TRANSITION - SCHOOL TO WORK/ADULT LIFE
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A Guide on How to Get Scholarships and Grants for Students with Disabilities
From MoneyGeek.com, a guide on how to get scholarships and grants for students with disabilities.
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A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities
This guide is being issued by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to advance our efforts in ensuring that all students and youth with disabilities are equipped with the skills and knowledge to be engaged in the 21st century workforce.
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Access to Success
A Free Online Training for College Students.
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Accommodations for College Students
An article from Wrightlsaw's website by Dr. Mike Brown, Professor School Psychology, East Carolina University
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Affordable Colleges Online: College Affordability for Students with Disabilities
A complete guide to college financing for students with disabilities. Find expert advice on loans, grants and scholarships specifically for students with disabilities, as well as resources to help with the job search after graduation.
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Age of Majority
A West Virginia Department of Education Office of Extended and Early Learning brochure about the transfer of rights of exceptional students.
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American Education Services Deferment and Forbearance
If you can't make any payments at all, then a deferment or forbearance might be the right choice to keep your loan from entering default.
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Auxiliary Aids and Services for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Higher Education's Obligations Under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights guide.
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BestColleges.com College Resources for Students with Disabilities
BestColleges.com has created a number of guides for students with disabilities. These guides offer help for students with physical, psychiatric, visual, auditory, and learning disabilities to better prepare for the college environment.
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Center for Parent Information and Resources Transition Resources
The Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR) serves as a central resource of information and products to the community of Parent Training Information (PTI) Centers and the Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), so that they can focus their efforts on serving families of children with disabilities.
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College Foundation of West Virginia
Your free source for college and career planning.
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College Funding for Students with Disabilities
Check this link to find funding opportunities for students with disabilities for post secondary settings.
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Federal Student Aid Deferment and Forbearance Page
A deferment or forbearance allows you to temporarily stop making your federal student loan payments or to temporarily reduce the amount you pay.
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Financial Aid Guide for Students with Disabilities
Learn more about scholarships available for students with disabilities.
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Getting the Most out of Vocational Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures. (2015). Getting the most out of vocational rehabilitation. Portland, OR: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures.
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Going to College
A resource for teens with disabilities.
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Going to College with Diabetes: A Self Advocacy Guide for Students
This authoritative, comprehensive guide empowers students to understand their rights and learn how to advocate for them, and to create positive working relationships with their schools, testing agencies, internship sites, and employers.
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Heath Resource Center at the National Youth Transitions Center
Online clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities.
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Human Resource Development Foundation
Assists West Virginia's youth through advocacy, empowerment, and the successful administration of a wide variety of employment, occupational skill training, and educational programs. Assists West Virginia's youth through advocacy, empowerment, and the successful administration of a wide variety of employment, occupational skill training, and educational programs.
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Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Disclosure Resources
JAN provides free, confidential technical assistance about job accommodations and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Job assistance guide for people with disabilities
People with disabilities want to be gainfully employed as much as anyone else. Discover resources to find organizations that offer job help for people with disabilities and locate training programs and related support services.
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Mid-Atlantic ADA Center Youth with Disabilities Page
The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center is a great resource for all things related to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Because this law affects young people, we have created a special web page on our website just for young people like you to talk about Disability History, Employment, Education, Health/Recreation/Arts, and more.
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Money Smart Financial Literacy Curriculum
Money Smart represents one strategy to promote and facilitate asset development. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created the Money Smart Curriculum to help youth and adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships.
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National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
Creating opportunities for youth with disabilities to achieve successful futures.
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National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Navigating the road to work; making the connection between youth with disabilities and employment.
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Online Colleges That Offer Laptops
This resource is split into two major sections:? A list of online colleges that provide laptops and tablets to students as part of tuition.? A guide to choosing the best laptop to purchase as a college student.
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PACER Center's ADA Q&A: Section 504 and Post Secondary Education
Questions reflect those most commonly asked of PACER staff regarding the ADA and postsecondary institutions.
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Punch-In!
Punch-in, a project of the Great Lakes ADA Center, is designed to help young adults with disabilities be successful with their employment endeavors. We offer self-paced tutorials, expert advice, a moderated online course, and video resources to develop your job-seeking strategies.
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Scholarship Guide for Students with Disabilities
A guide to colleges with scholarships available to people with disabilities.
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Soft Skills for Success: Identifying, Developing, & Selling
An article by Custom-Writing focused on "soft" skills. It covers topics such as the definition of soft skills, which soft skills are in demand, ways to develop your soft skills, and steps to sell your soft skills.
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Speech Disorder Resources for College Students
This guide will explain the resources that you may find on campus and how to find them. -
Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
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The Why, When, What, and How of Disclosure in an Academic Setting, After High School
A document of the United States Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy discussing why, when, what and how to disclose a disability in an after high school academic setting.
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Through the Looking Glass Scholarship
Through the Looking Glass and its National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families are pleased to announce new scholarships specifically for high school seniors and college students who have parents with disabilities.
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Transition Parent Briefs – PACER Center
Contains numerous transition related publications from the PACER Center.
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Transition, Transition Services, Transition Planning
Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
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Transitioning from High School to College: A Spotlight on Section 504
To provide students with an overview of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Workforce Investment Act) and how it protects your academic rights from high school to postsecondary education.
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We Connect Now
A website to connect and integrate college students with disabilities as a virtual community with a voice on important issues with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment.
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West Virginia Speech-Language Pathology Degree Programs
View a list of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) accredited speech pathology and audiology programs in West Virginia.
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Youth, Disclosure, and the Workplace Why, When, What, and How
A document of the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment addressing disability disclosure issues and employment geared towards youth.
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Youth@Work
Welcome to Youth@Work, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) website for youth in the workforce.