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Secondary Transition Components - All Resources






Agency/Organization Description/Mission/Purpose Actions
Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment-The University of Oklahoma

The Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment facilitates successful secondary and postsecondary educational, vocational and personal outcomes for students and adults with disabilities. ZC faculty, staff, and students do this through self-determination oriented evaluation, research, development, transition education instruction, and dissemination of best educational and support practices. Cost: free to users.

Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC)

The WINTAC is led by the Interwork Institute at San Diego State University and consists of the following partners: The National Disability Institute and their LEAD Center. The George Washington University's Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education. The University of Arkansas CURRENTS. PolicyWorks. The Career Index. The Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation. Syracuse University's Burton Blatt Institute. The WINTAC provides training and technical assistance (TA) to State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies (SVRAs) and related agencies and rehabilitation professionals and service providers to help them develop the skills and processes needed to meet the requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Cost: free to users.

Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC-QE)

Work to increase the knowledge and skills of state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies and community partners that help people with disabilities achieve quality employment and career advancement, with emphasis on competitive integrated employment.

Virginia Commonwealth University-The Center for Family Involvement at the Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia Commonwealth University

Works with families to increase their skills as advocates, mentors, and leaders so families, children, and young adults with disabilities can lead the lives they want.

US Department of Education: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services

OSERS supports programs that help educate children and youth with disabilities and provides for the rehabilitation of youth and adults with disabilities. OSERS provides a wide array of support to parents and individuals, school districts and states in two main areas—special education and vocational rehabilitation—through its two main components: OSEP and RSA.

University of Oklahoma-Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment

Promotes successful transition outcomes for all students, and implements innovative research, puts findings to practice, and disseminates knowledge through quality products and professional development

University of Massachusetts - Institute for Community Inclusion

Supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of society. As practitioners, researchers, and teachers, we form partnerships with individuals, families, and service agencies. Together we advocate for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic justice.

University of Maine: Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

Maine’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). CCIDS is a member of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), a national network of congressionally authorized,university-based centers sponsored by the Office on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

United States Department of Education (USDE), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

In this updated transition guide, OSERS added information about dual enrollment and the ABLE Act. OSERS also hopes this transition guide will help students and youth with disabilities and their families to better understand how the state education agencies (SEA), the local education agencies (LEA), and the vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies work together to facilitate improved outcomes for students and youth with disabilities.

Transition TN

Tennessee's online home for training and resources on preparing students with disabilities for life after high school. Our goal is to improve transition outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities by sharing research-based practices and policies. Our site is organized into different sections for educators, for providers, and for students. Each includes free video-based lessons, ideas, resources, and much more. Cost: free to users. To access training, create a free account.

Transition TN

Tennessee's online home for training and resources on preparing students with disabilities for life after high school. Our goal is to improve transition outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities by sharing research-based practices and policies. The site is organized into different sections for educators, for providers, and for students. Each includes free video-based lessons, ideas, resources, and much more.

Transition TN

Training and resources on preparing students with disabilities for life after high school, and improving outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities, by sharing research-based practices and policies. The site is organized into different sections for educators, for providers, and for students. Each includes free video-based lessons, ideas, resources, and much more. Create a free account to use the resources.

The Arc Michigan

Provides leadership and support in their vision that all people realize and fulfill their dreams of having employment, education, meaningful relationships, and living independently within their community.

T-Folio

T-Folio is a free transition portfolio tool for high school-age youth with disabilities. It is designed to guide youth in exploring, identifying, and planning for their desired post-school goals. This tool represents a compilation of activities and products showcasing each youth’s ongoing transition process. It is their individual story of who they are, where they have been, and where they are headed after high school. This tool was designed in Washington state through the collaboration of the Center for Change in Transition Services (CCTS) and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR). It aligns with both IEP transition planning and DVR's Pre-Employment Transition Services so that both educators and agency personnel will find it useful in working with youth. Cost: free to users.

Supported Decision Making

Information about supported decision-making in Michigan, encouraging individuals with disabilities to take an active role in decisions about their lives. This includes issues related to guardianship, alternatives to guardianship, health care, education, and living.

START Project

Works with schools, community partners, and families to support students with ASD to become active, engaged members of their schools and local communities, and successfully move into adulthood as independent individuals with many choices and opportunities.

START Project

Works with schools, community partners, and families to support students with ASD to become active, engaged members of their schools and local communities, and successfully move into adulthood as independent individuals with many choices and opportunities.

Seattle University, Center for Change in Transition

Works to empower educators and administrators to improve transition services for youth with disabilities through partnerships, research, and training

Rethinking Guardianship- Supported Decision Making, ARC Michigan

Ensure people with disabilities are fully included and participate in their local communities. Cost: free resources

Project SEARCH

Large international network of Project SEARCH program sites. Provide technical assistance, program evaluation, program development, and continuous improvement.

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