Fundamentals of
Transition
Transition
An assessment that can help you identify your interests and match them with potential careers.
Interest Inventory
Paying close attention when someone is speaking by looking at them, not interrupting, and showing you understand.
Active Listening
A physical, mental, or emotional difference that can make it harder for someone to do certain activities.
Disability
Sharing thoughts or feelings without words, using things like facial expressions, body language, and gestures.
Our team demonstrated great ________ and finished on-time.
Collaboration
A belief in improving yourself through effort, learning, and not giving up.
Growth Mindset
Owning your mistakes and learning from them.
Accountability
A knowledge and understanding of your own personality or individuality.
Self-Awareness
The jobs or tasks you've done that help you learn skills and show what you can do.
Work Experience
Mental skills that help you plan, focus, remember things, and control your behavior.
Executive Functions
The combination of your skills, strengths, interests, and values that you present to others.
Personal Brand
Doing something despite it being difficult to achieve.
Perseverance
Changes or supports that help an employee with a disability do their job.
Reasonable Accommodations
A one to two-page formal document that lists your work experience, education, and skills.
Resume
Hints you get from the way people act or look that help you understand what they're thinking or feeling.
Social Cues
A federal law that requires public schools to serve the educational needs of eligible students with disabilities.
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
Qualities or skills you develop that relate to how you work and interact with others.
Soft Skills
A group of people you choose and trust who help speak up for you, support your goals, and make sure your needs are heard.
Advocacy Network
Building relationships with people who can share advice, information, or job opportunities.
Networking
Being able to understand and manage your own emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can handle challenges positively.
Self-Regulation
A goal you want to accomplish that is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.
SMART goal
A way to express how you feel without blaming others.
"I" statements
A U.S. law that protects people with disabilities from being treated unfairly at work, in public places, and on transportation.
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
A collection of your best work, skills, and achievements that you can show to employers to help you get a job.
Employment Portfolio
The ability to recover quickly from difficulties or to overcome barriers.
Resilience