Scott Wilbur

Transition Director

Scott Wilbur is the Transition Director and founder of Next Level Transition Consulting. In addition to serving private pay clients throughout the Washington DC area, Next Level Transition Consulting is a vendor for the Department of Aging and Rehabilitation, Virginia’s vocational rehabilitation agency.

Over his 15 plus year career, he has helped clients find success in many fields including hospitality, retail, finance, IT, computer programing and application development, engineering, marketing, video/stage production, and applied statistics. He has worked with clients of every education and skill level, from high school diplomas to advanced graduate degrees. Developing flexible, practical, and inconspicuous coping strategies for employment, transition, goal setting, self-advocacy, and networking are a primary focus of Scott’s expertise.

Scott has been a career counselor, career coach, job coach, special education teacher (Fairfax Public Schools and the Pulley Center) community job-site coordinator, and a professional musician. Scott has written about self-advocacy in the workplace for ADDitude magazine and discussed employment issues on radio shows including The Mary and Melissa Show, as well as Attention Talk Radio.

He has shared his experience and knowledge through presentations at the US Department of Education, the national Learning Disabilities Association of America Conference, and through workshops and projects relating to employment for organizations such as the Autism Society, Autism Speaks, Organization For Autism Research, FCPS, Arlington County Public Schools, Montgomery County Transition Work Group, Beacon College, School Talk, and the ARC.

Scott’s most important qualification is his own struggle with ADHD, multiple learning disabilities, and depression. He understands the assets and challenges of neurodivergent thinkers and what it takes for them to compete in the workforce because he travels that path himself.