Daily Life
Point of view videos by transition teachers for teaching pre-vocational skills and daily living skills.
This site provides resources such as alternate format ballots, demo ballots, and using tablets for marking ballots, to assist people with disabilities in the voting process.
Videos to teach young people how to deal with basic adult problems such as: public transportation, health, cleaning, fixing household items, etc.
Videos to provide useful , practical content to many basic tasks.
Accessible Chef is a collection of free visual recipes and other resources to help teach cooking skills to individuals with disabilities at home or in a special education classroom.
Life Transition Assistance (related to youth leaving secondary education, or individuals transitioning to or remaining in the least restrictive living environment).
A list of resources to provide information on helping adolescents transition to adulthood and live independently.
Driver's Education
Practice driving with this free app for your IPhone. Driving simulation gameplay with graphics, multi-state levels and real-time online multiplayer.
Options for several different Oregon Practice Tests ranging from easy to hard. Website also has several simulation videos that model certain situations.
This interactive website provides practice questions for a drivers' license in Oregon. It also provides the answers to each question and where the information is found in the Class C Driver Manual.
The requirements to get an Oregon Driver License and other Motor Vehicle Services.
Finance & Budgeting
A budget calculator that divides your take-home income into three categories: 50% for needs, 30% for wants and 20% for savings and debt repayment.
Invest in What’s Next: Life After High School is a FREE online, educational minicourse developed by the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and San Francisco. The goal of the course is to help students develop a post-secondary plan while learning and applying economics and personal finance concepts.
This website has lessons, activities, videos and more to teach your students personal finance.
This budget planner helps students decide how to best spend their money while avoiding or reducing debt.
Health Care
A website for young people with I/DD about their sexual health including, rights, guides, teaching tools, videos, training and more.
The Six Core Elements define the basic components of a structured transition process and include customizable sample tools for each core element.
A brief questionnaire for parents and/or caregivers to help their child transition to adult health care.
This toolkit, including PowerPoint, videos, and worksheets, is designed to provide self-advocates with the knowledge, skills and tools to learn about how to best advocate for their health and health care.
A four-part series about having successful Telehealth sessions. Made for and by people with disabilities.
A four-minute YouTube video demonstrating what to expect regarding covid precautions during you next well visit.
Narrator explains why it is important to have a self-care action plan.
Narrator explains why and how to meditate.
Narrator walks the viewer through a 5 minute yoga exercise.
Recreation & Exercise
An example of how to set and track recreational goals.
A workout program to teach students with disabilities how to get fit and reach their athletic goals.
Supported Decision-Making
A 2021 Oregon law requires school districts, at each Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting that talks about after high school (post-secondary) education goals and transition services, to provide information, training, and resources on:
- Supported decision-making.
- Ways for family members and supporters to remain engaged and involved in the youth’s education and outcomes after high school.
Supported decision-making allows a person with a disability to make choices about their own lives with support from trusted family, friends, or professionals they choose.
Explore the following resources for implementing Supported-Decision Making at: https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/Supported-Decision-Making/Pages/index.aspx
On this website you will find:
Questions and Answers regarding Supported Decision-Making (Oregon House Bill 2105).
The ARC of Oregon has developed an infographic to help family and care providers to understand their 18-year old’s legal rights and how to support the teen in making important decisions in their lives.
The ARC of Oregon has developed an infographic to help family and care providers to understand their 18-year old’s legal rights and how to support the teen in making important decisions in their lives.
The ARC of Oregon has developed an infographic to help students learn what types of choices they can make, how to get help making those choices, who they want to help them, what they want help with, and when they want help.
The ARC of Oregon has developed an infographic to help students learn what types of choices they can make, how to get help making those choices, who they want to help them, what they want help with, and when they want help.
A DHS and WINGS booklet—Options in Oregon to Help Another Person Make Decisions.
The South Carolina Supported Decision Making Project. A tool for planning for independence and adult decision-making support.
Virtual Field Trips
These virtual field trips include health wellness, careers and college readiness, SEL, Tech and Manufacture, STEM, and many more.They come with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities.
This virtual tour introduces students to Yellowstone National Park through video walks, map-based tours,and story maps.
Designed for ages 9-15 but customizable for all ages, virtual field trips allow students to travel the world and explore natural environments without leaving the classroom. Each virtual field trip contains a video, teacher guide, and student activities.
This google interactive presentation teaches students about the animals in the San Diego Zoo.
This google interactive presentation will give students an overall view of the culture, wildlife, and attractions of Japan.
The NMAAHC will help students learn more about African American history and culture through stories exhibitions, and publications.
Virtual field trips fill in for real field trips open doors to places that would have been inaccessible even in normal times.