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For more information about the Career Assessment office and the services it provides, click here.

Link to ACCES-VR

E-mail Jodi Facteau-St.Gelais

The Career Assessment office has created a useful timeline that outlines key transitions planning steps for youths of specific ages. To download a copy of it (PDF format), click here.

 

Online resources

• IDEA Parent Guide

• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition

• ACCES-VR (VESID) for Parents

• ACCES-VR (VESID) for Students

• Resource Center for Independent Living

 

Medicaid Service Coordination

A service coordinator is a support person who can assist you in choosing the services you need. A service coordinator helps you coordinate services and they have a lot of information about the agencies and services available in your community.

 

The following agencies offer Medicaid Service Coordination:

• Liberty: (518) 842-5080

• Lexington Medicaid Service 
   Coordination Office: (518) 736-4100

• Resource Center for Independent
   Living: (518) 842-3561

• Center for Disability Services:
   (518) 842-3511

• Catholic Charities Developmental
   Disabilities Services: (518) 842-4202

• Centro Civico: (518) 842-3762

 

Student Services
 

Special Education - Transition

 
 

If you have questions or would like information on planning and working toward after-high school goals, you have come to the right place! As the Transition Specialist, I am here to assist and/or refer you to the most beneficial resources available.

Please email me at jstgelais@hfmboces.org, or call the office if you have post-graduation needs. Check this out to see what our career assessment services can do, and take a look at my new Glogster (http://jstgelais.edu.glogster.com/main/) for ongoing, up-to-date online transition resources!

Jodi Facteau-St. Gelais
Transition Specialist
HFM BOCES, Special Education Division

 

ATTENTION STUDENTS: NEW ONLINE RESOURCES

Do you know what subject area you have interest in and need to find which jobs fit with that area?

Check out the Bureau of Labor and Statistics online guide to find:

• Careers listed according to interests and hobbies

• Career information describing job duties, working conditions, training requirements, earnings levels, and employment prospects

• Links from each occupation to more information in the Occupational Outlook Handbook

Just click on the subject area and you are on your way!
 

Are you thinking of attending a technical or career school after high school?

This US Department of Education site may be helpful to you! This site provides:

• A school search tool

• Important questions you'll want to ask before enrolling in a career college or technical school

• Information on certificate training and licensure, financial tips, and links to other helpful resources on the web
 

Planning on going to college after high school?

This checklist from the National Center of Learning Disabilities gives you what you need to know.
 

Do you have questions about how to pay for after-high school education?

Financial resource information for post-high school education is available through the University of Washington group DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology).
 

For ALL THINGS transition, go to this fantastic site from the HEATH Resource Center! It provides modules ranging from emotional health after high school to a parents’ guide to transition.
 

…In addition, Think College is a wonderful site for students, parents, and professionals to learn about college options for people with Intellectual Disabilities.

Looking for a job?

This site gives listings for local businesses that are hiring. You may find something to apply to!

 
 

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