Making a Transition Toolbox helps self-advocates, teachers, support people, and families to plan for the transitions people with disabilities make as they move into adulthood during high school. This is not a teaching curriculum. It is a way to explore and gather the information you might need after graduation and put it in one place.

The toolbox has checklists on topics that a student may want to talk about during their transition meetings. The topics range from voting to relationships and job-searching. Each topic includes a story written by a disabled adult giving transition advice. Each topic provides questions a student may want to discuss before, during or after a transition meeting. The checklists suggest information to look for before you graduate!

For more information on how to use this toolbox please read:

•  Student Introduction to the Toolbox
•  Teacher Introduction to the Toolbox

You can download the entire Get the Life You Want: A Transition Toolkit by clicking here

The toolkit contains several different parts. You can also click on the title of any of the parts below to download it:

•  Cover
•  Student Introduction to the Toolbox
•  Teacher Introduction to the Toolbox
•  Advocacy
•  Alcohol, Drugs, and Smoking
•  Belonging, Fun, and Recreation
•  Communication
•  Developmental Services
•  Dreams, Strengths, and Needs
•  Education After High School
•  Equipment, Assistive Technology, and Accessibility
•  Friends and Relationships
•  Getting and Keeping a Good Job
•  High School
•  Spirituality
•  Transportation
•  Volunteering
•  Voting