Transition Tool Kit

	The Wisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative is piloting a comprehensive multi-CESA approach to provide transition services for students with disabilities in the State of Wisconsin. Web site -http://www.wsti.org
	Opening Doors for Post Secondary Education and Training - a handbook about planning for life after high school, this book has information for parents, students and educators.
	WI Disability Documentation Guide
	Youth Development and Leadership Materials For Students with Disabilities - This document is a result of a collaborative effort between DHFS Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) and WI DPI
	Specific Learning Disabilities and Transition Planning Power Point - prepared by Paula Volpiansky, Consultant Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities, WI Dept. of Public Instruction

	Looking for Student Aid, Federal, State and Other Sources of Information - this publication details financial support available through the government at federal and state level.
	Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities

	Ten Tips that Might Ease Your Child's Transition to Adulthood
	Parent Tips for Transition Planning
	Drop Out Prevention: Parents Play a Key Role
	Three Ways Parents Can Help Their Child with a Disability Stay in School
	Drop Out Prevention and Youth with Disabilities: Strategies for Parents of High School Students
	Drop Out Prevention and Youth with Disabilities: Strategies for Parents of Middle School Students
	College or Training Program: How to Decide

	AHEAD  - Best Practices Disability Documentation in Higher Education Association on Higher Education and Disability is the premiere professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education. Visit their web site for more valuable resources. http://www.ahead.org
	WI Disability Documentation Guide

Adolescent Autonomy Checklist - Developed by the Youth in Transition Project (1984-1987) University of Washington Division of Adolescent Medicine and based on a model developed by the Children's Rehabilitation Center at the University of Virginia

	When is a Guardian Needed? - document from Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Guardianship Guide. (This is sections 1-3. Go to http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/aging/guardianship/index.htm to access the whole document.)
	Guardianship Flow Chart- document from CWAG Coalition of WI Aging Groups
	Guardianship of the Person: A Checklist to get Started- document from CWAG  Coalition of WI Aging Groups
	Guardianship of the Person: Duties and Powers- document from CWAG  Coalition of WI Aging

	National Guardianship Association - http://www.guardianship.org/
	WisPACT - The Wisconsin Pooled & Community Trusts or WisPACT trusts provide for the special needs of persons with disabilities without endangering their eligibility for public benefits or placement on waiting lists. These benefits include entitlement programs such as Supplemental Security Income, Medical Assistance, Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare, and home and community based services, such as the Community Integration, Options and Support Programs, that can have long waiting lists. WisPACT, Inc., a Wisconsin nonprofit corporation, establishes and manages the trusts and selects its Trustee. The board of directors is comprised of representatives from the Elder Law Section of the Wisconsin Bar Association and from Wisconsin's aging and disability communities. The Trustee is Associated Trust Company, N.A., a Wisconsin based corporate trustee. http://www.wispact.org/wispactorg/default.asp
	Social Security Income information about trusts-http://www.ssa.gov/notices/supplemental-security-income/spotlights/spot-trusts.htm

We will be adding more information all the time. If you have something you use with students in the transition process and are willing to share it e-mail PEC@cesa12.k12.wi.us or send it to   CESA 12
618 Beaser Ave.
Ashland, WI 54806
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