RESOURCES: Transition
Information on Transitioning to Adulthood
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD) resources for families resources:
- Transition Presentation by Beth Steenwyk, Deputy Director of the Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services, MI Dept. Education, delivered the keynote address at our fall conference. To review her PowerPoint presentation, Seeing the Possibilities - What Adults Can Do to Assist the Most at-risk Students to Achieve a Successful Transition, click here.
- For information on postsecondary education opportunities for individuals with disabilities, visit the online clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities, the HEATH Resource Center of the George Washington University.
- The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures.
- To view NCSET's data Brief on The Characteristics, Experiences, and Outcomes of Youth with Emotional Disturbances: http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=1687
- To view NCSET's informational brief on parent/professional partnerships '...how teachers, families, and schools can collaborate to help families become, and stay involved in helping their children to succeed in school, and make the transition to jobs, or postsecondary education': http://www.ncset.org/topics/family/default.asp?topic=29
- For information on the causes for dropping out of school and suggested strategies for improving graduations rates: http://www.ncset.org/topics/dropout/default.asp?topic=36
