Youth in Transition Toolkit:
Independent living skills — such as interacting with others, managing money and taking care of yourself — are critical to manage activities of daily living.
Workplace readiness training
Watch this 5-minute video to see how young people prepared for independent living.
The independent living philosophy is based on the core idea that people with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else to participate in and contribute to the community. At the same time, it's OK to need support. We all depend on others, and others depend on us. Healthy interdependence can help people with disabilities live as independently as possible.
Money
Daily life
Healthy living
Advocacy, engagement and supports
Transition Tennessee offers a pathways to community life training module to help professionals prepare students for life after high school.
Share video collections from the PACER Center highlighting how youth with disabilities are living on their own and moving out into the world.