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America’s Job Center of California SM (AJCC)
Nearly 2,300 AJCs nationwide help people search for jobs, find training, and answer other employment-related questions.

I Want To Work…I Know I Can
A guide to helping young people achieve competitive, integrated employment!

CA Committee on Employment for People with Disabilities
Advances employment for people with disabilities by making policy recommendations to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency.

O’Net Resource Center
A workforce professional, developer, and research portal with data, tools, websites, technical documentation, and customer support information.

Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Transition Innovations
CTI is a leader in providing resources and innovative models to support students with disabilities in their transition to adulthood.

Career Interest Inventory – Multiple Intelligence
This activity will help you find out what your strengths are. Knowing this, you can work to strengthen the other intelligences that you do not use as often.

Career Interest Inventory 2
A Career Interest Inventory helps you relate your interests and abilities to career choices. The following survey will link your career
interests to related high school courses.

Picture Career Interest Inventory
Learning about yourself is the most important step in your search for a job or career. A Career Interest Inventory helps you relate your interests and abilities to career choices.

Sports Individual Circle
Learning about yourself is the most important step in your search for a job or career. Connect the sports you like, to a career you would like to work in.

Tips2
Direct your own life. Know yourself, your goals, and your plans for your life.

Live Career Assessments
Learn how to navigate potentially tricky pain points like office politics, asking for a raise, and handling performance reviews (to name a few).

Video Game Circle
Learning about yourself is the most important step in your search for a job or career. Connect the video games you like, to a career you would like to work in.

My Next Move
What do you want to do for a living? Search careers with key words, browse careers by industry, or discover your interests.

CA Career Center
Your virtual counselor! Dream big, set goals, take action!

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
Supporting you to improve opportunities and outcomes for students and youth with disabilities.

WorkAbility I – CA Dept. of Education
The WAI program provides comprehensive pre-employment skills training, employment placement and follow-up for high school students in special education.

California Career Resource Network (CalCRN) – Department of Education
(CalCRN) program provides career development information and resources to support the development of critical career self-management skills necessary for success in today’s world of work.

Transition Portfolio Guide – Indiana Dept. of Education
This document provides guidance for the development of transition portfolios* for Indiana students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

Photography Circle
Learning about yourself is the most important step in your search for a job or career. Connect the multi media you like, to a career you would like to work in.

Music Circle
Learning about yourself is the most important step in your search for a job or career. Connect what you like about music, to a career you would like to work in.

I’m Determined
Get your hands on tools or resources to help build self-determination.

Mobility Paths
View the most common job paths for you, into and out of a field.

CA Alternate Assessment IEP Team Guidance
Guidelines for individualized education program (IEP) teams regarding participation in the California Alternate Assessments and the Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for California.

America’s Job Center of California SM (AJCC)
Nearly 2,300 AJCs nationwide help people search for jobs, find training, and answer other employment-related questions.

Transition Coalition
Specialized professional development, technical assistance and resources for educators, professionals, and family members who support students and youth with disabilities.

Think College – Institute for Community Inclusion
Dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving research and practice in inclusive higher education for students with intellectual disability.

California Career Center – Virtual Counselor
Your virtual counselor! Dream big, set goals, take action!

I Want To Work…I Know I Can
A guide to helping young people achieve competitive, integrated employment!

​Best Online Guide to Scholarships and Resources for Students With Disabilities
Find funding, advocacy organizations, networking opportunities, and other support that make paying for and getting through college easier.

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT): The Collaborative
Supporting you to improve opportunities and outcomes for students and youth with disabilities.

Tfolio
T-Folio is a free transition portfolio tool for high school age youth with disabilities.

Transition Portfolio Guide – Indiana Dept. of Education
This document provides guidance for the development of transition portfolios* for Indiana students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

O’Net Resource Center
A workforce professional, developer, and research portal with data, tools, websites, technical documentation, and customer support information.

Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Transition Innovations
CTI is a leader in providing resources and innovative models to support students with disabilities in their transition to adulthood.

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
Welcoming community for all youth and a place where all youth belong. This site was built to help you plan for the future.

Explore VR
ExploreVR offers vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies easy and convenient access to a range of VR research, related data, and tools for planning, evaluation, and decision-making.

WorkAbility I – CA Dept. of Education
The WAI program provides comprehensive pre-employment skills training, employment placement and follow-up for high school students in special education.

youngworkers.org
Our goal is to help prevent California’s young workers from being injured or killed on the job. Find out more.

Using the Internet for Career Research/Job Search
The Internet provides you with many options and tools for a comprehensive job search.

Staying Safe at Work
A Curriculum for Teaching Workers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities about Health and Safety on the Job (DHHS NIOSH).

CDE CA Career Technical Education Standards
Integrating California’s rigorous academic content standards with industry-specific knowledge and skills to prepare students both for direct entry into California’s vibrant industry sectors and for postsecondary education.

Department of Labor
To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States.

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
Supporting you to improve opportunities and outcomes for students and youth with disabilities.

California Career Resource Network (CalCRN) – Department of Education
(CalCRN) program provides career development information and resources to support the development of critical career self-management skills necessary for success in today’s world of work.

Skills to Pay the Bills Curriculum – Department of Labor
Curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching “soft” or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities.

APH Career Connect — for Job Seekers who are visually impaired
Attention, students and job seekers who are blind or low vision! Are you ready to hone your career exploration and job-seeking skills?

Tfolio
T-Folio is a free transition portfolio tool for high school age youth with disabilities.

California Career Resource Network (CalCRN) – Department of Education
(CalCRN) program provides career development information and resources to support the development of critical career self-management skills necessary for success in today’s world of work.

CA Career Zone Reality Check (Budgeting)
Forming a budget is one of the most important parts of financial success.

Financial Literacy – Jump Start
National nonprofit coalition of more than 100 organizations which share a commitment to “financial smarts for students”.

Edutopia Resources for Curriculum Integration
Information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education.

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
Welcoming community for all youth and a place where all youth belong. This site was built to help you plan for the future.

California Curriculum Frameworks
Curriculum frameworks provide guidance for implementing the standards adopted by the State Board of Education.

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Have questions about workplace accomodations or the ADA? Ask us. We can help.

Accommodations & Modifications | LD OnLine
This section contains articles that provide helpful information about 504s and various types of accommodations.

CDE CA Common Core Academic Standards
Educational standards describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade.

Framework for 21st Century Learning
The Internet can provide you with many options and tools for a comprehensive job search.

Special Education Services and Supports – Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology is to improve student achievement, productivity, independence, and inclusion by increasing student access to assistive technology devices and services.

Web Accessibility in Mind
Expanding the potential of the web for people with disabilities by empowering individuals and organizations to create accessible content.

Edutopia Resources for Curriculum Integration
Information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education.

CDE CA Career Technical Education Standards
Integrating California’s rigorous academic content standards with industry-specific knowledge and skills to prepare students both for direct entry into California’s vibrant industry sectors and for postsecondary education.

HS Graduation Requirements
Educational standards describe what students should know and be able to do in order to graduate.

CDE CA Common Core Academic Standards
Educational standards describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade.

Edutopia Resources for Curriculum Integration
Information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education.

CA Common Core State Standard Resources for Special Education
Resources and guidelines on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for the Special Education Community.

CA Common Core State Standard Resources
Educational standards describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade. You will find information about the standards and the CCSS-related activities taking place in California.

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Have questions about workplace accomodations or the ADA? Ask us. We can help.

Accommodations & Modifications | LD OnLine
This section contains articles that provide helpful information about 504s and various types of accommodations.

Special Education Services and Supports – Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology is to improve student achievement, productivity, independence, and inclusion by increasing student access to assistive technology devices and services.

Web Accessibility in Mind
Expanding the potential of the web for people with disabilities by empowering individuals and organizations to create accessible content.

Edutopia Resources for Curriculum Integration
Information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education.

Skills to Pay the Bills Curriculum – Department of Labor
Curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching “soft” or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities.

UDL University
Designing for Variability Across the Postsecondary Curriculum.

Deck of Spaces™: Higher Education Edition
A unique resource that considers how the design of postsecondary learning spaces contributes to teaching and learning.

Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Project
Our vision is for every student to be educated in an environment that is intentionally designed, equitable and inclusive. Innovate. Include. Impact.

Maryland Coalition of Inclusive Education
Transforming Education for Each and Every Learner. Partner with us in shaping educational systems that foster high levels of engagement, a sense of belonging, and evidence-based instruction where each learner’s success is our shared goal.

Thompson Policy Institute on Disability
Chapman University’s Bringing policy, practice, and research together to work to ensure equity and inclusivity for people with disabilities by addressing barriers that limit access to learning, living, working, and the pursuit of enviable and dignified lives.

UDL in Higher Ed
UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone–not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

Supporting Inclusive Early Learning:
Working Together for Inclusion & Belonging
Supporting Inclusive Early Learning provides current information and resources addressing inclusive practice, promotion of healthy social-emotional development, and prevention of challenging behavior in early childhood, after-school, and other education settings.

Inclusive Early Education
Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, children ages three through 21 are to be provided special education and related services, to the maximum extent possible in the least restrictive environment (LRE) with children who are not disabled.

CCEE Why UDL Video Series
UDL is not meant to be “one more thing”; it’s a mindset and mechanism for doing the things hard-working educators like you are already trying to do.

CCEE UDL Journey Guide
This digital travel companion guides district leaders and teams through four phases of implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL), with connections to state and national support along the way.

Santa Clara COE Inclusion Collaborative
The Inclusion Collaborative of the SCCOE builds a culture that promotes equity, inclusion and belonging, valuing every student by strengthening, sustaining, and ensuring inclusive practices.

Placer SELPA Open Access: UDL, AT, AAC
The Open Access Project is based in the foundational belief that with access to quality curriculum & instruction, students with disabilities can engage, actively participate, and learn within inclusive settings.

UC Davis Redwood Seed Scholars Program
The Redwood SEED Scholars Program (Supported Education to Elevate Diversity) at the University of California, Davis is designed for students in California with intellectual disabilities.

U.S. Department of Labor: UDL Resources
Universal Design (UD) is a strategy for making products, environments, operational systems, and services welcoming and usable to the most diverse range of people possible.

The University of Arizona: UDL in the Workplace
When departments integrate Universal Design into their work environments, the need for employees to request individual accommodations through a separate process is reduced, which creates a more similar and equitable experience for everyone.

Vanderbilt University Module: What is Inclusion and Why Is It Important?
Inclusion is an approach to education based on the premise that all students (e.g., typically developing students, students with disabilities, English learners, students from culturally diverse backgrounds) should be accepted and valued for their unique abilities and included as integral members of the school.

Center for Applied Special Technology: UDL
CAST is a multifaceted organization with a singular ambition: Bust the barriers to learning that millions of people experience every day.

CA System Improvement Lead Agency
The purpose of the SELPA System Improvement Leads (SIL) Project is to work collaboratively within the Statewide System of Support to build the capacity of Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) with a common goal to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

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