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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 216

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

Annual Arkansas Transition Summit: ATS will begin preparation for the Fourth Annual Arkansas

Transition Summit.

College Bound 2009: This activity will be held June 17-19, 2009 at University of Central Arkansas (UCA).

Students, parents, and professionals will participate in team activities and sessions on self-determination,

organizational skills, assistive technology, academic advising, faculty expectations, disability support

services, financial aid, rights and responsibilities, campus resources, and study aids/habits. A post College

Bound survey will be sent to College Bound participants in an effort to gain information about its

effectiveness and to make improvements for College Bound 2010. College Bound 2010 is scheduled for

June 16-18, 2010 at UCA.

Inter-Agency Collaboration: Arkansas Transition Services will collaborate with the Division on Aging and

Adult Services (DAAS) to produce a program to be shown on Arkansas’ PBS affiliate in the spring of 2009

which will provide information on the transition process including SSI, SSDI, applying for PASS plans, etc.

In an effort to increase their knowledge and understanding of available services, the target audience will be

parents and students.

Transition Youth Conferences: In October 2008, two Transition Youth Conferences will be held in

southwest Arkansas, and another will be held in southeast Arkansas in February 2009. These conferences

target junior and senior year students with disabilities in all school districts of each participating co-op area.

Training has been developed to assist other co-ops throughout the state to conduct these conferences.

Transition Cadre Meetings: Cadre meetings will be held to present team leaders with the latest information

and professional development. A cadre meeting will be held February 10-11, 2009 in Little Rock for leaders

and co-leaders of local teams around the state. Tom Holub will provide teams with professional

development on self-determination, specifically the initiation and implementation of self-determination

practices with students with disabilities in their classrooms. In addition, information on indicators 1, 2, 13,

and 14 will be presented by NSTTAC consultants and the Director of the IDEA Data & Research Office.

A second Cadre meeting will be held in June 2009. This meeting will provide professional development in

Agency Collaboration and an opportunity to update team plan progress and plan for the October Summit.

NSTTAC consultants along with a consultant from Oklahoma will present on topics including team work,

parent involvement and planning of the Transition Summit.

Transition and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A Transition Planning and Preparation for Students with

Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism Workshop will be held February 12, 2009. Special education

teachers, supervisors and vocational rehabilitation counselors will attend this all day training. This

workshop will address issues related to transition to college for students with ASD, as well as introduce

strategies to prepare, assess and work with this population. Strategies will also be provided for those

students not planning to attend college.

Transition Retreat: The first Transition Retreat will be held on December 10 – 11, 2008 at the Winthrop

Rockefeller Institute. Participants will be teachers and special education supervisors from three school

districts. This retreat will afford school personnel the opportunity to learn about and get hands-on exposure

to age appropriate Transition assessments, what they measure, the population they are most appropriate for,

guidelines for their administration, etc. The participants will be shown how the results of the reviewed

assessments could be used in the development of a more productive and beneficial transition plan.

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