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Youth in Transition Toolkit:

Youth in Transition Toolkit

  1. Minnesota’s Youth in Transition Framework
  2. Educate yourself
  3. Engage families
  4. Support youth
    1. My best life
    2. In(ter)dependent living
    3. Employment
    4. Postsecondary education and training
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Employment

Advocacy and supports

Self-advocacy in the workplace

Does the youth have self-advocacy, self-determination and self-efficacy skills for the workplace?

  • Awareness: Understand self-advocacy, self-determination and self-efficacy and their impact in the work environment.
  • Exploration: Identify strengths, preferences, interests and needs related to self-advocacy, self-determination and self-efficacy.
  • Preparation: Practice self-advocacy, self-determination and self-efficacy skills at home, school and in the community.
  • Implementation: Use appropriate self-advocacy, self-determination and self-efficacy skills successfully on the job.

Instruction in self-advocacy

Hear what young people have to say about self-advocacy

Watch this 4-minute video to learn about different environments and experiences where young people advocated for themselves at work, in school and with family.

Self-Advocacy

 

LEARN: Develop your knowledge

Learn how to support youth in exploring self-advocacy in the workplace.

Read the blog How to advocate for yourself at work for insights you can share with the youth you support.

DO: Work with youth

Find resources to help youth explore self-advocacy in the workplace.

From the Learning Disabilities Association of America, this Self-Advocacy in the Workplace resource walks through steps for advocating on the job.

Self-Advocacy in the Workplace

The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A workbook for youth with disabilities (PDF) is designed to help youth make informed decisions about whether or not to disclose their disability — including how the decision could impact their education, employment and social lives.

The 411 on Disability Disclosure (PDF)
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