The Literacy for Life program for high school students and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, such as Down syndrome or autism. In a group setting, participants will focus on improving their reading and writing abilities to support their transition from school to the workforce.

Area Education Agency staff work in school buildings on a weekly basis providing support services for students who may need extra help or who have IEPs. AEA staff available may include: School psychologists, School social workers, Speech-language pathologists, Special education consultants, Occupational therapists, Physical therapists, Audiologists, Teachers for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, Teachers for vision, and Early childhood special education teachers. Transition support services are available for students, parents, and educators as they plan for students’ transitions for living, learning, and working. Planning includes movement from home to school, school to school, and to their post-school employment, education, and living settings.

Area Education Agency staff work in school buildings on a weekly basis providing support services for students who may need extra help or who have IEPs. AEA staff available may include: School psychologists, School social workers, Speech-language pathologists, Special education consultants, Occupational therapists, Physical therapists, Audiologists, Teachers for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, Teachers for vision, and Early childhood special education teachers. Transition support services are available for students, parents, and educators as they plan for students’ transitions for living, learning, and working. Planning includes movement from home to school, school to school, and to their post-school employment, education, and living settings.

Thresholds' Youth & Young Adult Services (YAYAS) offer groundbreaking programs for adolescents, young adults, families, young mothers, and their children. These programs offer the development skills and support they need to master mental health challenges while reducing the negative impact of those challenges on what matters most to young people: relationships, school success, recreational activities, health and wellness, day-to-day living, and early career experiences. Specializing in the transition to adulthood, Thresholds' Youth & Young Adult Services provide young people with experiential learning within their communities to maximize success. Programs include:Early Intervention & First-Episode PsychosisComprehensive Behavioral Health Services (Emerge)Thresholds High SchoolResidential and Transitional Living (Young Adult Program)Young Mothers (Mother's Project)Homeless Youth & Families

Assist youth with disabilities in transitioning from high school to adult life including preparing for employment, higher education, independent living skills training, money management, benefit assistance, and transportation training.

RAMP works with students and their families to learn the laws that protect the rights of a student with a disability, how to navigate the maze of community services, and to learn the skills required to achieve their goals. Services include: - Legal rights training. - Self-Advocacy Skills training. - Information & Referral. - Peer Support. - Independent Living Skills training. - Transition Planning guidance. - Educational workshops. - Assistance with letter writing. - Attendance at IEP, 504 or other related meetings. RAMP also currently offers three curriculums to local private and public school districts: - iBelong: Disability Awareness curriculum intended for grades Pre-K - 6, focusing on acceptance, believing in oneself, and how actions and attitudes affect others. - Ignite: Prepares 7th and 8th grade students who have IEPs to be active participants in their transition plan. - Teens 'N Transition (T'NT): Engages high school students with high incidence disabilities in many topics including education, employment, and living independently after the completion of high school.

- Advocates for the civil rights of individuals with disabilities. - Coordinates public disability awareness activities including presentations to community groups. - Assists individuals with hearing and speech disabilities access communication needs. - Assists with independent living skills training (money management, assertiveness training, self-advocacy, etc.). - Provides information and referral services. - Provides peer mentoring for individual and group settings. - Provides transition services such as moving qualified individuals from nursing facilities or other institutions to independent living. - Assists youth with disabilities transition from high school to adult life. - Provides personal assistant services. - Operates a Community Advocacy Training program for youth and adults. - Assists individuals with vision loss or blindness acquire assistive devices and skills training. - Operates a medical equipment loan program. - Provides mentoring for parents of youth with disabilities. - Operates an ITAC amplified phone selection center.

Area Education Agency staff work in school buildings on a weekly basis providing support services for students who may need extra help or who have IEPs. AEA staff available may include: School psychologists, School social workers, Speech-language pathologists, Special education consultants, Occupational therapists, Physical therapists, Audiologists, Teachers for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, Teachers for vision, and Early childhood special education teachers. Transition support services are available for students, parents, and educators as they plan for students’ transitions for living, learning, and working. Planning includes movement from home to school, school to school, and to their post-school employment, education, and living settings.

Area Education Agency staff work in school buildings on a weekly basis providing support services for students who may need extra help or who have IEPs. AEA staff available may include: School psychologists, School social workers, Speech-language pathologists, Special education consultants, Occupational therapists, Physical therapists, Audiologists, Teachers for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, Teachers for vision, and Early childhood special education teachers. Transition support services are available for students, parents, and educators as they plan for students’ transitions for living, learning, and working. Planning includes movement from home to school, school to school, and to their post-school employment, education, and living settings.

The Spectrum offers job search assistance, job coaching, supported employment, and job skills training in-house and within the community to help clients secure and keep jobs in the community.

Serves children in grades 1st through 8th whose emotional and behavioral needs adversely impact their ability to function within their home school. The environmet is highly structured and utilizes Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Classroom model integrates a social workers to assist in promoting emotional and behavioral growth. A point and STEP system is utilized to reward children for positive behavior, track progress, and gauge readiness to re-integrate into the general education setting.

Vocational Rehabilitation and Special Education share responsibility in preparing youth who are blind or visually impaired for transition from high school to post-high school employment, education, specialized training and independence.

Provides support for children with disabilities who are moving from one kind of program setting or service provision to another. Includes transitions from preschool to kindergarten, elementary school to middle school and from high school to adult life.

Provides supports for children with disabilities who are moving from one kind of program setting or service provision to another, includes transitions from preschool to kindergarten, elementary school to middle school and from high school to adult life.

Provides support for children with disabilities who are transitioning from a program setting to another. Includes transition from preschool to kindergarten, elementary to middle school and from high school to adult life.

Vocational Skills Program provides a continuum of supports and services to students and families to assist the students in gaining skills needed to achieve meaningful post-secondary goals. Vocational Skills Program services are provided at one of many locations across St. Louis County.

School to Work: Provides high school students with disabilities the skills and work experience to prepare them for employment and service linkages after graduation. This service includes job placement services.

- Advocates for the civil rights of individuals with disabilities. - Coordinates public disability awareness activities including presentations to community groups. - Assists individuals with hearing and speech disabilities access communication needs. - Assists with independent living skills training (money management, assertiveness training, self-advocacy, etc.). - Provides information and referral services. - Provides peer mentoring for individual and group settings. - Provides transition services such as moving qualified individuals from nursing facilities or other institutions to independent living. - Assists youth with disabilities transition from high school to adult life. - Provides personal assistant services. - Operates a Community Advocacy Training program for youth and adults. - Assists individuals with vision loss or blindness acquire assistive devices and skills training. - Operates a medical equipment loan program. - Provides mentoring for parents of youth with disabilities. - Operates an ITAC amplified phone selection center.

Intensive national vocational rehabilitation program serving youth and adults who are DeafBlind.

Assist youth with disabilities in transitioning from high school to adult life including preparing for employment, higher education, independent living skills training, money management, benefit assistance, and transportation training.

- Assisting people with disabilities transition from a nursing home into the community. - Preventing people with disabilities from entering a nursing home (nursing home deflection). - Assisting youth with disabilities as they transition from high school to adult life.

Area Education Agency staff work in school buildings on a weekly basis providing support services for students who may need extra help or who have IEPs. AEA staff available may include: School psychologists, School social workers, Speech-language pathologists, Special education consultants, Occupational therapists, Physical therapists, Audiologists, Teachers for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, Teachers for vision, and Early childhood special education teachers. Transition support services are available for students, parents, and educators as they plan for students’ transitions for living, learning, and working. Planning includes movement from home to school, school to school, and to their post-school employment, education, and living settings.

School to Work: Provides high school students with disabilities the skills and work experience to prepare them for employment and service linkages after graduation. This service includes job placement services.

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and Special Education share responsibility in preparing youth with disabilities for the transition from school to post-high school employment, education, specialized training and independence.

Provides supports for children with disabilities who are moving from one kind of program setting or service provision to another, includes transitions from preschool to kindergarten, elementary school to middle school and from high school to adult life.