Community Partners Portal
Below are some highlights of what you can find on or through this website for people in the community who work with students with disabilities. Community partners are employers, private citizens, and other adults.
Mentoring
- Lighthearted 3:40-minute disability awareness video to educate and raise awareness in the workplace
- Support youth to speak for themselves (self-advocacy). Support youth to run their own lives (self-determination).
- Disability Awareness to Increase Your Comfort, Confidence, and Competence is a 27-minute narrated PowerPoint training module. You can move through it at your own pace by clicking on the slides and scanning the video transcripts for each slide.
- Building Relationships: A Guide for New Mentors is full of good suggestions.
Connections to High Schools
- Types of work-based learning
- What’s a Transition Plan?
- Success stories of school-business partnerships in schools across the country, from Education World.
State and Federal Rules
- Explore the most influential special education and disability laws
- Explore various accommodation options for people with disabilities in the workplace.
Content updated 11-1-23
