5th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute 2011
CONTENT SESSIONS ROUND 1
May 18, 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
What We Really Know about Effective Practices in Schools
Loujeania Bost (.pdf)
Mindee O'Cummings (.pptx)
Presenters: David Test, National Secondary
Transition TA Center; Mindee O'Cummings,
National High School Center; Loujeania Bost,
National Dropout Prevention Center for Students
with Disabilities
David Test (.pptx)
Innovative Strategies: Navigating the Road to Work (.ppt)
Presenters: Curtis Richards National Center on
Workforce and Disability for Youth and Jennifer
Kemp, Office of Disability Employment Policy
What We Really Know about Students With Intellectual Disabilities
Participating in Postsecondary Education (.ppt)
Presenters: Debra Hart and Meg Grigal, National
Postsecondary Coordinating Center
What We Really Know about Engaging Stakeholders
Presenters: Joanne Cashman, IDEA Partnership
and Deborah Leuchovius, PACER Center
Implementing Sustainable Practices for Building Capacity (.ppt)
Presenters: Paula Kohler, NSTTAC and Western
Michigan University; Deanne Unruh, NPSO Center
Continuity in Transitions for People Who Use AT (.pdf)
Presenter: Gayl Bowser, Oregon
Handout one (.pdf)
Handout two (.pdf)
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Reengaging High School Dropouts Through Reentry Programs: An
Overview of Common Characteristics and A Site That Uses Critical
Pedagogy and Participatory Action Research (.ppt)
Presenters: Jake Gordon, Principal, SIATech
Charter High School; Julia Wilkins, NDPC-SD
Cross-Indicator Data Collection Procedures that Encourage Data
Use for Program Improvements
Presenters: Lorrie Sheehy, Arizona Department of
Education; Kay Rone Wilson, Louisiana
Department of Public Instruction
Lorrie Sheehy (.pptx)
Kay Rone Wilson (.ppt)
Stakeholder Engagement to Promote Positive Postsecondary
Outcomes: You Can’t Do It Alone! (.pptx)
Presenters: Rosemary A. Barbella and Timothy
Harvey, Elwyn Education Division, Pennsylvania
CONTENT SESSIONS ROUND 2
May 18, 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Cradle to College and Career (P-16): What Does it Mean for
Transition Under IDEA?
Presenters: Mary Summers, American Association
of School Administrators; Marianne Moore,
Transition Lead, Virginia Department of Education;
Stacie Dojonovic, Division on Career Development
and Transition; Ed Steinberg, Assistant
Commissioner, Colorado Department of Education
From Data To Effective Practices (.ppt)
Presenters: Craig Wiles, Public Sector
Consultants; Chuck Saur, Michigan Transition
Outcomes Project, MI Department of Education
Expanding Early Work Experiences for Youth with Disabilities:
Findings from Project Summer
Presenters: Erik Carter, Vanderbilt University;
Audrey Trainor, University of Wisconsin
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Triangulation: Aligning Meaningful Annual Goals with Postsecondary
Goals (.pptx)
Presenters: Jennifer Sedaghat and Jon Paul
Burden, Windsor Administrative Unit in Colorado
Handout one (.doc)
Handout two (.pdf)
Handout three (.pdf)
Transitions as a Bridge Across Agencies: Building Connections
between Education and Mental Health (.pptx)
Developing Soft Skills: The Role of Family (.ppt)
Creating a Seamless System in Dropout Prevention: A
Comprehensive K-12 Approach (.pptx)
Nonresponsive Analysis: Why, What, and How? (.pptx)
Interagency Partnerships: Documenting Eligibility for Post
Secondary Services
Presenters: Linda Maitrejean, Wisconsin
Statewide Transition Initiative; Sally Raschick and
Marie Danforth, Wisconsin Healthy Transitions
Initiative; Aurelia Carter, Allegheny County
Healthy Transitions Initiative and PA CoP; Gwen
White, Georgetown University, National Technical
Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
Presenters: Sean Roy, PACER; Taryn Williams,
ODEP
Presenters: Glynda Ball, Doretta Fox, Wendy
Linton, and Stacey Tracy, Neosho R5 Public
Schools
Presenters: Robert Shepherd, SUNY Potsdam;
Susan Loving, Utah Department of Education
Presenters: Barbara Palmer, Colorado
Department of Education and Cheryl Carver, State
Transition SWAP Consultant
CONTENT SESSIONS ROUND 3
May 19, 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM
The Way to Work: What It Takes for Youth to Seamlessly Transition
to Employment
Presenter: Richard Leucking, National Center on
Transition to Employment and TransCen, Inc.
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What We Really Know about Students With Disabilities Succeeding
in Postsecondary Education (.pptx)
Collaborating Partners Facilitating Transition: The Ocean State Way
Mental Health and Secondary Transition (.pptx)
Developing Occupational Therapy Secondary Transition Services:
Research from Three States (.pptx)
Improving Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities: The South Dakota
School Completion Initiative (.ppt)
Data, Decisions, and Development: Utilizing Comparison Analysis of
NTLS2 data and NYS Model Transition Program Findings to Inform
Statewide Professional Development (.ppt)
Transition Assessment: A Results-Oriented Process Using a Gap
Analysis
Building State and Local Capacity in School Completion: Leaders
Speak (.pptx)
Handout one (.pdf)
Presenters: Joe Madaus, Michael Faggella-Luby,
and Melissa Madaus, University of Connecticut
and Lyman Dukes, III, University of South Florida,
St. Petersburg
Presenters: Therese Curran, West Bay Regional
Transition Coordinator; Nancy Stevenin,
Providence Regional Transition Coordinator; Jane
Slade, Northern Rhode Island Regional Transition
Coordinator; JoAnn Nannig, Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Presenters: Maryann Davis, Transitions RTC,
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Presenters: Doris Pierce, Eastern Kentucky
University; Karen Summers, Model Lab School,
Richmond; Tina Mankey, University of Central
Arkansas
Presenters: Stephanie Weideman, Dropout
Prevention Coordinator; Dave Halverson,
Transition Specialist South Dakota Department of
Education; and Melissa Flor, Special Education
Programs
Presenters: Arun Karpur and Nancy Hinkley,
Cornell University
Presenter: Allison Lowenthal, representing
Colorado Department of Education and Boise
State University
Presenters: Barbara Gilpin, Missouri Department
of Education; Karessa Morrow & Jarrold Brown,
St. Louis Public Schools; and Brandon Harding,
Aurora High School
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Districts Working With Higher Education to Build Professional
Capacity
Building State Capacity to Support Programs for Students with
Intellectual Disabilities: A Guided Discussion (.ppt)
Presenters:Diane Basset, University of Northern
Colorado; Jim Martin, University of Oklahoma;
Mary Morningstar, University of Kansas
Presenters: Sharon Sanders, Clemson LIFE and
Anthony Plotner, University of South Carolina
Universal Design for Learning: A Promising Concept for School
Completion
Presenters: Larry Kortering and Terry McClannon,
Appalachian State University and NSTTAC
What’s In It For Me? The Keys to Successful Employment
Presenters: Chaz Kellem, Manager of Diversity
Initiatives, Pittsburgh Pirates; Chris Mielo, Youth
Mentor & Technology, PEAL Center; Michael
Stoehr, Pennsylvania Transition Technical
Assistance Network (PaTTAN), Pittsburgh
Presenters: Reva Guimont and Ileana Perez,
California SOAR Project; Mary Kay Savage and
Debby Lovall Stewart, Project STELLAR based at
Missouri Parents ACT (MPACT)
Presenters: Selete Avoke and Marlene SimonBurroughs, OSEP and TA Center Staff
Engaging Youth, Families, and Professionals through RSA-funded
Parent Information and Training Programs
SPP/APR Analysis Preview and OSEP Priorities
CONTENT SESSIONS ROUND 4
May 19, 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Project SEARCH: Collecting the Data to Demonstrate Effectiveness
Presenter: Erin Riehle, Project SEARCH at
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Creating Seamless Transition for Youth with Emotional Disabilities
Presenters: John Coppola, Maryland Healthy
Transitions Initiative; Ann Deschamps, TransCen,
Inc.; Steve Reeder, Supported Employment
Services
Data and More Data: What Do We Do Now?
Presenter: Cinda Johnson, Seattle University
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Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students who are Deaf or Hard
of Hearing (.pptx)
Presenters: Gerard Walter and PEPNET
Northeast; Marcia Kolvitz, PEPNET Southeast
Illinois’ Strategies for Increasing Implementation of Effective
Practices and Building Statewide Capacity (.pptx)
Presenter: Sue Walter, Illinois State Board of
Education
Individualized Learning Plans: An Effective Tool for Secondary
Transition Programs (.pptx)
Presenters: Scott Solberg, Center on Education
and Work, University of Wisconsin Madison and
Joan Wills, Institute for Educational Leadership
The Florida Consortium on Transition and Postsecondary Programs
for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID): Building and
Expanding Quality TPSID Programs
Presenters: Shelia Gritz, Florida Department of
Education and Jordan Knab, Project 10
Achieving Results, Together! (.ppt)
Presenters: Susan Barlow, Parent Network of
Western New York; Therese Zona, education
consultant
DISCUSSION SESSIONS ROUND 2
May 20, 8:00 – 9:00 AM
The Long and Twisted Path to Adulthood: A New Look at Transition
in the US
Presenters: Dara Baldwin, TASH; Nancy Hinkley,
Cornell University; Catherine Burzio, National CoP
on Transition; Karen Summers, American
Occupational Therapy Association
Exploring Administrative Data Sources (SLDS) to Collect Post-school
Data and Report I-14 (.pptx)
Presenters: Tom Barkley, Maryland Department of
Education and Deanne Unruh, NPSO
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Beyond the Indicator B-13 Checklist: How to Help Teams Pull it All
into a Meaningful Set of Coordinated Activities
Grappling with Current Issues in Secondary Transition: Developing
Tools for States and Practitioners (.pptx)
Presenters: Kathy Albers, Texas Educational
Service Center XI; Barbara Goldsby, Colorado
Department of Education; Barbara Guy, Iowa
Department of Education
Presenters: David Test, Audrey Bartholomew,
Jennifer Cease-Cook, Shaqwana Freeman,
La’Shawndra Scroggins, Ozalle Toms, NSTTAC at
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Basic setup = projector, laptop, 1 hand-held microphone, wireless internet available throughout
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