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.

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• National High School Center Summer Institute

• 2008

• National High School Summer 2008 Institute

• 2007

• National High School Summer 2007 Institute

• SEA Forum

• 2006 SEA Forum

• Bringing Research and Practice Together The Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program (pdf)
• Building Capcity for Transition-Focused Education (pdf)
• Building State Wide Intiatives in Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities (pdf)
• Building Your Technical Assistance Strategy: Big Ideas From SPP Analysis (pdf)
• Check and Connect (pdf)
• Dropout: A Process of Disengagement (pdf)
• Effective Strategies for Dropout Prevention (pdf)
• Examining Causes and Prioritizing Needs (pdf)
• Getting a Better Picture of Your Data (pdf)
• Improving Students' Outcomes through Transition-Focused Education (pdf)
• Iowa Behavioral Alliance* School-wide Positive Behavioral Supports: Hope for Dropout Prevention (pdf)
• Monitor Priority Indicator 3: Assessment (pdf)
• Parental Involvement Indicator 8 (pdf)
• Project Evaluation: A Brief Primer On The Nature of Project Evaluation, Steps Involved in thea Process and Evaluation Questions You Might Ask Yourselves and Your Team (pdf)
• Update from OSEP (pdf)
• Understanding the Problem and Potential Solutions: Building Connections Across Indicators (pdf)
• Using PBIS as a Dropout Prevention Strategy: New Hampshire's APEX Project (pdf)
• What Research and Practice tell us about Keeping Youth in School (pdf)
• What the Research Tells Us: Preventing Dropout for Youth with Disabilities (pdf)
• What Youth Want You to Know About Keeping Them in School (pdf)

• 2004 SEA Forum

• High School: What Youth Have to Say? (pdf)
• Pathways to Success: Making a Difference Through Scientifically Proven Instructional Practices & Professional Development (pdf)
• Pathways to Success: Making a Difference Through Scientifically Proven Instructional Practices & Professional Development (ppt)
• Promoting Academic Success via Classroom Structure (doc)
• Promoting School Completion: A Tool to Guide Development and Implementation of Effective Approaches (pdf)
• Promoting School Completion: A Tool to Guide Development and Implementation of Effective Approaches (ppt)
• Self Self-Determination as a Dropout Prevention Strategy (pdf)
• Self Self-Determination as a Dropout Prevention Strategy (ppt)
• The Leadership Challenge in Graduating Students with Disabilities: It's Everybody's Business! (pdf)
• The Leadership Challenge in Graduating Students with Disabilities: It's Everybody's Business! (ppt)
• The Leadership Challenge in Graduating Students with Disabilities: The Guiding Questions (pdf)
• The Leadership Challenge in Graduating Students with Disabilities: The Guiding Questions (ppt)

• 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)

• 2007 Forum

• Using Dropout-Related Data to Identify Needs (pdf)

• 2006 Forum

• Activity Data Sheet: List a Few Types of Data That Need to Be Reported (pdf)
• Forum Flyer: The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center Invites (pdf)
• NDPC-SD Reporting Activity: Sharing the Findings (pdf)
• Sharing the Findings: NDPC-SD - Wisconsin State Education Agency (pdf)
• Think Sheet - Communication Plan (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)

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