Youth Development Resources
Youth Development and Leadership: Opportunities to Develop Connecting Competencies
Resources around #Transition to Adult Life/Youth Youth Development and Leadership: Opportunities to Develop Connecting Competencies #YouthDevelopment #Leadership
Bookshare Student Forum: Advocating for Your Rights
Betsy Beaumon, Benetech CEO, hosted a panel discussion with two students and a life-long disability rights advocate who shared their advice for obtaining accommodations, getting accessible materials, and enlisting teachers and staff to create pathways to success in school and beyond.
Advocating for Myself
This is PACER’s collection of short videos so they can hear what their peers have to say. and includes a wide range of written materials for youth, such as the #IEP Owner’s Manual.
Sexual Health of Young People Experiencing I/DD
This Project provides this resource list of no-cost resources for supporting young people with I/DD in sexual health education and support.
Making the Right Turn
These research papers from National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) on Improving Transition Outcomes Among Youth.
Hidden Disabilities
This guide provides information on hidden disabilities and support services for young people with hidden disabilities.
Understanding SSI Eligibility Requirements
This website explains who is eligible for SSI.
Cyber Disclosure for Youth with Disabilities
This supplement to The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities, which discusses disability disclosure. It provides activities, , and key lessons to help youth learn about telling people about their disability online.
Disclosure in a Community Setting
This tip sheet from NYS Transition Partners that provides information on understanding the purpose in disclosing, knowing how much and when to disclose, and how to be comfortable talking about one’s disability with others.
Resiliency: Find Your Inner Strength
This webinar from NAPTAC and RAISE discusses how being a person with a disability life can have many adversities and barriers, and how those in the disabled community want others to accept their differences. *
The Foundations of Youth Engagement and Parent Centers Toolkit by Youth Move and RAISE
This toolkit shares ways to implement youth engagement activities and incorporate youth voice into every part of an organization. This toolkit will help you find a starting place, identify next steps and activities, and give you an idea of what youth engagement can look like in Parent Centers. *
Self-Advocacy Factsheet – Youth
Youth factsheet that explains what Self-Advocacy means.
Self-Advocacy Factsheet- Youth (Visual)
Visual factsheet to explain Self-Advocacy.
RAISE Youth Needs Assessment Toolkit
The RAISE Youth Needs Assessment Toolkit can support your efforts to more effectively engage with and understand youth needs and experiences.
Planning Your Future: A Guide to #Transition
Covers lack of resources about transition planning, changes in legal rights and responsibilities, and how to access the available supports and services that do exist in post-high school settings.