Resources

From REFERENCE POINTS, from TATRA, a project of PACER Center:



Special Needs Parent Toolkit The DOD Special Needs Tool Kit is designed to help military families and others with special needs children navigate the maze of medical and special education services, community support and benefits and entitlements. The Toolkit is broken down into six colorful modules that can be easily downloaded and printed. The Toolkit can be found at http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/portal/page/mhf/MHF/MHF_DETAIL_1?section_id=20.40.500.570.0.0.0.0.0&content_id=218947



New Resources from NCWD YOUTH AND DISABILITY DISCLOSURE: THE ROLE OF FAMILIES AND ADVOCATES This info brief highlights NCWD/Youth's The 411 on Disability Disclosure and explores the role families and advocates play in helping youth understand the importance of appropriate disability disclosure. To review this document, go to http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/information_Briefs/issue21.html



VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ITS ROLE IN CAREER PLANNING This info brief discusses career planning and vocational assessment for transition-age youth. It focuses on the vocational domain and how assessment activities support career related activities. To review go to http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/information_Briefs/issue20.html



TUNNELS AND CLIFFS: A GUIDE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS AND POLICYMAKERS SERVING YOUTH WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS This brief document summarizes the challenges faced by youth with mental health needs when they enter inappropriate service tunnels dictated by their point of entry and when they encounter transition cliffs as they age out of youth systems and attempt to access adult services. It offers examples of emerging promising practices related to career preparation and employment for youth and offers an action plan to make the coordination of services a cross-systems priority. For more information go to http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/short_Cuts/004.html



NAVIGATING TUNNELS AND CLIFFS: EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS TO ASSIST YOUTH WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN PREPARING FOR WORK Another brief document that summarizes the challenges facing families and caregivers of youth with mental health needs and the resources available to them in helping a young person prepare for a career and community life. It offers an action plan for parents and caretakers on how to make coordination and collaboration of mental health services and career preparation a priority. http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/short_Cuts/005.html



ROAD TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY: A GUIDE TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES This Guide was developed to serve as a resource for organizations working with youth on career exploration and employment options, and policymakers who support youth programs through policy and practice. The Guide shows how entrepreneurship education can be implemented in programs and offers suggestions on how to introduce self-employment as an option for all youth, including youth with disabilities. In addition, this Guide offers a set of appendices with valuable resources and references. Designed for organizations and practitioners working with all youth, policy-makers, and parents looking for resources and information on economic self-sufficiency for their adolescent children. See

http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/entrepreneurship_guide.html