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Youth-Led , Y outh-Driven Webinars on Transition

Youth-Led , Y outh-Driven Webinars on Transition. Why we did it, what we did, and what’s next! S ponsored by the IDEA’s Partnership National Community of Practice on Transition May 14, 2014. Introductions Who is with us today?

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Youth-Led , Y outh-Driven Webinars on Transition

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  1. Youth-Led, Youth-Driven Webinars on Transition Why we did it, what we did, and what’s next! Sponsored by the IDEA’s Partnership National Community of Practice on Transition May 14, 2014

  2. Introductions Who is with us today? How have you been involved with the transition community of practice?

  3. Session Objectives

  4. Your Engagement • During the presentation, we encourage all to:

  5. Your Engagement

  6. Why did we do it?

  7. Origins Christopher Coulston (DE), Emma Kemler (VA), Chris Nace (DC), Rachael Fiel (VA), Everett Deibler (PA)

  8. The Three Webinars

  9. Series objectives • We collected insights from youth and adult allies from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Hampshire, Michigan, Arizona, California, and Virginia, so professionals could learn about:

  10. Core Beliefs

  11. Collecting the Wisdom

  12. Bridging the Wisdom Experience Practice STorify

  13. Sharing the Wisdom

  14. Webinar #1: Get the Picture

  15. Webinar #1 Get the Picture

  16. Video

  17. Who is Involved in Transition Planning? Does the student feel ‘invited’ or engaged in the process?

  18. What was your role in transition planning?

  19. When Should transition planning start? Transition needsand shouldbe started earlier! 16 years old = is way too late!

  20. Where did transition preparation and planning take place?

  21. Why is it important for youth to lead Their transition planning?

  22. How can youth become ‘the drivers’ of transition, rather than ‘the recipients?’ I can Lead!

  23. I feel engaged in transition when…

  24. What does youth engagement look like in transition?

  25. Webinar #2Get Into the Picture

  26. Webinar #2 Get Into the Picture

  27. Knowing Yourself How can you help youth identify their strengths, needs, accommodations and supports?

  28. Key Messages • Useful strategy to identify strengths, needs, accommodations and goals • Things to keep in mind: • Personal experiences are one of the best sources of information on yourself • Don’t overlook subtleties • Accommodations are designed to address needs—no irrelevant or overbearing measures!

  29. Knowing Yourself How can you help educate and empower youth so that they can communicate with those who support them?

  30. Webinar #3Change The picture

  31. ADULT ALLIES – A CHANGE IN MINDSET

  32. Adult Allies – Beliefs

  33. Partnerships A young person should see an adult ally as a person who “always has their back”, but also knows when to “back off” so that the young person believes they can do anything!

  34. Adult Allies – Characteristics

  35. Questions Young People May Ask Themselves Are my ideas really considered? They tell me I need to be a self-advocate, but how can I be one, when I am given no power? When I speak, the meeting ‘stops.’ I feel ‘yessed at,’ and then the meeting continues on.

  36. Seeing the Big Picture

  37. The Door of Opportunity

  38. ADULT ALLIES – A CHANGE IN MINDSET • How can we collectively change the mindset of adult allies from “service providers” to partners to more fully engage youth?

  39. Reflection on Webinars

  40. Your Voice

  41. Where Can I Get These Resources?! bit.ly/YouthWebinars2014

  42. Thank you to the webinar planning team

  43. Contact us Christopher Coulston – cpc1996@yahoo.com Clement Coulston – clement.coulston@gmail.com Christopher Nace– christopher.nace@dc.gov Everett Deibler– everett.deibler@gmail.com Matthew Shapiro – matthewshapiro91@yahoo.com Joan Kester – jkester@gwmail.gwu.edu Mariola Rosser – mariola.rosser@nasdse.org

  44. Idea partnership The IDEA Partnership is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and is part of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination network Visit the Website: www.ideapartnership.org Call toll free line at: 1-877-IDEA INFO

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