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Future Plans

This page offers information about education, employment, and independent living as you think about graduating from high school and considering what to do in the future. One thing for parents to consider for the future is guardianship, planning ahead before your child becomes an emancipated adult at age 18.

Guardianship

• General Guardianship Information
  Your child's school staff or benefits caseworker may or may not ask you about your plans for advocacy. Please learn more before your child turns 18, even if you do not think you will need guardianship. Courts usually grant a limited guardianship (medical, financial, etc.) unless a full guardianship is determined by the court to be necessary. Even if parents think that it is obvious that their child will not be able to make legal decisions, guardianship is required for parents to make those decisions after the child turns 18 years old.
• Guardianship and Estate Planning
  Learn about the importance of exploring guardianship for children who are unable to make their own legal decisions before they turn 18-years-old and parents lose the legal ability to make those decisions.
• Utah Office of Public Guardian
  The state agency responsible for providing public guardianship and conservatorship to incapacitated adults. The Office offers assessments for guardianship, informaiton about alternatives to guardianship, information about petitioning the court for guardianship, and more. The site provides information, publications, links to events, and links to related organizations.

Education: Services

• K-12 Education Services
• Utah Special Education Services
  Directory of public, priavate, and charter schools in Utah; includes contact information for schools.
• Utah State Educational Directory
  Links to special education services, resources, and rules at the Utah State Office of Education.
• Utah State Office of Education
  Links to general education services, resources, and rules.
• Vocational Rehabilitation, see Employment below.
• University Disability Resource Centers
• Utah System of Higher Education
• University of Utah
• Utah State University
• Weber State University
• Southern Utah University
• Utah Valley University
• Snow College
• Dixie State College
• College of Eastern Utah
• Salt Lake Community College
• Utah College of Applied Technology
  Please go to the website for campus specific phone numbers since no direct link to their disability resource center is available.
• Utah Private Higher Education Institutions
• Brigham Young University
• LDS Business College
• Western Governors University
  Please call 1-866-225-5948 for information.
• Westminster College
• Other Accredited Institutions
• Columbia College
• Neumont University
• Stevens-Henager College
  Please call 1-800-622-2640 for information.
• Webster University
• University of Phoenix
• Eagle Gate College
  Please call 1-866-284-8680 for information.
• Provo College
  Please call 1-877-777-5866 for information.
• Utah Career College
  Please see the website for campus specific phone numbers.

Employment: Services

• Vocational Rehabilitation
  Helps individuals with disabilities find employment. The website has links to events, training, and other services. Also see the main Utah State Office of Rehabilitation page.
• Work Ability
  Provides benefits planning, EPASS, Ticket to Work, employment resources, advocacy, and more.

Independent Living

• Independent Living: Services
• Utah Statewide Independent Living Council (USILC)
  Non-profit organization that promotes full inclusion, independence, and empowerment of people with disabilities through advocacy/systems change, planning/organization, education, networking, resource development and independent living service enhancement.
• Emergency Preparedness: Articles and Tools
• Disability Preparedness
• Disability 911
• Utah State University, CPD

Thank you to the BLT Project for reviewing and improving these pages.

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