This program helps middle school students with disabilities obtain self-advocacy, self-determination, and leadership skills. It focuses on promoting a greater access to general education curriculum, a greater participation in IEP and transition planning, improved self-management and self-regulation skills, and more. It is a partnership between the South Dakota Council on Developmental Disabilities, South Dakota Parent Connection, and the University of South Dakota Center for Disabilities.

This program provides evaluation and training in use of assistive technology devices to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Devices range from "low tech" devices such as Braille watches or magnifiers to "high tech" devices such as magnification and speech output computer programs or handheld electronic magnification devices.

The Business Enterprise Program helps people who are blind become food service or vending operators.

This one-day conference enables high school students with disabilities who are considering post-secondary education to hear from current college or technical institute students who have disabilities, ask Disability Coordinators about entrance and eligibility requirements, learn how to secure appropriate accommodations, and practice self-advocacy and communication skills. It is run by the Transition Services Liaison Project (TSLP), which is funded by the South Dakota Special Education Programs Office and Division of Rehabilitation Services and managed by Black Hills Special Services Cooperative (BHSSC).

This program provides employment assistance to individuals with disabilities who have the most significant limitations. It focuses on building employer-employee relationships and providing long-term employment support.

This program provides four trainings throughout South Dakota for rural and Native American communities, informing community members of best practices to provide services for individuals with disabilities. These services include Native American vocational rehabilitation and college counseling services.

This program involves an annual one-day session to help high school students with disabilities improve their employability skills and increase their likelihood of obtaining competitive employment. It is run by the Transition Services Liaison Project (TSLP), which is funded by the South Dakota Special Education Programs Office and Division of Rehabilitation Services and managed by Black Hills Special Services Cooperative (BHSSC).

This program provides a variety of direct services for children and youth with disabilities, families, professionals, and other organizations that support them. This includes helping parents participate effectively in their children’s education and development and partnering with professionals and policymakers to improve outcomes for children with disabilities.

Project SEARCH is a one-year transition-to-work program for students with significant disabilities that includes classroom instruction, career exploration, and internship rotations. It is a collaboration between local businesses, state agencies, local school systems, and other entities, and is offered at several locations.

This program protects individuals with disabilities by empowering them and advocating on their behalf. This includes providing information and referrals, providing training and technical assistance to service providers, and conducting self-advocacy training.

This program provides specialized services designed to enhance quality of life and community inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It provides short-term individualized treatment services to promote skill development and self-management. It also encourages active participation of the person's support network (family, friends, etc.) to strengthen natural supports.

This week-long program helps prepare high school students who are blind or visually impaired for careers or postsecondary education. Participants stay in dormitories at Augustana University and participate in a variety of activities that promote vocational learning, career exploration, social skills, self-advocacy, and independence.

This summer program focuses on preparing youth with disabilities for a successful transitions out of high school. It highlights self-awareness and advocacy skills and assists participants in exploring options such as vocational training, employment, education, adult services, independent living, and community participation.

This program provides training opportunities to help individuals with disabilities find competitive employment. Employment preparedness training covers training and skill development; understanding the workday, breaks, and use of sick/vacation days; feedback on job performance; pay for work completed while learning skills; and training for catering, baking and food preparation services, custodial and maintenance services, clerical, data entry, and pre-sort mail services.

These workshops provide secondary special education teachers and directors an overview of how the transition process can guide IEP development to assist the student in achieving their postsecondary goals. It is run by the Transition Services Liaison Project (TSLP), which is funded by the South Dakota Special Education Programs Office and Division of Rehabilitation Services and managed by Black Hills Special Services Cooperative (BHSSC).

This program generates recommended "next steps" for successful transitions for youth with disabilities or chronic healthcare needs. The program makes recommendations for future education, health, employment, and independent living opportunities. It focuses on family engagement throughout this process and highlights participants' strengths in future planning.

This project provides support to employment specialists, other vocational rehabilitation service providers, and vocational rehabilitation counselors through ongoing face-to-face training and online networking sessions. Training sessions are offered monthly, and other technical assistance is offered on an as-needed basis. It is a collaboration between the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services and the University of South Dakota's Center for Disabilities.

This program provides supplementary training to Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) service providers and job counselors. It focuses on improving participant skills in job development, employer relations, job carving, creating a good job match, and promoting success after placement. The program also provides technical assistance to VR counselors who request it.

This program helps individuals with disabilities who are receiving Social Security Disability benefits make informed choices about work and make a successful transition to self-sufficiency.

This week-long leadership and career preparation training program enables students with disabilities to learn more about their disability, different leadership styles, how to analyze their strengths and weaknesses, how to enhance their organizational skills, how to influence others, and more. It is run by the Transition Services Liaison Project (TSLP), which is funded by the South Dakota Special Education Programs Office and Division of Rehabilitation Services and managed by Black Hills Special Services Cooperative (BHSSC).