This program enables individuals with disabilities, service providers and others to learn about, access, and acquire assistive technology needed for education, employment, and community living. Services include device demonstrations, reutilization, loans, and financing.
Operating Entity: University of Wyoming, Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (WATR)
Entity Type: College / University
Topic(s): Connecting Activities
CAP helps individuals who experience problems when applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation or independent living services. This includes advising and informing individuals of their rights and providing advocacy services.
Operating Entity: Protection and Advocacy System, Inc.
Entity Type: Non-Profit / Community Organization
Topic(s): Connecting Activities
This program provides families of individuals with disabilities with support, resources, and communities. Families are paired with mentors to discuss important issues regarding their family member with disabilities, locate community resources, and receive support at meetings and appointments.
Operating Entity: University of Wyoming, Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)
Entity Type: College / University
Topic(s): Family Engagement
This program supports Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers in 16 midwestern and western states. Services include one-to-one consultations, trainings and webinars, peer-to-peer mentoring, site visits, non-profit management tools, and more.
Operating Entity: WI FACETS
Entity Type: Non-Profit / Community Organization
Pre-ETS assist students with disabilities in identifying career interests and developing skills to be successful in the workplace. This includes five required activities: job exploration counseling, work-based learning experiences, workplace readiness training, counseling on comprehensive transition or postsecondary educational programs, and instruction in self-advocacy.
Operating Entity: --
Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
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.
Operating Entity: Protection and Advocacy System, Inc.
Entity Type: Non-Profit / Community Organization
This program provides culturally relevant vocational rehabilitation services to assist Alaska Native and American Indian individuals with disabilities residing on or near reservations in the state to prepare for and engage in gainful employment. Program services are provided under an individualized plan for employment.
Operating Entity: --
Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
Topic(s): Career Prep & Work-Based Learning
This program help out-of-school and in-school youth with one or more barriers to employment (including having a disability) prepare for and secure employment and postsecondary education opportunities. Services include tutoring; work experiences; occupational skills training; leadership development opportunities; and postsecondary education and training preparation activities.
Operating Entity: --
Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
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.
Operating Entity: Ability Connection Colorado
Entity Type: Non-Profit / Community Organization
Topic(s): Connecting Activities
These Webinars cover topics around how to support students in transition through use of assistive technology, including upcoming Webinars on Virtual assistive technology Supports for Students in Transition.
Operating Entity: University of Wyoming Project Echo
Topic(s): Assistive Technology, Transition
This webpage, written in response to the pandemic, reviews information about stress and covers ways to cope. The page also includes additional resources from the Mayo Clinic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It also provides information about the University of Wyoming's counseling and crisis intervention services.
Operating Entity: University of Wyoming
Topic(s): Mental Health
The Wyoming Department of Education created a resource document that addresses Questions and Answers about Serving Students with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Outbreak. Specifically, it discusses the process of virtual IEP reviews and adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the process for monitoring the growth of students with disabilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and various resources for educators hoping to learn more about this process.
Operating Entity: Wyoming Department of Education
Topic(s): Distance Learning
This page includes information about the University of Wyoming's free counseling program and specifically cites the pandemic and its impact as reason to seek counseling. A linked page of suggested resources includes ways to find a therapist, self-help groups and mobile apps.
Operating Entity: University of Wyoming
Topic(s): Mental Health
This blog contains general information about how COVID-19 and the pandemic can affect mental health. The article contains information about the Wyoming crisis line and links to Wyoming mental health centers and mental health information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Operating Entity: Wyoming Department of Health
Topic(s): Mental Health