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Accessible Technology Considerations to Support Educational Independence

Information about Assistive Technology that supports student learning is described in this webinar. The SETT framework used to evaluate a student's needs for AT is also outlined.

Visit the Iowa Secondary Transition Learning Community website

ADA Overview

An overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act is provided by the ADA National Network. It is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. The law covers jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.

Visit the Americans with Disabilities Act Technical Assistance website

Assistive Technology

The Iowa Department of Education's webpage on Assistive Technology provides guidance. The information can help IEP teams to support students.

Visit the Iowa Department of Education website

Assistive Technology for Transition Success

These assistive technology resources to support students in transition webpage includes handouts, videos and webinars. The focus is on general AT, employment, postsecondary education and training and independent living.

Visit the PACER Center website

Center on Technology and Disability website

The Center on Technology and Disability's website includes a resource library and webinars. about assistive technology.

Visit the Center on Technology and Disability website

Considering Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities

This resource provides questions to consider when identifying the assistive technology needs of a student.

Visit the Parent Center Hub website

Easter Seals Assistive Technology

Find information about Easter Seal's Assistive Technology Center's statewide programs. The services offered support living, learning and working.

Visit the Easter Seals Iowa website

School counselors: Facilitating transitions for students with disabilities from high school to post-school settings

This on-line training provides an overview of the Transition Planning process. It includes ideas on how School Counselors can contribute to the process.

Visit the IRIS Center website

Path to Independence - Mobile Apps to Support Transition-Age Youth

Find out about technology that can help people in many ways. Technology can help you at work, at school and at home. Some can help you find and get a job. This document lists many resources that are free. Whether it is to stay organized, take notes, or do a job, these resources might help you.

Visit the PACER Center website

IEP Transition Plan

This section of the Understood site focuses on transition planning; what transition planning involves and who may be involved in the process. Links to resources and planning tools are provided. Understood is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the National Learning Disabilities Association.

Visit the Understood website

Sample Self-Advocacy Plan

Youth can use this worksheet to help be prepared to participate in their IEP meeting.

Visit the PACER Center website

Age Appropriate Transition Assessment Toolkit

This toolkit provides guidance on different types of assessments, sample instruments, and suggested timelines for assessments.

Visit the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition website

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Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities

Learn about the 504 accommodations that are available to students in the college setting, along with how these accommodations might look different than what was available in high school.

Go to the U.S. Department of Education website