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The National Secondary Transition and Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) began its 5th year of funding on January 1, 2010!

NSTTAC is preparing for the 4th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute with the IDEA Partnership's Community of Practice on Transition, the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, and the National Post-School Outcome Center. The Institute will again be in Charlotte, NC at the Hilton Charlotte University Place, beginning at 5PM on Tuesday, May 18th and ending at noon on Friday, May 21st.

The Institute follows a format of alternating content hosted by the 4 Centers (focused on building state capacity in secondary transition through [a] data-based decision-making, [b] professional development, [c] policy analysis and change, and [d] technical assistance) facilitated team planning, and opportunities for networking.

Participation is intended for multi-disciplinary teams from States. You may register for the Institute as part of your State's team at http://stspi-conf-reg.tadnet.org or may contact Catherine Fowler, chfowler@uncc.edu, if you have any questions or need the contact information for your State's liaison.

There are several new resources posted at NSTTAC's website: www.nsttac.org. These include
·      Updates from NSTTAC's review of correlational research regarding in-school predictors of post-school success http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/PredictorResources.aspx
·      A Guide for Determining Evidence for Practices and Curricula, based on NSTTAC's presentation at the DCDT Conference in Savannah, GA: http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/ebp_main.aspx
·      A Predictor Implementation Self-Assessment: http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/ebp_main.aspx
·      An video overview of NSTTAC's Evidence-Based Practice Resources: http://www.nsttac.org/products_and_resources/Videos/EBPVideos/EBPOverviewVideo/KellyVideo.aspx
·      A video overview of NSTTAC's review of the literature to determine the evidence-base in secondary transition: http://www.nsttac.org/products_and_resources/Videos/EBPVideos/EBPVideo/ValerieVideo.aspx
·      A video overview of NSTTAC's identified in-school predictors of post-school success from the correlational research: http://www.nsttac.org/products_and_resources/Videos/EBPVideos/PredictorsOfPostSchoolVideo/AprilVideo.aspx
·      NEW and updated practice descriptions http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/evidence_based_practices.aspx
·      NEW Annotated Bibliographies on Interagency Collaboration, Health Issues in Transition, and Sexuality and Transition Planning and updates on the annotated bibliography of Secondary Transition and Students with Autism http://www.nsttac.org/products_and_resources/AnnotatedBibliographies.aspx based on additional research in secondary special education
·      An Indicator 13 APR Submission FAQ http://www.nsttac.org/indicator13/I13APRSubmissionFAQ.aspx
·      Links to resources on evidence-based practices and data collection across several TA Centers from "Cross Center Resources" at NSTTAC's homepage www.nsttac.org

Please continue to check NSTTAC's website and attend to "e-blasts" about new products posted, as there are several new resources, including video overviews of the evidence-based practice resources and updated Indicator 13 training materials and frequently asked questions that are currently in development. We also appreciate and respond to your feedback on the website, as well as specific products. Let us hear from you by calling 704-687-8606 or e-mailing questions to chfowler@uncc.edu or a request to be on our listserve to fgparkhi@uncc.edu!