Students &
Parents
Helping students transition to the workforce


What do I want to do after I graduate from high school? What are my options? If you are a Nevada student with a disability asking these questions, you have come to the right place! VR Nevada can help you transition to higher education and/or employment.
Vocational Rehabilitation counselors are available to provide transition assistance to students as young as age 14 in middle school and those in high schools and alternative schools in Nevada. The transition program is completely confidential and is a team effort involving students, parents/guardians, school staff, and Vocational Rehabilitation counselors and transition coordinators.
To get the process started, contact Shay McGee, Statewide Transition Coordinator, at (702) 486-7284 or via email at smcgee@detr.nv.govopens a new window.
Or, complete an online application at the link below:
Pre-employment transition services
VR Nevada provides FREE pre-employment transition services to students who are:
- Between the ages of 14 and 21
- Enrolled in traditional or alternative secondary or post-secondary programs
- Eligible for special-education-related services under IDEA (e.g. have an individualized education program [IEP] or 504 plan) or are considered an individual with a disability under Section 504
Contact Shay McGee,
Statewide Transition Coordinator
702-486-7284 ● smcgee@detr.nv.gov
Watch the video to learn more about Pre-ETS
- Our Mission
- Who Our Free Programs Serve
- Who’s Eligible
- Focus Areas
If you’re a student or teacher in a special education program or parent with a child in special education and think these services would be helpful contact us at pre-ets@detr.nv.govopens a new window!


Through these services,
students will:
- Learn how to request the support and services they need
- Learn about their rights and responsibilities
- Identify career interests
- Develop skills needed in today’s workforce
- Experience hands-on learning in the workplace
Focus areas include:
- Instruction in self-advocacy to assist students in gaining the knowledge and skills to effectively communicate, negotiate or assert their own interests and desires
- Job exploration counseling to help students discover their skills, abilities and interests
- Counseling about enrollment in local community college or post-secondary education programs
- Workplace readiness training to develop social skills, independent living and employability skills
- Work opportunities and experiences inside or outside of the traditional school setting
Parent and family involvement
Studies show (PDF)opens a new window that the success of students with disabilities is greatly improved when family is involved in the development of a collaborative plan for transitioning to employment or higher education and living independently. Family input helps Vocational Rehabilitation staff better understand students’ needs, and advocate, assist and support the student during this important time. Positive family involvement helps these young people believe they can accomplish their goals, but also helps in specific, concrete ways, such as assisting with job transportation.
VR Nevada encourages schools to include VR Nevada counselors in developing Individual Education Plans for students 14 and older, to give VR Nevada staff an early opportunity to initiate contact with the family.
Each family has its own structure, roles, values, beliefs and coping styles. VR Nevada staff respects this diversity, as well as family autonomy and decision-making. Families can choose the level and nature of early contact that is comfortable for them. VR Nevada staff can also work with parents and guardians to encourage a certain amount of risk-taking to help students be as independent as possible.


Amplify Life Camp
The Amplify Life opens a new window organization, headquartered in Reno, provides recreational, therapeutic and educational programs to children, teens and adults with disabilities. Pre-vocational, skills-based camps are funded by the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and are designed to improve the ability of Nevadans with disabilities to secure competitive employment, live independently, and advocate for themselves.
At the Amplify Life camps, young people between the ages of 14 and 22 learn in a classroom setting, participate in hands-on activities, and go on outings into the community to explore career opportunities and meet local employers.
Find your counselor
Select your school from the drop down to find your counselor and technician.
If you are seeking the counselor for a State Public Charter School not listed, please contact Mat Dorangricchia for the North & Rural and Trina Bourke for the South
- All
- AACT
- ACE
- Advanced Technologies Academy
- Alpine Academy
- ALT School
- Arbor View HS
- Aspire
- Basic HS
- Battle Mountain HS
- Beacon Academy
- Beatty
- Bishop Manoque HS
- Blind & Visually Impaired
- Bonanza HS
- Boulder City HS
- Burk Horizon Southwest Sunset Academy
- C.O. Bastian
- Canyon Springs HS
- Carlin HS
- Carson HS
- Centennial HS
- Chaparral
- Cheyenne HS
- Child Haven K-12
- Churchill County HS
- Cimmarron Memorial
- Clark HS
- College of So NV HS East (CSN)
- College of So NV HS South (CSN)
- College of So NV HS West (CSN)
- Connections Academy
- Coral Academy
- Coronado HS
- Counselors North
- Counselors South
- Damonte Ranch HS
- Dayton HS
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- Del Sol HS
- Delta Acadamy
- Desert Oasis HS
- Desert Pines
- Desert Regional Center
- Desert Rose
- Doral Rock Academy
- Douglas HS
- Douglas Nevada Online (DNO)
- Durango HS
- East Career Technical Academy
- Eldorado
- Elko HS
- Eureka County HS
- Explore Academy
- Faith Lutheran
- Fernley HS
- Foothill HS
- Gabbs HS
- Galena HS
- George Whittell HS
- Gerlach HS
- Global Community HS
- Green Valley HS
- Helen J. Stewart School
- Hug HS
- Incline HS
- Indian Springs HS
- Inspire Academy
- Jackpot HS
- JDII Heritage Park
- Job Discovery Program II
- John F. Miller School
- Juvenile Court-SDCC
- Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
- Las Vegas HS
- Laughlin HS
- Legacy HS
- Liberty HS
- Lincoln County HS
- Lowry HS
- Lund HS
- Marvin Picollo School
- McDermitt Combines Schools
- McQueen HS
- Mesquite HS
- Miley Achievement Center
- Mineral County HS
- Mission HS
- Moapa Valley HS
- Mojave HS
- Nevada Learning Academy
- Nevada State HS
- New Horizons Academy
- Newton Learning Center
- Next Step
- North Valleys HS
- Northstar Online
- Northwest Career and Technical Academy
- Oasis Charter School
- Odyssey
- Owyhee HS
- P2I-UNR
- Pahranagat Valley HS
- Pahrump HS
- Palo Verde
- Pathway to Work-Get Fresh
- Pershing County HS
- Peterson Behavioral
- Piccollo School
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada*Cadence Campus
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada*Sloan Campus
- Pinecrest Academy Virtual
- Pioneer HS
- Pre Employment Transition Services (Pre ETS)
- Project FOCUS (CTP)
- Project Focus UNLV
- Project Search
- Pyramid Lake HS
- Rainshadow Charter School
- Rancho HS
- Reed HS
- Reno HS
- RISE Academy
- Round Mountain HS
- Sandy Valley HS
- Shadow Ridge HS
- Sierra Lutheran HS
- Sierra Vista HS
- Silver Stage HS
- Silverado HS
- Smith Valley HS
- Somerset Academy * SkyPointe Campus
- Somerset Losee Academica
- Southeast Career Technical Academy
- Southwest Career and Technical Academy
- Spanish Springs HS
- Sparks HS
- Sports Leadership and Management Academy of Nevada
- Spring Creek HS
- Spring Valley HS
- Steptoe Valley HS
- Subminimum Wage Certificate-Not Seeking
- Summit View HS
- Sunrise Mountain
- Technicians North
- Technicians South
- TMCC HS
- Tonopah HS
- Transition Academy
- Turning Point HS
- Valley
- Variety HS
- Veteran's Tribute
- Virgin Valley HS
- Virginia City HS
- Washoe Innovations
- Wells HS
- West Career & Technical Academy
- West Prep Academy
- West Wendover HS
- Western
- White Pine (Ely)
- Wooster HS
- Yerington HS
- All
- AACT
- ACE
- Advanced Technologies Academy
- Alpine Academy
- ALT School
- Arbor View HS
- Aspire
- Basic HS
- Battle Mountain HS
- Beacon Academy
- Beatty
- Bishop Manoque HS
- Blind & Visually Impaired
- Bonanza HS
- Boulder City HS
- Burk Horizon Southwest Sunset Academy
- C.O. Bastian
- Canyon Springs HS
- Carlin HS
- Carson HS
- Centennial HS
- Chaparral
- Cheyenne HS
- Child Haven K-12
- Churchill County HS
- Cimmarron Memorial
- Clark HS
- College of So NV HS East (CSN)
- College of So NV HS South (CSN)
- College of So NV HS West (CSN)
- Connections Academy
- Coral Academy
- Coronado HS
- Counselors North
- Counselors South
- Damonte Ranch HS
- Dayton HS
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- Del Sol HS
- Delta Acadamy
- Desert Oasis HS
- Desert Pines
- Desert Regional Center
- Desert Rose
- Doral Rock Academy
- Douglas HS
- Douglas Nevada Online (DNO)
- Durango HS
- East Career Technical Academy
- Eldorado
- Elko HS
- Eureka County HS
- Explore Academy
- Faith Lutheran
- Fernley HS
- Foothill HS
- Gabbs HS
- Galena HS
- George Whittell HS
- Gerlach HS
- Global Community HS
- Green Valley HS
- Helen J. Stewart School
- Hug HS
- Incline HS
- Indian Springs HS
- Inspire Academy
- Jackpot HS
- JDII Heritage Park
- Job Discovery Program II
- John F. Miller School
- Juvenile Court-SDCC
- Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
- Las Vegas HS
- Laughlin HS
- Legacy HS
- Liberty HS
- Lincoln County HS
- Lowry HS
- Lund HS
- Marvin Picollo School
- McDermitt Combines Schools
- McQueen HS
- Mesquite HS
- Miley Achievement Center
- Mineral County HS
- Mission HS
- Moapa Valley HS
- Mojave HS
- Nevada Learning Academy
- Nevada State HS
- New Horizons Academy
- Newton Learning Center
- Next Step
- North Valleys HS
- Northstar Online
- Northwest Career and Technical Academy
- Oasis Charter School
- Odyssey
- Owyhee HS
- P2I-UNR
- Pahranagat Valley HS
- Pahrump HS
- Palo Verde
- Pathway to Work-Get Fresh
- Pershing County HS
- Peterson Behavioral
- Piccollo School
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada*Cadence Campus
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada*Sloan Campus
- Pinecrest Academy Virtual
- Pioneer HS
- Pre Employment Transition Services (Pre ETS)
- Project FOCUS (CTP)
- Project Focus UNLV
- Project Search
- Pyramid Lake HS
- Rainshadow Charter School
- Rancho HS
- Reed HS
- Reno HS
- RISE Academy
- Round Mountain HS
- Sandy Valley HS
- Shadow Ridge HS
- Sierra Lutheran HS
- Sierra Vista HS
- Silver Stage HS
- Silverado HS
- Smith Valley HS
- Somerset Academy * SkyPointe Campus
- Somerset Losee Academica
- Southeast Career Technical Academy
- Southwest Career and Technical Academy
- Spanish Springs HS
- Sparks HS
- Sports Leadership and Management Academy of Nevada
- Spring Creek HS
- Spring Valley HS
- Steptoe Valley HS
- Subminimum Wage Certificate-Not Seeking
- Summit View HS
- Sunrise Mountain
- Technicians North
- Technicians South
- TMCC HS
- Tonopah HS
- Transition Academy
- Turning Point HS
- Valley
- Variety HS
- Veteran's Tribute
- Virgin Valley HS
- Virginia City HS
- Washoe Innovations
- Wells HS
- West Career & Technical Academy
- West Prep Academy
- West Wendover HS
- Western
- White Pine (Ely)
- Wooster HS
- Yerington HS