Helpful Links
Depending upon eligibility criteria, the following agencies may provide consultative services and/or funding.
- Department of Children and Families (DCF)
- Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
- Department of Social services (DSS)
- Managing Learning Disabilities as a Teen and Young Adult
Other Web Resources of Interest:
- CT State Department of Education (CSDE)
- State Education Resource Center (SERC)
- The Special Education Advocate:
- Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
- Probate Court/ Guardianship
- Partners in Policy Making
Citizenship and Advocacy
- Advocates' Corner
- Disability Rights Connecticut
- ADAPT - Connecticut Disability Advocacy Collaborative The mission of the CT-DAC is to enhance effective disability activism in CT by organizing and empowering individuals, families, groups and organizations. Contact Person: Stan Kosloski
- Citizenship and Advocacy
Daily Life, Education and Employment
Employment
- APSE
- DDS Transition Advisors
- Special Education Building a Bridge (A resource manual for high school students)
- Tips for Transition Planning
- Transition Bill of Rights
- Transition Planning Fact Sheet for Individuals and Families
Guardianship
Other Eligibility Services
Parent Support Resources
Post Secondary
- Best Colleges
- Exploring Adult Services Providers - Questions to Ask
- Think College
- Transition Programs Directory
- UCONN Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
- U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights. (2011). Transition of Students with Disabilities to Postsecondary Education: A Guide for High School Educators. Washington, DC: Author.
- The toolbox revisited: Paths to degree completion from high school through college. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
- Sprout Film Festival Films by, for and about People with Developmental Disabilities