The Secondary Transition Project

Helping families & students transition into adult life.

What is the Secondary Transition Project?

The Secondary Transition Project is a program developed by The Arc of Tennessee that helps families & students prepare for the significant challenges of secondary transition by:

• Enhancing the resource information available
• Providing training to families & students
• Making training internet accessible
• Creating the Tennessee Secondary Transition Manual for Families
• Creating & distributing a secondary transition promotional material
• Developing a group of secondary transition parent mentors
• Serving as a secondary transition resource to families, students, and educators
• Building & enhancing secondary transition collaborations

Project Vision

Families, students, and educators become knowledgeable about the secondary transition process, resources, and opportunities in local communities across the state and on the internet, so that young adults transition into adulthood with quality lives they and their families design.

The Challenge

Secondary transition can be a confusing time. Often parents, teachers, and administrators have the same values and concerns - to mold students into productive members of society. The Secondary Transition Project promotes collaboration between families, students, and educators to help meet the student's secondary transition goals.

Project Outcomes

The Secondary Transition Project helps families and students understand the secondary transition process, see the possibilities for adult life, and become aware of resources available to help make their dreams come true. The process of secondary transition includes assessment, gathering information, planning, family and student involvement, interagency collaboration, and inclusive community experiences. All of which, should be addressed.

Secondary Transition Training will be provided in each of Tennessee's nine developmental districts (First Tennessee, East Tennessee, Southeast Tennessee, Upper Cumberland, South Central, Mid-Cumberland, Southwest, Northwest, and the Memphis Delta) as well as during the Tennessee Spring Special Education Conference and the Tennessee Disability MegaConference. Online Secondary Transition Training is also provided by clicking the following links:

• Online Secondary Transition Training
• Postsecondary Education for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities

For greater detail, please feel free to take a look at the following brochures using Adobe Acrobat Reader:

• Secondary Transition Project Brochure
• Secondary Transition Overview Brochure
• Secondary Transition Process Brochure
• Secondary Transition Family Handbook
• Getting a Drivers License in Tennessee
• Transition Checklist 12-15
• Transition Checklist 14-21
• Transition to Adulthood
• Transition to Adulthood Condensed
• Transition Resources
• IEP Mapping Alignment Tool
• ST Training Evaluation Form
• Self-directed IEPs Training Brochure (coded A.5.012110)

The following documents in Word are Braille ready.

• Self-directed IEPs Training Brochure BRAILLE READY copy (A.5.012110)

Please Note: The preceding documents can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To obtain free a copy of the Acrobat Reader software, click on the icon below.

Alternate formats available upon request.

Secondary Transition Training Schedule

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The Secondary Transition Project is funded under an agreement with the State of Tennessee, Department of Education.

For additional information, please contact:

• Treva Maitland
  tmaitland@thearctn.org (Email)
  731-559-4187 (Phone)
  
• Loria Hubbard-Richardson
  lrichardson@thearctn.org (Email)
  615-215-2065 (Phone)