Explore how cross-agency collaboration, data-informed decision-making, and Communities of Practice can strengthen sustainable state systems of professional development through the NTACT:C framework.
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Professional Development for Transition
Professional development (PD) and training is often the vehicle that provides information to professionals and others who support students and youth with disabilities. And high quality, research-based PD can best prepare training participants to use effective practices when working with students and youth. But what makes the most effective PD? While there is very little information about high quality PD …
Supporting Systems-Involved Youth in Transition
Explore collaborative strategies to support youth with disabilities involved in mental health, juvenile justice, and foster care systems. Learn how cross-agency partnerships improve transition outcomes in education, employment, and independent living.
Sustainable Collaborations: Connecting State Vision, Local Practice, and Youth & Family Leadership in Secondary Transition
This interactive session brings together youth leaders, family representatives, and state and local partners to explore how Communities of Practice, peer networks, YETI, and PTIs strengthen cross-agency alignment and close gaps between policy and lived experience.
The Role of Centers for Independent Living (CIL)
Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are disability-led organizations that provide a constellation of services, including youth transition services, to people with disabilities. The resources below offer insight into the role of CILs in transition services, and were developed by the Center for Transition and Career Innovation, with support from NTACT:C. CIL Exemplar Brief CILs and Transition Service Delivery Brief CILs …
PreETS as a Predictor of Wages – Research Study
This research study by Hartman and her colleagues (2024) analyzed RSA 911 data from states to determine there is evidence that pre-employment transition services, credential attainment and participation in employment programs are associated with increased wages of student/youth with disabilities. These findings emphasize the user of data to inform service delivery for supporting students and youth with disabilities and varying …
Reference Guide for Pre-ETS Case File Reviews
This helpful reference guide provides and MTAG and Pre-ETS QA case file sample questions to use to review case files for pre-employment transition services. It includes the MTAG from October 2023, Pre-ETS QA case file sample questions, evidence of documentation, and link to agency policies and procedures as well as any related staff training. Reference Guide for Pre-ETS Case File …
NTACT:C Pre-Employment Transition Services Calculator
The Pre-ETS Calculator is a tool for State VR agencies to understand what their State minimum reservation requirement is for Pre-ETS. It is helpful to States with one combined VR agency administering the program or to those States with two VR agencies (a Blind and a General) administering the program. The Calculator includes three (3) tabs: Introduction Calculator for a …
Delaware Spotlight on Transition through Partnerships
Delaware has a history of promoting implementation of evidence-based practices, including promoting self-determination and youth leadership development, while attending to compliant IEPs regarding secondary transition. After observing a year of low compliance rates a decade ago, the state reexamined its data collection and program improvement strategies. State Need/Relevant Indicators: Indicator B-13 During the 2014-2015 School Year, the Delaware Department of Education …
Pennsylvania Spotlight on Continuous Improvement
Pennsylvania’s commitment to continuous improvement is exemplified by the positive trends across four indicators. State Need/Relevant Indicators: Indicators B-1 (and 17), B-2, B-13, B-14 Pennsylvania’s efforts around Part B Indicators 1 (and 17), 2, 13, and 14, as outlined in the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR), are focused on improving educational and post-school outcomes for students with disabilities, with …