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Transition
Strand
Coordinator: Pat Rogan
This strand focuses on cutting edge
transition strategies. Topics include effective transition planning and
services, facilitating self-determination and student involvement in
transition planning, transition services for youth ages 18-21, parent and
sibling perspectives on transition, and interagency collaboration and
funding mechanisms for seamless transitions.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Supporting Self-determination in Transition: Research to Practice
Stories of Change
Although self-determination is viewed as important, many teachers struggle
with how to support self-determination skills.
The presenters will share
stories and visual examples of how teachers have facilitated
self-determination among youth in transition.
Speakers: Patricia Rogan, Colleen Thoma, Mary F. Held
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Asset-Based Community Development and Youth Transition
Both youth with disabilities and their communities benefit
when communities recognize and build on youth strengths. Examples of
positive change when using person-centered planning and asset-based
community development with youth will be shared and discussed.
Speakers: Beth Swedeen, Heather H. Boyd
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Perspectives: Development and Implementation of an On-Campus Transition
Program
Montgomery County Public Schools, in partnership with higher
education, has extended the inclusion model for students with disabilities
to offer an age-appropriate post-graduate opportunity. The On-Campus
Transition Program provides special education on a college campus rather
than at a high school setting.
Speakers: Julie A. Ligon, Christina Gilley, Benjamin Dixon, Rachel
Janney, Nancy Landes, Wayne Zellers
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Disability Disclosure: Expanding
Opportunities for Youth
In
many cases, youth with significant disabilities have disabilities that are
visible and oftentimes pre-judged in regard to employment, education,
community, and social settings. Disability
disclosure can lead to the identification and implementation of useful
workplace accommodations, which in turn leads to increased exposure to new
opportunities. Presenters share "The 411 on Disability Disclosure
Workbook" developed by TransCen, Inc. for the National Collaborative
on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Y).
Speakers: Christy Holthaus-Stuart, Marianne Mooney
Friday, November 11, 2005
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Transition: What It Is and
What It Should Be
The
presentation will discuss best practices in planning, developing, and
implementing effective transition plans through the IEP process. It will
stress effective student and family involvement, roles and
responsibilities of schools, adult service providers and post school
funding sources (i.e. VR). It will present current systems barriers to
effective transition and provide strategies for effective, outcome based
transition services for students from mild to severe disabilities.
Speakers: Domenico J. Cavaiuolo, Daniel Steere
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Transition Outcomes: What IEP Goals are linked to Improved Outcomes for
Students with Significant Support Needs?
A
study was conducted in
Connecticut
of students with significant support needs who exited out of high school
prior to the age of 21. What was
learned by investigating the goals on their transition IEPs, their
transition outcomes, and from follow-up interviews with family members,
teachers, and the students themselves?
This presentation will share the data, outcome information, and the
interview results and the
analysis of this information.
Speakers: Ron Tamura, Colleen Thoma
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The path ahead: Parent and sibling perspectives of the transition
process
Perspectives
of the transition process have often been limited to parents and siblings'
perspectives have rarely been explored. Presenters will discuss
perspectives of both parents and siblings for key life domains as derived
from an empirical study utilizing survey methodology.
Speakers: Cynthia Chambers, Carolyn Hughes, Erik Carter
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Getting to the Front Line: Online Transition Professional Development
The
Transition Coalition (www.transitioncoalition.com) has designed a model to
build practitioner capacity in transition by collaborating with national
organizations, supporting regional transition activities, and linking SEAs
and IHEs with online resources, training and courses.
We will share these research-based online modules and provide
information about the results of our research efforts.
Speakers: Mary Morningstar, Dana Lattin
2:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Transition Service Integration Project:
Systems change for seamless transition to customized competitive
employment and full community inclusion
Join
us to learn how TSIP works. 8
years operating across various states. 60% customized competitive
employment outcome upon graduation (national average 13%).
New or converted adult agencies support employment and community
inclusion, before and after graduation, producing seamless transitions.
Speakers: Denise Mautz, Richard G. Luecking, Nicholas J. Certo,
Stephanie Jones, Jessica Delong
Saturday, November 12, 2005 – Poster Sessions
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Post Secondary Education Options for Individuals with Disabilities:
Tool Kit for Counselors
This
session will provide information from the National Clearinghouse on
Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities, HEATH Resource
at the
George
Washington
University
. The newest publication from
HEATH, Counselor's Toolkit: Advising High School Students with
Disabilities on Postsecondary Options will be featured. Additional
information on publications, materials, resources, websites and links to
consortium members will be provided.
Speakers: Pam Ekpone
Effective Transition Planning through Community
Resource Mapping
Representatives
from the
National
Center
on Secondary Education and Transition share strategies on how to discover,
leverage, and align broad youth services to address the educational,
employment, and developmental needs of youth with disabilities using a
community resource mapping process.
Speakers: Marianne Mooney, Kelly Crane
An Unheard Voice: Korean American Parents'
Visions for Their Young Adult Children with Disabilities
The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand Korean
American parents' visions for their children's future. The findings were
discussed to help professionals find ways of enhancing the involvement of
these parents in developing a future plan.
Speakers: Kyeong-Hwa Kim, Youngsum Lee
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