Webinar Series on Introduction to Research and Promising Practices in Secondary Transition

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Sign Up Now! Webinar Series on Introduction to Research and

Promising Practices in Secondary Transition

Introduction to Research and Promising Practices in Secondary Transition

Students with disabilities face many challenges as they enter adult

life. This series will provide participants with new research on the

topic of transition from school to adult life in the areas of

school-agency collaboration, career development, data collection, and

healthy lifestyles. Participants will understand current research and

evidence-based practices for immediate application.

The series will run from

July 5th to July 26th, 2011.

Webinar Series Dates and Times

Each of the 90 minute webinars will be held on Tuesday

from 1:00 p.m. EST - 2:30 p.m. EST on the following dates:

Course 1: July 5, 2011

Course 2: July 12, 2011

Course 3: July 19, 2011

Course 4: July 26, 2011 Ideally for maximum benefit, participants will

register for and attend the entire series.

Preparing Youth with Disabilities for Careers After High School

One key purpose of secondary education is to prepare youth for what

comes after graduation, be it getting a job, living independently, or

going off to college. Youth with disabilities may need additional

support in order to successfully navigate from school to adult

environments. Fortunately, there are many community agencies,

businesses and organizations that may want to help with this process.

How can schools and community members work together toward a common

goal -- assisting individual young people with disabilities live,

learn and earn as adults. Participants will be able to:

Describe what collaboration means, and why it is critical for

transitioning youth with disabilities;

Sort out the various types and levels of collaborations and the

available research on potentially effective collaboration models;

Build capacity for collaboration to occur at regional and local levels;

Get started with collaborative service delivery for individual

students. With rapid changes to the global economy come changes to the

local workforce. How do we prepare youth with disabilities for jobs

that may not currently exist? Participants in this webinar will

understand the lifelong process of career development from an early

age through secondary education, postsecondary education, and adult

life. In particular, evidence-based practices will be profiled that

advance career opportunities for transitioning youth with

disabilities. Specific video examples will be shown of effective

career development practices, and local implementation will be

discussed. Participants will be able to:

Describe career development activities and how they relate to youth

with disabilities;

Develop practical, evidence-based career development practices,

including work-based learning;

Establish simple methods of applying what works in transition services

for students as they pursue post-school outcomes in living, learning

and earning;

Highlight creative ways of funding and sustaining effective career

development activities.

Healthy Transitions for Youth with Disabilities

Over the past 30 years, the numerous research studies of transition

practices point to basic solutions in effective transition planning

and services. However, during times of fiscal austerity, implementing

and sustaining these proven strategies can be problematic for schools

and their community partners. Critical to achieving sustainable,

evidence-based transition practices is to judge the strength of

current research and benchmark your practices against the successful

models. Participants will be able to:

Evaluate the strength of evidence;

Understand clearly what current research recommends;

Put evidence-based practices together into successful models;

Establish practical methods to collect data on transition students and

services to benchmark practices and build sustainability. Youth with

disabilities are at greater risk of developing chronic health care

issues, such as obesity, compared with youth without disabilities.

Youth with disabilities require careful transition planning to address

these issues, as they move from pediatric to adult systems of care.

Participants in this webinar will understand the risk factors

associated with transitioning youth with disabilities. Further,

participants will learn how to effectively work with transitioning

youth and their families, so that they can manage their own health

needs and be able to participate in health care decisions.

Participants will be able to:

Identify up-to-date research on healthcare, disability, and youth --

including statistical evidence and current practices;

Describe alternatives for establishing and maintaining healthcare

benefits for transitioning youth with disabilities;

Apply practical tools for collaboration with healthcare providers and

community agencies that advance the successful movement from pediatric

to adult healthcare;

Inform youth and families about issues critical for planning and

managing health care needs and decisions.

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