Youth & Young Adults

What are your interests, strengths, and dreams? The better you understand yourself, the easier it is to make decisions about your future. Are you a hands-on learner who is interested in on-the-job training or technical school, or do you think you want to go to college? Whatever your path, there is support available to help you achieve your goals while you are in high school, and even after you graduate.
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What is the Vermont Pathways to Partnership Project?

A new, innovative project helping young people with disabilities achieve remarkable success and reach their goals after high school. The VT P2P program creates lasting partnerships and offers inspiring training opportunities for students, families, and schools.

If you are between the ages of 10 and 24 and on a 504 or an IEP, you are eligible for any of the trainings or activities offered. Contact us to find out more at: AHS.PathwaysToPartnershipsVT@vermont.gov

It is free to enroll and to participate! You can email: AHS.PathwaysToPartnershipsVT@vermont.gov to find out how to enroll!

If you are under the age of 18, you’ll need to get a parent or guardian to sign the enrollment form.

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Available for you to participate in?

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Would you like to be a peer mentor?

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Try out virtual job shadowing or virtual interviewing practice

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Learn more about speaking up for yourself

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See if you can work in an industry you’re interested in

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Apply to a trades training program

Contact your school support staff today, or email or call phone number above and ask about what’s available.

If you have any questions, you can contact your transition support person at school, or email AHS.PathwaysToPartnershipsVT@vermont.gov

We look forward to seeing you around P2P!

Once students enroll in the VT P2P program:

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Financial Planning & Benefits
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Self-Advocacy & Health
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Work & Learning
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Housing & Independent Living

Financial Planning & Benefits

Self-Advocacy & Health

Work & Learning

Housing & Independent Living

Ready to Enroll?

  1. A family member, guardian, or independent student should request an enrollment form from the school’s support team or the P2P Transition Coordinator (TC).
  2. Return the completed enrollment form.
  3. The student is now officially enrolled!
  4. Consider completing the survey to help future students; however, completing the survey is not a requirement for participation in P2P.
  5. The parent or guardian, along with the student, will determine transition goals and create meaningful connections with VT partners in areas such as self-advocacy, independent living, work-based learning and mentoring.

Find out if your school participates in the P2P program!

Contact Us Today
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Resources

VT Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)

VT Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)

Families | Partners | Youth
Accessing Free Audio Books or the Print Disabled VT Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI) ...

Listen Podcast

Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) System Changes

Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) System Changes

Families | Partners
Vermont Family Network sponsored a presentation by VT Developmental Disability Services Division (DDSD)’s Melanie ...

Watch Webinar

Download PDF

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Daily Life, Employment, & Education

What a person does as part of everyday life–school, employment, volunteering, communication, routines, life skills.

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Community Living

Where and how someone lives – housing and living options, community access, transportation, home adaptations and modifications.

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Healthy Living

Managing and accessing health care and staying well – medical, mental health, behavioral health, developmental, wellness and nutrition.

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Safety and Security

Staying safe and secure – emergencies, well-being, guardianship options, legal rights and issues.

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Social and Spirituality

Building friendships and relationships, leisure activities, personal networks, and faith community.

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Advocacy and Engagement

Building valued roles, making choices, setting goals, assuming responsibility and driving how one’s own life is lived.