Keene State College / MCST Transition Resources

"This guide has practical strategies that work for helping children of all ages who may be struggling with an at-home learning task. Families may find these strategies useful when helping their children complete various reading, math, and/or behavioral tasks at home."

"Being Grateful Can Improve Your Mental Health HEALTHY HOLIDAYS, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, NEWS, SELF-CARE By Rubina Kapil on November 20, 2019"

"Hi, I'm Courtney-former journalist and teacher, current advocate, proud military wife, and domestic engineer to 3 kids (one who happens to rock an extra chromosome). Welcome to my virtual soapbox for the empowerment of individuals with disabilities. Let's advocate!"

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is committed to ensuring that students and youth with disabilities are held to high expectations and have the resources and supports needed to expand their learning opportunities and prepare them for success in postsecondary education or careers. To that end, this "Questions and Answers" (Q&A) describes how State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies may coordinate to assist students and youth with disabilities, including students and youth with intellectual disabilities who are in high school and at postsecondary education institutions, through appropriate supports funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended by Title IV of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

"Bodies As Home: Notes on Cure, Disability and Natural Worlds"

"The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT) developed the Transition Gradebook as a school-level tool for recording individual students' transition-related activities, including the required pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS), and various risk and protective factors associated with dropout, graduation and positive postschool outcomes. The Transition Gradebook is a locally served database application that records transition-related activities from five major areas from NTACT's Predictors of Postschool Success-specifically, Career Awareness, Work Experience, Inclusion, Student Supports, and Collaboration. It also tracks whether a student has received instruction in self-determination, social skills, life skills, and/or transportation skills. Finally, the tool also records some of the risk and protective factors associated with school completion: specifically in the areas of attendance, behavior and course performance, as well as other factors that impact school engagement and postschool outcomes."

"The National Center for Rural Education Research Networks will help rural schools use data for continuous improvement"

"The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviews the existing research on different programs, products, practices, and policies in education. Our goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions. We focus on the results from high-quality research to answer the question "What works in education?"

Module for Personnel Preparation Programs in participating colleges and universities. Now we are making it available to all educators and trainers interested in a " resource package". The resources can be downloaded and copied or distributed electronically.

"Have you ever been so immersed in what you were doing that all distractions and background chatter just fell away? Nothing existed except the brush and your painting, your skis and the slope, your car and the road. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a renowned professor of psychology at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif., calls that state of intense absorption "flow.""

"For years, tens of thousands of educators, parents, and school leaders used the original Assistive Technology Wheel developed by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) to select appropriate resources for Individualized Education Plans. CAST is pleased to provide an all new AT Wheel with updated content and resources. Created by CEC's Innovations in Special Education Technology (CEC-ISET) membership group, the AT Wheel is a handy, compact tool that maps student needs in a variety of areas to dozens of potential assistive technology solutions."

"Welcome to the LD@School online learning module for educators. This learning module has been created to provide course materials in a logical, sequential order, guiding you through the content and assessments in the order specified. You are required to complete content before they are allowed to proceed to the next content. This online learning module takes 45 - 60 minutes to complete. The module is unable to keep track of your progress, so it must be completed in one sitting."

"With busy schedules and the time-demands of kids and family, making time to learn more can be a barrier to getting new information. " Family Voices of TN has developed modules that you can access any time, from anywhere.  These modules were created from the person-centered perspective. We want to relate our information to your needs, and if you have further questions about how to make the resources and strategies offered work for you and your family"

"Strong And Engaged Site Leadership This film was created by SWIFT under a federally funded, national K-8 center to provide academic and behavioral support to promote the learning and academic achievement of all students, including students with disabilities and those with the most extensive needs. This film focuses on how strong and engaged site leadership is a foundation for transforming systems throughout a school, empowering the entire faculty to support student success."

"ATIM is designed to provide high-quality information and professional development on assistive technology (AT) for educators, professionals, families, persons with disabilities, and others. Each module guides you through case studies, instructional videos, pre- and post-assessments, a glossary, and much more. ATIM modules are available at no cost. Fee-based professional development certificates and graduate credit hours are now available and continuing education credits are coming soon."

"From award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes INTELLIGENT LIVES, a catalyst to transform the label of intellectual disability from a life sentence of isolation into a life of possibility for the most systematically segregated people in America."