from school to work. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of all partners in the transition process.
Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant
The Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant (WITIG) provides technical assistance, training and resources to support the transition process in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Youth Health Transition Initiative (YHTI)
The Wisconsin Youth Health Transition Initiative (YHTI) provides information to Wisconsin’s health care systems and providers, community collaborators, families, and caregivers on the movement from pediatric health care to the adult health care system.
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