Careers Wales has produced a great website for young people with a learning difficulties; called My Future it has information and games to help learners plan their future.

Content includes...

  • What am I like?
    • What do I need to know about myself? - How does this help me? - Who else needs to know? - How can I tell them?
  • Exploring options
    • Staying in school - Local College - Specialist College - Work - Work-based learning - Daytime opportunities - Volunteering - Job leaflets
  • How will I decide?
    • Decisions - Who can help me? - How do I choose? - Transition planning - Money matters - Transport - Marks Journey - Rhys' Journey
  • Who can Help me?
    • Family/Carers - Teachers and other staff in school/college - Careers Adviser - Social Worker - Advocate - Key Worker - Disability Employment Adviser
  • Independent living
    • Accommodation; where will I live? - Daily living skills - Leisure time - People in the community - Money - Kate's Journey - Chick in the City
  • Help with getting a job
    • Choosing a job - Workexperiencee - Application forms - Disclosing a disability - CV - Interviews - Rights at work - Support at work - Chick in the City

These resources,although aimed at a specific group of learners, can be used as they stand and/or used as an example of 'excellence' when learning providers are developing their own resources; especially those with responsibilities for IAG (Information, Advice and Guidance).

Family Learning practitioners may also find these resources invaluable if they are engaged in raising the awareness of parents/guardians/carers/etc., about the future of young adults.

Find out more by visiting http://www.careerswales.com/myfuture/.

Other sections on Careers Wales website are also worth a closer look http://www.careerswales.com/server.php?show=nav.5334&outputLang=.

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