The Region 20 Transition Program is designed to support students with disabilities as they prepare for life after high school. The program provides individualized opportunities for students to build the skills, confidence, and experiences they need to pursue their personal goals and become as independent as possible.

Key Features of the Program:

• Individualized Support: Develop personalized transition goals and supports based on each student’s strengths, interests, needs, and future plans.

• Career and Vocational Development: Provide opportunities to explore careers, develop job-readiness skills, participate in work-based learning, and gain meaningful employment experience.

• Independent Living Skills: Teach practical skills related to daily living, self-advocacy, decision-making, communication, and personal responsibility.

• Community Integration: Encourage students to participate in community-based activities and experiences that promote social connections, confidence, and independence.

• Post-Secondary Planning: Help students prepare for their next steps, whether that includes employment, post-secondary education or training, supported living, or other individualized goals.

The goal of our Transition Program is to empower each student to build a meaningful future by developing the skills, experiences, and self-advocacy abilities necessary to achieve their goals and participate as independently as possible in their community.

Resources for Families:

• Department of Developmental Services

• CT Parent Advocacy Center.

• Special Education Resource Center.

• 211 Connecticut

• Secondary Transition Planning Process

• Transition Bill of Rights

• CSDE Resources for Students and Families

• SERC Secondary Transition Initiative

• CT Transition Community of Practice

• Path Transition to Adulthood

• Children’s Community Programs of CT

• BOE and Services for the Blind 

• Bureau of Rehabilitation Services 

• Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services 

• Department of Rehabilitation Services/Deaf and Hearing Impaired

• Department of Development Services 

• Special Education Resource Center

• ACT - Advancing Connecticut Together

• Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• Procedural Safeguard Notice

• Favor

• New England Assistive Technology Center