Conference Materials and Presentations

Programs, presentations, and materials from NDPC-SD's capacity-building forums as well as from events sponsored by our partners and collaborators in which we have participated.

• Secondary Transition State Planning Institute

• 2011 Institute

• 5th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute Presentations Overview
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  2010 Institute

• Follow-up Materials from the 2010 Secondary Transition State Planning Institute
• Staying on the Path to Graduation: Connecting Across Systems and Services to Improve Outcomes for Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (pdf)
• Doing the Right Thing in Clinton, Arkansas!: Capacity Building for Secondary Transition at the Local Level (pdf)
• Interventions that Support Positive Outcomes for Studends with and At-risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (pdf)
• Building Effective Interventions in Dropout Preventions from A-Z (pdf)
• Dropout Prevention through Career Exploration Program (pdf)
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Leading School Completion and the Building Level (pdf)

• 2009 Institute

• A Snapshot of Post-school Outcome Data in Pennsylvania (ppt)
• Assessing Students with Significant Disabilities for Supported Adulthood: Exploring Appropriate Transition Assessments (pdf)
• A Systematic Framework for Dropout Prevention and the Tools to Make it Happen (ppt)
• Building for Sustainability: A Collaborative Coaching Model for Dropout Prevention (ppt)
• Building Understanding and Igniting Change through a Community of Practice (ppt)
• C.A.F.E. Dialogues: School, Family & Community Stakeholders Meeting to Increase Student Achievement (ppt)
• Collecting Quality Data for Indicator B-13 (ppt)
• Data Use Toolkit (ppt)
• Dropout Prevention and Persistence to Graduation (ppt)
• Examining the Differences in Transition Outcomes by School Exit (ppt)
• Frequently Asked Questions: Revised Part B Indicator 14 Post-School Outcomes (doc)
• Improving Outcomes for Minority Women with Disabilities: Complex Problems Require Complex Solutions (ppt)
• Improving Post-School Outcomes for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities: A Focus on Employment (ppt)
• In School Strategies to Decrease School Dropout: A Model School’s Approach (ppt)
• In School Strategies to Decrease School Dropout: A Model School's Approach (mov)
• K-12 Strategies for Keeping Parents Connected and Engaged (ppt)
• K-12 Strategies for Keeping Parents Connected and Engaged (mov)
• Linking Employment, Abilities & Potential (LEAP) (ppt)
• Making Dynamic Changes for Students Entering the High School Realm (ppt)
• New Indicator 14 Frequently Asked Questions (ppt)
• New Mexico Post-School Outcomes Sub-group Analysis 2009: A Comparison of Outcomes by Ethnicity and Gender and Strategies to Address Disparities (ppt)
• One System: A New Look at Transition (ppt)
• Predictors of Success: Family and Youth Involvement (ppt)
• Preservice and Inservice Professional Development Tools: Course in a Box and the Transition Institute Toolkit (mov)
• Recouping Our Losses: Strategies for Dropout Recovery (ppt)
• Rhode Island Transition Indicator Rollout (ppt)
• Sustaining Interventions and Improving Post-School Outcomes (ppt)
• Sustaining Interventions and Improving Post-School Outcomes (mov)
• The 411 on Disability Disclosure (pdf)
• The 411 on Disability Disclosure (mov)
• Trends in the Post-School Experiences of Youth With Disabilities (ppt)
• Virginia's Policies and Paths to Graduation: Renewed Efforts to Improve Support for All Students (ppt)

• NDPC-SD SEA/LEA Summit - Building Effective Practices in Dropout Prevention - November 2009 - Baltimore, MD

• 2009

• Advanced Stage of Implementation: Scaling Up & Sustainability (pdf)
• Building Early Warning Systems (pdf)
• Channeling Data to Drive Intervention (pdf)
• Cooperative Silos: beaurocratic strategies supporting graduation for all (pdf)
• Data use and its role in increasing graduation rates: Data and tools from the Virginia Department of Education (pdf)
• District Support Staff in Action! (pdf)
• Getting Started: A Systemic Approach to Student Graduation (pdf)
• Making the Connection: Implementation to Maintenance (pdf)
• Maryland School Completion Demonstration Project - Successful Implementation (pdf)
• Mediating Outcomes through Effective Transition Planning (pdf)
• Operation Graduation (pdf)
• Operation Graduation: Key to Sustainability (pdf)
• Principles of Effective Leadership (pdf)
• Reconnecting, Re-Engaging, Re-Enrolling: Reclaiming Our Dropouts (pdf)
• Recovery/Re-entry: Recouping Our Losses (pdf)
• South Miami Senior High School (pdf)
• Sustainability and Scaling Up in GraduateFIRST (pdf)
• The Principles of Effective Leadership in Dropout Prevention at the District, Regional and State Level (pdf)
• The Road to Model Schools: Missouri Partnership with NDPC-SD (pdf)
• Using a Data Driven Framework for Dropout Prevention (pdf)

• New Mexico Transition Specialists Cadre Meeting - November 2009

• 2009

• Dropout Survey - Cecil County Public Schools 2006-2008 (ppt)
• Maryland School Completion Demonstration Project - Successful Implementation (ppt)
• Students with Disabilities in CTE Programs (ppt)

• National High School Center Summer Institute

• 2008

• National High School Summer 2008 Institute

• NSTTAC, NDPC-SD and NPSO Forum

• 2008 Forum

• Positive Behavior Support (pdf)
• Pouring a Foundation for Program Improvement with Quality SPP/APR Data (pdf)
• Learning, Working, and Living: Keeping Promises to Our Youth (pdf)
• APEX II Project Description (pdf)
• APEX II Presentation (pdf)
• Building Effective Dropout Prevention Programs - Some Practical Strategies from Research and Experience (pdf)
• C.A.F.E.s, Facilitating Action Groups with Parents in Georgia (pdf)
• Dropout Task Force: Cecil County Public Schools (pdf)
• Georgia DOE Planning Form (pdf)
• Georgia Example of a Working Chart: Using Data to Embed Family Engagement in School Improvement (pdf)
• Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership Summary Sheet (pdf)
• Dropping Out: Early Projections and Predictions - Identifying At-Risk Youth (pdf)
• Listening to What Youth Have to Say (pdf)
• Maryland School Completion Project (pdf)
• Dropout Prevention at North East High School in Maryland (pdf)

• Other Presentations

• Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities: Recommendations for Administrators (pdf)
• Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities: Recommendations for Teachers (pdf)
• Looking for Clues: Identifying Youth Who Are at Risk of Dropping Out (pdf)
• Strengthening Secondary Transitions: Building Effective Approaches to Dropout Prevention (pdf)

Previous Conferences and Presentations

 

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Related Links

• Research Synthesis
  Syntheses of research examining effective practices in dropout prevention for students with disabilities
• Practice Guide
  Guides to help teachers and school staff put research-based practices into place to support students with disabilities
• SPP Toolkit Services
• Recommend an Evidence-Based Dropout-Prevention Program