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Translating WIOA and Youth Transition Services: Meet the Technical Assistance Centers

Get valuable insights and connect with experts from WIOA Technical Assistance Centers to enhance VR practices for youth with disabilities. Explore resources, tools, and professional development opportunities. Identify methods to improve education and employment outcomes. Join the 2018 NCRE Fall Conference on October 25-27 in Virginia.

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Translating WIOA and Youth Transition Services: Meet the Technical Assistance Centers

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  1. Translating WIOA and Youth Transition Services: Meet the Technical Assistance Centers 2018 NCRE FALL CONFERENCE OCTOBER 25 TO 27, 2018 MARRIOTT RENAISSANCE CRYSTAL CITY, VIRGINIA

  2. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Practices for Youth and Young Adults • Addressing the gaps between knowledge and practice to improve VR practices and employment outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities • Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Grant Number 90RT5034-02-01 • The findings and conclusions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not represent the views of NIDILRR or any agency of the federal government

  3. Welcome • Sean Roy, Training Associate • RRTC on VR Practices and Youth • http://vrpracticesandyouth.org/ • TransCen, Inc. • 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 350 • Rockville, MD 20852 • 612-432-9677 • www.transcen.org

  4. Presenters • Randy Loss, MS, CRC • Vocational Rehabilitation Youth Technical Assistance Center (Y-TAC) • Institute for Educational Leadership • National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD) • Ronica A. Marable, Ph.D, NCC, CRCKnowledge Developer/Technical Assistance ProviderNational Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)The University of North Carolina at Charlotte • Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, Ed.D, CRCCo-Director/Associate ProfessorThe George Washington UniversityCenter for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)

  5. Learner Outcomes • 1. Identify the resources, tools and professional development available from the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT), Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center ( WINTAC) and the Vocational Rehabilitation Youth Technical Assistance Center (Y-TAC) • 2. Explore how their educational and post-school performance indicators, goals and desired outcomes intersect with the work of the Technical Assistance centers • 3. Identify the methods to connect with the Technical Assistance centers to design plans to enhance education and employment opportunities for students and youth

  6. Identify Resources, Tools, and Professional Development http://iel.org/vryouth-tac

  7. Identify Resources, Tools, and Professional Development http://iel.org/vryouth-tac Presentations & Webinars Curriculum Guides Literature Reviews Video Success Stories Practice Briefs Promising Practice State Profiles Communities of Practice

  8. Identify Resources, Tools, and Professional Development https://www.transitionta.org/

  9. Identify Resources, Tools, and Professional Development https://www.transitionta.org/ Presentations & Webinars Annotated Bibliographies Data Tools/ Toolkits Lesson Plan Library Practice & Predictor Descriptions Quickguides

  10. Identify Resources, Tools, and Professional Development http://www.wintac.org/

  11. Identify Resources, Tools, and Professional Development http://www.wintac.org/topic-areas/pre-employment-transition-services

  12. Identify Resources, Tools, and Professional Development HTTP://WWW.WINTAC.ORG/ • Resources • Presentations/Joint Training • On-Demand Webinars • Laws, Regs, Policy • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  13. Enhance transition planning [IDEA Part B Indicator 13 & VR Performance Indicators 4 and 5] Explore how educational and post-school performance indicators, goals and desired outcomes intersect Improve post-school outcomes for students and youth with disabilities [IDEA Part B Indicator 14 & VR Performance Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4] Students and Youth Expand opportunities for students and youth with disabilities to achieve competitive, integrated employment (CIE) [IDEA Part B Indicators 1, 2, 13, 14 & VR Performance Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

  14. Website Toolkits and Resource Guides • Live and On-demand Webinars • Regional Listening Sessions with States • FAQs Universal TA Identify methods to connect with TA Centers to enhance education and employment opportunities for students and youth • Respond to States individual questions • One time individualized - • training needs/requests • policies/procedure review • Review agreements or MOUs with education agencies or external partners Targeted TA • Intensive, sustained relationship with a state to include a series of activities designed to reach a valued outcome and result in changes in policy, program, or practice. • May involve one or multiple on-site visits Intensive TA

  15. Randy Loss lossr@iel.org Ronica Marable rmarable@uncc.edu Thank You Maureen McGuire-Kuletz mkuletz@gwu.edu

  16. QUESTIONS?

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