Over the next couple months, we’ll be posting resources and presentations, and links to practical strategies you can use to support students

TIPS AND TOOLS AND STORIES

1. Sample Summer Planning Tool for Youth
   

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3. 10 Reasons to Hire Youth with Disabilities
   

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5. 13 Things Employers Can Do to Support Youth with Disabilities
   

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7. Costs and Benefits of Employing People with Disabilities
   

1. NPR story on supporting successful transitions
   

PRESENTATIONS

Click on any of these titles to download and watch a presentation on the topics listed below:

1. Project Summer Phase I Findings on Summer Employment for Youth with Disabilities
   

2. Erik Carter and Beth Swedeen overview findings from Phase I of Project Summer in spring-summer 2007. The project followed 370 students with disabilities in 34 Wisconsin high schools and looked at factors influencing summer employment outcomes for youth.
   

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4. Project Search High School Transition Project
   

5. Project Search director Erin Riehle overviews the successful transition project used at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital that develops jobs for students with significant disabilities, including the supports in place that make them successful. (Approximately 10 minutes). Click here to find out more about Project Search.
   

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7. Project Search Employment Project
   

8. Project Search director Erin Riehle presents the key components of the successful employment program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital that has placed dozens of people with significant disabilities in jobs that pay well and include full benefits. She overviews key components of the program, strategies for implementation and success stories. (Approximately 54 minutes)
   

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MAPS

Click on any of the communities below to get a map of local, state and national transition resources that families, youth, teachers and other service providers can use to connect youth to employment, transportation, recreation and other opportunities.

1. •Arrowhead
   

2. •Baraboo
   

3. •Fond du Lac
   

4. •Madison
   

5. •Oak Creek
   

6. •Stoughton
   

7. •West Bend
   

Contribute information to your area community resource map by clicking here.

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION REPORTS

Click on any of the communities below to view a final report of a recent Community Conversation identifying ways  the community can increase employment for youth with disabilities. These conversations gathered employers, school staff, families, community leaders, youth and other residents to brainstorm strategies to improve employment. The reports below provide an overview of the evening, as well as solutions and ideas generated.

1. •Arrowhead
   

2. •Baraboo
   

3. •Fond du Lac
   

4. •Madison
   

5. •Oak Creek
   

6. •Stoughton
   

7. •West Bend