Long-Term Planning: Finances and the Future
Your child may be entitled to special education services until age 21, but what happens after that? Start looking into employment and residential programs -- and planning for your child's financial needs -- so that the transition will be a smooth one for your child and your family.
Writing a Letter of Intent
If you were to die suddenly, would those left behind know all the details of your child's everyday life -- doctors, school programs, activities, medications, behavior strategies, routines? Put down all those things you handle so well in a Letter of Intent to guide your child's guardians.
If you were to die suddenly, would those left behind know all the details of your child's everyday life -- doctors, school programs, activities, medications, behavior strategies, routines? Put down all those things you handle so well in a Letter of Intent to guide your child's guardians.
Book Review: The Special Needs Planning Guide
Learn about trusts, government programs, and planning for your family and child with special needs with this practical guidebook.
Learn about trusts, government programs, and planning for your family and child with special needs with this practical guidebook.
Book Review: Real Work for Real Pay
What will your child do for a living? This book offers the promise of normal, gainful employment for people with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities. Though written mostly for professionals, it will be of interest to parents looking to think ahead and strategize.
What will your child do for a living? This book offers the promise of normal, gainful employment for people with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities. Though written mostly for professionals, it will be of interest to parents looking to think ahead and strategize.
Book Review: Planning for the Future
Everything you need to know about preparing a financially secure and socially satisfying life for your special-needs child after your death.
Everything you need to know about preparing a financially secure and socially satisfying life for your special-needs child after your death.
Book Review: Steps to Independence
Teach your child self-care, home-care and information skills with this book's patient, step-by-step instructions and helpful techniques.
Teach your child self-care, home-care and information skills with this book's patient, step-by-step instructions and helpful techniques.
Planning for Children with Special Needs
Information on financial planning for children with special needs from MetLife.
Information on financial planning for children with special needs from MetLife.
Special Needs Financial Services
From Merrill Lynch, information on Special Needs Trusts, programs to help with medical bill-paying, and other financial services for families of children with special needs.
From Merrill Lynch, information on Special Needs Trusts, programs to help with medical bill-paying, and other financial services for families of children with special needs.
Planning Your Child's Future
From SpecialChild.com, advice on how to make sure your child with special needs will be properly cared for in the event of your death.
From SpecialChild.com, advice on how to make sure your child with special needs will be properly cared for in the event of your death.
Future Planning/Guardianship/Trusts
From The Arc, a downloadable article on future planning at various stages in the life of a child with developmental or cognitive disabilities.
From The Arc, a downloadable article on future planning at various stages in the life of a child with developmental or cognitive disabilities.
Transition Planning: A Team Effort
Lengthy article from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities covering all aspects of transitioning a disabled student from the world of school to the world of adulthood.
Lengthy article from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities covering all aspects of transitioning a disabled student from the world of school to the world of adulthood.