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In 2004, Federal, states and local agencies came together around their shared interest in improving school and post-school outcomes for youth. Today, four federal agencies, 10 states and many national organizations are joined in the community. Together, they focus on issues including: Meaningful Youth Role: Increasing Accessible Transportation: Outreach to Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Mental Health: Employment; and Post-secondary Options. Read the entire story at: http://www.ideapartnership.org/work4.cfm?communityid=4 View the Summary Powerpoint of the Community History and accomplishments at: http://www.ideapartnership.org/documents/National.CoP.Transition.ppt In 2004, Federal, states and local agencies came together around their shared interest in improving school and post-school outcomes for youth. Today, four federal agencies, 10 states and many national organizations are joined in the community. Together, they focus on issues including: Meaningful Youth Role: Increasing Accessible Transportation: Outreach to Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Mental Health: Employment; and Post-secondary Options.
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Bringing together all the elements needed for a successful transition for a youth with a disability can be a monumental effort. The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University - Rehabilitation Research Training Center is offering a webinar series for parents, students with disabilities, and the professionals who work with them.
All webinars are Free and begin at 2:00pm EST.
To register visit: www.nextsteps.peatc.org
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Continuing Rehabilitation Credits (CRCs)are available. For more information contact partners@peatc.org
• March 1: Straight Talk about Accommodation and Self-Disclosure
Marian Vessels, Director DBTAC: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center — Knowing what to disclose about a disability is as important as knowing when to disclose this personal information. Parents and transition professionals play a key role in preparing students with disabilities for this eventuality. Knowledge about key policies is only a part of the information youth with disabilities need to understand when talking self-disclosure and requesting accommodations.
• March 15: Don’t Leave School Without It-What’s in Your Wallet?
Stacey Milbern, Community Outreach Director, Ryan Pinion Director of Partnerships and Action, and intern Jessica Smith of the National Youth Leadership Network present youth perspectives on the important areas students with disabilities should be considering as they leave adolescence and enter adulthood. Choice without information is not really a choice. Community without access is really not community. Listen to how the National Youth Leadership Network is working to ensure that young people with disabilities enter adulthood fully prepared to navigate life.
• April 5: Guardianship – Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities
Sue Swenson, former Ex. Director, US Arc, and former Commissioner of Administration on Developmental Disabilities — Local school divisions must inform parents of the rights of youth with disabilities a full year before the student with a disability reaches the age of majority. State directives about guardianship, conservatorship, powers of attorney and other information are made available to families. However, families should understand the full responsibilities and risks associated with assuming guardianship of their children. Sue Swenson a parent and long time internationally renowned advocate outlines the questions parents should be asking prior to taking these steps.
• April 19: Parents As Essential Partners in Transition
Ann Turnbull, The Beach Center, Kansas University — Parents are looking for options for their young adult children with high support needs as they transition from high school to life. As partners with adult service providers parents can be the catalyst to ensure successful employment outcomes. But parents need help from service providers. They do not have access to evidence based practices found in professional journals nor do they have the time to devote to developing employment plans. Ann Turnbull from The Beach Center in Kansas University knows all too well the struggles parents of young adults with high support needs face in staring down convention and identifying alternative employment paths. Prevailing myths about the role parents play in supporting adult children’s work opportunities are explored.
• May 3: The New Ticket To Work Program - What’s in it for Young People
Sally Rhodes, Social Security Administration — The Social Security Administration is serious about ensuring young people with disabilities have the option of embarking upon meaningful careers and life long self-sufficiency. The Ticket to Work program is one tool to support new job seekers. Learn how young people with disabilities can access the array of Social Security work incentive programs and how they can take advantage of the resources Ticket to Work employment networks provide.
• May 17: Universal Design for Learning-a Pathway for Lifelong Learning
Frances G. Smith, Ed.D.,CVE, Coordinator of Technology and Distance Learning VCU TTAC—Technology advances are opening doors for people with disabilities in ways never before imagined. Families and educators can learn how classroom accommodations may be transferred in the transition to post school life. Parents can leverage this information to help their transition age youth with disabilities embrace strategies to help them become life long learners.