Guideposts for Success: Connecting Activities

Connecting Activities

All youth may also need one or more of the following:

• Mental and physical health services;
• Transportation;
• Tutoring
• Financial planning and management;
• Post-program supports through structured arrangements in postsecondary institutions and adult service agencies; and,
• Connection to other services and opportunities (e.g., recreation).

Youth with disabilities may also need:

• Acquisition of appropriate assistive technologies;
• Community orientation and mobility training (e.g. accessible transportation, bus routes, housing, health clinics);
• Exposure to post-program supports such as independent living centers and other consumer-driven community-based support service agencies;
• Personal assistance services, including attendants, readers, interpreters, or other such services; and,
• Benefits-planning counseling including information regarding the myriad of benefits available and their interrelationships so that they may maximize those benefits in transitioning from public assistance to self-sufficiency.

Read the other Guideposts:

School-Based Preparatory Experiences

Career Preparation & Work-Based Learning Experiences

Youth Development & Leadership

Family Involvement & Supports