Resources

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Below parents will find resources, handpicked by our transition team, from the areas most reputable agencies and providers.

Project 10 Logo

The link below will provide a secondary transition roadmap designed to give families of students with disabilities, ages 14 (and before age 14) to age 22, an overview of the milestones needed to assist students with disabilities to achieve their greatest potential. 

Secondary Transition Roadmap for Families

 

Link to Central Florida Interagency Council

The Central Florida Interagency Council (CFIC) works to support the development of transition for individuals with unique abilities in Central Florida by promoting successful outcomes for independent living, employment, and educational goals.

Click here to learn more or get involved

 

Link to Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities

The purpose of the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities (FCSUA) is to provide support to students, families, and institutions of higher education so that students with intellectual disabilities have opportunities for on-campus college experiences that lead to employment opportunities.

Click here to find out more

 

APD Logo

The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) supports persons with developmental disabilities in living, learning, and working in their communities, with goals of increasing both access to community-based services, treatment, and residential options and the number of individuals with developmental disabilities in the workforce.

Click here to visit APD's website for more information

Florida Division on Career Development and Transition Logo

The purpose of the Florida Division on Career Development and Transition (FDCDT) is to promote the career development of individuals with exceptionalities in order to bring about effective programs of career awareness, career exploration, career preparation, and transition from school to work and community living for these individuals from early childhood through adulthood.  Additionally FDCDT encourages and promotes professional growth, research, legislation, and dissemination of information among Florida individuals and organizations concerned with and involved in career development and transition of people with exceptionalities. 

Click this link to learn more about FDCDT and "What's New in Transition"

 

Center for Autism and Related Disabilities Logo

The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) serves children and adults of all levels of intellectual functioning who have autism spectrum disorders, dual sensory impairments, or sensory impairments with other disabling conditions.  

Click this link to learn more about CARD

Click this link to register 

 

Vocational Rehabilitation Logo

The Florida Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is the state agency that helps people with physical and mental disabilities prepare for, get, advance in or keep a job.

Click here to visit their website

Click here to view VR's orientation video (YouTube)

Click here to download the form to get started

 

Center for Independent Living Logo

The Center for Independent Living (CIL) helps to provide resources and accessibility options for people with disabilities.  It does this by working with community partners that promote inclusion of people with disabilities by eliminating architectural, communication and attitudinal barriers.  

Click here to learn more about CIL