Designed primarily for secondary special education staff, this online training module provides an overview of transition supports necessary for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and explains the process of job development, placement, and support. After completing the module participants will be able to identify the critical features of successful transition programs for adolescents with ED/BD, describe the transition specialist's role in the process, and apply models of job development and support. Numerous resources and materials for further content and implementation are provided.

Designed primarily for secondary special education staff, this online training module provides comprehensive information on how culture intrinsically influences people and systems, the many ways that culture intercepts with transition services, and the differences in values and perceptions of disability, which can affect how families consider services. This training module will help practitioners move beyond awareness and understanding of overt or stereotypic cultural difference when working with families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds during the transition process. Upon completion of the module participants will be able to understand how to develop culturally reciprocal ...

Designed primarily for secondary special education staff, the purpose of this online training module is to explore some of the unique strengths and challenges encountered when working with families and to provide a framework for supporting collaboration, overcoming barriers, and increasing mutual understanding in parent-professional partnerships. This interactive module details the family system framework and how it can be applied to transition planning. In addition, participants will better understand how family members go through the transition process and how practitioners can support each member of the family during this time. Numerous resources and materials for further content and implementation ...

This module was developed by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials. This unit goes through the IEP-building process and discusses the paraeducator's role in communicating with families and other staff to build a strong team that will help the student learn. The instructor gives examples of types of interactions with parents and staff that might occur, and gives suggestions that involve input from other paraeducators. The instructor has the user complete exercises in order to better understand ...

This guide, which relevant to national, State, and local levels, offers instruction on (a) how to build an effective interagency transition team; (b) how to determine initial roles, responsibilities, and the team vision; (c) how to conduct interagency transition team meetings; and (d) how to determine whether or not your interagency transition team is making progress and meeting its goals. The manual also includes examples of successful interagency transition teams, and further resources.  (The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition is a project of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.  When this guide was produced, the Center was funded by the U.S. Department ...

The second annual Pennsylvania Early Childhood Conference in 2006 featured information on transition. Presenters from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education provided valuable insights and strategies to enhance the transition process for children and families. Their presentations are available : a - Collaboration and Best Practices in Early Childhood: Strategies to Promote Successful Transitions from Programs Serving Infants and Toddlers to Programs Serving Preschool Aged Children; b - Transitions for Young Children: Creating Functional Relationships Among Key Players; and c - Successful Pre-K 3 Transitions: Aligning Programmatic Standards and Building Relationships.

Special Quest's focus is on inclusion for children with disabilities ages birth through five (pre-kindergarten) and their families, particularly those in Head Start, along with Child Care, Early Intervention/Part C, Early Childhood Special Education/619, family support, and other related programs. All materials within the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library to support the inclusion of children with disabilities ages birth through five are now available online for anyone to view or download. Materials include 22 award-winning videos (in English and Spanish), a facilitation guide, scripts, and handouts (in English and Spanish). The four volumes (or modules) include: 1) Including Infants ...