Parent Resources - Students 18-21

These resources are for parents to review/use in support of their child's growth and development should they wish. Please note that the Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 is not responsible for the content of these other website or materials, nor does their inclusion here represent agreement with the information or support of the organization.

Academics

Accessible Chef - Free visual recipes and other resources to help teach cooking skills to individuals with disabilities at home or in a special education classroom.

Bucks County Free Library - An extensive collection of materials and community activities for PreK to adulthood.

Exploratorium - A website that teaches kids about science and art in new ways.

How Stuff Works - When your child wants to know why the sky is blue, how a tornado forms, or any number of other questions they come up with on a daily basis, head on over to How Stuff Works.

Study Money - This website is designed to help people with disabilities and their families and advocates learn about managing money.

What's on a Pay Stub - Helps young adults better understand their pay stub.

Agencies

Bucks LIFE - A countywide program that works closely with families to offer invaluable support as well as provide information and referral resources.

Behavior

Horizons Behavioral Health - Provide services to children with an emphasis on the strengths and needs of their support systems.

Lenape Valley Foundation - Services to support mental health, early intervention, and intellectual disabilities.

Merakey - Services to support mental health, autism, intellectual disabilities, family services, and foster care.

Progressions - Access to individualized, strength-based, trauma-informed, quality behavioral health supports and services.

Disability Awareness

Disability Rights, Pennsylvania - Helps to access community services, MA, and education. Addresses ADA compliance, assistive technology, voting rights, legal issues, and situations of discrimination, abuse and neglect.

PA Family Network - Resources, advocacy, and workshops for persons with autism or an intellectual disablity and their families.

PEAL Center: Parent Education &Advocacy Leadership - Works with famlies, youth, and young adults with disabilities and special health care needs on their rights and advocating for themselves.

Other Resources

Family Service Association - Programs and services focused on preparing children and adolescents for the future.

PaTTAN: Supports for Families - A compliation of resources for families to support academics, behavior, technology use, and more.

Social-Emotional Learning

Milestone Behavioral - Wrap around autisic support, group therapy and outpatient therapy.

Potential, Inc. - Providing quality interventions for individuals with Autism.

Support Groups

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Provides support groups for people of all ages dealing with mental health challenges. Educational programs for schools and community.

Transition

TIP/Access Services - TIP serves young adults who struggle with mental health issues. They provide a one on one peer support who can provide guidance in future planning and managing mental health issues.

Understanding the Process

Bucks IU Transition Services and Programs

Wellness

Magellan Behavioral Health - Provides list of mental health providers for families with medical assistance.

NOVA Victim's Services - Programs to meet individual needs, including a victim hotline, interveiws with children of abuse, and trauma focused therapies.