Printable Resources
Recorded Trainings
- Social Security Benefits and Employment Training
- Everyone has the Right to Work! The Importance of Employment First
- Who Are All the Organizations Supporting My Goals for Employment After High School?
- How to Work with NMDVR to Pursue Your Employment Goals
- Student Involvement in IEP’s: A Person-Centered Approach
- Best Practices in School-to-Work Transition Planning
- Supported Decision-Making for Individuals with Disabilities
Project SEARCH internship program
Project SEARCH is an international best practice model in preparing students with disabilities, age 18-22, for competitive, integrated employment. Project SEARCH offers the following selection of pre-employment transition resources to all school districts, job coaches, and job developers for their work with transition-age youth and community employers:
- National Project SEARCH
- Lessons for Living, Learning, and Working: Pre-Transition Curriculum
- Creating an Inclusive Work Environment
Websites
Education
Family Organizations
Financial
General Resources
- Governor’s Commission on Disability
- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition
- Pacer Center on Transition
- Transition Coalition
Health Care Transition
Home & Community Based Waivers
- New Mexico Health Care Authority, Developmental Disabilities Supports Division (DDSD)
- DDSD Employment First Policy
Independent Living/Transportation
- Driving to Independence
- Albuquerque Paratransit
- Independent Living Resource Center Transition
- Additional Paratransit