Designed primarily for school building administrators and educators, this resource provides research-based strategies and resources to locate and support school-leavers to return and work toward graduation. The evidence-based strategies for re-engaging and supporting students with disabilities and their families through school completion were informed by the following research: National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (2011); Rumberger et al., …
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It Takes Two: Collaboration Between VR and Education to Deliver Pre-Employment Transition Services – Webinar
This webinar describes how Vermont’s collaborative activities have improved the coordination and delivery of pre-employment transition services to secondary students with disabilities.
Understanding Disability and Poverty Resource Collection
These resources help address the overlapping challenges of disability and poverty.
Pre-Employment Transition Services Strategic Planning: A Collaborative Approach Webinar – Part 2
This training addresses the importance of collaboration with education, data sharing, and analyzing the impact of Pre-ETS programs and services. Idaho VR shares their experience implementing a strategic planning for evaluating Pre-ETS services, identifying what worked, challenges, and next steps.
Article: Predictors of Postschool Success Research Base Update
This article published in Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals in 2020 outlines the authors’ systematic literature review to examine secondary transition research literature to support existing and identify new predictors of postschool success for students and youth with disabilities. Fourteen (14) existing predictors were supported and three (3) new predictors identified. Article: Predictors of Postschool Success Research Base …
Predictor Taxonomy Crosswalk
The Predictor Taxonomy Crosswalk embeds the predictors of post-school success within the Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2.0 framework areas. This crosswalk provides a resource for stakeholders who are using tools, such as the Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2.0 and the Predictor Implementation Self-Assessment (PISA), to identify connections between services, skills, and programs to improve outcomes for students with youth with disabilities. …
Systems Level Interagency Collaboration: How One State Made it Work – Webinar
Representatives from Maryland State Departments of Education, Labor, Rehabilitation Services, and Disabilities will share how they successfully executed meaningful and effective “super” Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) regarding transitioning youth.
Pre-Employment Transition Services Strategic Planning: A Collaborative Approach Webinar – Part 1
The Pre-ETS Strategic Planning Guide that has been developed as a resource for State VR agencies will be discussed, and key strategies for effective strategic planning will be highlighted.
Indicator 14 Post-School Outcomes Data Collection and Analysis Resources
The federal reporting requirements for special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) require State Education Agencies to submit a six-year State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR) to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The plan includes Monitoring Priorities and Indicators. The post-school outcomes data collection indicator (#14) is in the …
Risk Calculator Tool to Assess & Address Dropout
Students who drop out of high school generally have outcomes that are poorer than their peers who complete school. As a result, it is in everyone’s best interest to identify students who are at risk of dropping out early in their school careers and provide them the interventions and supports that will help them stay in school and succeed there. …