Mary Korpi, Guiding Your Teenager with Special Needs Through the Transition from School to Adult Life: Tools for Parents

Excerpt

In facing the daunting task of planning for the future of an adult child with a disability, even parents who are well-seasoned advocates for their children can experience feelings of fear and helplessness. In response, Guiding Your Teenager with Special Needs through the Transition from School to Adult Life offers a comforting, get-down-to-business perspective on navigating the uncertainty of adult services that is at once informative and empowering. Make no mistake about it, there’s lots of work ahead, but the short time you spend reading this book will pay great dividends in the inspiration it provides and the practical solutions it offers. Drawing from a career supporting and educating individuals with disabilities and their families as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Mary Korpi provides a compassionate and thorough instruction manual full of the nuts and bolts parents will need to effectively prepare and guide their teenage children through this important stage of life. Parents and professionals alike will benefit from the cogent way Korpi integrates a broad understanding of adult-service systems with practical guidelines for building opportunities for independent functioning into daily home, school, and community routines. …