Transcript Writing an SPP/APR that considers the connections across

Writing an SPP/APR that
considers the connections
across Indicators…
Kentucky’s Design for
Improving Postschool
Outcomes for Students with
Disabilities
Ownership and Action through
Interdepartmental and Interagency
Collaboration
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
2nd Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute
May 2008
We Know the Barriers
• Transition of youth with disabilities from high school to
community settings is one of the most stressful of life
transitions
• In all areas of adult life, young adults with disabilities do not
fare as well as their peers without disabilities.
• Youth with disabilities have significantly higher drop-out rates
(CEC, 1994), lower employment rates (Blackorby & Wagner,
1996), lower rates of independent living (Kiernan, McGaughey,
Lynch, Morganstern, & Schalock, 1991); and they do not pursue
college or post-secondary education (Blackorby & Wagner,
1996).
• Major change in human service delivery system
• Lack of adequate data collection (what happens to students?)
Kentucky, like the rest of the nation…
began focusing on the transition needs of youth
with disabilities in the 1980s through various
school-to-work model demonstrations
Our State…
• Made successful transition for all students an educational goal with
the passing of KERA in 1990.
• Was one of the few states that answered the 1990 IDEA
reauthorization with a separate, individualized transition plan for
students with disabilities.
• Is one of a few states that require an Individual Learning/Graduation
Plan (ILP), focused on transition, for all students.
• Has an Interagency Transition Council to foster the collaboration we
all know is so critical for successful transition.
• Required transition planning beginning at age 14 prior to federal
requirement to do so.
But, overall, we falter…..
In Kentucky, in 2004…
 An estimated 39.0% of people with disabilities, aged 18-64 lived in
families with incomes below the poverty line
vs.
 An estimated 10.5% of people without a disability
 An estimated 87.2% unemployment rate for people with a work
limitation (disability)
vs.
 An estimated 22.6% unemployment rate for men and women
without a work limitation (disability)
Houtenville, Andrew J. 2005. "Disability Statistics in the United States." Ithaca, NY: Cornell University
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics (StatsRRTC),
www.disabilitystatistics.org. Posted April 4, 2005. Accessed September 12, 2005.
APR 2008
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Graduation Rate: 64.3% (Exiting Data)
Dropout Rate: 5% (Exiting Data)
Transition Planning in the IEP: 67.6%
Postschool Outcomes: 74%
Design for Improvement
• Interdepartmental and Interagency
Collaboration
• Combined activities addressing
Indicators 1, 2, 13, 14
• Aligned categories of activities with
Taxonomy for Transition Programming
• Structured activities to address APR
Checklist
Design for Improvement
• Interdepartmental and Interagency
Collaboration
• Combined activities addressing
Indicators 1, 2, 13, 14
• Aligned categories of activities with
Taxonomy for Transition Programming
• Structured activities to address APR
Checklist
Collaborative Partners
• Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Special Education Cooperative Network (KSECN)
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
– Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career Pathways
• Interdisciplinary Courses
– Division of Secondary and Virtual Education
• Dropout Prevention
• Secondary GED Program
• Individual Learning Plans
• Kentucky Interagency Transition Council for Persons with Disabilities
(KITC)
• Regional and National Technical Assistance Centers
Collaborative Partners
• Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Special Education Cooperative
Network (KSECN)
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• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
– Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career Pathways
• Interdisciplinary Courses
– Division of Secondary and Virtual Education
• Dropout Prevention
• Secondary GED Program
• Individual Learning Plans
Kentucky Interagency Transition Council for Persons with Disabilities (KITC)
Regional and National Technical Assistance Centers
Kentucky Special Education
Cooperative Network
• Kentucky has 11 Special Education
Cooperatives (SEC)
• All Local Education Agencies belong based
upon geographic proximity
• Each Special Education Cooperative has
Transition Consultant
• SEC Transition Consultants have established
regional interagency linkages
Kentucky Special Education
Cooperative Network
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Technical assistance
Training
Professional development
Specialized services
Research
Other needs identified by member
districts and the Kentucky Department
of Education.
Collaborative Partners
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Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Special Education Cooperative Network (KSECN)
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
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Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career …
• Interdisciplinary Courses
– Division of Secondary and Virtual Education
• Dropout Prevention
• Secondary GED Program
• Individual Learning Plans
Kentucky Interagency Transition Council for Persons with Disabilities (KITC)
Regional and National Technical Assistance Centers
Kentucky Postschool
Outcomes Center
• www.kypso.org
• The mission of the Kentucky Post School Outcome
Study (KyPSO) website is to provide Kentucky school
districts with a process for evaluating the after school
outcomes of student leavers with disabilities.
• Kentucky In-School Transition Survey
• Kentucky One-Year-Out Survey
Collaborative Partners
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Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Special Education Cooperative Network (KSECN)
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
– Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career Pathways
• Interdisciplinary Courses
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Division of Secondary and Virtual Education
• Dropout Prevention
• Secondary GED Program
• Individual Learning Plans
Kentucky Interagency Transition Council for Persons with Disabilities (KITC)
Regional and National Technical Assistance Centers
Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career Choices
– Career Choices in the middle school is an exploratory course
which introduces students to a broad range of career
opportunities.
• Career Pathways
– A program of studies for each career pathway is a sequence
of rigorous academic and career/technical courses including
dual credit opportunities, leading to postsecondary degrees
and industry recognized certifications and/or licensures.
• Interdisciplinary Courses
– Interdisciplinary courses provide high schools the
opportunity to offer courses which have the same academic
rigor as traditional courses, but the content is delivered
through a more contextual hands-on approach.
Collaborative Partners
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Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Special Education Cooperative Network (KSECN)
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
– Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career Pathways
• Interdisciplinary Courses
– Division of Secondary and Virtual Education
• Dropout Prevention
• Secondary GED Program
• Individual Learning Plans
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Kentucky Interagency Transition Council for Persons with Disabilities (KITC)
Regional and National Technical Assistance Centers
Division of Secondary and Virtual Learning
• Dropout Prevention
– Online resource guide offering strategies to keep students in
school.
• Secondary GED Program
– Programs and services that include identification, counseling,
mentoring and other educational strategies for students who
are demonstrating little or no success in school, or who
possess other risk factors that contribute to the likelihood of
their dropping out of school.
• Individual Learning Plans
– The web-enabled Individual Learning Plan (ILP) helps
secondary students (grades 6-12) better focus their
coursework on individual goals as they prepare for
postsecondary studies and careers.
Collaborative Partners
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Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Special Education Cooperative Network (KSECN)
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
– Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career Pathways
• Interdisciplinary Courses
– Division of Secondary and Virtual Education
• Dropout Prevention
• Secondary GED Program
• Individual Learning Plans
• Kentucky Interagency Transition Council for
Persons with Disabilities (KITC)
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Regional and National Technical Assistance Centers
Kentucky Interagency Transition
Council
Provides a forum through which students, parents, and
professionals can:
– Communicate and decide how to work together as a team
(e.g. relationship and structure);
– Identify current practices and areas in need of
improvement;
– Share resources, knowledge, unique experiences and
expertise;
– Benefit from successful outcomes and shared rewards.
Transition Core Team
Regional Interagency Transition Teams
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Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs
University of Kentucky Human Development Institute
Kentucky Department for Mental Health/Mental Retardation
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Kentucky Deafblind Project
Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children
• Special Education Cooperative Network
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
• Parent Resource Centers
– Division of Career and Technical Education
Role: State-level stake
holders develop policy
decisions
State Interagency
Transition Council
Role: Developers and
facilitators of system
Transition Summit
Team
Role: keep abreast of issues, concerns
and trends as identified by Regional
Teams; provide support to regional
teams; provide support/guidance to
State Transition Coordinator & State
Improvement Grant -Transition
Director
State Transition
Core Team
11 Regional Interagency Transition Teams
Based upon Special Education Cooperative Structure
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Collaborative Partners
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Kentucky Department of Education
– Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Special Education Cooperative Network (KSECN)
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
– Division of Career and Technical Education
• Career Pathways
• Interdisciplinary Courses
– Division of Secondary and Virtual Education
• Dropout Prevention
• Secondary GED Program
• Individual Learning Plans
Kentucky Interagency Transition Council for Persons with Disabilities (KITC)
• Regional and National Technical Assistance
Centers
Regional and National Technical
Assistance Centers
• Mid-South Regional Resource Center
• National Secondary Transition Technical
Assistance Center
• National Postschool Outcomes Center
• National Dropout Prevention Center
Design for Improvement
• Interdepartmental and Interagency
Collaboration
• Combined activities addressing
Indicators 1, 2, 13, 14
• Aligned categories of activities with
Taxonomy for Transition Programming
• Structured strategies to address APR
Checklist
Combined Activities
• Tree of Influence
• Through stakeholder groups of
collaborative partners, activities were
selected that would address the
identified needs for all indicators (1, 2,
13, 14)
Design for Improvement
• Interdepartmental and Interagency
Collaboration
• Combined activities addressing
Indicators 1, 2, 13, 14
• Aligned categories of activities with
Taxonomy for Transition Programming
• Structured strategies to address APR
Checklist
Aligned Activities
• Taxonomy for Transition Programming:
Paula Kohler 1996
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~kohlerp/pdf/Taxonomy.pdf
– Student Focused Planning
– Student Development
– Family Involvement
– Interagency Collaboration
– Program Structure
Aligned Activities
• What Works Transition Research Synthesis
– http://www.nsttac.org/Default.aspx?FileName=wh
at_works
• Evidence-based Secondary Transition
Practices
– http://www.nsttac.org/Default.aspx?FileName=evi
dence_based_practices
Design for Improvement
• Interdepartmental and Interagency
Collaboration
• Combined activities addressing
Indicators 1, 2, 13, 14
• Aligned categories of activities with
Taxonomy for Transition Planning
• Structured strategies to address APR
Checklist
Structured Strategies
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Provide training/professional development
Clarify/examine/develop policies and procedures
Improve systems administration and monitoring
Improve collaboration/coordination
Improve data collection
Provide technical assistance
Increase/adjust staff time
Program development
– Evaluation
Kentucky Improvement Activity
Examples
• DECS and Special Education Cooperative Transition
Consultants will establish a pilot project on studentled IEPs in each Special Education Cooperative
region.
 Collaborative Partners: Protection and Advocacy;
Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center; Special
Education Cooperatives
 Combined to address Indicators: 1, 2, 13, 14
 Taxonomy category: Student Focused Planning
 Strategies: Provide training/professional
development; program development
Kentucky Improvement Activity
Examples
• DECS staff will compare the data from the parent
survey described under Indicator 8 and the data from
the one-year-out survey to determine correlations
between parent involvement and successful student
outcomes in graduation. Based on data, DECS will
develop interventions and strategies.
 Collaborative Partners: Special Education
Cooperatives; Parent Resource Centers
 Combined to address Indicators: 1, 2, 13, 14
 Taxonomy category: Family Involvement
 Strategies: Provide technical assistance; program
development; evaluation
Kentucky Improvement Activity
Examples
• DECS and interagency partners will continue work on
development of the Transition One-Stop website for
all transition points, birth through adult.
 Collaborative Partners: Commission for Children
with Special Health Care Needs; Kentucky
Postschool Outcomes Center; Human
Development Institute – UK
 Combined to address Indicators: 1, 2, 13, 14
 Taxonomy category: Interagency Collaboration
 Strategies: Provide technical assistance; improve
interagency collaboration
Kentucky Improvement Activity
Examples
• KDE will continue funding the position of Transition
Consultant in each of the eleven Special Education
Cooperatives.
 Collaborative Partners: Special Education
Cooperatives
 Combined to address Indicators: 1, 2, 13, 14
 Taxonomy category: Program Structure
 Strategies: Provide training/professional
development; clarify/examine/develop policies and
procedures; provide technical assistance;
increase/adjust staff time.
Kentucky Improvement Activity
Examples
• Staff will meet with each of the Special Education
Cooperatives to discuss postschool outcome regional
data and facilitate their understanding of how they
can use this data to make regional and local
improvements, including implementing strategies for
increasing response rates.
 Collaborative Partners: Human Development
Institute – UK; Special Education Cooperatives
 Combined to address Indicators: 1, 2, 13, 14
 Taxonomy category: Interagency Collaboration
 Strategies: Provide technical assistance; improve
data collection; program development; evaluation
For more information:
• Taxonomy for Transition Programming
– http://homepages.wmich.edu/~kohlerp/pdf/Taxonomy.pdf
• Kentucky Postschool Outcomes Center
– www.kypso.org
• Kentucky Transition One Stop
– www.transitiononestop.org
• KDE Dropout Prevention Resource Guide
– http://www.ihdi.uky.edu/dropout-prevention/
• Kentucky Individual Learning Plan
– http://education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Indivi
dual+Learning+Plan/
For more information:
• Kathy Eversole
Kentucky Department of Education
[email protected]