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Transition from School to Adult Living Resource Guide

Books

Bunch, G. O., Finnegan, K., Pearpoint, J., Fowke, B., & Park, P. (2009). Planning for real life after school: Ways for families and teachers to plan for students experiencing significant challenge. Toronto: Inclusion Press.

Clark, H. B., & Unruh, D. K. (Eds.). (2009). Transition of youth & young adults with emotional or behavioral difficulties: An evidence-supported handbook. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub.

Daston, M., Riehle, J. E., Rutkowski, S., & Wehman, P. (2012). High school transition that works!: Lessons learned from Project SEARCH. Baltimore, Maryland, MD: Paul H. Brookes Pub.

Glisan, E. M. (2008). Attainment's life skill lessons: 650 ready-to-use transition activities. Verona, WI: Attainment Co.

Hughes, C., & Carter, E. W. (2012). The new transition handbook: Strategies high school teachers use that work! Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Leiter, V. (2012). Their time has come: Youth with disabilities entering adulthood. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Mahanay-Castro, C. (2010). Building transitional programs for students with disabilities: How to navigate the course of their lives. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

McManmon, M. P. (2012). Made for good purpose: What every parent needs to know to help their adolescent with Asperger's, High-Functioning Autism, or learning difference become an independent adult. London; Philadephia: Jessica Kingsley Pub.

Roffman, A. J. (2008). Guiding teens with learning disabilities: Navigating the transition from high school to adulthood. New York: Random House.

Simons, J. A. (2010). The down syndrome transition handbook: Charting your child's course to adulthood. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.

Storey, K., Bates, P., & Hunter, D. (2008). The road ahead: Transition to adult life for persons with disabilities (2nd ed.). St Augustine, FL: Training Resource Network.

Thoma, C. A., Bartholomew, C. C., & Scott, L. A. (2009). Universal design for transition: A roadmap for planning and instruction. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub.

Wehman, P. (2006). Life beyond the classroom: Transition strategies for young people with disabilities (5th ed.). Baltimore: P.H. Brookes Pub. Co.

Wehman, P. (2010). Essentials of transition planning. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub.

Wehman, P., Smith, M. D., & Schall, C. (2009). Autism and the transition to adulthood: Success beyond the classroom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub.


Videos

Morningstar, M. E., Lattin, D. L., Harkness, G., et al. (1995). Goin' mobile: Portraits of young adults with disabilities in transition [videorecording]. Lawrence, KS: Dept. of Special Education University of Kansas.