«The lesson guides provide targeted educational interventions, from foundation right through the key phases of adolescence, in
preparing youth transitions into the real world and financial complexity of adulthood.
Not exact matches
These changes have come not through traditional legal avenues, but through important legal developments that school leaders need to know about to
prepare transition - age
youth with disabilities for work.
Train staff, families and parents who interact with students in key concepts to
prepare Native
youth for the
transition to careers, employment, or other life options
Focus the Nation, a
youth - oriented nonprofit group aiming to propel a
transition toward non-polluting energy choices, is
preparing for Recharge!
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it will partner with online learning startup Knewton and publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for a program aimed at helping millions of at - risk
youth transition to traditional schools and
prepare for the workforce.
Touchpoints:
Preparing Children for
Transitions (PDF - 1,410 KB) Coalition for Children,
Youth, and Families (2015) Designed to help caregivers and child welfare professionals prepare youth in foster care for transitioning to a new place
Youth, and Families (2015) Designed to help caregivers and child welfare professionals
prepare youth in foster care for transitioning to a new place
youth in foster care for
transitioning to a new placement.
Touchpoints:
Preparing Children for
Transitions (PDF - 666 KB) Coalition for Children,
Youth & Families (2014) Provides people who are involved in key
transition points for a child in out - of - home care such as ongoing workers, foster parents, relative caregivers, adoption workers, CASA volunteers, therapists, and Tribal workers.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study describes the effectiveness of the Thresholds Mothers Project Transitional Living Program (TLP) for foster care
youth who are
preparing to
transition to independent living.
The key components that differentiated the Family Alternatives agency from the comparison site were a commitment to
youth empowerment, the use of trauma - informed practice, and making supportive adult relationships a central goal for
youth preparing to
transition out of care.
Furthermore, off - time events and the related adverse
transition patterns are chronically stressful for
youth because they often create a «rush to adulthood» for which the adolescent is often not emotionally, financially, and socially / relationally
prepared (Foster et al. 2008; Lee 2015; Wickrama et al. 2010).