Support Content
- Candid Conversations: Handing Over the Reins is a film that addresses questions and concerns parents and self-advocates have about supporting youth with disabilities as they transition to adulthood, from the NY region.
- Connections California: Transition to Adulthood is a fully online information hub form Parents Helping Parents
- **Department of Rehabilitation provides services and advocacy resulting in employment and independent living.
- Education/Training Connections Resources for use when considering postsecondary education at a college, vocational education, or continuing and adult education.
- **Employment Tool Kit is offered by Autism Speaks.
- A Guide to Secondary Transition written by CDE’s The EDge, Winter 2019.
- **Health Coverage Options for Children with Special Health Care Needs – explains coverage options as children with special needs become adults.
- High School Diploma vs. High School Certificate of Completion/Attendance
- OASIS (Occupational & Academic Skills for Independence & Success) is A Saddleback College program for Adults with Disabilities. Classes in computer skills, independent living skills, and personal safety skills
- Organization for Autism Research (OAR) Life Journey Through Autism: A Guide for Transition to Adulthood
- **Probate Attorney Referral List from RCOC with attorneys known to handle conservatorships, trusts, wills, etc.
- **Selective Service System requires that all 18-year-old males register, even if disabled.
- **Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits can be applied for at age 18.
- Transition to Adulthood from the Center for Parent Information & Resources. This resource page will connect IEP teams with organizations and articles that can help team members tackle the education/training question during transition planning.
- Transition to Adulthood Videos from The Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Transition CA promotes and supports successful transition to employment, independent living and quality life for individuals with disabilities, including those with significant disabilities.
- Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for students and youth with disabilities.
- **Transition Planning Resource Directory for Adults with Developmental Disabilities provided by the Orange County Depart of Education in Cooperation with RCOC.
- Transition Self-Advocacy Students with disabilities are learning to advocate for themselves. Hear tips from other students with disabilities who have learned to advocate for themselves in high school, at work, and at college. This page includes a wide range of written materials for youth, such as the IEP Owner’s Manual
- **Transition Tool Kit from Autism Speaks guides you on the journey from adolescence to adulthood.
- WorkFirst Transition Project Easterseals Southern California is working with project partners to increase career planning, work pathways, job opportunities, and employment outcomes for transition-age youth in Orange County.
