This participant's manual for a teleconference on independent living for youth with disabilities provides an agenda for the teleconference, a list of trainers, and information for assisting students' transitions to adult life. It includes "Building Your Future: A Guide to Transition from School to Work and Community," a publication for students developed by the Central New York Transition Coordination Site. This publication contains information on transition planning, laws and regulations governing transition planning, student participation in the Individualized Education Program process, making informed decisions, vocational assessment in the transition process, the roles of students and parents in working with the school, advocacy, shopping for adult service agencies, funding the choices, social security administration benefits, guardianship, and due process and the Client Assistance Program. Ten transition planning areas are outlined, and a transition planning checklist is included. Guidelines on how to advocate are provided. Following the manual, an overview of the transition process is included for families, along with a student satisfaction questionnaire and parent satisfaction questionnaire on transition services. The publication closes with a transition planning self-assessment inventory and a list of 18 related resources. (CR)