Next Steps: The Transition Series

What:  Training for parents and family members of students with disabilities

Join the NEXT STEPS training team of DuPage County as we focus on planning for a student’s successful transition from high school to adult life.

Registration is required. Attend one or all four. Click here to register and the appropriate Zoom link will be emailed to you 24 hours prior to event. 

• WORKSHOP 4 – Tuesday, May 11, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Community Day Services & Special Recreation Associations: During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to hear presentations from a variety of community agencies including: UCP-Seguin; My Day; local Special Recreation Associations.

Questions or Concerns? Contact Erin Hoving at 630-942-6783 or [email protected] or Sara Tatham at 630-548-7174 or [email protected]

Next Steps team members: Erin Hoving, Glenbard District 87; Yousef Matariyeh, Lisle High School District 202; Lori O’Connell, Community School District 200; Justin Olson, Elmhurst School District 205; Sara Tatham, SASED

Virtual Options Fair

The Transition to Post-Secondary Education and Employment

The Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) and Way2Work Maryland are pleased to partner with the Rehabilitation Services Administration at the U.S. Department of Education as part of the vocational rehabilitation 100th centennial celebration to highlight Youth and Family Perspectives, the Transition to Postsecondary Education and Employment for students with disabilities.

Hear from recent 2020 high school graduates — Christopher, Joseph, Alex and Lucy — and their family members as they discuss their work experiences while in high school as part of their secondary transition programs working with Maryland’s Way-2-Work. 

Coffee-Time Conversation events

This group is informal and we welcome anyone who is interested in meeting other parents/caregivers of young adults with disabilities. For further information, please email Erin Hoving or call 630.942.6783.

We hope you can attend, and we look forward to seeing you.

Additional events will be added.

Contact the host organization to confirm the status of these events:

Day Program Tours

Events will be added.

RSVP one week prior to the event to Erin Hoving at [email protected] or 630.942.6783.