Category: H2T

HEELS 2 Transition addresses topics such as making friends, finding a job, and moving away from home, while also exploring broader themes such as self-management, safety skills, career development, life skills, and mental health. The curriculum was developed with input from experts, parents, and the participants themselves.

When Dara Chan first joined the Higher Education, Employment, and Living Success (HEELS) 2 Transition (H2T) project toward building an inclusive post-secondary educational program at UNC in 2017, she did not expect the program to grow as expediently as it did. Beginning with discretionary funding from Oak Foundation in 2016,...

HEELS Prep, an interdisciplinary collaboration designed to support young adults with intellectual disabilities, concluded seven weeks of online programming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through weekly virtual group classes and individual coaching sessions, HEELS Prep addressed key areas of the transition to adulthood, including self-management, life skills, career development,...

HEELS Prep Transitions Online In Response to COVID-19 Pandemic HEELS Prep, an interdisciplinary collaboration designed to support young adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), has moved to an online format for summer 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; organizers hope the program will continue to support these individuals as they...

In summer 2019, the Department of Allied Health Science (DAHS), in partnership with TEACCH, the UNC School of Education, and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, will host the inaugural HEELS Summer Intensive, a week-long skills camp for young adults with intellectual disabilities to enjoy campus at UNC-Chapel Hill, to build...