Long-Term Planning: Finances and the Future
Your child may be entitled to special education services until age 21, but what happens after that? Start looking into employment and residential programs -- and planning for your child's financial needs -- so that the transition will be a smooth one for your child and your family.
First Five Things to Do: Special Needs Trusts
If you know enough to be aware that you need to look into Special Needs Trusts, but not enough to know how to go about it, these five quick tips will get you started.
If you know enough to be aware that you need to look into Special Needs Trusts, but not enough to know how to go about it, these five quick tips will get you started.
First Five Things to Do: Estate Planning
Know you should be doing something with estate planning for your child, but don't know where to start? A lawyer who specializes in estate planning for children with special needs gets you going with five things to do right now.
Know you should be doing something with estate planning for your child, but don't know where to start? A lawyer who specializes in estate planning for children with special needs gets you going with five things to do right now.
Writing a Letter of Intent
If you were to die suddenly, would those left behind know all the details of your child's everyday life -- doctors, school programs, activities, medications, behavior strategies, routines? Put down all those things you handle so well in a Letter of Intent to guide your child's guardians.
If you were to die suddenly, would those left behind know all the details of your child's everyday life -- doctors, school programs, activities, medications, behavior strategies, routines? Put down all those things you handle so well in a Letter of Intent to guide your child's guardians.
Planning for Children with Special Needs
Information on financial planning for children with special needs from MetLife.
Information on financial planning for children with special needs from MetLife.
Special Needs Financial Services
From Merrill Lynch, information on Special Needs Trusts, programs to help with medical bill-paying, and other financial services for families of children with special needs.
From Merrill Lynch, information on Special Needs Trusts, programs to help with medical bill-paying, and other financial services for families of children with special needs.
Planning Your Child's Future
From SpecialChild.com, advice on how to make sure your child with special needs will be properly cared for in the event of your death.
From SpecialChild.com, advice on how to make sure your child with special needs will be properly cared for in the event of your death.
Future Planning/Guardianship/Trusts
From The Arc, a downloadable article on future planning at various stages in the life of a child with developmental or cognitive disabilities.
From The Arc, a downloadable article on future planning at various stages in the life of a child with developmental or cognitive disabilities.
Transition Planning: A Team Effort
Lengthy article from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities covering all aspects of transitioning a disabled student from the world of school to the world of adulthood.
Lengthy article from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities covering all aspects of transitioning a disabled student from the world of school to the world of adulthood.