Transition to Adult Life

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TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.venturacountyselpa.com/caa/"><U><B>Community Ability Awareness</B></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="33620050.png" border=0 width="800" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Transition to Adult Life</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://venturacountyselpa.com/crawler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://venturacountyselpa.com/crawler.ht"><U><IMG SRC="33519190.png" border=0 width="25" height="25" ALT="Crawler Page" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div>  <A NAME="top_1_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="1abcfa60.png" border=0 width="207" height="166" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> As our young people with special needs turn 16 years old, a critically important part of the educational planning process is transition planning.  Transition planning involves assisting the student, with their family, in identifying their dreams and goals for the future after public school, and developing a plan to get there.</div> <bR> <div> The plan may include courses and classes to be taken, life skills, career exploration, vocational experiences and linkages to agencies that serve adults with disabilities.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adult Services Agencies"><U><IMG SRC="2c01e1e0.gif" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Lucida Calligraphy" ><B>Adult Services Agencies - </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Agencies that provide a variety of services to young adults with </FONT></div> <div>     disabilities.  Search by category:  (English/Spanish)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="29d0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Arial" ><B> <a href="HTMLobj-842/Blind-Deaf-HH.pdf"><u>Blind, Deaf or Hard of Hearing</u> </a>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="29e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <a href="HTMLobj-843/Education-Employment.pdf"><u>Education & Employment</u> </a>  </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="29e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <a href="HTMLobj-844/Dev-Phy_Disabilities.pdf"><u>Developmental-Physical Disabilities</u> </a>  </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="29e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <a href="HTMLobj-845/Housing-Transportation.pdf"><u>Housing & Transportation</u> </a>  </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="29e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <a href="HTMLobj-846/Learning_Disabilities.pdf"><u>Learning Disabilities</u> </a>  </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="29e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <a 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FACE="Arial" >- Documents available for use when working with students in preparaing for transition.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Transition Activities"><U><IMG SRC="2c51e1e0.gif" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Lucida Calligraphy" ><B>Transition Activities</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Lucida Calligraphy" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >- Events going on in the Ventura County SELPA to provide information and resources to students, families</FONT></div> <div>     and staff.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="29d0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Arial" ><B>Transition Project</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="29e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  WorkAbility</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> 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