Web Resources on Transition
Challenges for Special Education Students:
Barriers to Success:
The Transition Research Institute at Illinois is a very comprehensive resource site for teachers, service providers, and researchers.
Classroom Ideas for Life Skills contains ideas for life skills projects from family and consumer Teachers-of-the-Year.
Essential Life Skills is a website on transition created by one of the cooperative learning groups in the summer 02 class of SPED 401.
Business Leadership Networks promotes success of people with disabilities in the workforce. The site has resources for job applicants with disabilities.
The U.S. Department of Labor's High School-High Tech has resources for students with disabilities to explore careers in science, math, and technology.
The American Association of People with Disabilities is a non-profit organization that works to ensure economic self-sufficiency for people with disabilities.
The Job Accommodations Network (JAN) shares information on job accommodations for persons with disabilites. You can find lists of accommodations according to the type of disability.