Pre-Graduation Checklist
Looking for a list of steps you should take before graduation?
Self-Advocacy and Self-Determination
Want to find success after high school?
Building the skills of self-advocacy and self-determination helps!
- Self-advocacy
- The ability to speak and act on behalf of yourself.
Learn more at Self-Advocacy Online. - Self-determination
- Accepting responsibility for creating the life you want.
Learn more at the National Gateway to Self-Determination.
Nervous about transitioning to college or the workforce? Watch this video.
What are you going to do after high school?
How to Get the Life You Want
Self-Determination
- Make your own decisions after getting information from other informed people.
- Accept and learn from the consequences of your decisions.
- Control your own actions.
- Set and achieve your own goals.
- Solve your own problems.
- Become as independent as possible.
- Understand your rights and responsibilities.
- Understand your school’s rights and responsibilities.
Learn
What to expect from college and training programs
Work
Steps you can take to enter the workforce![Volunteers collecting food donations.](https://blogs-prd5.ndus.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/01/Community.jpg")
Community
Ideas for serving your community or finding public transportationWhat’d you say when someone says you can’t?
Don’t let your disability define your dreams.
About
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