Resources

Unlock free transition and employment resources to support people with disabilities.

Explore a curated collection of free TransCen-developed guides and tools to strengthen transition planning, family engagement, work-based learning, and customized employment for students and job seekers with disabilities. 

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Services & Systems Improvement

Secondary Transition Work-Based Learning Program Assessment

Designed to help school districts and partners assess the strength of their community-based work experience and paid employment programs. Based on research-supported and promising practices, this tool helps teams evaluate key elements needed to build high-quality work-based learning systems.

Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Collaboration Guides

This guide supports educators and VR counselors in clarifying roles, strengthening coordination, and improving post-school outcomes for students with disabilities. Includes tools for engaging families in transition planning

CRP Pre-ETS Guidebook

An easy-to-use guide for CRPs delivering Pre-ETS services. Includes partnership-building strategies and practical tools for collaboration with VR agencies and schools.

Pre-ETS Guidebook: Strategies for Community Rehabilitation Providers (CRPs)

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Family Engagement & Partnership Tools

Families play a critical role in transition and employment success. These tools are designed to help programs strengthen family engagement and build meaningful partnerships.

Person-Driven Planning Tools

Positive Personal Profile (PPP)

The Positive Personal Profile is a strengths-based planning tool that focuses on interests, preferences, skills, passions, and values – not labels or deficits.

It helps teams identify:

  • What is important to the individual
  • What the individual aspires to achieve
  • What environments support success

Life Skills Assessment Tool

TransCen’s Life Skills Assessment is a simple, one-page survey that measures an individual’s ability to function safely and effectively across life domains (home, community, social competencies).

Employment Process Tools and Templates

These tools align with the Customized Employment framework and guide practitioners through discovery, networking, job development, and employer engagement.