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National Community of Practice on Transition

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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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* NSTTAC/IDEA Partnership SOP 3-31-10 Webinar Link
Posted on Thursday 1st April 2010, 1:36pm by Debra Grabill
235 people participated in the March 31st webinar on Summary of Performance. Here is the link to access the archived recording. https://tadnet.ilinc.com/join/vrjpzhx

The powerpoint presentation can be found in the Files section, in the column to the right.
* NSTTAC/IDEA Partnership Summary of Performance Webinar Draws a Crowd!
Posted on Thursday 1st April 2010, 12:05pm by Debra Grabill
Yesterday's NSTTAC/IDEA Partnership Webinar drew 235 people into conversation on Summary of Performance (SOP). The following individuals lent their expertise and contributed to a great discussion (in presentation order):

Catherine Burzio, Transition Coordinator, Parent Education Advocacy Training Center, Falls Church, VA

Rebecca Cort, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Education Department - VESID; Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation

Ed Amundson, Special Education Teacher, C.K.McClatchy High School, Sacramento, CA; National Education Association Special Education Cadre

Stacie Dojonovic, Transition Facilitator, Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh, PA; Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Career Development and Transition

Steve Bigaj, Professor of Education; Director, Graduate Studies, Keene State College, Keene, NH

Jane Warner, Director, Disability Services, Keene State College, Keene, NH

Matthew Shapiro, Student, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA


One conclusion: waiting until a student is exiting high school is much too late, that the SOP requirement should be seen as a great tool for students, families, school and VR staff to use to support building a student's self-advocacy skills and everyone's understanding of the student's interests, abilities and support needs.

What do you think? Please add your questions and ideas to the discussion. Select "Practice Groups" under the "Groups" section in the column to the right and join the Summary of Performance Practice Group. Welcome!

The SOP Webinar link will be posted here once it available. For additional information and great resources on Secondary Transition, please visit the NSTTAC website: www.nsttac.org
* NSTTAC/IDEA Partnership SOP Webinar Follow-up Opportunities!
Posted on Wednesday 31st March 2010, 3:15pm by Debra Grabill
Are you interested in learning about and/or following-up on the March 31 NSTTAC/IDEA Partnership webinar on Summary of Performance? Would you like to provide your input into the discussion? Do you have additional questions? Do you have resources to share? Would you like to develop resources with others?

If so - you now have the opportunity to do so by joining the National Community of Practice on Transition, Summary of Performance Practice Group! Questions from today's webinar will be posted in the Discussion section.

If you were unable to attend the webinar, it will be archived on the NSTTAC site, with the link posted here.

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