Transition IEPs: A Curriculum Guide for Teachers
By Paul Wehman and Katherine Wittig
The third edition of Transition IEPs: A Curriculum Guide for Teachers is a practical plan curriculum guide for parents, educators, and practitioners who are involved in the transition planning process and IEP development of students of all disability levels. $52.00


Universal Design for Transition
By Colleen A. Thoma, Christina C. Bartholomew, & LaRon A. Scott
 
Schools across the country already use universal design for learning to improve students' access to the general curriculum-and now they'll have a practical book that takes this powerful teaching approach one step further for students approaching the transition to adult life. $34.95


Engaging and Empowering Families in Secondary Transition
By Donna L. Wandry and Amy M. Pleet

An expanded follow-up to a CEC best seller, this guide includes tools for assessing families' and practitioners' engagement in practices that promote positive postschool outcomes for youth with disabilities. $25.95

Transition to Postsecondary Education for Students With Disabilities
By Carol Kochhar-Bryant, Diane S. Bassett, Kristine W. Webb
 
Help students with disabilities put their goals into action and navigate postsecondary life! As mandated by federal law, schools must assist students with disabilities in developing appropriate goals and transition plans for life after high school. Written for teachers and student assistance professionals, this comprehensive and practical book focuses on how the planning process can prepare students for the greater independence of postsecondary settings. $33.95
 
The Way to Work: How to Facilitate Work Experiences for Youth in Transition
By Richard G. Luecking, with invited contributors

Teachers and transition specialists will rely on this strategy-filled guidebook to connect students with the early work experiences they really want-and make lifelong career satisfaction the rule, not the exception, for people with disabilities. $34.95


Think College! Postsecondary Education Options for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
By Meg Grigal & Debra Hart

As legislation and policy changes expand postsecondary education options for students with intellectual disabilities, this resource provides education professionals, family members, and policy makers with the critical information they need to help students take full advantage of their educational opportunities. $39.95

Autism and the Transition to Adulthood: Success Beyond the Classroom
By Paul Wehman, Marcia Datlow Smith, and Carol Schall

In this guide, get hard-to-find information on how specific social, behavioral, and cognitive characteristics of people with autism affect the transition to adulthood. $34.95


Transition of Youth and Young Adults with Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties-An Evidence-Supported Handbook
Edited by Hewitt B. "Rusty" Clark, Ph.D., & Deanne K. Unruh, Ph.D.
 
Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of contributors-practitioners, educators, researchers, administrators, parents, and young people themselves-this book collects our best, most current knowledge on supporting transitions for young people with mental health issues. $34.95

Preparing Students with Disabilities for College Success A Practical Guide to Transition Planning (available for preorders)
Edited by Stan F. Shaw, Ed.D., Joseph W. Madaus, Ph.D., & Lyman L. Dukes, III, Ph.D.

For students with mild to moderate, non-visible disabilities, navigating a college education without the support team they had in high school can be challenging. Help students become effective self-advocates and maximize their postsecondary possibilities with this cutting-edge book, which balances current research with the most practical guidance to date on this topic. $34.95

 Many states have a relatively long history of providing statewide parent leadership training for families of students with disabilities. Increasingly, more states and local school districts are offering self-determination and leadership training to youth with disabilities. However, very few opportunities exist in which parents and youth can learn important self-determination, leadership, and advocacy skills simultaneously.
 
Wisconsin has developed an in-depth parent/youth leadership training known as YiPPE: Youth in Partnership with Parents for Empowerment. The curriculum is available for free at http://www.wispdg.org/pl/Facilitators_Guide_5_19_09.pdf
 
The program offers in-depth leadership training for parents and guardians, paired with hands-on, fun learning activities for youth covering futures planning, the IEP process, self-advocacy skills, independence and health care management, appropriate social skills and much more.

 
THE NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP NETWORK
The National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN) is looking for new leaders to lead our organization. Everything NYLN does is done by young people. We have openings on our Governing Board (GB) and our committees. The application can be found via this link: http://www.nyln.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/GBapplication.doc.

DO SOMETHING AWARDS
The "Do Something" Awards are given to young people age 25 or under in recognition of their leadership in community improvement and concern for the lives of others. Recipients of the award receive a grant of up to $100,000 toward the cause of their choice. For more information go to http://www.dosomething.org/programs/awards.
Deadline for application is December 15, 2009.

EMERGING LEADERS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The Emerging Leaders summer internship program for college students with disabilities offers paid summer internships at many of America's leading corporations. To be considered for an internship, a student must be an enrolled undergraduate or graduate student, who has completed at least 60 credits, and is maintaining at least a 3.0 GPA.  More information can be found on the web site at http://www.emerging-leaders.com/.
Application deadline: December 31, 2009

LEARN AND SERVE CHALLENGE
The Learn and Serve Challenge consists of the dual goals of engaging at least 50,000 schools nationwide and five million college students in service-learning over the course of this school year, the Challenge will showcase the promise and best practices of service-learning. Young people - from elementary to college age - will help rebuild and renew their local and global community by using the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to implement innovative solutions to problems across five priority areas: community renewal; education; energy and the environment; health and nutrition; and safety and security. For more information and to register a service-learning project go to http://www.learnandservechallenge.org.

Twenty-one state teams participated in the Mid-Year Capacity Building Institute, hosted by NSTTAC in conjunction with DCDT's biannual conference in Savannah, Georgia. The 4th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute, co-hosted by NSTTAC, the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, and the National Post-School Outcomes Center will be in Charlotte, NC from the evening of May 18 until noon on May 21, 2010.
 
NSTTAC has recently posted 3 videos on its website, that walk through the evidence-based practice resources at http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/ebp_main.aspx. There are also new fact sheets, co-developed by NSTTAC and DCDT at http://www.nsttac.org/products_and_resources/dcdt_factssheet.aspx Finally, at NSTTAC's home page are two new products: (a) a Transition Institute Toolkit, and (b) an Evaluation Toolkit. NSTTAC appreciates feedback on these resources. You may contact Catherine Fowler, chfowler@uncc.edu.