Youth Transition Programs

Your child deserves the best.

Our Transition Team provides in-school training to students living with disabilities, aimed at assisting and guiding students through a successful transition from school to work and independent living skills.

  • Work Task Training 1 & 2

  • Social Skills

  • Job Exploration

  • Getting the Job

  • Maintaining Employment

  • Independent Living Skills

  • Self-Advocacy

  • College Preparation

  • Driver’s License Permit Training

  • Smart Work Ethics

  • Work Tours

  • College Tours

  • Oculus Job Exploration

Summer JET

Qualified students may participate in a paid work experience in a variety of workplaces throughout the community, in the summer months, as part of our Summer JET Program (Job Exploration Training).

Skills gained while in the program

  • Dependability

  • Social Skills

  • Teamwork

  • Punctuality

  • and much more all while earning a paycheck and making friends

90% of participants and guardians surveyed believe the JET program better prepared them for the workforce.

Thrive Program

Thrive builds employability skills for students living with disabilities through internship experiences.

Connecting Students with Opportunities

  • Experience

  • Learning

  • Exposure

  • Practice

Participant commitment is 120 hours for an average of 3-4 hours a day for approximately 18 weeks.

What’s Next?

High school is over and former students are ready to become working members of the community.

WE Inc. partners with ADRS providing employment services that include job readiness, development, search, placement, and retention services for the lifetime of the job.

“The purpose of the transition team is to guide students towards independence and life beyond high school. Teaching skills that will develop confidence, efficiency, and self-motivation are at the center of our work.”

— Allie Pertterson De Jesús (Transition Team Member)