Center on Transition Innovations

📢 We’re bringing back our popular Transition Talks series! 🗓️ Join us for the first Q&A on Dec 2 - 3:30 PM Learn how to: ✔️build shared expectations ✔️strengthen communication ✔️support families guiding student toward life after HS Family Engagement: 🔗buff.ly/gsJJQzZ

Freshen up on transition planning fundamentals by taking our free, self-paced course (and earn 10 recertification points)! Learn more and register here: centerontransition.org/courses/transi…

🔘 Schedule Regular Check-Ins: Plan ongoing check-ins with the student’s support network to celebrate progress, troubleshoot challenges, and adjust goals as needed.

🔘 Encourage Peer Connections: Support the student in building friendships and connecting with peers who share similar experiences, whether through school, clubs, or community events.

This week’s #TransitionTip is to help students with disabilities navigate their transition to adulthood by building a strong support network. Here’s how families and educators can help:

About this Program: This is a one-year, virtual program that includes support for high school students as they partner with mentors through individual & group sessions + work to develop a career development portfolio across 6 group sessions and 6 individual sessions.

● have reliable access to the internet, a computer with a camera and microphone, and a private physical space to participate in mentoring sessions. A loaner laptop will be provided upon request.

📢 Spread the word to Virginia high school students who are Blind, Vision Impaired, or Deafblind! Mentorship opportunity: apply by June 1. A FREE, virtual, one-year program led by VCU’s RRTC in partnership with the DBVI. For more info, email William.Sutton@dbvi.virginia.gov

🗣️Calling Virginia special educators and professionals working with students with disabilities! It’s the last day to register for our free, facilitated Supported Employment course: centerontransition.org/courses/suppor…

Participants will learn how the PISA can be used to identify strengths, areas for growth, and priorities for action planning. We’ ll also explore the PISA process in detail and discusses how it can be used flexibly to build shared understanding and strengthen transition outcomes.

This webcast introduces NTACT's Predictor Implementation School/District Self-Assessment (PISA), which assists schools and divisions to evaluate and improve transition practices.

⏳️ Today’s the day for our webcast: Evaluating and Assessing Transition Programming Using the PISA Join Karen Akom, Ed. D, on March 18, 2026, at 2 PM for webcast you don’t want to miss! 🔗Link to register: buff.ly/tFlir6o

Participants will learn how the PISA can be used to identify strengths, areas for growth, and priorities for action planning. We’ ll also explore the PISA process in detail and discusses how it can be used flexibly to build shared understanding and strengthen transition outcomes.

This webcast introduces NTACT's Predictor Implementation School/District Self-Assessment (PISA), which assists schools and divisions to evaluate and improve transition practices.

📢 Webcast tomorrow: Evaluating and Assessing Transition Programming Using the PISA Join Karen Akom, Ed. D, on March 18, 2026, at 2 PM for webcast you don’t want to miss! 🔗Link to register: buff.ly/tFlir6o

To learn more our Transition & Court-Involved Youth Project, visit: buff.ly/Zo5AWiU

#CEC2026 is officially over, but we want to celebrate that Dr. Karen Akom (CTI) & Ms. Tamara Randolph (Bon Air JCC) presented at CEC in SLC Utah on how person-centered planning positively impacts youth with disabilities served in detention or correctional centers.

About this Program: This is a one-year, virtual program that includes support for high school students as they partner with mentors through individual & group sessions + work to develop a career development portfolio across 6 group sessions and 6 individual sessions.

● have reliable access to the internet, a computer with a camera and microphone, and a private physical space to participate in mentoring sessions. A loaner laptop will be provided upon request.

📢 Spread the word to Virginia high school students who are Blind, Vision Impaired, or Deafblind! Mentorship opportunity: apply by April 15. A FREE, virtual, one-year program led by VCU’s RRTC in partnership with the DBVI. For more info, email William.Sutton@dbvi.virginia.gov