Transition Summit Team Six Mont Report过渡登顶队六个月报告.pptVIP

A Network of Regional TA Centers in Kentucky Transition from High School to Community for Kentucky’s At Risk Youth -- Ownership and Action through Interagency Collaboration National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center 1st Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute May 3, 2007 We Know the Barriers Transition of youth with disabilities from high school to community settings is one of the most stressful of life transitions In all areas of adult life, young adults with disabilities do not fare as well as their peers without disabilities. Youth with disabilities have significantly higher drop-out rates (CEC, 1994), lower employment rates (Blackorby Wagner, 1996), lower rates of independent living (Kiernan, McGaughey, Lynch, Morganstern, Schalock, 1991); and they do not pursue college or post-secondary education (Blackorby Wagner, 1996). Major change in human service delivery system Lack of adequate data collection (what happens to students?) We Know What Works A focus on community outcomes when developing curriculum and instruction Interagency collaboration both during planning and in formally sharing resources Individualized method of planning for transition Family and support network involvement in planning and decision-making Using Successful Models of Student-Centered Transition Planning and Services for Adolescents... By: Morningstar, Mary E.; Kleinhammer-Tramill, P. Jeannie; Focus on Exceptional Children, May99, Vol. 31 Issue 9 began focusing on the transition needs of youth with disabilities in the 1980s through various school-to-work model demonstrations Our State… Made successful transition for all students an educational goal with the passing of KERA in 1990. Was one of the few states that answered the 1990 IDEA reauthorization with a separate, individualized transition plan for students with disabilities. And…the plan was developed by the Interagency Transition Council! Is one of a few states that require an Indi