Resources from the Texas Education Agency
Next Steps to Independence: Skills and Strategies
This checklist lets educators, families, and students monitor continued progress on skills needed for future success.
Notice of Transfer of Rights: Model Form with Information and Resources
This resource provides information regarding guardianship and alternatives to guardianship.
Overview of Transition Planning for Parents
Highlights from the Texas Transition and Employment Guide with tips for how parents can support their child and plan for their transition to life outside the public school system.
Transition Video: College
Cady reviews the College chapter in the Texas Transition and Employment Guide.
Transition Video: Careers
José reviews the Careers chapter in the Texas Transition and Employment Guide.
Transition Video: Transition Planning and My Rights
Jenny reviews the Transition Planning and My Rights chapters in the Texas Transition and Employment Guide.
Other Resources
Navigate Life Texas: Medicaid Waivers
This resource provides an overview of Medicaid-funded waiver programs that help people with disabilities or special health care needs get services and supports that allow them to live and thrive in community settings.
CareerOneStop
Your source for career exploration, training, and jobs. This online resource is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Texas OnCourse
Texas OnCourse is a state-funded initiative to improve college and career readiness for all Texas students.
Dude, Where’s My Transition Plan?
This booklet from Partner’s Resource Network speaks directly to youth with disabilities. It includes multiple transition planning worksheets, several checklists, and discussions of self-advocacy.
Aging Out of Foster Care in Texas
This downloadable handout simply and directly explains what aging out of foster care means, how to determine if a person is in foster care, why it is important to know whether they age out, and the critical benefits and services that aged-out foster youth are entitled to.
Texas Workforce Solutions - Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Gather information about services that are available from Texas Workforce Solutions - Vocational Rehabilitation Services (TWS-VRS). This agency helps Texans with disabilities prepare for employment, find a job, and advance their careers.
Disability Rights Texas: Supported Decision Making Overview
There are many alternatives to guardianship that give people with disabilities support to make decisions without taking away their rights.
Think College
Think College Search features information and resources on postsecondary education programs for students with intellectual disability.
Got Transition
View tools, resources, and Frequently Asked Questions that can help guide your child's transition to adult-centered health care.