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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:

a.. Course 1: July 5, 2011

b.. Course 2: July 12, 2011

c.. Course 3: July 19, 2011

d.. 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:

a.. Describe what collaboration means, and why it is critical for

transitioning youth with disabilities;

b.. Sort out the various types and levels of collaborations and the available

research on potentially effective collaboration models;

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

d.. 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:

a.. Describe career development activities and how they relate to youth with

disabilities;

b.. Develop practical, evidence-based career development practices, including

work-based learning;

c.. Establish simple methods of applying what works in transition services for

students as they pursue post-school outcomes in living, learning and earning;

d.. 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:

a.. Evaluate the strength of evidence;

b.. Understand clearly what current research recommends;

c.. Put evidence-based practices together into successful models;

d.. 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:

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

including statistical evidence and current practices;

b.. Describe alternatives for establishing and maintaining healthcare benefits

for transitioning youth with disabilities;

c.. Apply practical tools for collaboration with healthcare providers and

community agencies that advance the successful movement from pediatric to adult

healthcare;

d.. Inform youth and families about issues critical for planning and managing

health care needs and decisions.

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