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If your older teen / young adult child is not quite ready for independent living, a Young Adult Transition Program or Gap Year program may be just what you need. Find a host of programs, schools, and educational consultants to help you choose the right Young Adult Transition Program for your almost adult child!

National and International

Life Compass Partners, Educational Consultants -- We help you find the right residential and non-residential programs for children and teens with all sort of LD ,behavioral, emotional and medical situations

Emerge College Success Program, integrates life coaching and student support services into each student's transition to college.

Horizon Family Solutions -- school and transition program placement and counseling for at risk teens and their families

Life Development Institute -- innovative experiential learning and a practical, supportive transition process to adult living

OPTIONS at Brehm, is a comprehensive transitional program for young adults with learning disabilities in Illinois

Options for College Success, is a supervised college program, located in Evanston, Illinois, for young adults between 18 - 30 with learning disabilities

REACH at the University of Iowa , a living-learning campus experience to help young adults with multiple learning and cognitive disabilities become independent, engaged members of their community.

TechieforLife -- young adult transition program offering vocational training (with emphasis on computer skills), college courses, life skills, social skills training

State and Regional Listings

Arizona

California

Statewide, Regional and Local Services

Napa--Moving Forward, residential and life skills program for young adults with with developmental, learning, and autism spectrum disabilities.

South Pasadena--services that help young adults transition from dependence to independence

Sierra Madre--TOTAL (Treatment of The Autistic Leaner) Programs, provide quality education and life skills training to individuals with Autism or other exceptional needs and their families

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Boca Raton --Leslie Rouder, LCSW, can assist university students in navigating their way through the system and finding success

Jacksonville,-- A New Life for Woman, intensive outpatient program for women trying to heal from addiction and trauma

Idaho

Bonners Ferry and Coeur D'Alene

Echo Springs Transition Study Center

Boise, Emerge College Success Program integrates life coaching and student support services into each student's transition to college.

Illinois

Carbondale -- OPTIONS at Brehm, a comprehensive transitional program for young adults with learning disabilities

Evanston -- Options for College Success is a supervised college program for young adults 18-30 with learning disabilities

Wilmette --Learning Disabilities Services , assesssment and help for teens with LD and ADD/ ADHD, plus educational, career, and college counseling

Indiana

Iowa

Iowa City

Kansas

Lawrence

Life Enrichment Center, LLC

Maine

Maryland

Life Compass Partners, in Chevy Chase, Educational Consultants -- We help you find the right residential and non-residential programs for children and teens with all sort of LD ,behavioral, emotional and medical situations

Hunt Valley,Towson -- Clarity Assessments provides career coaching to young adults and adults

Silver Spring, --Chesapeake ADHD Center of Maryland, coaching and counseling for at risk teens and young adults

Amenia--The Maplebrook School, offers students with LD a collegiate experience including credentials programs and courses for college credit

New York City--New Frontiers, support for Students transitioning to college in New York City and Westchester

Oregon

Statewide or Regional Services

Bend

Horizon Family Solutions

Pennslvania

Glenmoore-- The Camphill School, offers a pre-vocational transition program for young adults with intellectual disabilities who are between 18 and 21

Utah

St. George --TechieForLife, YA transition program offers residential school with vocational training (with emphasis on computer skills), college courses, life skills, social skills training

Washington --At The Crossroads, a Young Adult Transitional program designed to help students (18 and older) gain a healthy and independent life away from their home environment

Virginia

Wisconsin

Union Grove---Shepherds College, Post secondary School for Young Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Wyoming

Powell --Beartooth Mountain Ascent, Christian recovery program helps at-risk young men, ages 18-28 overcome addictions and self destructive habits through acquiring life skills, vocational skills, faith, and good habits on a working cattle ranch.

Disclaimer: ISER provides this information in an effort to aid parents in finding local special education program, school or professional to help their children. ISER does not recommend or endorse any school, program, or provider or services, nor can we guarantee that any particular program, professional or school will be appropriate for a given child. These decisions are for parents to make. Please do your research carefully.