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What's Trending in Transition

October 2019
WHAT'S NEW
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The Student-Centered Transitions Network is excited to offer new information and resources to stakeholders across the state.
As a new statewide leadership network, the Student-Centered Transitions Network (SCTN) is responsible for providing information and resources to stakeholders, such as educators and providers that work with students from birth to exit from school. This includes topics related to Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) transitions from Part C (birth to two) to Part B (three to twenty-one) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and transitions from pre-kindergarten to kindergarten. The SCTN will also provide information and resources for Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE), which was previously called Preschool Programs for Children with Disabilities (PPCD).

For more information about Early Childhood transitions, you can visit the TEA website where you will find the ECI Flowchart and the Early Childhood Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

If you have parents or guardians that are seeking more information about Early Childhood transitions, the Parent Companion is a great resource for the first five years of a child's life that was developed for parents in partnership with Region 13 Education Service Center and Texas Parent to Parent.
TED SPOTLIGHT
Highlights for Transition and Employment Designees

Did you know that there is helpful transition guidance on the TEA website? The information that we would like to feature this month is Guidance for Inviting Agency Representatives to Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee Meetings.

Federal regulations require that a local education agency (LEA) invite a representative of any agency that is likely to provide or pay for transition services to the ARD meeting. However, the LEA must obtain parental or adult student consent in order to invite these representatives to the ARD meeting. An LEA must obtain consent each time it wishes to invite these representatives to an ARD meeting that will address transition services and may not use an ongoing consent for all ARD meetings for a student.
TRANSITION RESOURCES
Check out some of our favorite transition tools.
Two of the tools that we would like to feature this month are from Texas OnCourse . Texas OnCourse is a college and career resource website that is a project of the University of Texas at Austin in partnership with the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce Commission.
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Texas OnCourse Academy
This tool provides comprehensive professional learning on college and career advising for all educators – including counselors, advisers, teachers, coaches, and anyone else who supports students in their plans for after high school. Be sure to check out the module on Transition Services for Students with Disabilities !
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The Family Guide
This is a practical guide for parents and guardians of middle school students to consult before their students start high school. Students and families will find more information to help plan next steps for high school courses, colleges, careers, and graduation.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Should the Transition and Employment Guide be posted on the district or charter school website?
Yes, the Transition and Employment Guide must be posted on your district or charter website, unless your district or charter does not have a website. The district or charter should decide where to post the guide on the website.

The website address for your district or charter's web page that features the Transition and Employment Guide should be updated on the Legal Framework Transition and Employment Services Designee Search. Be sure to check your Transition and Employment Designee contact information and website link to the Transition and Employment Guide for accuracy. If this information has changed, it must be updated in the Legal Framework by October 31, 2019.

Remember that the Transition and Employment Guide is available in English, Spanish, and as an accessible ePub document. If you have the most current version (July 2018) of the Transition and Employment Guide posted on your website, it will contain links to all three versions.
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Content in this e-newsletter is provided in partnership with the Student-Centered Transitions Network and the Texas Education Agency.