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Subject: Post-Secondary Transition and
Response to Intervention Resources
Source: Barb Gilpin, Interim Assistant Director, Effective Practices
Intended Audience: Special Education Directors, Special Education Teachers,
Superintendents, Parents
Date: March 28, 2007
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) has
posted the literature review from the What Works Transition Research
Synthesis Project on Teaching Functional Life Skills to Youth with
Disabilities. An Executive Summary
http://www.nsttac.org/pdf/life_skills_executive_summary.pdf, the Full
Text
http://www.nsttac.org/pdf/life_skills.pdf, and Research to Practice
Lesson Plan Starters
http://www.nsttac.org/?FileName=research_to_practice&type=1 are all
available on the NSTTAC website. The Research to Practice Lesson Plan
Starters are based on nine "best-evidence" studies. The nine "best-evidence"
studies are on the following topics: (1) "One More Than" technique for
purchasing items, (2) Savings account, bill paying, and money order skills,
(3) Housekeeping and janitorial skills, (4) Meal planning and nutrition, (5)
Purchasing skills (stores with aisles), (6) Cleaning appliances and doing
laundry, (7) Grocery aisle signs and locating items, (8) Bowling and
pinball, and (9) Orienting to the environment to reduce stereotypic
behaviors.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) has written a new
guide, A Parent's Guide to Response-to-Intervention (RTI) to provide an
overview of the Response-to-Intervention process, describe how it is
implemented in schools, and offer questions that parents can ask, go to
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/827/527/ and click on the RTI Parent
Guide link.
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