Planning for Life After School

This is a series of workshops and tipsheets designed to help plan for life after school. It is important to go through all of the workshops in order as each one prepares us for the next one.

Workshops

1. Getting Started Early, it’s never too early to start thinking about the future
2. Gaining Experience, early will provide a person with a wider range of choices
3. Getting Ready, for the planning meeting by exploring what people are interested in experiencing
4. Organizing the Planning Meeting, some important questions to consider for a successful meeting

Tip Sheets

• What is Person-Directed Planning With the shift from institutions to individuals, it is important to consider how to get people involved in planning for their futures and expressing what they want.
• The First Job and Beyond Gaining work experience is a great way for someone to explore occupations that might interest them in the future.
• Exploring Funding Opportunities Where to find individual funding sources to assist someone who wants to access work, volunteer and recreational opportunities.
• Life Beyond Work Exploring interests, developing skills, establishing social relationships (independent of your family circle) and having fun!
• Looking at Needs and Overcoming Obstacles Looking at the needs of a person’s day-to day life and the ways in which needs can be accommodated and obstacles overcome.
• Creating Employment and Training Opportunities in your Community Tips for networking within your community
• How to Support Someone at Work Often times when a person with an intellectual disability is beginning any new activity, whether it is work or recreational, they will need different kinds of supports to transition them into the activity.
• Sample Invite for Planning Meeting This a sample invite that you can printout and use to invite people to your planning meeting.
• Success Stories As planning begins for the future it is always nice to hear about other people’s stories and the success that they have achieved after planning began for them.

Interactive

• Person Directed Planning, an interactive presentation on Person Directed Planning tools and resources.