Transition to Adulthood: Guides (Parents/Family Members)

This comprehensive online guide helps families make future plans for a family member with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

A guide, from the point of view of a parent, elaborating what needs to be done legally to help a child with ASD when they turn 18.

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Adolescent Healthcare Transition assists youth, parents, physicians, and other providers in the transition and transfer of youth with special healthcare needs from pediatric to adult healthcare.

Several booklets, articles and checklists help guide adolescents and their parents to help work towards transition.

This new publication, developed by the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, is designed to provide adults, teens, and Indiana families a place to start to navigate systems after receiving a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder.

The booklet includes information on what it means to have an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, what services and supports are available, funding, and a state resource list.

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Comprehensive toolkits for parents to use when teaching their adolescent children about the changes in their bodies.

Healthybodies Toolkit for Boys

Healthybodies Toolkit for Girls

A road map guide for families helping to guide transition-aged child towards their future living plans. A comprehensive guide that includes finding a home, support services and guardianship and advocacy.

Articles and resources related to:

The basics of sexuality and child development
Sexuality and disability
The primary role of parents as sexual health educators for their children
Content to teach at various ages
Materials developed with specific disabilities in mind
Commercial products and curricula

NICHCY has collected these important materials from reliable sources, and reviewing them might help you clarify your own parenting decisions.

This ‘one stop’ library of vetted age appropriate transition assessments was developed to assist IEP teams in selecting appropriate assessment during the transition planning process. Additional assessments will be added to the library quarterly after review by the state transition workgroup.

Includes guides, webcasts, workshops and information on services throughout the autism journey, from diagnosis to adulthood.

This guide provides a quick overview of the different common disabilities some college students have and the different resources and technologies available to them. Categories include mobile app recommendations, software, and online resources.

This 10-session series offers short presentations on different components of a transitional IEP and provides an explanation and example of what it means to meet compliance for that particular component.

Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Organization for Autism Research (OAR).

International speaker, scholar and expert in the field of transition to adulthood for youth with ASD (autism spectrum disorder).