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The Community Schools Model advanced by NEA includes six pillars of practice and pay particular attention to creating, supporting, and sustaining a culturally relevant and responsive climate.
The Six Pillars of Community Schools Toolkit Read More »
This workbook provides the expertise about disclosing a disability, and helps you make informed decisions about that will affect your educational, employment, and social lives.
411 Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities Read More »
Case studies around early childhood education and family engagement in community schools.
Patterns of Practice Read More »
The National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth (NCLD/Youth) models its program around the Five Areas of Youth Development, as defined by the Forum for Youth Investment. These five areas cover seven out of the eight “areas of emphasis” defined by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1999 and ensure that youth and emerging leaders with disabilities are achieving the competencies they need to make a successful transition to adulthood.
Five Areas of Youth Development/Youth Leadership Read More »
Goal-setting, practice, and planning worksheet for the youth in the juvenile justice system and their mentors.
RAMP: Individualized Mentoring Plan Juvenile Justice Read More »
This step-by-step guide is designed to help communities to undertake the story-mapping process.
Community Story-Mapping Guide Read More »
A worksheet to help youth involved in the juvenile justice system reach their long- and short-term goals.
RAMP: Weekly Goal-Tracking Sheet Juvenile Justice Read More »
A worksheet to help youth reach their long- and short-term goals.
RAMP: Weekly Goal-Tracking Sheet General Read More »
A worksheet to help youth with disabilities reach their long- and short-term goals.
RAMP: Weekly Goal-Tracking Sheet Disability Read More »
Goal-setting, practice, and planning worksheet for the youth/mentor relationship.
RAMP: Individualized Mentoring Plan General Read More »
Goal-setting, practice, and planning worksheet for the youth with disabilities and their mentors.
RAMP: Individualized Mentoring Plan Disability Read More »
A document and a process to help young adults make decisions and plans for their future careers.
Right Turn: Individualized Career Development Plan (ICDP) Read More »
A worksheet to help youth in foster care reach their long- and short-term goals.
RAMP: Weekly Goal-Tracking Sheet Foster Care Read More »
Goal-setting, practice, and planning worksheet for the youth in foster care and their mentors.
RAMP: Individualized Mentoring Plan Foster Care Read More »
An individualized mentoring plan for youth with disabilities.
NCLD Youth: Plotting the Course for Success Read More »
A guide to assist professionals in the workforce development system to better understand the needs of youth involved in the criminal justice system.
This guide is designed to help youth with disabilities become stronger advocates and encompasses a wide array of issues including how a bill becomes a law, how to educate yourself on the issues that are important to you, and how to use that information in talking with your legislator.
A Guide to Legislative Advocacy for Youth with Disabilities Read More »
A program manual to support implementation strategies and program activities for High School/High Tech.
Disability-related and career preparation information to support those mentoring youth with disabilities.
Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring for Youth with Disabilities Read More »