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Secondary Transition Resources
COVID-19 and Special Education
View information for educators and parents to support students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Secondary Transition
Gail Lott will offer Secondary Transition office hours on the second Tuesday of each month from 3:30- 4:30PM on the following days:
- September 14, 2021
- October 12, 2021
- November 9, 2021
- December 14, 2021
- January 11, 2022
- February 8, 2022
- March 8, 2022
- April 12, 2022
- May 10, 2022
Transition Office Hours
Registration
Registrations must be completed by 10:00 am the day before (Tuesday) for each Wednesday office hours session.
Providing Secondary Transition Services During COVID
Our team has collected resources and tools specific to secondary transition that may be useful as you plan for students.
View the Secondary
Transition & COVID Resources
Work-Based Learning Technical Assistance Request
For Districts, BOCES, or Facility school to request targeted technical assistance from CDE to expand work-based learning options for students with most significant needs.
TA Request Form
Technical Assistance Documents
- Technical Assistance: Adult and Community Agencies (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Important Ages and Milestones (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Concurrent Enrollment (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Grading and Transcripts (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Graduation and Diplomas (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: School to Work Alliance Program (SWAP) (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: School to Work Alliance Program (SWAP) (Spanish) (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Student Count Requirements for 18-21 Year Old Students (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Transfer for Students Receiving 18-21 Transition Services (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Transition Services for 18-21 Year Olds (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Transition Planning (PDF)
- Technical Assistance: Voting Rights and Responsibilities (PDF)
Past Webinars and Conferences
Webinars
Enhancing Employment Outcomes with Assistive Technology
Human Trafficking: Transition Age Youth with Disabilities
NTACT Check and Connect - Update Progress (video)
Technical Soundness Check of Transition Action Plans - 1/15/20 (video)
Volunteering and Unpaid Work for People with Disabilities: Dos and Don'ts
Work-Based Learning for Students with Disabilities: Tools, Strategies, and Collaborating - a 3-Part Webinar Series
Transition Leadership Institute
- Transition Leadership Institute 2021 information and handouts.
- Transition Leadership Institute 2020 Information
- Transition Leadership Institute 2019 Information
Office Hours - Recorded October 7, 2020
Continuum and Toolkit
Transition Continuum
Handbooks and Publications
- Colorado Options: A handbook of post-secondary education services for students with disabilities, 8th Edition, 2014. (PDF)
- Cooperative Assessment Guidelines for School Practitioners - Colorado Department of Education & Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (PDF)
- Cooperative Services Handbook for Youth in Transition - Colorado Department of Education & Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (PDF)
Transition Assessments
Transition Action Plan (TAP) Training Resources
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT) Tools and Technical Assistance
- NTACT Log-In Page
- Overview of NTACT (PPT)
- NTACT PowerPoint for Completing a Technically Sound Transition Plan (10-11-2017) (PDF)
Assistive Technology Resources
Websites
Educators
- DBTAC: Rocky Mountain ADA Center
- Division of Career Development and Transition
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
- O NET O*Net (. . .occupational guide to understanding the full scope of roles and skills needed for many careers and jobs)
- Office of Postsecondary Readiness
- Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
- Peak Parent Center
- Transition Coalition
Families/Parents
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Job Tips
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
- O NET O*Net (. . .occupational guide to understanding the full scope of roles and skills needed for many careers and jobs)
- PACER National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
- Peak Parent Center
- Personal Assistance Services of Colorado (PASCO)
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