February 16, 2022
3:44 pm
Your IEP helps you on your road to adulthood. It has lots of parts!
Like the people on your IEP team, information about where you are right now in your life, your goals for your future, and activities you’re doing this year to help you get ready for your future. What’s in your IEP? Use this Owner’s Manual to learn about the different parts of your IEP that will help you succeed in your plans for your life after high school. Get in the driver’s seat of your IEP!
For more information, visit: PACER – My IEP Owner’s Manual for Transition-Age Students
October 8, 2021
12:02 pm
Wraparound services for individuals ages 16 to 25 living with serious mental health concerns.
The transition period from adolescence to adulthood can be challenging, especially when facing new roles, responsibilities and expectations for independence. Healthy Transitions provides a non-judgmental and encouraging environment in which to understand and work on symptom management at one’s own pace.
Thrive’s Healthy Transitions Program offers access to clinicians, a wraparound case manager, nurse, psychiatrist, substance abuse specialist, employment and training specialist who work as a team to assist participants with meeting personal goals for improving mental health and making successful transitions to adulthood. They offer wraparound services for individuals ages 16 to 25 living with serious mental health concerns.
For more information, click HERE.
December 22, 2020
4:35 pm
To be eligible for supports funded through BHDDH’s Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), individuals are required to meet the definition of developmental disability as stated in RI State Law. This agency provides an integrated, community based system of services and supports for adults with developmental disabilities (DD).
For next steps, resources and a transition timeline, visit the BHDDH Transition Services page by clicking HERE.
October 16, 2020
12:30 pm
In order to assist Local Educational Agencies (school districts) in meeting the Secondary Transition (to adulthood) requirements for students with disabilities, the Rhode Island Department of Education supports four Regional Transition Centers (RTCs) throughout the state.
The services provided through the RTCs include service to public, non-public, and charter schools serving youth eligible under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and work in partnership with adult service agencies, higher education institutions, training programs, and parent advocacy organizations serving young adults with disabilities.
For more information click HERE.
June 5, 2020
9:59 am
School districts are still required to have children transitioning from EI in service by their 3rd birthday and to report results to RIDE. The federal requirement that children transitioning from Part C (Early Intervention) to Part B have an IEP implemented by their third birthday has not been waived.
Districts should make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements during the 6-month transition period and, if eligible, to develop an IEP, which is implemented by each child’s third birthday. All districts will be required to enter EI transition information into the annual preschool performance report.
For more information, click HERE.
January 8, 2020
4:03 pm
Person-Centered Planning is an ongoing problem-solving process used to help people with disabilities plan for their future. In person-centered planning, groups of people focus on an individual and that person’s vision of what they would like to do in the future. This “person-centered” team meets to identify opportunities for the focus person to develop personal relationships, participate in their community, increase control over their own lives, and develop the skills and abilities needed to achieve these goals. For more information, click below:
Person-Centered Planning
March 26, 2019
11:32 am
Social Security is with you throughout life’s journey, touching the lives of nearly every American, often during times of personal hardship, transition, and uncertainty. Social Security programs serve as vital financial protection for working men and women, children, the disabled, and the elderly. Learn more about The Faces and Facts of Disability.
https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityfacts/
January 8, 2019
3:36 pm
College means new freedoms and new opportunities. Making the transition to college isn’t easy for anyone. Classes will be more difficult than high school and you have to plan ahead and motivate yourself to study. Plus you may have the new and stressful experience of living with a randomly-assigned roommate. All these things can impact your mental health. To make sure you succeed in college, know where to find support and how to put your best foot forward.
https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/Teens-Young-Adults/Managing-a-Mental-Health-Condition-in-College
April 18, 2018
11:21 am
This new resource assists transitioning from the youth behavioral healthcare system into the adult system.
For more information, please visit: BHDDH – Behavioral Health Guide
December 13, 2017
4:16 pm
Navigation Checklist (for RI Individuals with Developmental Disabilities) was developed by RIPIN as a tool for parents and students transitioning out of high school. The checklist provides steps and resources for accessing social supports and services into adulthood.
For more information, please visit: Navigation Checklist (for RI Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
