Keene State College / MCST Transition Resources

"Work Early, Work Often" is a video campaign created by the Youth Transitions Collaborative's career preparation and management working group. Together, the three-part series highlights the importance of work and work-based experiences in an individual's transition to adulthood, particularly for young adults with disabilities. Each storyline focuses on a different subject and narrative, told from the perspective of key audiences that are part of the transition journey. All videos include open captioning and audio descriptions.."

"When a young woman texted DoSomething.org with a heartbreaking cry for help, the organization responded by opening a nationwide Crisis Text Line to provide an outlet for people in pain. Nearly 10 million text messages later, the organization is using the privacy and power of text messaging to help people with issues such as addiction, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, sexual abuse and more. The data collected in the process is reshaping policy and preparing schools and law enforcement to better handle spikes in crises."

Home site for the Down Syndrome Research Foundation.

"Student Engagement: Resource Roundup Keeping students captivated and ready to learn throughout the year is no small task. Here's a list of articles, videos, links, and other resources that offer strategies and advice for keeping them engaged in learning."

"Research shows that students with ADHD can concentrate better when they're allowed to fidget (here's a link to the study). But what if this becomes a distraction for the rest of the class? We received hundreds of Facebook comments from teachers, parents, and students with great ideas for letting students quietly fidget, and here are some of our favorites:"

"You've got every device under the sun in front of you. Now what apps are you going to use? Here are the apps or app categories that I recommend you test for your school. There are lots of apps, and these are just my opinion based on what I've used with my students or successfully tested."

""Special, "exceptional," and other sugar-coated words like this are rampant in professional, legal, and academic spheres. It's euphemistic, a way to avoid mention of disability, because disability is far too often perceived as a dirty word."

This is a series of briefs on educational issues facing secondary education. Examples: Personalized learning, proficiency-based grading, assessment.

The IES College Readiness Data Catalog Tool and User Guide enables states, districts and other educational entities to assess the presence of college readiness indicators and identify gaps in developing future indicator systems. The College Readiness Data Catalog is a flexible Excel workbook that provides a shell for organizing and tracking student data relevant for measuring college readiness.