RAISE Year-end Review, December 2022

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2022 RAISE YEAR-END REVIEW

RAISE and the RSA-PCs have developed new resources—webinars, newsletters, and websites—to support transition into adulthood for students with disabilities in all US states and territories. Read more in this Special Year End Review edition of RAISE the Standard Newsletter. Learn what’s happening in your area and about available resources near you.

The RAISE Center is funded by the Rehabilitation Service Administration (RSA) to provide national technical assistance to the RSA-PCs and other parent centers across the country. RAISE employs face-to-face meetings, webinars, social media and other web-based media, as well as one-to-one direct technical assistance strategies to provide a variety of services to Parent Center staff.

Visit the Raisecenter.org website now to learn more >>

The RSA Parent Centers are also funded by the Rehabilitation Service Administration (RSA) and serve all regions and territories across the country. The regional parent centers are charged with providing training and programming to youth/young adults with disabilities and their families, and professionals, as well as other PTIs and CPRCs on the issues surrounding youth transition, the period of time between adolescence and adulthood. These centers include:

• REAL Transition Partners, based at SPAN in New Jersey and the Federation in Massachusetts (A1 and A2);
• Waze to Adulthood at PEATC in Virginia (B1);
• Independent Futures That Work at APEC in Alabama (B2);
• Project LAUNCH based at PACER in Minnesota (C1);
• Midwestern Collaborative at Pathfinder of North Dakota (C2);
• Multicultural Transition TA Project at Open Doors for Multicultural Families In Washington (D1); and
• Project Power at PEAK in Colorado (D2).

Project LAUNCH (PACER)

(Serving: MN, KY, OH, IN, WI, WV, IL, MI)

For transition-age youth and young adults with disabilities, success often depends on having the right services in place to support employment, education, and inclusion in the community. Fortunately, there are laws that help.

Through individual assistance, workshops, resources, and more, Pacer Center's Project LAUNCH helps youth and young adults with disabilities pursue meaningful careers, live as independently as possible, and enjoy inclusion at work and in the community.

LAUNCH Partners' Developed Resources

These resources were developed in 2022 by Project Launch's partner Parent Training and Information (PTI) centers under contract with PACER Center.

Web page link:  https://www.pacer.org/project-launch/partner-resources.asp

Project LAUNCH Partner Resources - PACER Center; Resource Management for Foster Children - This Resource Guide from the Michigan Alliance for Families helps with asset mapping activities in the community. Youth and young adults with disabilities exiting foster care often lack knowledge, resources, and a relationship with an adult to guide them in establishing their own home, continuing their education, and finding work. This resource can help.

PEATC

(Serving: VA, NC, SC, GA, TN, FL)

PEATC (Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center) builds positive futures for Virginia’s children by working collaboratively with families, schools and communities in order to improve opportunities for excellence in education and success in school and community life. Our special focus is children with disabilities.

In 2022 PEATC published "Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid in Transition Planning," a resource for parents and professionals. The resource reviews common mistakes made when it comes to planning for the future of students with disabilities.

Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid in Transition Planning - English [PDF]

Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid in Transition Planning - Spanish [PDF]

PEATC also developedthe following factsheet for students, "The Transition IEP." This factsheet focuses on the importance of the Transition IEP, what it is and what it should include. The factsheet is available in English and Spanish and also comes in two forms, a student version, and a visual student version.

The Transition IEP Student Factsheet - English [PDF]

Transition IEP Student Visual Factsheet - English [PDF]

The Transition IEP Student Factsheet - Spanish [PDF]

Transition IEP Student Visual Factsheet - Spanish [PDF]

PEAK Parent Center

(Serving: AZ, CA, CO, ID, NE, NM, UT)

PEAK Parent Center works every day to ensure that all people with disabilities are fully included in their neighborhood schools, communities, employment, and all walks of life. PEAK offers an array of free and low-cost services to families of children with disabilities and self-advocates across Colorado and beyond. Each year, PEAK directly reaches more than 26,000 families, youth with disabilities/self-advocates, and educators.

PEAK recently created The Region D2 Resource Collection with the belief that each parent center has products and resources vital for the successful transition of youth and young adults. The collection of resources is allowing parent centers to expand their capacity and the services they provide to families without spending valuable hours creating something new. Any use of these resources should always and respectfully give credit to the parent center that created the original product.

Region D2 Resource Collection [Google Drive Document Collection]

Raise Center

The RAISE Center provides national technical assistance to the RSA-PC’s and other parent centers across the country. RAISE employs face-to-face meetings, webinars, social media and other web-based media, as well as one-to-one direct technical assistance strategies to provide a variety of services to Parent Center staff. RAISE also provides resources available to individual parents and professionals.

The RAISE Center website this year added a convenient resource called "Transition Alphabet Soup! What do these acronyms mean?" The resource decodes forty-three commonly used terms and acronyms, explaining each in plain language.

Check out the Transition Alphabet Soup resource now on The RAISE Center website.

RAISE The Standard enewsletter identifies and shares resources that the Rehabilitation Services Administration Parent Training and Information Centers (RSA-PTI) can use and share with families.

The RAISE Technical Assistance Center is working to advance the accessibility of its digital resources, including its websites, enewsletters and various digital documents.

* For more on SPAN Parent Advocacy Network and all of the complementary programs supported, visit spanadvocacy.org.