The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) represents an important opportunity to expand opportunities for every student to explore, choose, and follow career and technical education programs of study and career pathways to earn credentials of value. Perkins V includes specific supports for unique demographic groups, referred to in the law as special populations, …
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Capacity Building Guidance for State Interagency Strategic Planning
The purpose of this capacity building guidance for state interagency strategic planning is to support State Education Agencies (SEAs), Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies, LEAs, and partners to: strengthen SEA and VR capacity to collect, analyze, and use high-quality transition data; increase capacity to deliver high-quality professional development and technical assistance; strengthen youth and family engagement as authentic partners in transition …
Who Does What? Optimizing Employment Services and Supports Webinar
Various entities, including Vocational Rehabilitation and higher education programs, provide postsecondary education programs for students/youth with intellectual and developmental disability (ID/D). Coordinating different services goes a long way toward a student’s employment outcome, but it can be daunting to know where to start. In this 1.5 hour recorded webinar from Think College, NTACT:C and Think College personnel share an overview of …
Compendium to the Delivery of Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)
This guide highlights Pre-Employment Transition Services within the Continuum of VR Services.
“Back to the Future” – Pre-ETS and the Five Required Services
This webinar will introduce you to a few new resources regarding the provision of pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities. States may choose to use these resources as a companion to existing outreach and marketing materials, as a part of their on-boarding with new staff, or simply as a quick desk reference guide. These new resources include a Compendium to the Delivery of Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), and a stand alone guide for each of the five required Pre-ETS activities.
ABLE – Savings Plans for the Future
ABLE—Achieving a Better Life Experience—Accounts are tax-advantaged savings accounts for people with disabilities and their families. ABLE Accounts do not replace other forms of financial assistance, such as SSI, insurance, or programs like SNAP. Rather, ABLE Accounts allow an individual to save post-tax income and use it for disability-related services. NTACT:C and ABLE National Resource Center partnered to create the …
Collaborative Assessment Guide for Transition Planning Services
Designed for practitioners, this toolkit provides comprehensive view of transition assessment as well as multiple resources to use.
Student Driven Cross-Agency Assessment Coordination and Implementation: An Overview of the New NTACT:C Collaborative Assessment Guide for Transition Planning
This engaging webinar presented by youth and family representatives and NTACT:C staff, will provide an overview of the new NTACT:C Collaborative Assessment Guide for Transition Planning (CAG).
Think Higher. Think College. New Resources and Strategies on College Access for Students with Intellectual Disability
Do you want to learn effective strategies and skills to help your students Think College? Join this free, public webinar to gain strategies and insights from a panel composed of K-12 transition specialists, a program director from an inclusive postsecondary education program, and a vocational rehabilitation (VR).
Federal Reporting Guidance for VR
The resources below are assembled here to provide guidance to State VR agencies for tracking and reporting requirements pre-employment transition services. The resources are directly from RSA or developed by federally-funded TA centers with oversight and guidance from RSA. DCL-24-1: Reporting Students and Pre-ETS DCL 23 03: RSA revised VR Financial Report (RSA-17) Guidance on Reporting of Services Under the …