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Resources for All the Transitions in Your Child's Life

The Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center offers transition materials for the various transitions children face from preschool to adulthood:

The Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center
April 2009

New Publication on Transition for Students who are Deaf-Blind

The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) has a new publication available on Transition.  It describes the importance of in-depth transition planning to meet the unique needs of children and youth who are deaf-blind and the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Print and Braille copies are available from NCDB.
The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
April 2009

A Guide to a Collection of Resources on Secondary-Transition

The Partnership Users Guide to the NSTTAC Evidence-based Collection is designed to assist you in learning more about Secondary Transition Evidence-based Practices for its implementation on all levels-- federal, state, and local.  The following are tools designed to guide your through this site and to provide ideas for applications and resources: fact sheets, presenter's guide, and dialogue guides (on topics such as Functional Life Skills; Social/Communication Interventions; Transition Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities; Transition Planning; and Self- Determination).

NSTTAC
April 2009

Evidence-Based Secondary Transition Practices

The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center has assembled a group of evidenced-based practices to help transition personnel and researchers learn about effective transition practices.
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
December 2007

Microsoft Unveils Career Resource for Students

CareerForward, a free online course, aims to help prepare America's young people for 21st-century jobs
eSchool News
December 2008

Promising Instructional Reforms in Developmental Education

A large proportion of first-time community college students enter schools each year in need of developmental education, but few succeed in making it through these programs to college-level courses, let alone earning a certificate or a degree.
MDRC
December 2008

Planning for Postsecondary Transition

With the first half of the school year almost complete, I think it's safe to say that everyone (parents, educators, students) is looking forward to some holiday time away from the classroom.  But for students who will be finishing high school in the spring, the next few weeks are likely to be filled with paperwork and planning, meetings with guidance counselors, conversations with college admissions personnel, and hours of online research.
National Center for Learning Disabilities
December 2008

Eigth-grade Academic Achievement Best Predictor of College and Career Readiness

The new ACT report The Forgotten Middle suggests that, in the current educational environment, there is a critical defining point for students in the college and career readiness process—one so important that, if students are not on target for college and career readiness by the time they reach this point, the impact may be nearly irreversible.
ACT Research and Policy Reports
January 2009

New Report Recommends Transition Practices for Young Children

A new report from the National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC) entitled Recommended Transition Practices for Young Children, provides findings from a national validation survey. The report discusses 21 transition practices validated by early childhood and early childhood special education professionals.
NECTAC eNotes
June 2008

EPE Report: Special Education in America

This EPE Research Center report examines a number of key issues facing students with disabilities ranging from the demographics of the population, educational settings, overrepresentation of certain student groups, achievement, high school completion, and transitions to adulthood.
EdWeek
November 2008


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