Resource Crosswalk

Access to the General Education Curriculum/Literacy Access for ALL

This FREE, 10-part video series containing over 70 coaching videos and hundreds of resources explores strategies grounded in research that are designed to ensure ALL learners have access to the general curriculum.

Age-Appropriate Transition Assessment Planning Guide

Throughout this guide, you will be introduced to the planning process for transition assessment. It is important we intentionally plan for transition assessment to ensure we reduce duplication, build on a student’s progress, and identify individualized assessment to build the youth’s profile in relationship to those skills needed for their adult life goals.

Agency Navigation Tool

This document was created as a resource to provide basic information about key agencies. This document contains: A list and description of the types of information that agencies often request. A brief overview of key agencies that includes information or resources about topics such as: eligibility requirements, intake procedures, and possible services .Contact information and helpful websites for each state or federal agency. Space to add local contact information for each agency. A space for families/teams to record the information about the youth or family that is often requested by agencies.

Effective Practices: Supporting Youth In School, In the Community and On the Job and Predictors of Post School Success

Effective Practices and Predictors are research-based strategies that focus on supporting transition age youth to gain critical skills and experiences. The Practices and Predictors are useful to transition professionals in school and agencies across systems and in multiple environments.

ELSA (Employability/Life Skills Assessment)

ELSA is an informal assessment to gather information about a student or youth’s current abilities with 24 employability and life skills.

Additional Resources

Take 5 Videos

Learn about essential topics for transition and adulthood and engage in new ideas through Take 5 webcasts. Each short video in the Take 5 series will review a topic, concept or idea about transition and adult life planning, service, and support for those assisting youth and adults with disabilities. Take 5 also provides five take-away resources for each of the webcasts to help extend learning and support implementation of new knowledge or sharing of valuable ideas.

Tools for Multi-Agency Team Transition Planning

There are a variety of tools on this page that multi agency teams can choose from to support the transition planning process. These tools are informal in nature and not intended to be used as ‘forms to fill out.’ Rather, they are provided so teams can use and adapt them to the needs of their team and the youth/family in the planning process. Some youth will need very detailed planning, with in-depth attention to many aspects of adulthood. Other youth will still need comprehensive planning for adult life, but not at the same level of thoroughness.

Transition Assessment and Transition Planning, InspirED Webinar Series

Explore a 3 part InspirED series on Transition Assessment and Transition Planning offering good foundational information for all team members serving transition youth (special educators, general educators, therapists, transition coordinators, paraprofessionals, etc.)

What Works for Work training series

OCALI set out to introduce selected evidence-based practices and how to incorporate these into the academic, vocational and social education and preparation for transition youth. The project, commonly known as What Works for Work, resulted in user-friendly tools and resources now available on this website.