National Capacity Building Institute

"Coordination and Management of Supports and Services for Individuals with Disabilities from Secondary to Postsecondary Education and Employment"

When and Where: December 9th and 10th, 2002, Back Bay Hilton, Boston, Massachusetts, in coordination with the International TASH Conference, December 12th through 13th.

Who Should Attend: National, State, District, & School/Community Level Persons, including secondary school special and general educators, counselors, transition coordinators, postsecondary education and employment support specialists, one-stop career center personnel, youth with disabilities, family members, adult community support service providers and other persons involved with postsecondary education & employment opportunities for youth with disabilities. (Individuals as well as district or state level teams will be accommodated)

Participants will have the opportunity to:

Increase their understanding of the issues surrounding the coordination of supports to improve the transition from secondary school to postsecondary school and employment for individuals with disabilities as they transition;
Network with national leaders on service coordination for youth with disabilities and other attendees;
Contribute directly on the development of policy recommendations;
Build skills and acquire new knowledge through: (1) papers on the latest perspective on research based practice, (2) research briefs providing the latest data in support of future practice, (3) web-based library of annotated readings, (4) interactive problem solving formats to guide small group work; and
Enjoy the magic of Boston at Christmas!

Invited Speakers:

Richard G. Luecking, Ed.D., President, TransCen, Rockville, Maryland
Kelli Crane, Ph.D., National Center on Secondary Education & Transition, TransCen, Rockville, Maryland
Elizabeth Getzel, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
David Hoff, Director, National Center for Workforce & Disability, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
Mary Mack, National Center on Secondary Education & Transition, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Joseph Marrone, Center on State Systems and Employment, Institute on Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
Richard Robison, Director, Federation for Children with Special Needs
Teresa Whelley, Research Coordinator, National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports

Format & Agenda: The Institute will occur in three phases of activity:
Phase I: Preliminary period of online readings and discussion with authors & researchers in (Nov. 9 – Dec 9, 2002).
Phase II: Two-day intensive workshop* in Boston (Dec 9-10).
Phase III: One month of online follow-up discussions surrounding next steps and implementation of new knowledge and skills.

Registration Closed

For more information, please contact:
Velina Sugiyama, NCSET, Center on Disability Studies,
1776 University Avenue,
Honolulu, HI 96822,
Tel: 808-956-5688
Fax: 808-956-7878
Email: velina@hawaii.edu