Transitioning to Adulthood

The transition to adulthood is a major life stage filled with new social expectations.. It often comes with greater responsibility, unfamiliar environments, new people, and changing routines. For many young adults, this period can feel exciting, but also scary, overwhelming, or confusing.

SCC supports individuals as they prepare for these changes and learn to tolerate the discomfort that often comes with growth. A “next step” might mean college, employment, vocational training, or any combination of independent life skills. These transitions require more than academic knowledge—they require strong social understanding, self-management, and everyday life skills.

How SCC Helps

SCC provides structured, personalized coaching to guide young adults through this ambiguous and important stage of development.

Coaching may include support in:

● Interacting appropriately with supervisors, coworkers, professors, and customers.
● Understanding the unspoken social rules of different environments.
● Navigating college expectations: time management, organization, self-advocacy, and communication.
● Developing essential life skills: personal care, emotional regulation, money management, and independent living.
● Learning how to live successfully in a dorm, apartment, or shared residence.
● Building and maintaining friendships, understanding boundaries, and developing healthy relationship skills.

SCC’s Approach

The goal of SCC’s transition coaching is to give individuals the “map and GPS” they need to build confidence, navigate new demands, and discover their own social niche—in school, in the workplace, and in everyday life.

Coaching is available:

● In-office
● Virtually by phone or video
● On-site at schools, colleges, or workplaces when appropriate

SCC provides coaching to support this ambiguous stage of development.

Each session is personalized and structured. Coaching may include:

● How to interact as expected with supervisors, coworkers, and customers
● Understanding the unspoken rules of the environment we are in.
● How to navigate college as expected, with life skills like time management, organization, and self-advocacy
● How to manage one’s personal care, emotional regulation, money management, and navigating socially.
● How to live independently as expected in a dorm, apartment, or any other shared residence.
● How to be a friend, how to make friends and relationship skills .

The goal of SCC’s transition coaching is to provide individuals with ‘the map and GPS’ so that they can find their way towards their own social niche—in school, at work, and in everyday life.

Coaching is available in-office, virtually by phone or video, and—when helpful—on-site at schools or workplaces.