WI 2009 Transition Conference Handouts

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2009 Transition Conference Brochure

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - Preconference Sessions

• How to Plan and Establish a Project SEARCH High School Transition Program - Erin Riehle and Susie Rutkowski
• 2008 HS PS Presentation wo pictures (PPT)
• WI Transition Pre-Conference 012109 (WORD)
• Detailed Roles & Responsibilities (WORD)
• Internship Process (WORD)
• PS Internship Evaluation Rubric (WORD)
• Sample Internship Job Description CMH Family Health Center Clerical Assistant (WORD)
• Internship Evaluation - Hard Copy Version (XLS)
• HS Typical Day (WORD)
• Sample Annual Calendar (XLS)
• City of Douglas PS Proposal (WORD)
• Competencies for Project SEARCH (WORD)
• Interpreting and Using Transition Assessment Information- Dr. Patricia Sitlington
• Assessment Summary Forms (WORD)
• Course of Study (WORD)
• Trevor Overview (WORD)
• Wisconsin-Using Info 09 (PPT)
• Hip Hop: Using Youth Culture to Relevantly and Holistically Engage Youth In a Way That Inspires Resiliency and Hope - Roberto Rivera
• FTD Chapter 2 (PDF)
• Hiphop Resources (WORD)
• Hiphop Education Workshop (PPT)
• Youth Workshop page 1 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 2 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 3 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 4 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 5 (PDF)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

• Keynote - Larry Gloeckler - The Door to Employment: A High Quality Education
• MSC Brochure (PDF)
• Se Kit Order Form (PDF)
• Spec Ed Brochure (PDF)
• SPN Brochure (PDF)
• Strategies for HS Students Order Form (PDF)

 

• Keynote - J. Erin Riehle and Susie Rutkowski - High Level Employment for Youth with Disabilities
• Wisconsin Keynote (PPT)  NOTE: LARGE FILE (35MB)

 

• Session 1 - Going to College; What You Need to Know - Panel with Tom Heffron and Sandy Hall
• Transition postsecondary Jan 2009_12 (PPTX)

 

• Session 2 - Transition Assessment - What Do You Want to Know? - Dr. Patricia Sitlington
• Info Areas X Methods (WORD)
• Transition Assessment Techniques (WORD)

 

• Session 3 - Using Emotions and Turmoil for Effective Transition Planning and Programming for Students with Behavioral Challenges - Dr. Quinn Stanley
• Transition Presentation (PPT)
• Stanley Transition Presentation (PDF)

 

• Session 4 - Developing Natural Supports and Meaningful Relationships in Your School: Strategies and Benefits - Dr. Erik Carter, Colleen Kurkowski and Beth Swedeen
• Strategies and Benefits

 

• Session 5 - IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct) and Wisconsin Self-Directed Long Term Care- HJohn O'Keefe, Shanna Jensen, and Pat Keefer
• WSTI IRIS Handbook-English Fall 2008 (PDF)
• WSTI IRIS Referral Location map Dec 31 2008 (PPT)
• WSTI IRIS Mgd Care flowchart (WORD)
• WSTI IRIS FSA Sample Check and Timesheet (PDF)
• WSTI IRIS FSA Brochure Final 8-8-08 (PDF)
• WSTI IRIS Payroll and Invoice Schedule 8-7-08 (XLS)
• WSTI Participant Monthly Report (XLS)
• WSTI ICA IRIS Brochure (PDF)
• WSTI FSA Role and Responsibility (WORD)
• WSTI DHS IRIS Brochure (PDF)
• WSTI ICA Role and Responsibility (WORD)
• IRIS WISTI Jan 2009 (PPT)
• WSTI Enrollment Counseling memo (PDF)

 

• Session 6 DVR 101 - Cynthia Cain and START Team
• DVR 101 (PPT)

 

• Session 7 - Creating the Vision - Michael Muthig and Jill Gonzalez
• Handout/Bio Master Document (WORD)
• Creating the Vision (PPT)

 

• Session 8 - Transition Partnership School - Al Noll and Christine McMasters
• Transition Partnership School (PPT)
• New TPS Brochure (PUB)

 

• Session 9 - Meeting 100% Compliance for Indicator 13 and Data Collection for Indicator #14: A Two-Year Process - Paul Sherman, Steve Gilles and Mary Kampa
• Transition & The Special Education Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment (PPT)
• Wisconsin Statewide Post High School Outcomes of Individuals with Disabilities and State Performance Plan (SPP) Indicator #14 (PPT)
• Transition Examples 11-14-08 (WORD)
• Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment Transition Record Review Checklist (PDF)

 

• Session 10 - Flipping the Script - Roberto Rivera
• Youth Workshop page 1 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 2 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 3 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 4 (PDF)
• Youth Workshop page 5 (PDF)

 

• Luncheon Keynote - Dr. Joanne Cashman
• Surround Sound: The Power of Networks in Advancing Transition

 

• Session 11 - Accommodations, Expectations, and Modifications, Oh My! - Laurie Petersen, Sandy Hall, Al noll and Lori Krueger
• Accommodations, Expectations, Modifications, Oh My! (PPT)

 

• Session 12 - Transition Assessment: Beyond Mere Interest - Mike Gutowski and Terry Schmitz

 

• Session 13 - Transition Issues for Adolescents with EBD: Disability, Adolescent Development and High Risk Behaviors
• Adol psych and EBD (PPT)

 

• Session 14 - Project SEARCH High School Transition Overview - J. Erin Riehle and Susie Rutkowski
• Wisconsin Breakout (PPT)  NOTE: LARGE FILE (66MB)

 

• Session 15 - The Use and Distribution of the New Healthcare Checklist - Judie Sage and Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick
• Mission and Vision for the WI Community on Transition Vision (WORD)
• Publication of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (PDF)
• Health Care Checklist (PDF)

 

• Session 16 - Employment Barriers and Support for Students with Developmental Disabilities and EBD: Research Findings from Project Summer - Dr. Erik Carter, Dr. Audrey Trainor, Dr. Laura Owens, et al.
• Research Finding from Project Summer (PDF)

 

• Session 17 - Youth Info Training Resource Center - Jennifer Stonemeier, Alie Kriofske Mainella and Chad Murphy-Price

 

• Session 18 - Implementation of the Transition Process Model: Key Next Steps of the DPI/DVR/DHS Multi-Agency Work to Improve Results for Students with Disabilities - Steve Gilles, Michael Greco, Cynthia Cain and Mike Linak
• Transition Model of Interagency Collaboration - A New Day; A New Way - Coordinating transition services with & for students with disabilities (PPT)
• Seamless Collaboration With And For Students With Disabilities Transitioning To Employment And Adult Life (WORD)
• Interagency Agreement
• Transition Action Guide

 

• Session 19 - Transition Tales: Improbable Collaborations That Are Changing the Way We Work - National Community of Practice members

 

• Session 20 - Getting to the Top of the Ladder - Jennifer Neugart
• Successful Youth Participation (PDF)

 

• Session 21 - Self Advocacy and IEP - Nicole Held
• About Me Handout (WORD)
• Celebrity Project (WORD)
• Conference Presentations (PPT)
• IEP Advocacy Lesson Plan (WORD)
• IEP Letter to teachers (WORD)
• IEP Meeting Script (WORD)
• IEP Scavenger Hunt (WORD)
• IEP Survey (WORD)
• Privacy Letter (WORD)

 

• Session 22 - Transition Assessment - Matching For Success - Dr. Patricia Sitlington
• Rosa (WORD)
• Wisconsin-Matching 09 (PPT)

 

• Session 23 - Chronic Truants: Strategies That Work - Panel
• A Few Truancy Basics and Resources (WORD)

 

• Session 24 - Youth Leadership Opportunities in Wisconsin - Caroline Leung

 

• Session 25 - Embedding Health Outcomes in the IEP Process for Transition Age Youth - Elizabeth Hecht
• WSTI08lixfin (PPT)
• NCSET Parent Brief May 06 (PDF)
• School Nurse Assoc Brief (PDF)
• Indiv Health Summary for Student with TBI (WORD)

 

• Session 26 - Transition Advisory Council (TAC): Self-Assessment for Improvement - Dave Nass and Bob Greene
• Characteristics of Active TACs (PPT)
• Definition: TAC (WORD)
• Regional TAC Meetings (PDF)
• TAC Discussion Guide (WORD)
• TAC Recruiting Tool for Youth (WORD)

 

• Session 27 - You're Hired! - Sherry Gundlach and Patti Brandt
• 2009s (PPT)
• YES (WORD)
• Check Out These Web Sites (WORD)

 

• Session 28 - Learning, Working and Living: Ensuring Access and a Range of Options for all Students - Jay Engeln
• School Reform Initiatives - handout with Sped Ed (WORD)

 

• Session 29 - A First Person Journey of Bipolar Disorder: Insight, Resources, Hope - Dr. Cinda Johnson and Linea Johnson

 

• Session 30 - Transition Leaders: Who Are They and What Will They Do to Advance Transition in Wisconsin? - National CoP members

Friday, January 23, 2009

• Keynote - Roberto Rivera
• Fulfill the Dream: How I went from Being a Disengaged Student to Living My Dream

 

• Keynote - Dr. Sandra Covington Smith - Meeting the Challenge: Implementing Dropout Prevention Strategies at the Local Level
• Wisconsin Keynote 09 (PDF)

 

• Session 31 - Using the SoP in the Disability Documentation Process to Help Students Successfully Transition From High School to Postsecondary Education - Tammy Koskey, Joe Mielczarek, Staci Rothamer, and Laurie Petersen
• Summary of Performance Notes (PPT)
• Student Section 2008 example 1 (WORD)
• Wisconsin Summary of Performance template for presentation 2 (WORD)

 

• Session 32 - DHS: Family Care and Partnership - Kathleen Luedtke
• 09 Transition Conference (PPT)

 

• Session 33 - Career Development for Students with Emotional Behavioral Disabilities - Shannon Stuart
• Handout with WSTI Conference (WORD)
• Career Development That Works handout (WORD)
• Career Development That Works poster - Shannon Stuart (WORD)
• Career Development That Works (PPT)

 

• Session 34 - Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities: Building Connections Across Indicators - Dr. Sandra Covington Smith

 

• Session 35 - Putting Youth to Work Through Inter-Governmental Cooperation - Gerard Randall and Mike Gutowski

 

• Session 36 - ADRCs - The Door to Long Term Care - ADRC Panel
• Transitions (PPT)

 

• Session 37 - Transition Planning for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities - Lori Turim, Cheri Sylla, Gail Wilke, and Eric Sylla
• Discovery questions Dec 2008 (WORD)
• Effective Transition Planning for Students (WI Trans. conf. 2009) (PPT)
• Joshua Magee visual profile compressed (PPT)

 

• Session 38 - Expanding Integrated Employment in the New Managed Long Term Care System: Recommendations of the Managed Care and Employment Task Force and Overview of Action Plan for Implementation - Lisa Mills and Jennifer Neugart
• WSTI-MCETF1-09 (PPT)
• Handouts for WSTI conference session (EML)

 

• Session 39 - Promoting Success for Students with Disabilities through Mentoring and Internship Opportunities - Dan Nordstrom and Amy Fruchtman
• WSTI Midwest Alliance Final (PPT)

 

• Session 41 - The New Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Transition to Postsecondary - Dan Altschul
• JAN's Accommodation and Compliance Series: The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (WEB)
• Transition of Students With DisabilitiesTo Postsecondary Education: A Guide for High School Educators (WEB)
• Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities (WEB)
• The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (Amendments Act), effective January 1, 2009 (PDF)

 

• Session 42 - Flipping the Script - Roberto Rivera
• Why Try Brochure (PDF)
• FTD Chapter 2 (PDF)
• Hiphop Resources (WORD)

 

• Session 43 - Interpreting the Economy: Labor Market Information 101

 

• Session 44 - WI Transition Stories about Students with Significant Disabilities, Ages 18-21 that Start and Finish in Their Communities - Sandra Berndt
• 18-21 Berndt 2009 (PPT)
• 2008 MPSD Post High School Outcomes Survey of 2006-07 Exiters (WORD)
• Agency-School Transition Record for Grades 7 to 12 (WORD)
• Goodwill Employability Skills Record (TEXT)
• LHS Next Step Flyer (PUB)
• Manitowoc Schools Next Step PowerPoint Presentation (PPT)
• MPSD Next Step Evaluation and Referral Form (WORD)