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The Connecting Point
Volume: 3 Issue: 25 Date: May 23, 2006
In This ISSUE:
1) The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC)
2) Your Employment Selections (YES)
3) What Does Health Have to do with Transition? Everything! A new NCSET Parent Brief.
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1) The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) - is a national Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center funded from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2010 by the U. S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). NSTTAC's purpose is to assist states in building their capacity to support and improve transition planning, services, and outcomes for youth with disabilities. Toward this goal, NSTTAC will:
* Assist State Education Agencies to collect data on Part B State Performance Plans Indicator 13 and use these data to improve transition services;
Indicator 13: Percent of youth aged 16 and above with an IEP
that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and
transition services that will reasonably enable the child to
meet the post-secondary goals. [20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(3)(B)]
* Generate knowledge that provides a foundation for improving transition services;
* Provide capacity building resources to states and local educational agencies; and
* Disseminate information about effective transition education and services.
For more information, telephone 704-687-8606 or visit the website at
http://www.nsttac.org
2) Your Employment Selections (YES) is a job preference and career exploration program for youth and adults with disabilities. The program shows 2 to 4 minutes of video for 120 jobs and is completed at a computer by the participant and facilitator. The YES program is designed to provide participants who have disabilities with information about community jobs, present realistic video from actual job settings, increase choice-making opportunities, and assist with transition planning. The goal is to make youth and adults with disabilities active participants in planning their careers. YES directly addresses the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requirement to identify youth's preferences and interests (3 CFR Part B).
To view a sampler of the program or to get more information, call TRISPED Projects, Utah State University, toll free at 1-877-722-3991 or visit our website at http://www.yesjobsearch.com
3) What Does Health Have to do with Transition? Everything! A new NCSET Parent Brief. This parent brief provides information on the benefits of and strategies for including health in the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
It is not common practice to identify health-related needs and goals when developing a statement of transition services within a student’s IEP. However, lack of attention to health needs and health management can jeopardize goals for learning, working, and living safely in the community. For this reason it is important that young people with disabilities and special health needs know how to manage their own health care and work with appropriate professionals as partners in their care.
Health is an important factor to include even if chronic health concerns do not exist. All people must deal with health problems and learn how to maintain good health.
Examples of goals and objectives are listed in the brief as well as other resources. http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2967
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