Events

National COP Collaborative Family Engagement Strategies

Collaborative Family Engagement Strategies are key for parents and other family members to engage in planning and supporting youth and young adults as they transition from high school to adult life. During this session, presented in collaboration with the National Community of Practice on Secondary Transition, information regarding resources and strategies to enhance Collaborative Family Engagement will be shared from a variety of presenters from across the country.

Watch the Webinar (external link)

Downloads

• January 24, 2018 National COP Family Engagement Webinar.pdf
• Infobrief_36 Family Guideposts.pdf
• My Checklist for working with my Students and Families (1).pdf

Lessons Learned from Three Re-entry Programs for Young Offenders with Disabilities

Re-entry into the school and community is difficult for young offenders with disabilities leaving incarceration. This webinar will highlight 3 OSEP-funded model demonstration projects targeting this population: Project MAP (Making a Map—Finding my way Back) Univ. of MN; Project RISE (Reentry Intervention and Support for Engagement) Ariz. State Univ.; Project STAY OUT (Strategies Teaching Adolescent Young Offenders to Use Transition Skills) Univ. of Oregon. Lessons learned and outcomes from 4 years of implementation will be shared. 

Presenters:

David Emenheiser, Office of Special Education Programs, Project Officer; Sarup Mathur, Arizona State University; Heather Griller Clark, Arizona State University; David Johnson, University of Minnesota; Xueqin Qian, University of Minnesota; Deanne Unruh, University of Oregon

"A Better Path, A Better Future Evaluation Report - click here

NDTAC "Transition Toolkit 3.0: Meeting the Educational Needs of Youth Exposed to the Juvenile Justice System" - click here

Watch the Webinar

Downloads

• Flyer for Fed Reentry of Youth with Disabilities.pdf
• Webinar PPT.pdf

Innovative PreETS Implementation in Schools: State Examples

Three states (AK, AR and MO) will share three different strategies for providing PreETS activities at the local level. You will hear from the State Vocational Rehabilitation agency about how they have developed their project and from local educators about how implementation is happening at the local level. Strategies highlighted will include a partnership with a university to coordinate and provide PreETS statewide; addressing unmet PreETS activities through school district delivery, and working directly with teachers to deliver PreETS.

Watch the Webinar

Downloads

• Webinar PPT.pdf
• Five-Year-Calendar-2018-19.pdf

2017 Mid-Year Cadre Meeting

This meeting is sponsored by NTACT. The Mid-Year Check and Connect Cadre Meeting is for interdisciplinary State teams, focused on improving outcomes for secondary youth with disabilities. The meeting is a follow-up to the Capacity Building Institute hosted in May, 2017.

The Cadre Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee. See https://milwaukee.regency.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html for more details. (Reserve under room block for "DCDT" code $159/night rate). Book by September 26th to ensure a room at the conference rate!

Downloads

• NTACT_MidYear_Agenda.2017.pdf