Parent Resources: High school and transition to adulthood
Transition services are a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability, based on the individual child s needs, taking into account the child s strengths, preferences, and interests, and designed to be within a results-oriented process.
Transition services focus on improving the academic and functional achievement of a child with a disability to facilitate the child s movement from school to post-school activities.
Postsecondary education opportunities
- Catch the Wave one-day conference for high school students with disabilities considering postsecondary education
- College and Career Resource Guide
- Council on College Admission in South Dakota Students can explore training opportunities available at South Dakota technical colleges, universities, cosmetology schools, and the military.
- Postsecondary education opportunities for qualifying students with disabilities:
Employment
- Transition Resources for Students with Disabilities - Vocational Rehabilitation in the South Dakota Department of Human Services works with South Dakota school districts and other organizations within the state to help students with disabilities plan for their future. A variety of services are available to help match skills, abilities, and interests with a compatible career path.
- Career Launch SD explore education and career options with the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation
Assistance with daily living
- CHOICES waiver Community, Hope, Opportunity, Independence, Careers, Empowerment, Success (CHOICES) is a program that provides services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Family Support 360 - Family Support 360 is not a single service, but rather a flexible constellation of services and supports which are customized to meet the varied and changing needs of each participant and family
- Shared Living (Department of Human Services) Shared living is an arrangement of services provided in the private home of a participant or a family, in which care is provided to a participant. Shared living is meant to provide a more person-centered approach to supports that are offered to a participant where the participant and the shared living provider share a life.
- Guardianship (Department of Human Services) - A state-sponsored program with financial assistance available to assist adults with disabilities in establishing a guardianship or conservatorship
Self-advocacy
- I'm Determined - tools and support to help students with disabilities set goals and be heard
- iTransition South Dakota An app designed for students with disabilities to assist with transition IEP development
- Youth Leadership Forum - enables young adults who have a disability to learn from each other and from successful adults with disabilities who are recognized leaders and role models