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These resources are available to help youth with disabilities with employment and training. Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) programs offer many services to youth. For more information, contact your state VR program.
- Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) / Vocational Rehabilitation Overview
Pre-ETS helps you prepare for employment and gain real-world work experience, as well as advocate for yourself in the workplace. Pre-ETS services include: career exploration, self-advocacy, work readiness training, counseling on post-secondary education opportunities, and work-based learning experiences.
- Pre-Employment Transition Services is an overview of Pre-ETS with links to additional resources.
- Young Adults in Transition: Vocational Rehabilitation Services is a guide introducing the VR process to young adults. The guide provides details on eligibility, advocacy tips, job goals, and information about the VR process.
- Soft Skills
Soft skills refers to your ability to work and interact with others. Soft skills are valuable in the workplace.
- Soft Skills to Pay the Bills is a curriculum developed by Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)focused on teaching "soft" or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities.
- Finding a Career
Finding a career that fits with your interests, skills, preferences, and abilities is an important part of transitioning to work.
- CareerOneStop Get My Future is website that provides tools for youth to plan their future including school, work, training, and job searching.
- Employment Considerations for Youth with Disabilities is a specialized page on youth.gov with a collection of information about work, accommodations, and disability disclosure for youth with disabilities.