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	National Transition Network Publications

NTN Projects Publications Transcripts Next Conference Call Workshops State Contacts Other Web Sites NTN Home Page	`Since the National Transition Network grant has ended, NTN does not currently print any of its materials. However, you may download these NTN materials off this Web site.` `For current transition-related publications, visit the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition Publications page or the Institute on Community Integration Publications page.` Handbooks, Guides, and Directories Ensuring Access, Equity, and Quality for Students with Disabilities in School-to-Work Systems: A Guide to Federal Law and Policies The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance to state and local administrators and others responsible for planning and implementing comprehensive school-to-work systems for all students, including youth with disabilities. The primary audience for this publication includes: (a) directors of state and local school-to-work systems, special education programs, and vocational rehabilitation agencies; (b) school personnel, community service agency representatives, employers, family members, and others participating in school-to-work partnerships; and (c) members of professional associations, consumer and advocacy groups, and parent organizations. The information provided in this publication is intended to help develop a broader awareness of key federal legislation and policies that specifically address the participation of youth with disabilities in the full range of school-to-work opportunities being made available. The publication further supports administrative decisions and actions concerning the participation of youth with disabilities in school-to-work systems. Click here for more information on how to order this publication Meeting the Needs of Youth with Disabilities Handbook on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Work Incentives and Transition Students (full text available in HTML and PDF) This handbook provides an overview of the SSI program as it applies to transition students; SSI work incentives; and the role school personnel can play in assisting students and parents in using these benefits in the transition process to enhance postsecondary outcomes. In addition, the appendices include a glossary of SSA and SSI related terms; common concerns and questions raised by students and parents regarding the SSI program; steps involved in the SSI application process; applicants’ rights as defined by SSA; PASS application; resources for obtaining more detailed information on topics introduced in this handbook; and a listing of regional social security offices. Click here for more information on how to order this publication Examples of Students with Disabilities Accessing SSI Work Incentives (About this Document available in HTML; full text available in PDF) This publication, written as a companion piece to the Handbook on Supplemental Security Income Work Incentives and Transition Students (above), builds on the Handbook's exploration of SSI work incentives by providing detailed examples illustrating the process of applying for SSI work incentives, and demonstrating how students with disabilities can benefit from them when utltized during the transition planning process. Click here for more information on how to order this publication Handbook for Implementing Community-based Vocational Education Programs According to the Fair Labor Standards Act (full text available in PDF) This handbook provides guidance to schools operating Community-based Vocational Education (CBVE) programs, and encourages the adoption of CBVE programs by schools not presently using this approach. The Handbook is comprised of three sections: Section one introduces the events and actions leading to the development of CBVE and guidelines promoting this approach consistent with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Section two presents answers to the questions most frequently asked by school personnel in carrying out CBVE programs consistent with the FLSA; Section three describes the CBVE experiences of eight students between the ages of 14 and 21. Additional resource information is provided in the appendices. Click here for more information on how to order this publication School-to-Work Resources for System Builders This is a technical assistance resource directory compiled by the National Transition Network for the National Transition Alliance to facilitate the inclusion and participation of youth with disabilities in school-to-work systems. Resources are categorized by the following: articles, audiovisual materials, books, checklists/tools/newsletters, curriculum, reports, resource guides, training materials and websites. Out of print. Email ncset@umn.edu or call 612-624-2079 with questions. School-to-Work Perspectives: Strategies, Practices and Resources to Include Youth with Disabilities in School-to-Work Systems Although this quarterly fact sheet is a discontinued product, you may download the text from the links below. When All Means All: How to include students with disabilities in accountability systems (Spring 1997) Lessons Learned from Transition Systems Change (Summer 1997) Out of print. Email ncset@umn.edu or call 612-624-2079 with questions. TOP OF PAGE Network News Order via ncset@umn.edu or call 612-627-4008 This is the newsletter of the National Transition Network through which information on the activities, accomplishments, and impacts of state transition projects is communicated. Network News also summarizes NTN activities; and features examples of state-level implementation activities and outcomes, and effective/exemplary program and practices information. Lead Articles School-to-Work Policy for All American Youth (Fall 1993). Excerpts of testimony of David Johnson, NTN Director, before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Human Resources in support of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act. Outcome-Oriented Program Evaluation (Winter 1994). Edited excerpt from Outcome Assessment in Special Education: Lessons Learned, by Lizanne DeStefano and Mary Wagner. Clinton Signs School-to-Work Opportunities Act (Summer 1994). Remarks by President Clinton at the signing of the Act. Health Care Reform: Its Impact on Persons with Disabilities (Fall 1994). A look into the debate on health care reform as it applies to the quality of life for people with disabilities. State Transition Systems Change Projects Are Making An Impact (Summer/Fall 1995). Impacts of the transitions systems change projects as identified in a preliminary evaluation. Parents and Transition Systems Change (Winter 1995-96). Summarizes the results of survey conducted by NTN of project directors and directors of the Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) in 30 states with systems change grants to determine level of parental participation in transition systems change activities. TOP OF PAGE Parent Briefs Order via ncset@umn.edu or call 612-627-4008 Transition Requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Winter 1993). Four-part publication for parents and consumers summarizing the transition requirements of the IDEA. Number 1: Transition Services: What Does it Mean? Number 2: Student Participation at IEP Meetings Number 3: Transition Planning: What are the Ages? Number 4: Students and the Graduation Dilemma Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Winter 1996). Two-part publication for consumers and parents describing VR programs and services available for transitioning students with disabilities. Part I: Information on Vocational Rehabilitation Programs: Rehabilitation Services Available for Youth with Disabilities Part II: Information on Vocational Rehabilitation Appeals Procedure: Did You Know You Have the Right to Appeal Any Decision Made by Vocational Rehabilitation? Transition Planning for Success in Adult Life (Winter 1996). Provides information on transition planning, services, and activities. Also includes a Transition Checklist that can be used in developing the transition plan. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (1998-99). Three-part publication for young adults with disabilities and their parents or advocates. Part I: SSI: A Bridge to Work (January 1998) Part II: SSI: So You Have Decided to Apply (November 1998) Part III: SSI: Your Right to Appeal (February 1999) Education Reform: What Does It Mean For Students with Disabilities? (September 1999). Provides information about changes in assessments and graduation criteria, and assistance in investigating district and state-level changes. TOP OF PAGE Policy Updates Order via ncset@umn.edu or call 612-627-4008 IDEA 1997: Implications of the Transition Requirements (January 2000). This publication presents the regulatory language of the Act and describes potential implications for youth with disabilities making the transition from school to adult life in four areas-notification, participation in meetings, content of the IEP, and agency responsibility. 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments: New Requirements for Transition (Spring 1993). This update discusses the purpose and philosophy of the amendments, eligibility requirements, planning and providing transition services, the Individualized Written Rehabilitation Program (IWRP), interagency collaboration, requirements, and state rehabilitation advisory councils. Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992: Expanded Opportunities for Youth and Adults with Disabilities (Spring 1993). This publication presents key aspects of the law and interim final regulations that have potential implications for transition services nationally. Topics discussed include: Participant eligibility Criteria established for hard-to-serve individuals Training and employment programs addressing transition Interagency coordination PIC membership JTPA accountability to youth and adults with disabilities State-by-state participation rates of youth and adults with disabilities in JTPA programs Strategies for increasing participation among youth and adults with disabilities 1992 Carl Perkins Act Final Regulations: Provisions for Youth with Disabilities in Vocational Education (Fall 1993). Presents regulatory language associated with key provisions within the Act, along with several concerns that have been raised regarding those provisions. Supplemental Security Income Program: Benefits for Individuals Making the Transition from School to Adult Life (Spring 1994). Provides an overview of SSI as it applies to youth with disabilities at the time of their transition from high school. Youth with Disabilities and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 (Summer 1994). Presents the key aspects of the statutory language and describes its potential implications for youth with disabilities as served under the Part B provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990. Goals 2000: Educate America Act: Implications for Youth with Disabilities As They Transition from School to Work and Adult Life (Summer 1994). Familiarizes readers with specific provisions of the law that directly influence the experiences of high school-age students with disabilities as they prepare for the transition from school to work and adult life. Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1994: Its Impact on Transition Services (Fall 1994). Expanded community-based services, supported employment, improved service coordination and case management strategies, and advocating for a full range of family supports and services are important components of the national movement to improve transition services for youth with disabilities. This update describes these components and how systems change projects may use each to further the goal of improving transition services for youth with disabilities. Higher Education Amendments of 1992: Provisions for Youth with Disabilities in Higher Education (Summer 1995). Presents and briefly discusses the implications of provisions of the Act relating to youth with disabilities transitioning from secondary to postsecondary education, high school teachers and support services staff who want to improve their skills in preparing and counseling youth with disabilities for the transition to higher education, as well as provisions for higher education faculty and administrators who serve youth with disabilities in higher education settings. TOP OF PAGE Reports Order via ncset@umn.edu or call 612-627-4008 Including Students with Disabilities in School-to-Work Opportunities (1995). Collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. Provides guidance to states developing transition systems in response to the School to Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) to ensure that these systems benefit students with disabilities. It focuses on the inclusion of students with disabilities in the STWOA and the lessons learned in designing transition programs for students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 for consideration by decision makers implementing school-to-work programs. (Note: Available from Resource Center on Educational Equity, Council of Chief State School Officers, One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001.) Inclusion of Transition-Age Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessments (July 1995). Provides a brief description of the functions of large-scale assessments, and examines existing and developing policies as they pertain to transition-age youth with disabilities. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Transition Requirements-A Guide for States, Districts, Schools, and Families (January 1996). Jointly developed by the Western Regional Resource Center, Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center, and the National Transition Network, the purpose of this publication is to provide guidance to state, district, school personnel, and family organizations as they ensure that the transition requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are implemented appropriately for youth with disabilities. It addresses all of the transition components in the federal requirements and provides examples and suggests practices to meet those requirements. (Note: Copies of this publication may be obtained at cost from National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation, Training Materials, Oklahoma State University, 5202 North Richmond Hill Drive, Stillwater, OK 74078 · (405) 624-7650 · (800) 223-5219; Fax (405) 624-0695.) Directory of Transition Resources. (June 1996). This directory provides a listing and brief description of the transition-related products produced by the State Systems Change Projects on Transition between October 1991 and January 1996. Products include brochures, planning documents, curriculums, videocassettes, and training materials suitable for parents, teachers, administrators, youth with disabilities, and other personnel involved in the provision of transition services. TOP OF PAGE Additional Publications Additional publications addressing transition, employment and other disability related topics are available at— Institute on Community Integration Publications catalog available online. National Center on Secondary Education and Transition Includes NCSET publications, as well as NTA publications. TOP OF PAGE
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