Transition Services

Vocational Rehabilitation Service ( VRS ) places substantial emphasis on transition from school to work. Our transition teams assist junior and senior high school students with disabilities in preparing for employment and community living. VRS counselors work with students, parents, special education teachers, coordinators, and other school personnel throughout the state to provide assistance to students in developing career goals and obtaining on-the-job training opportunities. Each year, VRS assists 17,330 adolescents and students with disabilities. Every high school in Alabama has a VRS counselor assigned to provide services to students with disabilities.

VRS also funds and monitors a network of local community transition teams. These teams are designed to enhance communication among school personnel, vocational rehabilitation staff, community businesses and organizations to develop job training and placement opportunities for students with disabilities.

Services

Alabama Governor's Youth Leadership Forum
Assessment Programs
Autism Project
Learning Disabilities Projects
LIFE Project for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Prison Transition Initiative
School-based Jointly Funded Job Coaches
Teen Transition Clinics
Transition Conference
Transition Weekend for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired and their Families
Traumatic Brain Injury Transition
VRS Transition Counselors

For more information about transition services, contact Linda Hames at 1-800-441-7607 or ( TTY 800-499-1816).

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