Join us for a two-part webinar experience featuring the greatest hits of NTACT:C’s most powerful resources to support youth with disabilities as they prepare for life after high school. Designed for all stakeholders, including educators, VR professionals, families, youth, and community partners, this series will provide a guided tour through key tools and strategies available on the NTACT:C website.
Pre-Employment Transition Services: Set Aside Determination Guide
This guide is for State VR agencies to determine whether they have met the requirement to reserve the pre-employment transition services funds.
Side By Side View: Transition Services
NTACT:C partners have developed this document to help compare and contrast the transition services requirements for Education, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), including Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act as amended by WIOA. Organized by major parts of these laws, this document outlines how each entity addresses: Definitions of transition services Target …
Locating and Re-Engaging Secondary Students with Disabilities
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., …
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 …
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 …
Pathways to Possibilities: The Greatest Hits of NTACT:C Resources Webinar Series
Join us for a two-part webinar experience featuring the greatest hits of NTACT:C’s most powerful resources to support youth with disabilities as they prepare for life after high school. Designed for all stakeholders, including educators, VR professionals, families, youth, and community partners, this series will provide a guided tour through key tools and strategies available on the NTACT:C website.
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 …
Nevada Spotlight on Collaborative Service Delivery
Like all states, Nevada had a goal of improving outcomes. To meet this goal, they focused on increased enrollment in Pre-Employment Services and Career and Technical Education for students with disabilities. State Need/Relevant Indicators: Indicator B-1, B-2, B-14 The focus on increasing enrollment in Pre-Employment Services (Pre-ETS) and Career and Technical Education (CTE) was based on a thorough understanding of …
Utah Spotlight on Improving Postsecondary Outcomes
The Utah Statewide Collaborative on Improving Postsecondary Transition Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities (STC), created through statute, is a working partnership of all the state agencies and many other organizations focused on improving outcomes for individuals with disabilities. State Need/Relevant Indicators: Indicator B-14 (and 17) The STC examined met for one year, reviewing disaggregated post-school outcome and other data, explored …
Strategies to Improve Opportunities in Career and Technical Education
In this guide, you will find strategies to help state-level personnel improve collaboration among special education, vocational rehabilitation (VR), and career and technical education (CTE) for students who experience disability. NTACT:C staff held discussions with and gathered data from state agency representatives in Delaware, Indiana, and Ohio. Discussion questions include: Do you currently have interagency agreements (IA) supporting transition that …
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 …
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 …
Engaging with Families Training Module
Families are an important part of a student’s development. Traditional, non-traditional, biological, foster, or adoptive families provide vital support throughout students’ lives, including during the transition to adulthood. However, transition outcomes associated with traditional employment, postsecondary education, and independent living may not always align with the values that many families consider most important. The goal of this module is to …
Interagency Collaboration Training Module
Like all young adults, students with disabilities require support as they leave school and enter the adult world. For students with disabilities, there may be many agencies and organizations that provide supports and services. Oftentimes, these services can be confusing and overwhelming for families. That’s why interagency collaboration is a must! The purpose of this module is to give you …
Self-Determination Presenter Guide
This presenter guide is a set of resources for conducting a 1-hour professional development on teaching self-determination to students with disabilities. We welcome your feedback on their use. The PowerPoint cannot be edited to maintain the accuracy of the resources. Facilitator notes for each slide are included and provide guidance on how to use the additional materials assembled here for …
Transition 101
Dr. Jim Martin provides a 1 hour overview of transition planning organized in 8 major categories. This video was developed as an overview for participants of the 2020 NTACT:C Capacity-Building Institute (CBI). This video is a good introduction to transition planning overall and can be used to provide a basis of understanding primarily, with school, agency or other personnel new …
Transition Assessment: The BIG Picture Training Module
IDEA (2004) requires identification of post-secondary goals that are “based upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills.” Therefore, it is vital that special educators use effective transition assessments and assessment processes. Practitioners continue to struggle with critical issues of transition assessment, including: Defining transition assessment as an ongoing process Differences between and …
Best Practices in Planning for Transition Training Module
This Transition Coalition online training module is to provide a general working knowledge of the transition requirements of IDEA. You will also receive information and resources that help go beyond minimal requirements of IDEA.
Collaborative Interagency Partnerships Presenter Guide
Presentation materials for sharing information with your teams and colleagues on partnering through conditions brought about by the global pandemic in 2020-21.
IEP Considerations in the 2020-21 School Year: Presenter Guide
Presentation materials to help prepare secondary special educators and others with information and resources needed to develop and implement Individualized Education Programs under social distancing orders due to global pandemic.