The Journey: A Suite of Resources

Agency and Community Supports

Social Security Disability: What Professionals Need to Know

Please join us as Social Security Public Affairs Specialists Kelly Draggoo and Theresa Busher present on Social Security Disability: An Overview of SSI and SSDI - What Professionals Need to Know.

Transportation Resources and Transition Planning Considerations

During this session, participants will explore different transportation options, strategies, and considerations for transition planning to ensure youth have access to transportation.

Adult Literacy Ohio: Empowering Adults with Developmental Disabilities through Literacy

Adult Literacy Ohio is a self-directed, literacy focused program designed to meet adult learners where they are to develop increased confidence and skills.

The Journey: A Suite of Resources

From our uniquely designed toolkits to webinars, you will walk away with a tool or resource designed to meet you where you are in the journey of helping students and families with complex needs transition to adulthood.

Using OCALI’s Autism Center Resources to Improve Instruction and Support for Those With ASD

Join OCALI's Autism Center team to learn about the various FREE resources the center provides to help improve instruction and support for individuals with ASD.

Assessment

Discovering a Vision

Provides a number of resources and tools that CBDD School Staff and partners can use in working with students and families to establish a vision for the journey into adulthood

Transition Assessment and Transition Planning for Youth with Lifelong Needs

A brief overview of tools and processes to assist a youth, family and multiagency team gather meaningful information about the youth as well as the youth's goals and support needs for the future.

Charting the LifeCourse Tools for Transition Assessment and Planning

A simple and effective framework to help individuals and families of all abilities and all ages develop a vision for a good life, think about what they need to know and do.

Transition Planning for the Whole Person: An Individualized Journey

Transitioning to adult life requires planning for more than just postsecondary education and employment.

Functional Behavior Assessment for Youth with Complex Needs – Beyond A-B-C

Youth with complex and intensive needs often present with distressed behaviors that are difficult to understand.

Curriculum & Instruction

Targeting Meaningful Curriculum for Transition Age Youth with Complex Needs

Academic and transition skills can come together to weave a strong foundation for transition age youth.

Creating the Perfect Storm: Developing Meaningful Vocational Experiences for Youth with Complex Needs

Developing vocational experiences for students with developmental disabilities, including youth with complex needs, requires attention and planning to a variety of important areas.

Effective Practices: Supporting Youth In School, In the Community, and On the Job

Provides research-based methods and strategies for teachers, job coaches, and other professionals who prepare youth to work in the community.

Get Acquainted with OCALI Resources

Whether you're an avid user or looking to learn more, take a tour of the OCALI website to learn about various resources and tools.

Building a Work Experience Program for Students with Complex Needs

The Wayne CBDD School Team is supporting their students by providing a variety of authentic work experiences. Learn more about their program and how they're preparing students for the world of work and adulthood.

Family Engagement

Practices to Enhance Family Engagement

Families and caregivers play an integral role in every students transition to adulthood.

Exploring the Myth of “Hard-to-Reach Families”: Maximizing Family Partnership Through Intentional Communication

Family Engagement must be intentional and inclusive to reach all of the families we work and serve.

Family Engagement: Building a Strong Foundation by Tom Capretta

Thomas Capretta will guide participants through identifying the conditions that impact a family's engagement in their child's education.

”What I Wish I Knew Then”: Parent Perspective Following High School

Parents of young adults with complex support needs offer insights and considerations after experiencing life after high school.

Supporting Multi-System Youth and the Family Unit

MSY youth and family needs will be shared, as well as interventions and strategies that are often helpful and supportive in the home, school, and community.

Guardianship

How to Decide?: Alternatives to Guardianship

As youth with complex needs transition to adulthood, many families consider applying for legal guardianship to continue supporting their loved one.

Health and Wellness

Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Transition

How to prepare individuals and their families for the transition from pediatric medical care to adult healthcare.

What Educators Need (and Want) to Know About Medications

Many youth today are using medications to assist in their ability to function more successfully in the home, school and community.

Fueling Up with Self and Others!

Caregivers and support professionals are often glorified for putting everyone‘s needs before their own.

Multi-Agency Planning

Using our MAP to Guide Transition-Aged Students in their Journey to Achieve Post-School Outcomes

Follow the journey of one multi-agency county-based team as they collaborate to empower youth and young adults.

Supporting Multi-System Youth and the Family Unit

MSY youth and family needs will be shared, as well as interventions and strategies that are often helpful and supportive in the home, school, and community.

Gabby’s Story

Gabby is a 2020 graduate who relied on the support of a multi-agency planning team as she prepared for the transition from school to adulthood.

Approaches to Common Challenges with Multi-System Youth

In this session, several of the OCALI MSY Coach Network will discuss multi-system youth and barriers. MSY youth and family needs will be shared, as well as common barriers that challenge teams. Teachers, service coordinators, therapist, and other professionals will benefit from learning more about the barriers often faced by MSY and their families as well as supports and strategies that have been found to be effective.

Positive Behavior Supports

Supporting Positive Behavior: The Ziggurat Model

Learn about the Ziggurat Model and how using this approach can facilitate a team.

Functional Behavior Assessment for Youth with Complex Needs – Beyond A-B-C

Youth with complex and intensive needs often present with distressed behaviors that are difficult to understand.

Advocacy and Self-Determination

Self-Determination and Youth with Complex Support Needs

A discussion of considerations for addressing self-determination of youth with complex support needs.

HART'S Ladder to Youth Participation

Meet a college student from Kent State University who has used the basic principles of HART's Ladder to create an inclusive environment and used it to navigate her journey to college. Join her as she explains each level of inclusion and provides concrete examples of what this looks like in practice.

The Advocate's Journey to Being Heard

Hear from a panel of advocates as they share their journey to finding their voice and having it be heard at local, state, and federal levels. They will discuss the importance of teaching self-advocacy skills to the younger generation and lessons they have learned along the way.

Technology

Moving Towards Self-Reliance: Technology and Practice

A brief review of several everyday technology resources and evidence based instructional practices.

Assistive Technology and Youth with Complex Support Needs: Resources and Considerations

Provides an overview of AT with a focus on transition age students with the most complex needs.

Assistive Technology and Youth with Complex Support Needs: Resources and Considerations

Ever wonder if the students you support could benefit from AT? Do you have a student who uses AT currently or used AT in the past and it no longer seems to provide the needed support? This webinar will provide an overview of AT with a focus on transition age students with the most complex needs. Resources will be provided to expand your knowledge on how to consider, assess, and implement AT.