Resources

Center for Parent Information and Resources. (2022). Adult services: What are they? Where are they? https://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/adultservices/

Center for Parent Information and Resources. (n.d.). Transition to adulthood. https://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/transitionadult/

Clavenna-Deane, B. A., & Coates, W. R. (2022). High school experiences that support post-school success: What can we learn? Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 45(4), 176–186. doi:10.1177/21651434211068406

Council for Exceptional Children. (2014). CEC’s DCDT fast facts: Interagency collaboration. https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/SPED/34aee1c1-7ded-4d59-af82-da4af08d5fc4/UploadedImages/DCDT_IAC%20Fast%20Fact_Final.pdf

Council for Exceptional Children and CEEDAR Center. (2024). High-leverage practices for students with disabilities: Revised and updated (2nd ed.). https://ceedar.education.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/High-Leverage-Practices-for-Students-with-Disabilties-updated.pdf

Crane, K., Allison, R., & MaGee, C. (2018). Resource mapping and flow of services guide. National Technical Assistance Center on Transition. https://transitionta.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/toolkit_ResourceMapping_2018.pdf

Illinois Center for Transition and Work. (n.d.). Community resource mapping. https://ictw.illinois.edu/resources/research-briefs/wble/brief-community-resource-mapping

Flanagan, M. F., & Bumble, J. L. (2024). Mapping assets for postschool success (MAPS): Using digital resource mapping to enhance the transition process. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 56(4), 256–264. doi:10.1177/00400599211068143

Kwiatek, S. M., Mazzotti, V. L., Stewart-Ginsburg, J. H., & Vicchio, J. N. (2022). CIRCLES: A three-team interagency collaboration approach to support successful transitions for students with disabilities. In K. Scorgie & C. Forlin (Eds.), Transition programs for children and youth with diverse needs (pp. 209–228). Emerald Publishing Limited. doi:10.1108/S1479-363620220000018015

Mazzoni, M. (2014). Transition portfolios. Life After IEPs. http://lifeafterieps.com/transition-portfolios/

Morningstar, M. E., & Clavenna-Deane, B. (2014). Preparing secondary special educators and transition specialists. In P. T. Sindelar, E. D. McCray, M. T. Brownell, & B. Lignugaris/Kraft (Eds.), Handbook of research on special education teacher preparation (1st ed., pp. 405–419). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003297093

Poirier, S. È., St-Pierre, M. C., Julien-Gauthier, F., Flamand, V., Martin-Roy, S., & Desmarais, C. (2022). Inter-agency collaboration in the transition from school to adulthood of students with disabilities: A narrative review of the literature. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 69(4), 1249–1256. doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2020.1779915

Povenmire-Kirk, T. C., Test, D. W., Flowers, C. P., Diegelmann, K. M., Bunch-Crump, K., Kemp-Inman, A., & Goodnight, C. I. (2018). CIRCLES: Building an interagency network for transition planning. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 49(1), 45–57. doi:10.3233/JVR-180953

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. No. 93-112, § 113(d), 87 Stat. 355 (1973). https://www.eeoc.gov/rehabilitation-act-1973-original-text

Rowe, D. A., Alverson, C. Y., Unruh, D. K., Fowler, C. H., Kellems, R., & Test, D. W. (2015). A Delphi study to operationalize evidence-based predictors in secondary transition. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 38(2), 113–126. doi:10.1177/2165143414526429

Schutz, M. A., & Carter, E. W. (2022). Employment interventions for youth with disabilities: A review of transition practices and partners. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 45(3), 154–169. doi:10.1177/21651434221075810

Test, D. W., Fowler, C., & Kohler, P. (2016). Evidence-based practices and predictors in secondary transition: What we know and what we still need to know. National Technical Assistance Center on Transition. https://transitionta.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/EBPP_Exec_Summary_2016_12-13.pdf 

Test, D. W., Mazzotti, V. L., Kwiatek, S., & Chang, W. H. (2020). Effective strategies for interagency collaboration. In K. A. Shogren & M. L. Wehmeyer. Handbook of adolescent transition education for youth with disabilities (2nd ed., pp. 297–312). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429198342

Think College. (2024). College search. https://thinkcollege.net/college-search

U.S. Department of Education. (2024). Rehabilitation Act of 1973, CFR 34 § 361.48(a)(4). https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-III/part-361/subpart-B/subject-group-ECFR8c5f55ccf5c0da2/section-361.48

Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center. (2020). CRP Pre-ETS guidebook: Strategies for community rehabilitation providers to collaborate on Pre-ETS. https://transcen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CRP_WINTAC.pdf

Center on Transition Innovations. (n.d.). Fast facts: Community resource mapping.

This guide from the Center on Transition Innovations provides a four-step framework for educators, families, and service providers to identify and organize local resources for students with disabilities.

Center on Transition Innovations. (n.d.). Fast facts: From paper to pixels: Modernizing AT transition portfolio development.

The Center on Transition Innovations offers this guide to using digital transition portfolios to showcase the strengths, skills, and needs of students with disabilities. It details options for digital formats as well as suggested contents for the portfolio.

Council for Exceptional Children and CEEDAR Center. (2024). High-leverage practices for students with disabilities: Revised and updated (2nd ed.).

This resource outlines the four HLP domains and their corresponding essential and embedded practices. These explorations include brief descriptions, usage examples, and research studies to support implementation.

Human Development Institute. (2025). Kentucky disability resource manual.

The Kentucky Disability Resource Manual, created by the Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky, is an example of a community resource map. This comprehensive directory categorizes essential services by type to help individuals with disabilities and their families navigate supports available within the state.

Morningstar, M. E. (2015). Characteristics of interagency collaboration assessment. University of Kansas.

Teams at any level seeking to begin or improve their interagency collaboration can use this checklist as a self-assessment to guide their work.

Parent Information Center. (2017). Transition fair guide.

This practical tool kit from the Parent Information Center of New Hampshire helps educators plan and carry out events that connect students with disabilities to community resources that support employment, postsecondary education, and independent living.

Perkins. (n.d.). Transition portfolios.

This resource from Perkins School for the Blind provides a step-by-step approach to building transition portfolios using first-person language and visual aids to organize essential information and support students’ independence in post-school environments.

Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Technical Assistance Center (CCAM-TAC)

 The CCAM-TAC is a national technical assistance center that works to improve transportation access for people with disabilities, older adults, and individuals of low income.

Disability Information & Access Locator (DIAL)

A public service of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), the DIAL website includes a searchable database of state and local community organizations that support independent living.

National Assistive Technology Act Technical Assistance and Training (AT3) Center

 The AT3 Center provides training and technical assistance for AT centers and makes general AT information available to the public. The website includes a list of AT centers by state or territory.

Think College

Think College is a national organization dedicated to improving higher education options for students with intellectual disabilities. The organization provides resources, technical assistance, and training, as well as a directory of college programs for students with intellectual disability across the United States.