Guide Supporting Career Development of Youth w/ Learning Disabilities

"Charting the Course: Supporting the Career Development of Youth with Learning Disabilities", is intended to help practitioners, administrators, and policymakers in secondary and postsecondary education programs, transition programs, One-Stop Career Centers, youth employment programs, and community rehabilitation programs to improve services and outcomes for youth, ages 14 to 25, with diagnosed & undiagnosed learning disabilities. It includes numerous quick reference charts, tables, & tools for counselors, career advisors, & other professionals who work directly with youth. In-depth information is provided on a variety of topics, including the types & impact of learning disabilities, needed supports, and research-based interventions.

This Guide is intended to increase awareness of the fact that the workforce development system serves many youth who have LD that may never have been identified and many others who may know they have a learning disability but choose not to disclose. Although focusing primarily on youth with LD, many of the strategies & approaches advocated in this Guide, which are premised on universal design, may be of practical use for other youth. http://www.ncwd-youth.info/ld-guide