WI 2010 Transition Conference Handouts

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2010 Transition Conference Brochure

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - Preconference Sessions

• Session A - Hiphop(e): Using Hiphop Culture to Help Youth Find Voice, Connect to School, and Contribute to Their Communities - Roberto Rivera

 

• Session B - Implementing Project SEARCH in Rural Areas - Erin Riehle and Susie Rutkowski

 

• Session C - Transition Practices for Engaging and Preparing Students with EBD to Improve Their School and Postsecondary Outcomes - Rusty Clark
• TIP Define Guidelines (WORD)

 

• Session D - Person-Centered Planning and Transition Assessment for Students with Significant Disabilities - Mary Morningstar
• Assessment for Students with Significant Disabilities Handouts (PDF)
• Case Study Casey (PDF)
• Final SD Assessment Form (PDF)
• How to Assess BINGO Card (WORD)
• Transition Assessment SD Planning Form (PDF)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

• Keynote - Leadership for Transition: Elements for Successful Programs - Dr. Bill East, Ed.D.
• East Keynote (Powerpoint)
• Leadership for Transition: Elements for Successful Programs (PPT)

 

• Keynote - Navigating Rough Waters: Principles and Practices for Improving Student Engagement, Progress, and Outcomes - Dr. Hewitt “Rusty” B. Clark
• TIP Define Guidelines (WORD)

 

• Session 1 - Transition for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Don’t Get Caught Partnerless - Dr. Bill East, Executive Director, NASDSE; Joanne Cashman, Director of the IDEA Partnership
• Transition for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 2 - Accommodations, Expectations, Modifications, Oh My! - Laurie Petersen, Director, Student Accessibility Center; Martha Bledsoe, Director, Services for Students with Disabilities; and Patti Lloyd, Disability Services Coordinator Mid-State Technical College
• Accommodations, Expectations, Modifications, Oh My! (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 3 - Project SEARCH Accommodations and Adaptations - J. Erin Riehle, Director of Disability Services, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Susie Rutkowski, Co-Director, Project SEARCH

 

• Session 4 - Improving Students’ Social Lives and Learning: Peer Support Strategies for Students with Autism and Severe Disabilities - Erik Carter, Associate Professor, UW-Madison

 

• Session 5 - Meeting 100% Compliance for Indicator 13 - Paul Sherman, DPI Consultant and Steve Gilles, DPI Consultant
• Postsecondary Transition Requirements (PPT)
• Examples of CSA (WORD)
• Transition Compliance Examples (WORD)
• Transition Checklist (WORD)

 

• Session 6 - Self-Employment: Where Do We Start? - Shannon Munn, Consultant with Pathways to Independence (MIG)
• Self-Employment: Where Do We Start? (PPT)

 

• Session 7 - What Educators Really Need to Know About the Adult Long Term Care System - Mai Plzak, Disability Benefits Specialist; Natalie Wilmot, ADRC Sauk County; Lisa Karau, ADRC Sauk County; and Amber Russel, ADRC South Green County

 

• Session 8 - Identification & Instruction of Evidence-Based Practices for Use With Transition Age Youth - Lana Collet-Klingenberg, Assistant Professor UW-Whitewater and Kate Szidon, Project staff with the NPDC-ASD
• Evidence by Age and Domain (PDF)
• LCK and KS WSTI (PPT)
• LCK and KS WSTI (PDF)
• NPDC on ASD Flyer (PDF)

 

• Session 9 - Teachers + Paraprofessionals + Collaborative Transition Planning = Student Success! - Karen Lietzow, Project Director Regional Service Network CESA 5
• 2010 Power Point (PPT)
• Triangle of Success (WORD)

 

• Session 10 - Guidelines for Documentation of a Disability for Post Secondary - Elizabeth Kennedy, Transition Coordinator, Sauk Prairie School District; Rivian Hatt, Lakeshore Technical College, Learning Support Coordinator; Bruce Rathe, Fox Valley Technical College, Special Needs Support; Colleen Barnett, Student Accessibility Coordinator, Alverno College and Sherry Gundlach, WSPEI Parent Liaison

 

• Session 11 - Telling Your Story: Advocating for Yourself - Linea Johnson, writer, speaker, college student and advocate for mental health

 

• Session 12 - Web 2.0 Tools for Success - Paula Walser, Director of E- Learning/Assistive Technology CESA 6

 

• Session 13 - Video Presentation: “Including Samuel” - Beth Swedeen, Waisman Center

 

• Session 14 - 411 Youth Disclosure Curriculum --Adult Trainer Training - Mary Redmond Luce, Regional Transition Coordinator; Tiana Povenmire-Kirk, Professor, University of Maine, Farmington
• WI Adult Workshop (PPT)

 

• Session 15 - Bipolar Journey - Cinda Johnson, Professor at Seattle University and Linea Johnson, Mental Health Advocate
• A Journey of Bipolar (PDF)

 

• Session 16 - Going to College --What You Need to Know - Sandy Hall, Director; Disability Resource Services, MATC-Madison; Tom Heffron, Wisconsin Technical College System, Elizabeth Watson, Director of the Center for Students, UW-Whitewater; and Colleen Barnett, Alverno College
• Going to College (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 17 - Effective Practices in Transition Planning and Meeting Compliance for Indicator 13 - Steve Gilles, DPI Transition Consultant; Nancy Chartier, Director of Pupil Services; Chris Jackson, Transition Support Services and Susan Strouf, Special Education Coordinator
• Effective Practices in Transition Planning and Meeting Compliance for Indicator 13 (Powerpoint)
• Questions (Word)

 

• Session 18 - Self-Advocacy in the Transition Process - Nicole Paulson, Special Education Teacher, DC Everest High School
• Self Advocacy and the IEP (Powerpoint)
• About Me (WORD)
• Discussing Difficult Situations (WORD)
• Full Text Birthday Party (WORD)
• IEP Advocacy Lesson Plan (WORD)
• IEP Letter to Teachers (WORD)
• IEP Meeting Script (WORD)
• IEP Scavenger Hunt (WORD)
• Privacy Letter (WORD)
• Things to Put in the Transition Portfolio (WORD)

 

• Session 19 - The Power of LMI - Grant Westfall, DWD Analyst

 

• Session 20 - Transition Portfolios: Bringing Good Transition Practices to Life in Your Classroom - Elizabeth Gauger, Special Education Teacher/Transition Coordinator, Milwaukee Public Schools
• Accuplacer Test (WORD)
• Apprenticeship/Trade Programs (WORD)
• Armed Forces (WORD)
• Bryant & Stratton College (WORD)
• Career Day (WORD)
• College Comparison (WORD)
• Cover Sheet (WORD)
• Documenting Disabilities (WORD)
• Goal Setting (WORD)
• Healthy Transition Syllabus for Portfolio (WORD)
• Letter of Recommendation Information Sheet (WORD)
• My Dreams (WORD)
• New Microsoft Word Document (WORD)
• On Being 18 (WORD)
• Overcoming Obstacles (WORD)
• Transition Survey (WORD)
• Transitional Portfolio (WORD)
• Transition in Action (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 21 - Wisconsin Transition Stories about Students with Significant Disabilities, Ages 18-21 Working in Their Communities - Bruce Massman, PST Waukesha School District; Sandra Berndt, DPI Consultant; Eva Kubinski, DPI Consultant; Mary Gillette, and Mark Bailey, Young Adult Coordinator, SAIL program
• Wisconsin Transition Stories about Students with Significant Disabilities (Powerpoint)
• SAIL PromoW (PPS)

 

• Session 22 - Writing Fun & Meaningful Transition Plans for Middle School Students - Mary Widen, Special Education Teacher Grades 6 – 8 and Mary Westemeier, Special Education Teacher Grades 6-8, Milwaukee Public Schools
• Transitions (PDF)

 

• Session 23 - TAC Activity - Bob Greene, WSTI Transition Coordinator , Dave Nass, WSTI Transition Coordinator, Megan Rindal, Elmbrook School District Vicky Voelker, Kettle Moraine School District, Katie Panske, Lakeland Union High School, Shelley Lehman, Crandon School District, Angela Klein, Belmont School District and Lisa Pipkorn, Dodgeville School District, Abbi Goldsmith, Jackson County ADRC, Tracy Amidon, Blair-Taylor High School, Mike Dux, Western Wisconsin ADRC, Alison Fisher, West Salem High School
• Application (WORD)
• Business Evaluation (WORD)
• Chaperones Cheat Sheet (WORD)
• Narrative (WORD)
• Student Evaluation (WORD)
• Student Questions (WORD)
• Waukesha County Transition Advisory Council - "Take Charge of Your Future" student workshop (WORD)
• Waukesha Transition Advisory Council - Stats (WORD)
• Take Charge of Your Future 09 brochure (WORD)
• Take Charge of Your Future 09 registration form (PDF)

 

• Session 24 - The Job Is All Yours! - Sherry Gundlach, CESA 6 Parent Coordinator/ WSPEI Coordinator/YIPPE Youth Facilitator and Patti Brandt, YIPPE Youth Facilitator

 

• Session 25 - The NEW sharedwork.org - Cindy Cain, WDA Director, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and Joanne Cashman, Director of the IDEA Partnership
• Sharedwork (WORD)

 

• Session 26 - Video Presentation: Voices of Youth - Beth Swedeen, Waisman Center

 

• Session 27 - Illustrating the Applications of the TIP Model Principles and Practices: Providing Technical Assistance to Your Classroom and School Situations - Dr. Hewitt B. “Rusty” Clark, Professor and Director, National Network on Youth Transition for Behavioral Health and Linea Johnson, Youth Advocate
• TIP Define Guidelines (WORD)

 

• Session 28 - You’re Hired! - Sherry Gundlach, Cesa 6 Parent Coordinator/WSPEI Parent Coordinator and Patti Brandt, YiPPE Youth Facilitator

 

• Session 29 - Project SEARCH - J. Erin Riehle, Director of Disability Services, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center and Susie Rutkowski, Co-Director, Project SEARCH

 

• Session 30 - Wisconsin Transition Assessment Model - Robert Greene, WSTI Transition Coordinator CESA 4; Darla Burton, CESA 3 Transition Coordinator

 

• Session 31 - Everything You Wanted to Know, and Maybe More, About the NSTTAC Website - Dr. David Test, Professor, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
• Everything You Wanted to Know, and Maybe More, About the NSTTAC Website (PPTX)

 

• Session 32 - Preparing for Meaningful Employment for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Disabilities - Amy Whitehead, Coordinator; Nancy Alar, Past President of Autism Society of Wisconsin; Carly Steffen, Matthew Ward, Roger Diehl, Jeremy Gilomen, Nate Helm-Quest (all youth), John Kelly and Travis Warwick, Employers
• Questions (WORD)
• Bios (WORD)

 

• Session 33 - Effective Transition Planning for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities, Focusing on the Customized and Integrated Employment Options - Lori Turim, Transition Coordinator; Cheri Sylla, Parent Education Consultant; and Eric Sylla, Student
• Customized Employment Process Features (WORD)
• Discovery Questions (WORD)
• Effective Transition Planning (PPT)
• Eric's Transition Planning (WORD)
• Examples of CSA (WORD)
• Discovering Your Personal Genius (PDF)
• Who Am I - Self Determination (WORD)

 

• Session 34 - Pre K- Postsecondary (P16) 21st Century Skills in the Curriculum: What Are They - Al Hovey, Senior Program Associate, Learning Points Association; Joanne Cashman, Director of the IDEA Partnership
• 21st Century Skills in the Curriculum: What Are They? (Powerpoint)
• One System (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 35 - A Guide to Connecting Academic Standards and IEPs - Eva Kubinski, DPI Consultant and Kathy Laffin, Independent Consultant
• A Guide to Connecting Academic Standards and IEPs (Powerpoint)
• Exemplar 4 (PDF)

 

• Session 36 - Youth Leadership Opportunities in Wisconsin - Cheryl Schiltz, Statewide Peer Power Coordinator; Dan Nordstrom, STEM Outreach Coordinator; Liam Martin, STEM; Martha DeYoung, YIPPE coordinator and Colleen Moss, Natural Supports, Speakers Bureau
• Youth Leadership Opportunities in Wisconsin (PDF)

 

• Session 37 - How to Be Involved in Your Own IEP Meeting - Chad Murphy Price, YLC member; Lindsey Wood, YLC member; and Neelam Dhadankar, YLC member

 

• Session 38 - The Smart Classroom - Paula Walser, Smart Certified Instructor/ Director of E- Learning

 

• Session 39 - Video Presentation: “Including Samuel” - Mary Skadahl, Project Director, WI Statewide Parent Educator Initiative

 


Friday, February 19, 2010

• Keynote - My Mind is a Web Browser - Dr. Temple Grandin
• Video of Presentation (Video)  NOTE: LARGE FILE (252 MB)
• Autism (Powerpoint)
• Autism, Animals and Sensory Based Thinking (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 40 - Project SEARCH in Wisconsin - Molly Michels, Outreach Specialist, Pathways to Independence; Michele Ritt, Scott Zimmerman, and Amber Jensen, Project SEARCH Madison and Jessica Quintanilla, Project SEARCH Milwaukee
• Project SEARCH in Wisconsin (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 41 - Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS): Improving Support Services for Students on the Autism Spectrum - Panel: Nancy Alar, Jan Case, Special Needs Instructor, Fox Valley Technical College; Marilyn Fayram, and Bonnie Bauer
• Guide for Austim Spectrum Disorders (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 42 - Cardinal Creations: A Laser Engraving School-Based Business Operated by Students with Disabilities - Amanda Turner and Leslie Schmidt, Special Education Teachers; and Michael Fowell, Technology Education Teacher from Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District
• Cardinal Creations presentation (PDF)
• Getting Your Foot in the Door (PDF)
• On Campus Work Experience (PDF)
• Transition Program Supporting Documents (PDF)
• Transition Resources (PDF)
• Transition Skills Course (PDF)

 

• Session 43 - School Counselors, Career and Technical Educators, and Special Education Teachers: Joining Together to Impact Our Students’ Futures - Judith Kuse, DPI Consultant and LaNae Jabas, Transition Coordinator
• Connecting the WCSCM and Indicator 13 (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 44 - Finding Your Way to Postsecondary Education - Dan Nordstrom, Liam Martin, Christine Maidel-Pribbenow and Amy Fruchtman, Project Manager for Midwest Alliance
• Finding Your Way in Postsecondary Education (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 45 - Supporting Youth in Transition with Behavior Challenges in School and Community Settings - Angela Radloff, Outreach Specialist and Josh Lapin, Social Worker
• Supporting Youth in Transition (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 46 - DVR 101 - Julie Ferchoff, VR Staff; Susan Baumgart, VR Staff; Susan Chandek and Brian Messman, DVR

 

• Session 47 - What Young Adults Have to Say about Youth Leadership: Tips for Schools and Families - Colleen Moss, Transition Specialist at Waisman Center; Beth Swedeen, Transition Specialist; and Erik Carter, Associate Professor at UW-Madison

 

• Session 48 - The Summary of Performance in Practice - Liz Kennedy, Transition Coordinator

 

• Session 49 - What Parents & Families Need to Know about Adult Services and Supports - Mai Plzak, Disability Benefits Specialist; Natalie Wilmot, ADRC - Sauk County; Lisa Karau, ADRC - Sauk County; and Amber Russell, ADRC - South Green County

 

• Session 50 - 411 Youth Disclosure Curriculum --Youth Trainer Training - Jaime Hodgkin, Student, Eastern Maine Community College; Mary Redmond Luce, Regional Transition Coordinator

 

• Session 51 - The NEW sharedwork.org - Amy Whitehead, Coordinator

 

• Session 52 - Video Presentation: The Key of G - Elizabeth Watson, UW Whitewater

 

• Session 53 - Using Secondary Transition Evidence-Based Practices and Predictors in Schools - Dr. David Test, Professor, University of North Carolina—Charlotte
• Using Secondary Transition Evidence-Based Practices and Predictors in Schools (PPTX)
• WI 2010 Predictor Table (WORD)
• Using the Research Base to Guide Professional Practice in Secondary Transition (WORD)

 

• Session 53B - User Guide to the NSTTAC Evidence Base: Tools to Make Research Immediately Usable at the Local Level - Joanne Cashman, Director of the IDEA Partnership
• It's More than just the Law Dialogue Guide-Introduction (WORD)
• The IDEA Partnership User Guide to the NSTTAC Evidence (PDF)
• People Make It Happen (PDF)
• The IDEA Partnership User Guide to the NSTTAC Evidence-based Collection on Secondary Transition (LINK)

 

• Session 54 - You’re Ready! - Sherry Gundlach, Cesa 6 Parent Coordinator/WSPEI Parent Coordinator and Patti Brandt, CESA 6 Transition Coordinator/YiPPE Youth Coordinator
• You're Ready! (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 55 - The Use and Distribution of the New Transition Health Care Checklist - Judie Sage, Occupational Therapist; Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick, Managing Attorney; and Rhonda Roell Werner, Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Wisconsin Community on Transition (WORD)
• CHW Transition Card (PDF)
• Health Care Transition Checklist (PDF)

 

• Session 56 - Transition Assessment: Passport to Success - Dr. Cinda Johnson, Professor, Seattle University
• Personal Future Planning (PDF)
• Maria Assessment Information Gathering Form (PDF)
• Roger Assessment Information Gathering Form (PDF)
• Transition Assessment (PDF)
• Transition Information Gathering Form Basic (PDF)

 

• Session 57 - ADA, Section 504, and Transition to College - Dan Altschul, Senior Attorney, US Dept. of Education, Office for Civil Rights
• Auxiliary Aids and Services for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities (PDF)
• Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education (PDF)
• Transition of Students with Disabilities (PDF)

 

• Session 58 - The Emotional Side of Transition: Mental Health and Effective Transition - Joanne Cashman, Director of the IDEA Partnership
• Emotional Side of Transition (WORD)
• Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Dropping Out: A Quick Stats Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Dropping Out Dialogue Guide (PDF)

 

• Session 59 - Clearing the Confusion Among Family Care and IRIS and Self-Directed Support - Sharon Rybacki, WI BPDD Self-Direction Support Facilitator
• Self-Directed Support (PPT)

 

• Session 60 - Options for High School Completion - Beth Lewis, DPI Consultant
• 118 Contracts (WORD)
• AEP Q & A (WORD)
• Counting 20 and 21 year olds (WORD)
• High School Completion Credential Data Collection & Reporting (WORD)
• Youth Options Program Brochure (WORD)
• Options for High School Completion (PDF)

 

• Session 61 - Getting Your Foot in the Door: An Innovative Transition Process - Jeanne Morissette, Transition Coordinator for Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, Amanda Turner, Melissa Boos, Caryl Kidd and Sheila Thompson, Chippewa Falls High School and Leslie Schmidt, High School Special Educators
• Getting your Foot in the Door (PDF)
• On Campus Work Experience (PDF)
• Transition Resources (PDF)
• Transition Skills Course (PDF)

 

• Session 62 - Transition Strategies to Improve Employment for Youth with Autism and Developmental Disabilities - Erik Carter, Associate Professor, UW-Madison, Audrey Trainor, Assistant Professor, UW-Madison and Beth Swedeen, Transition Specialist, Waisman Center

 

• Session 63 - Social Security - Benefits to Work - Bob Monahan, Work Incentives Coordinator and Connie DaValt, Technical Expert
• Social Security Benefits to Work (PPT)
• SSI at 18 (WORD)

 

• Session 64 - Community Organizing for Social Inclusion - Stefanie Primm, Community Organizer for LOV-Dane
• Community Organizing for Social Inclusion (PPT)
• Interest Inventory (WORD)
• Presentation Grid (WORD)

 

• Session 65 - Web 2.0 Tools for Success - Paula Walser, Director of E- Learning/Assistive Technology

 

• Session 66 - Wisconsin Post High School Outcomes Survey and Indicator 14 Results - Mary Kampa, Director of the Wisconsin Post High School Outcomes Project and Robyn Spencer-Beck, Hudson School District
• Examing Local Post High School Outcomes (Powerpoint)
• Preparing, Sharing and Examining Local Transition Data (Powerpoint)

 

• Session 67 - Transitioning to Employment - Dr. Temple Grandin