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To NPSOSERV subscribers: Message forwarded from PACER. Please circulate to appropriate folks in your state. REFERENCE POINTS: New Transition Services Certificate (TSC) Distance Education Program at The George Washington University The George Washington University plans to offer a new Transition Services Certificate (TSC) program through distance education, to begin the fall of 2006. The TSC program responds to the needs expressed by educators and rehabilitation personnel, research concerning youth with disabilities, and legislative requirements to provide transition services for all youth with disabilities. The program will provide the knowledge, skills, and competencies required of secondary special educators and rehabilitation personnel to assist youth and young adults as they transition to postsecondary opportunities and address transition services mandated in IDEA amendments of 2004 (P.L. 108-446) which include ongoing assessment, curriculum planning, and collaboration with a variety of stakeholders to include community agency personnel, school administration and faculty, and parents. Who should attend: Secondary Special Educators, Rehabilitation Personnel and Related Personnel. More information i s available online at http://gsehd.gwu.edu/Transition+Services+Certificate Contact Corinne Weidenthal, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or 202-994-1220), program coordinator, if you are interested in this program and/or would like to request further information. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REFERENCE POINTS, transition updates from the TATRA Project, features resources and information to help parent organizations, advocates and professionals better serve adolescents and young adults with disabilities, and their families. It is managed by PACER Center www.pacer.org as a joint technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project and the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition www.ncset.org Visit our web sites for access to a wealth of additional resources and information! To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/signup.asp To UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.asp Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition is funded by and is a partner with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, cooperative agreement # H326J000005. The TATRA Project is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of this material. |
