Links
Western Michigan
University
Western Michigan University
College of Education
Career Connections Research Center
Organizations
Beach Center
on Disability
Bridges 4 Kids
Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC)
Disability
Resources
Division of Career Development
and Transition (DCDT)
Life Span Institute
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (MRCCRC)
Michigan Transition Outcomes Project (MI-TOP)
National Center on Secondary
Education and Transition (NCSET)
National Dissemination
Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Office
of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Transition Coalition
Transition
Research Institute at Illinois (TRI)
University
of Kansas, Department of Special Education
The Work Site - Resources Toolkit
Work
Incentives Transition Network
Miscellaneous Resources
American Psychological
Association's Publication Style Guides (APA)
Heath Resource
Center
Guide to First Aid Medical Care
IDEA Partnership
National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Web
Accessibility Resources For All - Failure Is Not An Option
Publications and Reports
1999
NTA Directory
of Promising Practices and Programs for Improving Student
Outcomes by Paula D. Kohler, Ph.D. and Bonnie J. Troesken, M.Ed.
2000
NTA Directory
of Promising Practices and Programs for Improving Student
Outcomes by Paula D. Kohler, Ph.D. and Lisa K. Hood
Literature Review on School-to-Work Transition by Paula D. Kohler, Ph.D. and
Saul Chapman, Ph.D. Transition Research Institute of University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign. March 1999.
Twenty-third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act from the Office of Special Education Programs
and Rehabilitative Services
Family Resources
Fialka, J. (1997, 2001). It matters:
Lessons from my son. Huntington
Woods, MI:
Author.
Fialka, J. & Mikus, K. (1999). Do you hear what I hear? Parents and professionals
working together for children with special needs. Ann Arbor, MI: Proctor
Publications.
Contact Information:
Janice Fialka, MSW, ACSW
10474 LaSalle
Huntington Woods, MI 48070
Phone: (248) 546-4870
Email: ruaw@aol.com
Barclay, J. & Cobb, J. (2001). Full life ahead: A workbook and guide
to adult
life for students and families of students with disabilities. Montgomery,
AL:
Southeast Regional Resource Center, Auburn University Montgomery. http://edla.aum.edu/serrc/fulllife/fulllife.htm
Employment-Related
Employer Assistance Referral
Network (EARN)
Goodwill
Industries of West Michigan, Inc.
Mobility International USA -
The National Clearinghouse on Disability and
Exchange
Leisure/Recreation
Adaptive Adventures -
Sailing Links & Adventure Trips
American
Association for Leisure & Recreation (AALR)
Community Transportation Association
(CTAA)
Free
Michigan Map
National Sports
Center for the Disabled (NSCD) - Recreation Programs
Persons
With CI Can Obtain Free Fishing License
Recreational Activities in Michigan
Volunteer-Related
4 H Council
America's Promise
Boys and Girls Club
Disabled Sports USA
Habitat for Humanity
Mobility International USA
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
Recreation.gov
Red Cross
Special
Olympics
United Way
Volunteer Match Site
SERVEnet
- The Premier Website for Service and Volunteering
Volunteers of America
Wheelchair Sports USA
Support Services for Postsecondary Education
The PACER Center -
Parent
Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
The Resource Room
U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary Education
Central Michigan University
Delta College
Gallaudet University
Lansing Community College
Michigan Occupational Information
System (MOIS)
National Technical Institute
for the Deaf (NTID)
Wayne State University, Developmental
Disabilities Institute (DDI)
Western Michigan University
-College of Health & Human Services
Support Services for Secondary Education
ADA (Americans with Disabilities
Act) Technical Assistance Program
Association on Higher Education
And Disability (AHEAD)
CESA 3 - Cooperative Educational Service Agency #3
Developing Comprehensive Student Services Systems (in ERIC by title)
Institute on Community Integration
Institute for Educational Leadership
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
National Center for Accessible
Media (NCAM)
National Center on Secondary
Education and Transition
Office
of Special Education Programs - IDEAS that Work
Transition Planning: A Team
Effort
South Dakota Department of Education
University of Oregon, Western Regional Resource Center
Vocational Rehabilitaion State Offices
Work Incentives
Transition Network
Residential Services
Centers for Independent Living
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
Disability Network of Southwestern
Michigan
Independent Living Services thru
the Michigan Department of Career Development
Michigan Statewide Independent
Living
Council (SILC)
Community Mental Health
Michigan
Department of Community Health
- Developmental Disabilities
Michigan Protection and Advocacy
University of Michigan, Community Assistance
Directory
Work Experience
Arizona Department Education - Career Pathways
Association for Persons in Supported
Employment
Bridges
from School to Work - Marriott Foundation
California State University, Northridge
Center on Disabilities
Distributive Education Clubs of
America
Guide for Starting and Managing School-Based
Enterprises
Guide to the Vocationally Handicapped Provisions of the Workers' Disability Compensation Act
Job Accomodation Network (JAN)
Life
Skills for Vocational Success
Michigan Accomodation Center
Michigan Department of
Education
Michigan Teacher Network - links to many topics
University
of Idaho, Career Pathways