Objectives:

Assist State Education Agencies with collecting data on IDEA (2004) Part B State Performance Plan Indicator 13 and using these data to improve transition services;

Generate knowledge that provides a foundation for states to improve transition services that enhance post-school outcomes;

Build capacity of states and local educational agencies to implement effective transition education and services that improve post-school outcomes; and

Disseminate information to state personnel, practitioners, researchers, parents, and students regarding effective transition education and services that improve post-school outcomes.

David W. Test, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Paula D. Kohler, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Western Michigan University

Larry Kortering, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Appalachian State University

This video provides a 16 minute overview of the NSTTAC website. Highlights include a tour of key sections tailored to help meet the school to post-secondary settings transition and indicator 13 needs of teachers, professionals and families.

The "Completing a Summary of Performance Form" video can now be found at this link

Recording of web-discussion: https://tadnet.ilinc.com/join/ykxhtvb

Handouts from conversation – Discusion Prompts | PowerPoint Slides

Please contact Catherine Fowler, chfowler@uncc.edu for additional information.

Transition Assessment, IEP Transition Pages, and Transition Curriculum for Students with Severe and Profound Disabilities Workshop.

This all-day workshop will present the essential information educators and transition specialists need to understand and implement transition education in their middle and high school programs for students with severe and profound disabilities. Follow this link for more.

The following resources are available through the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, the National High School Center, the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center, and the National Post-School Outcomes Center. This link is provided to streamline access to information and tools for implementing effective practices to decrease dropout, improve secondary transition services, and improve outcomes for students. Viewing these resources as a set may allow users to choose interventions which align with their priorities for improvement.

Resources regarding data collection, reporting, and use for various transition-related Indicators have been assembled by the Regional Resource Centers, and national TA Centers. These may be viewed at this link.

The following activity provides an opportunity for you to start thinking about what you want to do after you finish high school.

Register here

May 18 - May 21 at Hilton Charlotte University Place, Charlotte, NC

Follow this link to download a PDF version of the NSTTAC Mid-year Institute presentation.

The Evaluation Toolkit is available. Follow this link to the table-of-contents where you find a list of links to documents and instructions for creating your own Evaluation Toolkit notebook.

The Transition Institute Toolkit is available. Follow this link to the table-of-contents where you find a list of links to documents and instructions for creating your own Transition Institute Toolkit notebook.

Follow this link to download Webinar materials.

Please also open this link in addition the archived webinar, to allow access to all of the resources discussed during the webinar hosted on July 30, 2009. You may also view Connecticut’s resources.

NSTTAC is looking for ways to help you do your job while meeting the transition-related needs of our students. Take a minute or two and give us some feedback:
http://survey.rcoe.appstate.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=l430362