NTACT

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NTACTs Resources on Transition and
Opportunities for Parent Center Partnership
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NTACTs Resources on Transition and
Opportunities for Parent Center Partnership
Thanks for joining us today.Were glad youre
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Resources for Access, Independence, Self-Advocacy
Employment
Center for Parent Information Resources
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Agenda for Todays Webinar

• Welcome to This Joint Webinar Debra Jennings,
  CPIR RAISE
• NTACTs Resources on Transition Catherine
  Fowler, NTACT
• Parent Centers at the Table Debra Jennings,
  CPIR Beth Schaffner, PEAK Parent Center
• Overview of RSA Parent Centers and RAISE
  Resources Debra Jennings, RAISE Center
• Questions and Comments

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What NTACT Does How to Access Our Resources
Catherine Fowler NTACT University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
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NTACT is
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte Transition Coalition at the University
of Kansas TransCen, Inc. University of
Oregon Western Michigan University
Federal Project Officers Selete Avoke U.S.
Department of Education, OSEP Kristen Rhinehart
U.S. Department of Education, RSA
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NTACTs Purpose
to ensure that students with disabilities inc
luding those with significant disabilities grad
uate prepared for success in postsecondary
education and employment
To help SEAs, LEAs, State VR agencies, VR
service providers implement evidence-based
promising practices

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Knowledge Development Anticipated Outcomes
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• rigorous academic preparation
• success in postsecondary education

• quality secondary transition services

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• strategies to reduce drop out increase
  graduation rates

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• career-related curricula
• for postsecondary employment and careers

• data-driven decision making

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And thats not all Other topics include

• assistive technology
• culturally responsive instruction planning
• family engagement
• financial literacy
• healthcare
• interagency collaboration

• mental health
• PBS RTI
• parent/ family expectations
• PD TA coaching
• UDL

Yikes!
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Structure of Evidence-Based Practices
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Federal Law, Policies, and Procedures

• IDEA implementation
• WIOA implementation
• Other federal laws relevant to the transition of
  students with disabilities into successful
  outcomes (e.g., ESSA)

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NTACT Levels of TA
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Universal TA Accessible to All
Accessible websitefor target audiences
additional stakeholders
Online learning
Webinars
Practical briefs, print materials, toolkits
eNewslettersNTAC Notes
Guide to Collaboration Coalition Building
Responses to inquiries
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NTACT Invites You

• Raid our websitewww.transitionta.org
• Sign up for our listservon the website
• Follow us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/transition
  ta/?frefnf
• and on Twitterhttps//twitter.com/transitionta
• Contact usntactmail._at_uncc.edu

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Targeted TA Time-limited Task-specific

• Support for SEA/VR review of data development
  of strategic improvement plans
• Topical CoPs at the state practitioner levels
• Coaching (time-limited)
• CBI targeted regional cadre meetings

• Support for use of EWIS, STEPSS, Planning Tool,
  Quality Indicators
• National online Ask the Experts forum, EBP
  LERN, CoPs
• Participation in relevant state national
  meetings

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Intensive TA 15 States

• Sustained support to examine data analyze
  programs practices
• Coaching (onsite online)
• Support during implementation, including
  evaluation
• PD units Transition Coalition, team-based,
  leading to local changes in practice

• Intensive TA includes

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Intensive TA States

• Year 1 2015-2019

• Alaska
• Nevada
• North Dakota

Year 2 2016-2019

• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• Maryland

• New Hampshire
• Oregon
• West Virginia

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Leadership Coordination Significant Partners

• Y-TAC, WINTAC NTACT (RSA Transition Workgroup)
• IDC
• NCSI
• CPIR RAISE
• CCRSC, NCII, PEPNet2, NCDB, NCEO
• RRTCs, NCWD-Youth
• CSAVR, NASDSE, DCDT

Alphabet soup!
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Capacity Building Institute

• Basic structure
• Content sessions of interest
• What to expect How to prepare!

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Questions?Comments?
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Parent Centers at the Table
Parent Centers Serving on Decision-Making
Group Debra Jennings, CPIR RAISE Parent
Center Participation in State Planning Beth
Schaffner, PEAK Parent Center What about in
YOUR state?Parent Centers share!
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Why do we need to serve on decision-making
groups?

• Big Plans are underway!
• SSIP
• Part C
• Part B
• ESSA implementation
• WIOA implementation

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Serving on Groups
http//www.servingongroups.org/guidebook
Developed by WI-FACETS as part of a State
Personnel Development Grant from OSEP to the WI
Department of Public Instruction
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Look at whats in the Guidebook!
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Parent Center Participation Inputon WIOA
Implementation Beth Schaffner, PEAK Parent Center
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What about in YOUR state? Parent Centers share.
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Overview of RSA-funded Parent Training
Information Centers and The National RAISE
Technical Assistance Center Resources Peg
Kinsell, Josie Badger RAISE Co-Directors
http//www.raisecenter.org/
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The RAISE Team
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Our Goal Increased Parent Center knowledge
skills for serving youth with disabilities
their families
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Our Products

• Resources
• Annual Leadership Summit
• Website
• Webinars
• E-Newsletter

http//www.raisecenter.org/
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The RSA-Funded Parent Centers
LINK Center _at_ The Federation for Children with
Special Needs (MA)
Opening Doors (WA)
New York State Transition Partners Starbridge
(Parent Network of Western NY) INCLUDEnyc
REACH for Transition _at_ SPAN (CT, MA, ME, NH,
NJ, NYC, PA, VT)
Project Launch _at_ PACER Center (KY, IN, MN, OH)
STELLAR _at_ MPACT (MO)
Shift _at_ PEAK Parent Center (CO, AZ)
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Questions?Comments?
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Thank you very much for attending this webinar.

Josie Badger, Ph.D., Co-Director josie_at_raisecenter
.org Debra Jennings, Co-Director debra.jennings_at_s
pannj.org Peg Kinsell pkinsell_at_spannj.org Daniel
Mellenthin, Product Development sunny86_at_siu.edu

• Debra Jennings, Project Director
  debra_at_parentcenterhub.org
• Lisa Küpper, Product Development
  lkupper_at_fhi360.org
• Myriam Alizo, Project Assistant
• malizo_at_spannj.org
• Indira Medina, Communication and Dissemination
  imedina_at_fhi360.org
• Rene Swink, Product Development
• rswink_at_ecac.org

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