Evaluating the Effectiveness of

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Online Resources for Transition and Secondary
Special Education
Mary E. Morningstar, PhD mmorningstar_at_ku.edu May
10, 2008 KU Professional Development Day
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Online Module Framework

• Learning Objectives
• Case-Based Examples Activities
• Conceptual Models/Unifying Frameworks
• Important Point
• Now Its Your Turn
• More Information My Library
• Interactivity Click Compare True/False
  Games Audio/video
• Session Summary

General Content

• Pre/Post Test
• Learning activities
• Reflective questions
• Impact on teaching
• Barriers to implementation
• Reflection of general learning content

User Portfolio
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• KU Continuing Education Short Courses
• Overview of Transition
• Transition Assessment
• Working with Families and Students in Transition
• Interagency Collaboration
• Preparing for Postsecondary Ed and Employment

Community of Practice

• Ongoing Discussion, Questions, etc.
• Sharing of Resources
• Post Training Materials, Compliance forms, etc.
• Networking
• Ask the Experts

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National Transition Websites

• National Secondary Transition Technical
  Assistance Center (NSTTAC) http//www.nsttac.org
• Transition Coalition http//www.transitioncoalitio
  n.org
• National Center on Secondary Education and
  Transition http//www.ncset.org
• Division on Career Development and Transition
  http//www.dcdt.org
• National Longitudinal Transition Study-2
  http//www.nlts2.org
• Montana Dept. of Education http//www.opi.mt.gov/S
  pecED/trans2.html
• Postsecondary Innovative Transition Technology
  (POST-IT) www.postitt.org  This has activities
  for parents, students and teachers

From P.Noonan (2008). Web-based resources for
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Transition Websites for Youth

• Youthhood
• http//www.youthhood.org/
• Career Zone http//www.nycareerzone.org/graphic/in
  dex.jsp
• Personal Data Wizard
• http//internet.humboldt.k12.ca.us/wizard
• Kidzone--LD Online
• http//www.ldonline.org/kids"Makin It"- The
  Hip-Hop Guide to True Survival
• http//www.ydrf.com/index.htm

From P.Noonan (2008). Web-based resources for
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More Websites for Youth

• Kids as Self Advocates
• http//www.fvkasa.org/
• Trackstar
• http//trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/
• The Department of Justice's web-site for youth
• http//ojjdp.ncjrs.org/tools/student.html
• Youth and Alcohol and Drug Issues (SAMHSA)
• http//ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/youth/

From P.Noonan (2008). Web-based resources for
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Transition Websites for Families

• Beach Center on Families and Disability
  http//www.beachcenter.org/
  
• The Pacer Center
• http//www.pacer.org/
• Technical Assistance on Transition and the
  Rehabilitation Act (TATRA) http//www.pacer.org/ta
  tra/index.asp
• Mums, National Parent-to-Parent Network
• http//www.netnet.net/mums/
• Transition Coalition Family links
  http//www.transitioncoalition.org/cgiwrap/tcacs/n
  ew/resources/websites/index.php?pagefamily
• LD Online (ldonline.org)
• The Guide to Future Planning http//www.peatc.org/
  NEXT_STEPS/Intro/brief.htm

From P.Noonan (2008). Web-based resources for
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Career and Vocational Assessment Sites

• Personal Data Wizard www.hrop.org/wizard/test
  There are 10 accounts on this site (only one user
  can be on a particular account at a time)
  Username test1, test2, etctest10 Password
  test1, test2, etc..test10
• Informal student checklists/interviews
  http//www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/fv/moahead/index.html
• Mapping Your Future http//www.mapping-your-futur
  e.org
• South Dakota Dept. of Ed transition assessments
  www.tslp.org
• Life Skills Assessment www.caseylifeskills.org
• AIR Self-Determination Scale  www.ou.edu/zarrow/sd
  etermination.html
• Idaho Resources for Transition Assessment
  http//elc.idahotc.com/ST_Resources.aspx
• Career Planning Assessment Guide
  www.ncwd-youth.info/resources__Publications/asses
  sment.html

From M. Morningstar (2008). Online Free Career
Assessments
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• Transition Tech Manual http//www.aea11.k12.ia.us/
  pareduc/TechManual.pdf
• What is Your Learning Style? www.ldpride.net/learn
  ing-style-test.html
• What's Your Personality Style? www.platinumrule.co
  m/assessment.asp
• My First Resume www.careerkids.com
• My Future Career Toolbox
• http//www.myfuture.com/t2_ctoolbox.html
• Holland personality types survey
• http//www.ncsu.edu/careerkey
• Career Game
• http//www.careergame.com

From M. Morningstar (2008). Online Free Career
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Self-Determination Employment Websites

• Self-determination Synthesis Project
  http//www.uncc.edu/sdsp/home.asp
• Student-Directed Transition Planning
  http//education.ou.edu/zarrow/?p37z7
• Whose Future is it Anyway? http//education.ou.edu
  /zarrow/?p45z52
• Self-Determination Assessments http//education.ou
  .edu/zarrow/?p38
• Self-Determination Links http//web.uccs.edu/educa
  tion/special/self_determination/sdlinks.html
• Work Support http//www.worksupport.com/
• Job Accommodation Network http//www.jan.wvu.edu
• National Collaborative on Workforce and
  Disability-Youth http//www.ncwd-youth.info/index.
  html
• TransCen http//www.transcen.org/
• Bridges from School to Work http//www.marriottfou
  ndation.org/bridges/default.mi
• Healthy and Ready to Work http//www.mchbhrtw.org/
  
• Institute on Community Inclusion
  http//www.communityinclusion.org/index.php

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Listservs--Your choice!

• NSTTAC Notes e-mail nsttacnotes_at_nsttac.org
• NCSET E-news
• http//www.ncset.org/enews/default.asp
• Wrights Law The Special Ed Advocate Newsletter
• http//www.wrightslaw.com
• National Institute for Urban School Improvement
  http//www.inclusiveschools.org/index.htm

From P.Noonan (2008). Web-based resources for
transition.