Support your child's future
How can I help my child prepare for the future?- Parent roles
- Your career story
- Good involvement
- Influences of family background
- Gender differences
- Children with special needs
- Gifted children
Why should my child explore careers?- Myths about work and education
- The world of work is changing
- Education pays
- Building foundation skills
- Being "college ready"
What types of career decisions do young people make?- Ingredients of career planning
- Self-knowledge
- Knowledge of the world of work and education
- Decision making and goal setting
- Stages of career development
- Career awareness
- Career exploration
- Career planning and preparation
- Career establishment and transitions
How can I help my child progress on his or her career path?- Developing assets
- Elementary assets
- Middle and high school assets
- Fostering self-confidence
- Understanding learning style
- Supporting success in school
- Elementary school involvement and student success
- Middle school involvement and student success
- High school involvement and student success
- Supporting success in college
- Exploring interests
- Developing skills and abilities
- Developing good work habits
- Motivating
- Motivating elementary students
- Motivating middle school students
- Motivating high school students
- Motivating college-age students
- Motivating job seekers
- Supporting career-related learning
- Elementary school career-related learning
- Middle school career-related learning
- High school career-related learning
- College career-related learning
- Understanding the world of work
- Awareness of the world of work
- Exploration of the world of work
- Experiencing the world of work
- Keeping informed about the world of work
- Creating an educational plan
- Middle school plans
- High school plans
- College plans
- Lifelong learning plans
- Choosing the right classes
- Choosing the right classes in middle school
- Choosing the right classes in high school
- Choosing the right classes in college
- Encouraging extracurricular activities
- High school activities
- College activities
- Building work experience
- Using quality career information
How can I afford college or training?- Choosing the right educational path
- Finding the right college or training program
- Planning ahead
- Locating financial aid
- Being aware of money
- Money and young children
- Money during the middle years
- Money during high school
- Money during college and beyond
Where do I go from here?- If you are ready to do something today...
- If you are ready to do something today...
- If you are ready to do something today...
- If you are ready to do something today...
- If you are ready to do something today...
- Tips for Parents
- Tips for parents of elementary students
- Tips for parents of middle school students
- Tips for parents of high school students
- Tips for parents of college students
- Checklists
- Checklist for parents of elementary students
- Checklist for parents of middle school students
- Checklist for parents of high school students
- Checklist for parents of college students
- Activities
- Activities for elementary students
- Activities for middle school students
- Activities for high school students
- Activities for college students
- Activities to help with first jobs
- Other resources
- Resources for parents of elementary students
- Resources for parents of middle school students
- Resources for parents of high school students
- Resources for parents of college students
- Resources to help children with first jobs
What types of career decisions am I still making?
How can I progress on my career path?
Am I ready to do something today?- Resources for my own career development
- Activities for my own career development
- ... in elementary school or younger?
- ... in middle school?
- ... in high school?
- ... in college?
- ... looking for a job?
- Thinking about your own career?
