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The new leverage briefs are the culmination of OSEP’s Attract, Prepare, Retain: Effective Personnel for All Initiative and highlight 13 leverage points covering strategies recognized by various stakeholders as essential to addressing critical shortages in the special education workforce.
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The Intervention IDEAs brief series describes interventions based on evidence, for practitioners and parents that address the academic, developmental and behavioral domains of infants and...
Youth and family involvement in the transition plan are important components of a successful plan. Family support is a powerful, preventive mechanism that supports youth resiliency and has a significant impact on the successful reentry of youth in the corrections system back to their homes and communities.
Parent Tool Kit resources pertaining to instructional practices.
A model to provide teachers with a process for incorporating effective practices and predictors into the transition planning process to improve effective, transition-focused education and services.
This timeline shows the types of work based learning experiences that can occur at each grade level beginning with elementary and middle school and continuing through grades 9, 10, 11, 12, and for ages 18-21.
A one-page checklist that assists in determining whether or not a student’s IEP includes post-secondary goals and a clear plan for the student’s transition.
This toolkit provides an overview of (a) what is a transition assessment, (b) why we conduct transition assessments, (c) how to select instruments and methods, and (d) how to conduct an age appropriate transition assessment.
A Model for Planning, Organizing, and Evaluating Transition Education, Services, and Programs.
Evidence-based and promising practices and predictors that promote positive post-school outcomes for all students with disabilities.
The alignment of VR and IDEA Performance Indicators.
Best practices involving students in transition planning.
Evaluation Toolkit provides specific examples evaluation tools for state and local teams who are developing goals and tasks.
Introduction to Secondary Transition.
NTACT is aware that state and local education and service providers are challenged by the current health concerns, closings, restrictions, and fluid reopening plans associated with COVID19. As educators, service providers, students, and families are considering the 2020-2021 school year.
In the time of widespread virtual and distance learning models, leadership and training opportunities for students may look different, but it is essential that inclusive youth leadership remains a priority among schools, educators, and students.