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Kentucky’s Framework for Successful Transition
from School to Post-High School Settings for Youth with Disabilities
INTERAGENCY TRANSITION COUNCIL FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
KENTUCKY TRANSITION CORE TEAM
KEY PRINCIPLES TO SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITION
REGIONAL INTERAGENCY TRANSITION TEAMS (RITTs)
Organized around the Special Education Cooperative structure, Kentucky has 11 RITTs that provide a
forum for information sharing and problem solving at the regional and/or local levels.
The Council is comprised of representatives from twenty different state agencies. It has met on a
quarterly basis since 1989 in order to collaborate in the design, delivery, and improvement of statewide
transition services for young adults (ages 14 – 21). The Council’s work is supported by an interagency
agreement, voluntarily entered by all twenty member agencies.
RITTs are comprised of local and regional representatives of agencies with central roles in the
transition of youth from high school. In addition, RITT membership includes representatives of
resources/supports specific to the particular region or community of the Commonwealth.
Examples of Council work include development of a statewide Interagency Resource Summary; hosting
of Interagency Transition Conferences; development of Kentucky’s first transition plan template.
RITTs are supported by the Core team.
TRANSITION CORE TEAM
STATE IMPROVEMENT GRANT
The Core consists of representatives from parent and consumer groups and from those state agencies
which play a key role in the transition of youth from high school to post-secondary settings.
A central goal of Kentucky’s current State Improvement Grant (SIG) is to improve post-school
outcomes for students with disabilities. The SIG, therefore, works hand in hand with the Core Team,
Council, Regional Transition Consultants, and Regional Interagency Teams in developing and
implementing the state plan for secondary transition.
The Core develops and implements a statewide transition action plan by keeping abreast of issues,
concerns and trends as identified by the Council, the Regional Interagency Transition Teams (RITTs), the
Special Education Cooperative Transition Consultants (SECTC), and state and national contexts.
KENTUCKY DIVISION OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSITION
The Core provides support and guidance to the Regional Interagency Transition Teams, Department of
Education State Transition Coordinator, and the State Improvement Grant -Transition Director.
The Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT), a division of the Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC), is a membership organization for persons and families interested in career and
vocational issues for students with disabilities.
SPECIAL EDUCATION COOPERATIVE REGIONAL
TRANSITION CONSULTANTS
Our mission, principles and beliefs guide our work and focus on career development and transition
from school to adult life for individuals of all exceptionalities.
Kentucky has 11 Regional Transition Consultants (RTC). Each school district in the Commonwealth
belongs to a region served by an RTC.
If you are interested in joining Kentucky’s newly formed DCDT chapter, contact Tammy Williams at
[email protected] or Beth Harrison at [email protected]
The RTCs provide training and technical assistance to the school districts within their respective regions.
and chair the Regional Interagency Transition Team (RITT) for their part of the state.
COLLABORATING PARTNERS
HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER
The Regional Transition Consultants are supported by the Department of Education and serve as liaisons
between transition direct service providers and the Core Team.
STATE INTERAGENCY
TRANSITION COUNCIL
SPECIAL EDUCATION
COOPERATIVE REGIONAL
TRANSTIION CONSULTANTS
Families and consumers; Kentucky Dept. of Education ~Division of Exceptional
Children, Division of Career & Technical Education, Special Education Cooperative
Regional Transition Consultants; Commission for Children with Special Health Care
Needs; Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; Kentucky Deaf/Blind Project; Kentucky
Department for Mental Health & Mental Retardation Services; Kentucky School for the
Blind; Kentucky School for the Deaf; Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State
Agency Children (KECSAC); Department of Employment Services; Office of Training
and Re-Employment; Office of Career and Technical Education; School-To-Work
Branch; Office for the Blind; Impact Plus; Kentucky Developmental Disability Council;
Department for Community Based Services; Ky. Partnership for Families and Children;
Protection and Advocacy; Justice Cabinet; Council on Postsecondary Education;
Kentucky Community & Technical College System; University of Louisville; Human
Development Institute @ the University of Kentucky; Kentucky Adult Education;
Social Security Administration
REGIONAL INTERAGNCY
TRANSITION TEAMS (RITTS)
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KENTUCKY’S
SYSTEM OF SUPPORT FOR YOUTH IN TRANSITION
CONTACT:
STATE TRANSITION
CORE TEAM
KENTUCKY STATE
IMPROVEMENT GRANT
Kathy Eversole, Kentucky Dept. of Education Transition Coordinator
[email protected]
Big East
Caveland
Central
Kentucky
Jefferson
Kentucky
Valley
Upper
Cumberland
Northern
Kentucky
Ohio
Valley
West
Kentucky
Wildernes
s Trail
River
Region
Beth Harrison, SIG Transition Director
[email protected]