Transition

Videos

This section includes videos that highlight youth on the autism spectrum transitioning into adulthood.

Government

• 2021
  
  • Interagency Committee on Disability Research
    
    • Building Work-Based Learning Opportunities in the Home, School, and Community
      July 28, 2021
      This session introduces participants to the concept of work-based learning and the benefits as they apply to students with disabilities. Special focus will be placed on opportunities to build independence and employment skills across environments. Presenters provide tools and ideas for building opportunities in the home, school, and community, including techniques and strategies for approaching and collaborating with partners.

• 2020
  
  • Office of National Autism Coordination and the National Autism Coordinator
    
    • Expanding Career Pathways for Youth and Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Employment as a Social Determinant of Health
      March 23, 2020
      This webinar provided information about supports and resources to improve access to competitive integrated employment for youth and young adults on the autism spectrum and enhance their career pathways.
    • Transportation and Mobility Options to Support Postschool Transition for Youth with Autism
      February 11, 2020
      The National Center for Mobility Management and the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, provided a free webinar on transportation and mobility services for youth with autism transitioning out of high school.

• 2019
  
  • Office of National Autism Coordination and the National Autism Coordinator
    
    • Making Health Care Transition Work for Youth with Autism: Youth and Parent Perspectives and National Resources
      December 13, 2019
      This webinar highlighted the transition from pediatric to adult health care for youth with autism. It featured a parent and daughter, who discussed their experiences with, and perspectives on, making the health care transition.
  • Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
    
    • Panel Presentation: Disability Employment
      April 17, 2019
      Julie Taylor, Ph.D. introduced the topic of disability employment by discussing current employment rates and directions for future research. Next, Paul Wehman, Ph.D. discussed his initiative to help young people on the spectrum lean skills needed to gain competitive integrated employment. Erik Carter, Ph.D. talked about his work to help young people with disabilities to harness their strengths as a pathway to employment. Finally, Hala Annabi, Ph.D. talked about autism hiring initiatives and creating an autism-friendly workplace. Full Meeting Page.
• 2016
  
  • Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
    
    • National Autism Indicators Report: Vocational Rehabilitation
      July 19, 2016
      Anne Roux, M.P.H., M.A. explains the findings of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute’s National Indicators Report on Vocational Rehabilitation. Full Meeting Page.
    • National-Level Outcomes of Transition-Age Youth on the Autism Spectrum
      January 12, 2016
      Anne Roux, M.P.H., M.A. explains the findings of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute’s National Indicators Report on Outcomes of Transition-Age Youth on the Autism Spectrum. Full Meeting Page.
• 2013
  
  • Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
    
    • Project SEARCH: Employment Opportunities for Transition-Age Youth with Intellectual Disabilities
      April 9, 2013
      Maureen E. Gormley, M.P.H., M.A., R.N. discusses the outcomes of Project SEARCH at NIH, where 12 young adults with disabilities completed internships at NIH Clinical Center. Full Meeting Page.

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• 2022
  
  • The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
    
    • BoggsCast Episode 4: Transition to Adult Life with Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D.
      February 3, 2022
      In this episode of Rutgers University's Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities podcast, IACC member Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D., of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Investigator at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, discusses transition to adulthood.

• 2020
  
  • Got Transition
    
    • Webinar on Family Toolkit: Pediatric-to-Adult Health Care Transition
      Oct 28, 2020
      This webinar discussed Got Transition's Family Toolkit, which was developed for families to use during the transition from pediatric to adult health care.
  • Organization for Autism Research
    
    • Self-Determination: Tips for Including Students in Their Education and Transition Planning
      April 28, 2020
      This webinar introduced participants to the fundamental concepts of Self-Determination for students with autism and related disabilities. Discussions included how to teach these concepts, Power-Standards for Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals, how to include students in the IEP process, and other strategies for supporting students with developing their self-determination skills.
• 2019
  
  • Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Center on Autism and Developmental Disorders
    
    • Transition in Autism Spectrum Disorders
      January 30, 2019
      Elizabeth Evans Getzel, M.S.; Michelle Boulanger Thompson, M.S.; and Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D. discuss supporting youth with autism as they enter adulthood and pursue employment and access services.
  • UC Davis MIND Institute
    
    • Making Their Way in the World Each Day: Improving the Transition Success of Youth With Disabilities
      August 7, 2019
      This presentation discusses research-based best practices for transition programs for youth with disabilities.
• 2018
  
  • Organization for Autism Research
    
    • Transition to Adulthood
      April 05, 2018
      This webinar provides an overview of the challenges to the provision of effective transition programming, discusses the importance of focusing instruction and intervention outside of the classroom, and provides recommendations moving forward.
  • UC Davis Mind Institute
    
    • From School to What? Strategies for Transition Assessment and Planning
      August 10, 2018
      This interactive workshop provides an overview of the steps needed to help youth with disabilities plan for the transition from school to adult roles. Participants use case studies to review transition assessment strategies.
    • Understanding the Challenges of Young Adults with ASD in Transition: Using Innovative Social Network Analysis Approaches
      August 9, 2018
      Better social networks for youth with ASD and their supports can lessen communication and social interaction challenges as the youth transition to adulthood. Participants are introduced to social network approaches to measure support networks during transition among young adults.
• 2017
  
  • Simons Foundation/SPARK
    
    • Employment and ASD: Preparing for the World of Work
      Oct 30, 2017
      Ernst VanBergeijk, Ph.D., M.S.W. discusses autism and employment. He presents three different paths to employment: vocational programs, supported academic programs, and comprehensive transition & post-secondary programs.
  • Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders Network
    
    • Skills for the Real World: Preparing Students with ASD
      January 5, 2017
      Susanna Johnston, Claudia Schulte, and Jeanne Smay discuss the critical skills necessary for transitioning into the workforce. The presenters also discuss potential barriers and identify strategies for career planning and job retention.
    • Transition: Targeting Skills for Adult Independence - Part 1
      February 1, 2017
      Transition: Transition Planning for Competent Adulthood - Part 2
      February 8, 2017
      Transition: The Central Importance of Sexual Education in ASD - Part 3
      February 15, 2017
      Transition: Person Centered Planning: Creating a Map to Your Student's Future - Part 4
      February 22, 2017
      In this webinar series, Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D. and Sonja Peetz, M.S.Ed. discuss several topics related to transitioning out of high school. This includes necessary skills for independence, planning for a successful transition, sexual education, and person-centered planning.
  • UC Davis Mind Institute
    
    • Using Person-Centered Approaches in Job Development during Transition Into Adulthood
      August 4, 2017
      In this session, new laws and regulations impacting services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are discussed.
• 2016
  
  • UC Davis Mind Institute
    
    • Supported Decision Making, an Alternative to Conservatorships
      August 15, 2016
      Supported decision making is discussed as an alternative to conservatorship for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
    • Helping Young Adults With ASD to Achieve Their Life Goals: Preliminary Results From the ACCESS Program (Acquiring Career, Coping, Executive-Function and Social Skills)
      August 12, 2016
      This presentation shares the results of an initial trial of the ACCESS Program (Acquiring Career, Coping, Executive-Function and Social Skills). The three major components of the ACCESS curriculum are using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to enhance coping and reduce stress, scaffolding the development of organizational skills, and promoting enhanced social functioning.