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Transition – A team approach

Transition – A team approach. Division for Rehabilitation Services & REACH Resource Centers on Independent Living. Collaboration. Working with others to achieve a common goal. Benefits of Collaboration. The expertise of each member is available to all Consensus is facilitated

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Transition – A team approach

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  1. Transition – A team approach Division for Rehabilitation Services & REACH Resource Centers on Independent Living

  2. Collaboration Working with others to achieve a common goal

  3. Benefits of Collaboration • The expertise of each member is available to all • Consensus is facilitated • Decision making is shared • Creative approaches are born • Resources are maximized • Conflict is resolved

  4. CHIRP - Centers Hatching Initiatives for Realizing Potential • Players, Purpose, Process • History of IL and VR

  5. CHIRP - Centers Hatching Initiatives for Realizing Potential • Players, Purpose, Process • Facilitating more effective transition of youth with disabilities

  6. CHIRP - Centers Hatching Initiatives for Realizing Potential • Players, Purpose, Process • Demonstration project conducted by the Region 6 Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Center (TACE)

  7. Innovative Ideas • Transition Connection • Independent Living Academies

  8. Piloting the Transition Connection • WHO? • WHAT? • WHEN? • WHERE? • WHY?

  9. Taking the show on the road

  10. Launching the Independent Living Academies • Method • Content

  11. Participant Comments • “I had a good fun and exciting week at the academy” • “I learned to be more independent and how to be safe out there on my own” • “I learned to cook different things this week” • “I learned things about helping others and making new friends” • “I learned three strengths about myself”

  12. Participant Comments • “I can advocate for myself” • “I learned to focus on what I’m good at” • “I got to meet people with other disabilities and to be more independent” • “I felt safe! I felt Wonderful! I met neat people and made new friends!” • “The Independent Living Academy was a great experience for me, because I learned to do things on my own”

  13. Expanding the Collaboration • Building a “village” to aid students with disabilities as they prepare to assume adult roles. • Possible partners

  14. Benefits • Broader continuum of services available to transitioning students • More consistency in information provided to students and their families. • Improved achievement of IDEA indicators related to transition • Greater success rate for students transitioning from school to work and independence

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