National Post School Outcome Data Community of Practice ------------------------------------------------------
New Fact Sheets from NSTTAC and DCDT Two new fact sheets developed as a collaborative effort between DCDT and the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) are now available on the NSTTAC web site http://www.nsttac.org/?FileName=dcdt_factsheet&type=1 "Student Involvement in the IEP" features two evidence based strategies to involve students in the IEP process http://www.nsttac.org/pdf/dcdt_fact_sheet.pdf "Age-Appropriate Transition Assessments" provides a working definition of "age appropriate transition assessments," examples of formal and informal types of assessments, and offers guidance to practitioners on selecting and conducting assessments. http://www.nsttac.org/pdf/trans_fact_sheet.pdf Note that a draft version of a longer "Age Appropriate Transition Assessment Guide" is also available on the NSTTAC web site in PDF format at http://www.nsttac.org/pdf/transition_guide/nsttac_tag.pdf DCDT is the Division on Career Development and Transition, a division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) http://www.dcdt.org . NSTTAC www.nsttac.org is funded through the Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special Education.
