Caring for your child

This resource provides how to contact the Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline and resources the hotline can offer.

This pocket-sized tip card has the basics about car passenger safety — with room for you to customize it with your state's traffic code. Then cut, fold, laminate and distribute the tip cards to law enforcement officers to carry with them. Many in law enforcement feel that lack of knowledge prohibits them from writing citations and warnings or providing guidance during a routine traffic stop.

Provides a brief overview of the importance of risk and protective factors as they relate to suicide and offers guidance about how communities can best use them to decrease suicide risk.

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at CHOP provides an evidence-based website called teendriversource.research.chop.edu for teens, parents, policymakers and those that support and educate them. Get information on best practices for learning to drive, Graduated Driver Licensing laws, and guiding teens during the risky early years of independent driving. Access free practice driving lessons, videos, fact sheets, and more.

If you are a high school or a college student with a disability, you have come to the right place! The Student Lounge has resources designed to help you learn more about how to prepare for and be successful in postsecondary education and careers.

Transitioning can be an overwhelming process. Pacer’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment offers resources on the transition process for middle school and high school, postsecondary education, employment, benefit programs, and independent and community living.

Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) offers a self-advocacy guide for transition to adulthood, with information to help you in advocating for yourself or someone else with a disability.

This resource from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides information about Individualized Education Programs as part of transition planning.

Driving resources for teens with neurodevelopmental differences, such as autism or ADHD.

Learning how to drive is an important milestone for many teens and young adults. All new drivers need to know how their health conditions may affect their ability to drive safely. The effects of CHD on your everyday activities may transfer over to your driving abilities. Being aware of this can help increase your safety behind the wheel.