Issue: Transition and Autism
Attendees:
Amy Whitehead – WI
Lindsay Harris – VECAP
Donna Owens – OCALI
Mary Summers – Liaison to IDEA Partnership & School Administrators
Carole Walsh – N.W. Colorado, Transition Coordinator, NEA
Brenda Myles – ASA
Jill Hudson - OCALI
Describe the essential elements of this issue:
 Define age focus – from middle/high school to community; the earlier the
better
 Need to encourage dialogue around these issues
 National CoP is narrowing down the # of Practice Groups to 2 groups:
Transition and Assessment
 Do we need separate PGs between 2 CoPs or a combined group?
 Want housed in Autism Community and connected to Transition CoP
Provide Short summary of work to date:
 What are the options for people and ASD after high school?
 Need to define transition for CoP on ASD
Describe future work:
Explore subtopics:
1. Transition and Autism and Career Assessment
2. Transition and Autism and Customized Employment
3. Self Determination
** Family Involvement addressed under each topic**
Project some actionable strategies:
See essential elements
Describe the activities that the group will conduct between June 2010 and May
2011
1. Move practice group from Transition CoP to Autism CoP to ensure
connection
2. Explore possibility of adding to the autism collection with information on
Transition using PowerPoint, Dialogue Guide, adding to glossary and
resources.
Activities
Combined Practice
Group: Transition
and Autism across
CoP on Transition
and CoP on ASD.
Idea: Lodge PG in
one CoP but send
representatives to
other CoP . Begin
with CoP on ASD.
Brenda Miles & Jill
Hudson – leading
CoP on ASD
ASD – Dialogue
Guide, Power
Points
Time line
Person Responsible
Donna Owens
Brenda Myles
Jill Hudson
Add to the collection
What support do you need from the IDEA Partnership?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Monthly phone calls
Mentoring for the facilitators of Practice Group
Resources to add to the collection
Site on sharedwork for the Practice group and support on how to use it