Me! Lessons in Self-Advocacy. The Me Lesson consist of 10 units which teaches critical transition knowledge and skills for students with disabilities. The curriculum can be used with students in the Junior High and High School level. This curriculum is found here under the Self-Determination tab as well as on the Zarrow Center website.

Self-Directed Transition Planning. SDTP has eight lessons that assist High School students with an IEP in actively participating in their transition focus IEP meeting.  One of the eight lessons is learning about the Summary of Performance and it value to the student. You can locate this curriculum at ArkansasTransition.com and at https://www.ou.edu/zarrow/pilot/about.html

Whose Future is It Anyway?  This is another curriculum that prepares students for their IEP meeting and assist them in gaining knowledge of their self-determination skills. There are 6 sections and 36 lessons to be used in the classroom settings. To find this program go to https://www.ou.edu/education/centers-and-partnerships/zarrow/transition-education-materials/whos-future-is-it-anyway

Choice Maker Self- Determination Curriculum.   Choice Maker is found at ArkansasTransition.com and the Zarrow Center: https://www.ou.edu/education/centers-and-partnerships/zarrow/choicemaker-curriculum  This Curriculum consists of three strands: (1) Choosing Goals, (2) Expressing Goals, and (3) Taking Action. Each strand addresses teaching objectives in all three transition areas: Education, Employment, and Independent Living/Community participation. This is a great curriculum in learning about transition planning.

411 on Disability Disclosure. The 411 provides 8 units on guiding students on whether or not to disclose their disability. The units consist of advantages & disadvantages, rights & responsibilities under the law and self-determination.  This curriculum is also found at ArkansasTransition.com and at http://www.ncwd-youth.info/publications/the-411-on-disability-disclosure-a-workbook-for-youth-with-disabilities/.

FDIC: Money Smart for Young People. This curriculum is for ages 12-20 and assist in learning basic handling of money and finances. There are eight instructor-led modules, an instructor and participant guide and power point slides to be used in the classroom. This curriculum is located at https://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/young.html.

Skills to Pay the Bills.  The US Department of Labor developed this curriculum to help student with disabilities learn soft skills to work in the workplace. There are 6 units that contain videos and materials available in Spanish. To find this curriculum go to: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/topics/youth/transition/soft-skills

envisionIT.  EIT is a free, evidence-based, standards-aligned, college and career readiness curriculum for 21st century students in middle and high school. EIT is a teacher-guided, digital curriculum for students with and without disabilities focused on helping students develop key literacy and career skills needed for the 21st Century workplace. The EnvisionIT curriculum is designed to teach fundamental 21st Century skills to students with and without disabilities in 4 key competency areas: Transition Planning/Career Readiness; Information Technology (IT) Literacy; Reading/Writing; Financial Literacy. You can find this program at https://nisonger.osu.edu/research/envision-it/what-is-envisionit/.

These are a sampling of free transition curriculum found either at ArkansasTransition.com, the Zarrow Center and other websites. We do have a library of specific transition curriculums: Attainment and James Stanfield that you can explore before your school purchases one of these specific curriculums.  If you have any questions concerning any of these Transition Curriculums, please contact your Transition Consultant.