Transition Webinar Chat Resources
Nov 17th
From *Andrew Selby, Bridges From School to Work : https://masscis.intocareers.org/ is a great resource with a lot of free assessments, planning tools, etc.
From Megan Visser : Eileen mentioned the book, Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra.
From *Andrew Selby, Bridges From School to Work : https://www.mass.gov/vocational-rehabilitation/locations?_page=1 – you can search for your MRC office with your zipcode
Contributor: Love Onet!
Various contributors on colleges with LD: Dean, Landmark, Westfield State has an LD program; Champlain college in Vermont has a good program as well; Mitchell in New London, CT; Thames Program, Mansfield (VT, Bridgewater state has a program
From DV : C.I.P is great for students on the spectrum, and C.L.E is also a great progam to research
Contributor: Best Buddies
From Leslie Thatcher: Virtual Job Shadow, https://www.virtualjobshadow.com/ (for exploring career options): Virtual Job Shadow is EXCELLENT
From *Leslie Thatcher : https://mansfieldhall.org/
From Leslie Thatcher: To highlight the difference between high school and college supports: https://www.gavilan.edu/student/aec/docs/Transition.pdf
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Dec 3rd
From Joan Casey (She/Her) : An excellent book for transition is “From High School To College: Steps for Success For Students with Disabilities by Elizabeth Hamblet.
From Megan Visser – Tech Support : Theresa is mentioning the Princeton Review K&W Colleges and Universities resource.
From *Theresa Peduto : The book I mentioned is the K&W Guide to Colleges for students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorders, authors Marybeth Kravets and Imy Wax
From *Carol Kinlan : Wonderful resource is Collegesupports.com. it lists many colleges and has specific information on what each SDO offers—very helpful!
From Megan Visser – Tech Support : For more info on transition to college, we have multiple handouts created by our experts: https://schoolsforchildreninc.org/transition-webinar-materials-for-participants/