Resource Library

AAC and Assistive Technology

A Meta-Analysis of Single Case Research Studies on Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Author: Ganz, J.B., Earles-Vollrath, R.L., Heath, A.K., Parker, R.I., Rispoli, M.J., & Duran, J.B.
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

2011

AAC Meta Analysis

AAC and RTI: Building Classroom-Based Strategies for Every Child in the Classroom

Author: Grether, S.M., & Sickman, L.S.

2008

AAC and RTI

AAC Do’s and Don’ts

Author: Enders, L, Mervine, P., Skocypec, M., VanAlstine, C.
AAC Dos and Donts

AAC Myths or Facts!

Author: DynaVox Mayer-Johnson
AAC Myths or Facts

AAC Planning and Support Sequence

Author: Kleinert, Kearns, Hooey
Publisher: University of Kentucky

2012

AAC Planning and Support Sequence

Aided Language Stimulation

Publisher: AAC Institute

2011

Aided Language Stimulation

Apps and Websites to Support Learning and Communication

Author: Nevers, M.

2015

Apps and Websites

Augmentative Communication and Early Intervention: Myths and Realities

Author: Romski, M., & Sevcik, R.A.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

2005

AC and Early Intervention

Communication Bill of Rights Check-List

Publisher: National Joint Committee Communicative for the Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities

1992

Bill of Rights

Communication Skills in Girls With Rett Syndrome

Author: Bartolotta, T.E., Zipp, G.P., Simpkins, S.D., & Glazewski, B.
Publisher: SAGE

2010

Focus on Autism

Evidence-based Literacy Intervention for Individuals with Autism Who Require AAC

Author: Light, J., & McNaughton, D.
Publisher: Penn State University

2012

Evidence-based Literacy

Evidence-Based Practice for Teaching Academics to Students With Severe Developmental Disabilities

Author: Spooner, F., Knight, V.F., Browder, D.M., & Smith, B.R.
Publisher: Remedial and Special Education

2011

Teaching Academics to Students

Helping the General Education Team Support Students Who Use AAC

Author: Zangari, C.
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

2012

Supporting Students

Integrated Communication and Literacy Instruction for a Child with Multiple Disabilities

Author: Erickson, K.A., Koppenhaver, D.A., Yoder, D.E., & Nance, J.
Publisher: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

1997

Integrated Communication

Scaffolding Conversations Through Communication Circles & Social Scripts

Author: Musselwhite, C., Sheldon, E., Wagner, D., Hanser, G., & Buell, L.R.

2014

Scaffolding Conversations

Strategies to Increase Success for AAC Users Including Students with ASD

Author: Musselwhite, C.

2008

Strategies to Increase Success

The 7 Deadly Sins

Author: Kearns, Kleinert, Hooey
Publisher: TAALC Project

2012

7 Deadly Sins

The Importance of Developing Communicative Competence: For Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Author: Kleinert, J., Holman, A., McSheehan, M., & Kearns, J.F.
Publisher: University of Kentucky National Alternate Assessment Center

2010

Communicative Competence

The Vocabulary of Beginning Writers: Implications for Children with Complex Communication Needs

Author: Clendon, S.A., & Erickson, K.A.
Publisher: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

2008

Vocabulary of Beginning Writers

Training Paraeducators to Promote the Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication by Students with Signficant Disabilities

Author: Bingham, M.A., Spooner, F., & Browder, D.
Publisher: Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

2007

Training Paraeducators

Twenty Years of Communication Intervention Research With Individuals Who Have Severe Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Author: Snell, M.E., Brady, N., McLean, L., Ogletree, B.T., Siegel, E., Sylvester, L., Mineo, B., Paul, D., Romski, M.A., & Sevcik, R.
Publisher: AAIDD

2010

20 Years of Intervention

You’re Going to Love This Kid!

Author: Kluth, P.
Publisher: Brookes Publishing

2010

You’re Going to Love This Kid

Culturally Responsive Practices

A Guide for Using the Cultural and Linguistic Competence Assessment for Disability Organizations

Author: Goode, T.D.
Publisher: National Center for Cultural Competence – Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

2010

Cultural Competence Assessment

African American Children and Learning Differences

Author: National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Abilities

2012

African American Children – Learning Differences

And Campus for All: Diversity, Inclusion, and Freedom of Speech at U.S. Universities

Author: Pen America

2017

And Campus For All

Cultural and Linguistic Competence Assessment for Disability Organizations

Author: Goode, T.D., Trivedi, P., & Jones, W.
Publisher: National Center for Cultural Competence – Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

2010

Cultural and Linguistic Competence

Data for Black Lives
2019

http://d4bl.org/conference.html

Disproportionality in Education

Author: NASP
https://bit.ly/2mYrJH1

Educational Rights of Immigrant Students Now That DACA is Rescinded

Author: American Federation of Teachers
https://bit.ly/2nFsjdb

First Encounters with Race and Racism: Teaching Ideas for Classroom Conversations

Author: Spiegler, J.
Publisher: New York Times

2017

https://nyti.ms/2kmcBRZ

Inclusive Education and the Interlocking of Race and Ability in the United States

Author: Artiles, A.J, Kozleski, E.B., & Waitoller, F.
Publisher: Harvard Education Press

2011

Inclusive Ed – Ability & Race

Know Your K-12 Education Rights

Author: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Know Your K-12 Education Rights

On…Transformed, Inclusive Schools

Author: Ferguson, D.L., Kozleski, E.B., Fulton, M.L., & Smith, A.
Publisher: National Institute for Urban School Improvement

2005

Transformed Inclusive Schools

Preparing Teachers for the Future

Author: Ferguson, D.L.
Publisher: National Institute for Urban School Improvement

2005

Preparing Teachers for the Future

Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality in Education – NASP Position Statement

Author: NASP

2013

Racial & Ethnic Disproportionality

Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Author: NASP

2012

Racism and Prejudice

Responding to Hate and Bias at School

Author: Willoughby, B.
Publisher: Teaching Tolerance – Southern Poverty Law Center
Responding to Hate and Bias

Student Rights at School: Six Things You Need to Know

Author: Tashman, B.
Publisher: ACLU

2017

https://bit.ly/2xMB9pt

Students Have a Right to Protest During National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance

Author: Blad, E.
Publisher: Education Week

2017

https://bit.ly/2nPDwaZ

Unspeakable Offenses: Untangling Race and Disability in Discourses of Intersectionality

Author: Erevelles, N., & Minear, A.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press

2010

Unspeakable Offenses

Family Resources

Inclusion Includes Belonging: How to Create and Sustain a Circle of Support

Author: Fialka Feldman, E., Fialka Feldman, M., & Fialka, J.

2018

Circle of Support

A Guide to Developing Collaborative School-Community-Business Partnerships

Author: Luecking, R., Deschamps, A., Allison, R., Hyatt, J., Stuart, C.
Publisher: TransCen, Inc./The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition

2015

Partnership Guide

An Exploratory Investigation Into Family Perspectives After the Family Employment Awareness Training

Author: Francis, G.L., Gross, J.M.S, Turnbull, A.P., & Turnbull III, H.R.
Publisher: Hammill Institute on Disabilities

2014

Exploratory Investigation

College and Career Ready Standards and Individualized Education Programs: Information for Parents

Author: PACER Center

2014

Information for Parents

College and Career Ready Standards and Students with Disabilities: What Parents Need to Know

Author: PACER Center
Publisher: National Parent Technical Assistance Center

2014

What Parents Need to Know

Documents to Keep for Youth Transitioning to Adult Life

Author: PACER Center

2015

Youth Transition Documents

Help Your Young Adult Learn About Accessing Accommodations After High School

Author: PACER Center

2014

Accessing Accommodations

Intellectual Ability and Assessment: A Primer for Parents and Educators

Author: Ortiz, S.O., Lella, S.A., & Canter, A.
Publisher: National Association of School Psychologists

2004

Intellectual Ability and Assessment

Parent Tips for Transition Planning

Author: PACER Center

2015

Parent Tips

Transition to Adulthood: Where Do We Start?

Author: PACER Center

2015

Where Do We Start?

 

Guardianship/Supported Decision-making

Intelligent Lives – Guardianship/Supported Decision-Making

Publisher: Institute on Disability

2019

Supported Decision-Making Brief

Beyond the Binary: Using a Supported Decision-Making Lens in Evaluating Competence

Author: ACLU
Beyond the Binary

How to Make a Supported Decision-Making Agreement: A Guide for People with Disabilities and their Families

Author: ACLU
Supported Decision-Making Agreement

Supported Decision-Making Agreement

Author: ACLU
Supported Decision-Making Agreement

What is Supported Decision-Making and What Does a Supporter Do?

Author: ACLU
Supported Decision-Making Guide

 

Relationships & Sexuality

Dating FAQ’s

Author: Couwenhoven, T.
Dating FAQ’s

Disabled and Fighting for a Sex Life

Author: Quarmby, K.
Publisher: The Atlantic

2015

Fighting for a Sex Life

Elevatus Sexuality Workshop Brochure

Publisher: Elevatus Training, LLC

2019

Sexuality Brochure

GULP! – Talking with Your Kids About Sexuality

Publisher: Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

2003

GULP Brochure

Sex Positive Quiz

Publisher: Elevatus Training, LLC

2018

Sex Positive Quiz

Sexual Education Resources

Author: Respectability
Sexual Education

Sexual Self-Advocacy Brochure

Publisher: Green Mountain Self-Advocates

2019

Sexual Self-Advocacy

Sexuality and Disability

Author: Sexualityanddisability.org
http://www.sexualityanddisability.org/

Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Parents

Author: Alberta Health Services

2009

Guide for Parents

Teaching Sexuality: What Works?

Author: Couwenhoven, T.
Publisher: Woodbine House

2007

Teaching Sexuality

What is a Sexually Healthy Person?

Publisher: Elevatus Training, LLC

2018

Sexually Healthy Person

Disability Rights and History

DREAM – Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring

Publisher: National Center for College Students with Disabilities

2019

DREAM

A Brief History of Mental Testing

Author: Lichtenstein, B.
A Brief History

Before It Had a Name: Exploring the Historical Roots of Disability Studies in Education

Author: Taylor, S.J.
Publisher: Peter Lang

2018

Before It Had a Name

History, Eugenics and Genetics

Author: Personal Genetics Education Project

2016

History, Eugenics and Genetics

The Biasing Effects of Labels on Direct Observation by Preservice Teachers

Author: Allday, R.A., Duhon, G.J., Blackburn-Ellis, S., & Van Dycke, J.L.
Publisher: SAGE

2010

Biasing Effects

The Movement for Independent Living and Disability Rights: Origins and Objectives

Author: Hahn, H.

1999

Movement for Independent Living

Intelligence Testing

What Does the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Say About IQ Testing?

Author: Ricki Sabia/NDSC

2018
The need to determine whether a child is judged to have “subaverage intellectual functioning” is what triggers intelligence quotient (IQ) testing (also called “intelligence tests” or “cognitive assessments”). Learn more!

Intelligent Lives IQ Testing Brief

10 Things You Can Do to Support A Person With Difficult Behaviors

Author: Pitonyak, D.
Publisher: The Community Journal

1997

10 Things You Can Do

A problem with success

Author: Dillon, J.

2013

Problem with Success

An Analysis of the Learning Characteristics of Students Taking Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards

Author: Towles-Reeves, E., Kearns, J., Kleinert, H., & Kleinert, J.
Publisher: The Journal of Special Education

2009

Analysis of Learning Characteristics

Beyond Treats and Timeouts: Humanistic Behavioral Supports in Inclusive Classrooms

Author: Causton, J., Tracy-Bronson, C.P., & MacLeod, K.
Publisher: International Journal of Whole Schooling

2015

Beyond Treats and Timeouts

Functional Behavioral Assessment in an RTI Framework

Author: Alvarez, M.E., & Filter, K.J.
Publisher: National Association of Secondary School Principals

2012

Functional Behavioral Assessment

Long Island Is the Opt-Out from Testing Epicenter of New York

Author: Ravitch, D.

2018

Long Island Opt-Out

NCLB Rewrite Could Target Mandate on Annual Tests

Author: Klein, A., & Camera, L.
Publisher: Education Week

2015

NCLB Rewrite

Over-testing our kids is not the answer – it’s the problem

Author: Kamenetz, A.
Publisher: Salon

2015

Over-testing our kids

Pushing Back Against High Stakes for Students with Disabilities

Author: Tanis, B.
Publisher: AFT
Pushing Back Against High Stakes

Rethinking Assumptions about Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achivement Standards

Author: National Center on Educational Outcomes/ National Alternate Assessment Center

2010

Rethinking Assumptions

Schoolwide Application of Positive Behavior Support in an Urban High School: A Case Study

Author: Bohanon, H., Fenning, P., Carney, K.L., Minnis-Kim, M. J., Anderson-Harriss, S., Moroz, K.B., Hicks, K.J., Kasper, B.B., Culos, C., Sailor, W., & Pigott, T.D.
Publisher: Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
Positive Behavior Support

Special Education: Duncan Sets Unreachable Goals

Author: Ravitch, D.

2014

Duncan Sets Unreachable Goals

Testing More, Teaching Less

Author: Nelson, H.
Publisher: American Federation of Teachers

2013

Teaching More, Teaching Less

The Learning Disabilities Association of America’s White Paper on Evaluation, Identification, and Eligibility Criteria for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

Publisher: Learning Disabilities Association of America

2010

LDA White Paper

The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing – But You Don’t Have to Be

Author: Kamenetz, A.
Publisher: PublicAffairs

2015

The Test

What Works: Functional Behavior Assessment

Author: National Center on Inclusive Education

2013

What Works: FBA

Where Do Special Education Groups Stand on Annual NCLB Tests?

Author: Klein, A.
Publisher: Education Week

2015

Special Education Groups

Where Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities Are Taught: Implications for General Curriculum Access

Author: Kleinert, H., Towles-Reeves, E., Quenemoen, R., Thurlow, M., Fluegge, L., Weseman, L., & Kerbel, A.
Publisher: Exceptional Children

2015

Exceptional Children article

Self-determination

Inclusion Includes Belonging: How to Create and Sustain a Circle of Support

Author: Fialka Feldman, E., Fialka Feldman, M., & Fialka, J.

2018

Circle of Support

“I Can” and “I Did” – Self-Advocacy for Young Students With Developmental Disabilities

Author: Kleinert, J.O., Harrison, E.M., Fisher, T.L., & Kleinert, H.L.
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children

2010

Self-Advocacy for Young Students

“Self-determination is what it’s all about”: What Post-secondary Students with Disabilities Tell us are Important Considerations for Success

Author: Thoma, C.A., & Getzel, E.E.
Publisher: Division on Developmental Disabilities

2005

Considerations for Success

A Social-Ecological Analysis of the Self-Determination Literature

Author: Shogren, K.A.
Publisher: AAIDD

2013

Analysis of Self-Determination Literature

Advising through Self-Determination: An Information Guide for Advisors

Author: Calkins, C.F., Beckmann, C., Gotto, G., Jackson, L., McCarthy, K., Peterson, J., Heller, T., & Collins, S.
Publisher: University of Missouri – Kansas City

2012

Advising through Self-Determination

Advocacy Toolkit for Self-Advocates

Author: National Down Syndrome Congress
Advocacy Toolkit

Causal Agency Theory: Reconceptualizing a Functional Model of Self-Determination

Author: Shogren, K.A., Wehmeyer, M.L., Palmer, S.B., & Forber-Pratt, A.J.
Publisher: University of Kansas
Causal Agency Theory

Chart Your Own Future: How Your Individualized Education Program (IEP) Can Help

Author: PACER Center

2015

Chart Your Own Future

Effect of Intervention With the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on Access and Goal Attainment

Author: Shogren, K.A., Palmer, S.B., Wehmeyer, M.L., Williams-Diehm, K., Little, T.D.
Publisher: SAGE

2012

Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction

Helping Students Develop Their IEPs [and] A Student’s Guide to the IEP

Author: Kupper, L.

2002

Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)

How to Help Students Lead Their IEP Meetings

Author: Mason, C.Y., McGahee-Kovac, M., & Johnson, L.
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
Student IEP Meetings

I am Norm: Giving Voice to Youth

Author: I am Norm

2011

I am Norm

I’m Determined!

Publisher: Virginia Department of Education
I’m Determined!

IEP One-Pager Planning Tool

Author: Fialka, J., & Fialka Feldman, E.
Publisher: Inclusion Press

2016

IEP Planning Tool

Impact of the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on Teacher Perceptions of Student Capacity and Opportunity for Self-Determination

Author: Shogren, K.A., Palmer, S.B., Wehmeyer, M.L., Plotner, A.J., & Paek Youngshil
Publisher: Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities

2014

Self-Determined Learning Model

Implementation of Self-Determination Activities and Student Participation in IEPs

Author: Mason, C., Field, S., & Sawilowsky, S.
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children

2004

Self-Determination Activities

Increasing Teacher Awareness of Self-Determination

Author: Michali, Y.E.

2014

Increasing Teacher Awareness

Inspiring Possibilities: Sample Self-Advocacy Plan

Author: PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

2015

Self-Advocacy Plan

Inspiring Possibilities: Your IEP Meeting: A Great Place to Practice Self-Advocacy Skills

Author: PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

2015

Your IEP Meeting

Integrating “Youth Guided” and “Cultural and Linguistic Competence” Values Into Systems of Care

Author: Reid, R.
Publisher: Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health

2011

Youth Guided Systems of Care

Making Action Plans: Student-Centered Transitional Planning

Publisher: Paul V. Sherlock Center, Rhode Island College

2001

Making Action Plans

Relationships Between Self-Determination and Postschool Outcomes for Youth With Disabilities

Author: Shogren, K.A., Wehmeyer, M.L., Palmer, S.B., Rifenbark, G.G., & Little, T.D.
Publisher: The Journal of Special Education

2015

Self-Determination Relationships

Resources on Self-Determination

Author: Wozniak, S.
Publisher: Lower Hudson Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Center

2016

Resources on Self-Determination

Student “Draft IEP” Interactive Tool

Author: Westchester Institute for Human Development

2021

Student “Draft IEP” Interactive Tool

The 411 on Disability Disclosure

Author: National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Publisher: Institute for Educational Leadership

2005

Disability Disclosure 411

The Youth Involvement Checklist

Author: Youth Move

2018

Youth Involvement Checklist

Transition in the 21st Century: Self-determination and Changing Understandings of Disability

Author: Wehmeyer, M.L., Beach, R., & Beach, M.
Publisher: University of Kansas
Transition in the 21st Century

Welcome to the Autistic Community!

Author: Autism NOW Center/ Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Austistic Community

What Works: Youth Empowerment

Author: National Center on Inclusive Education

2013

Youth Empowerment

Postsecondary/Higher Education

Think College
2019

https://thinkcollege.net/

DREAM – Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring

Publisher: National Center for College Students with Disabilities

2019

DREAM

“Opening Doors to College” Film

Author: Dan Habib
Publisher: Pennsylvania Inclusive Higher Education Consortium

2020

Opening Doors to College

12 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Going to College with a Disability or Chronic Illness

Author: Ladau, E.

2017

12 Things I Wish I’d Known

A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities

Author: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services/ United States Department of Education

2017

Transition Guide

AHEAD White Paper on Students with Intellectual Disabilities and Campus Disability Services

Author: Thompson, T., Weir, C., & Ashmore, J.

2011

AHEAD White Paper

CTE Today!

Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education

2019

CTE Today Fact Sheet

Federal Financial Aid for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2012

Federal Financial Aid

How We Made it Happen: Interviews with Parent Leaders about Their Kids Going to College

Author: Leuchovius, D., and Roy, S.
Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2016

How We Made it Happen

Let’s Talk About College: What Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Say About Postsecondary Education

Author: Institute for Innovative Transition
Let’s Talk About College

Making My Way Through College: A Guide for Students with Disabilities

Author: Hallas, J., Larson, M., & Fink, D.
Publisher: National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, Institute for Educational Leadership

2015

Making My Way Through College

National Center for College Students with Disabilities
2019

http://www.nccsdonline.org/

Parents Can Think College

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2018

Parents Can Think College

Postsecondary Education and Employment Outcomes for Transition-age Youth with and Without Disabilities: A Secondary Analysis of American Community Survey Data

Author: Smith, F.A., Grigal, M., & Sulewski, J.S.
Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2012

Postsecondary Education and Employment

Rethinking College Video

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2018

Rethinking College

Snapshot: Higher Education Access for Students with Intellectual Disability in the US

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2018

Think College Snapshot

Students Can Think College

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2018

Students Can Think College

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities

Publisher: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

2011

Preparing for Postsecondary Education

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities

Author: U.S. Department of Education

2004

Preparing for Postsecondary Education

Students with Intellectual Disabilities Going to College? Absolutely!

Author: Kleinert, H., Jones, M., Sheppard-Jones, K., Harp, B., and Harrison, E.
Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2012

Students with Intellectual Disabilities Going to College

Teachers Can Think College

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2018

Teachers Can Think College

Think College Fact Sheet

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2018

Think College Fact Sheet

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Can Think College

Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2019

VRC Can Think College

What’s the Point? A Reflection About the Purpose and Outcomes of College for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Author: Grigal, M., & Hard, D.
Publisher: Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

2010

What’s the Point?

Youth Action Council on Transition (YouthACT)

Publisher: National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability

2018

Youth Action Council on Transition

Transition

“Opening Doors to College” Film

Author: Dan Habib
Publisher: Pennsylvania Inclusive Higher Education Consortium

2020

Opening Doors to College

A Guide to Developing Collaborative School-Community-Business Partnerships

Author: Luecking, R., Deschamps, A., Allison, R., Hyatt, J., Stuart, C.
Publisher: TransCen, Inc./The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition

2015

Partnership Guide

A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities

Author: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services/ United States Department of Education

2017

Transition Guide

A Young Person’s Guide to Health Care Transition

Author: National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability

2016

Guide to Health Care

Collaborative Interagency, Interdisciplinary Approach to Transition – Executive Summary

Author: Antosh, A.A., Blair, M., Edwards, K., Goode, T., Hewitt, A., Izzo, M., Johnson, D.R., Raynor, O., Riddle, I., Shanley, J.L., Walker, R., Wehmeyer, M.
Publisher: AUCD

2018

Approach to Transition

Dude, Where’s My Transition Plan?

Publisher: The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities/UMDNJ

2018

Where’s My Transition Plan?

Evidence-Based Practices and Predictors in Secondary Transition: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know

Author: Test, D.W., Fowler, C., & Kohler, P.
Publisher: National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center

2013

Practices and Predictors

Impact of Early Work Experiences on Subsequent Paid Employment for Young Adults With Disabilities

Author: Mamun, A.A., Carter, E.W., Fraker, T.M., & Timmins, L.L.
Publisher: Hammill Institute on Disabilities

2017

Early Work Experiences

Making Action Plans: Student-Centered Transitional Planning

Publisher: Paul V. Sherlock Center, Rhode Island College

2001

Making Action Plans

Preparing Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities for Work: What School Leaders Need to Know About the New Legal Landscape

Author: Institute for Educational Leadership

2018

Transition Policy Brief

Resource Mapping and Flow of Services

Author: Crane, K., Allison, R., & MaGee, C.
Publisher: National Technical Assistance Center on Transition

2018

Resource Mapping

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities

Publisher: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

2011

Preparing for Postsecondary Education

The 2020 Federal Youth Transition Plan: A Federal Interagency Strategy

Author: Federal Partners in Transition Workgroup

2015

Youth Transition Plan

The Bridge to Work: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Author: PACER Center
Publisher: PACER

2015

Bridge to Work

Transition Fair Toolkit

Author: National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
Publisher: Western Michigan University

2014

Transition Fair Toolkit

Transition Quickguide: Take Charge of Planning and Managing Your Own Health and Career Goals

Author: Youth Transitions Collaborative/ Got Transition/Center for Health Care Transition Improvement/ U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy
Transition Quickguide

What Do NCI Data Tell Us About the Characteristics and Outcomes of Young Adults Receiving Services?

Author: Giordano, S., & Bradley, V.
Publisher: National Core Indicators

2018

Data Brief

Youth Action Council on Transition (YouthACT)

Publisher: National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability

2018

Youth Action Council on Transition

Inclusive Education

DREAM – Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring

Publisher: National Center for College Students with Disabilities

2019

DREAM

Inclusion Includes Belonging: How to Create and Sustain a Circle of Support

Author: Fialka Feldman, E., Fialka Feldman, M., & Fialka, J.

2018

Circle of Support

“Be Careful What You Wish for…”: Five Reasons to Be Concerned About the Assignment of Individual Paraprofessionals

Author: Giangreco, M.F., Yuan, S., McKenzie, B., Cameron, P., & Fialka, J.
Publisher: TEACHING Exceptional Children

2005

Be Careful What You Wish for…

10 Reasons to Support Inclusive School Communities for ALL Students

Author: Vandercook, T., Sabia, R., Shopa, A., & Lazarus, S.S.
Publisher: University of Minnesota: TIES Center

2018

10 Reasons

A Principal’s Perspective: Inclusive Education

Author: Snow, K.
Publisher: Disability is Natural

2008

Inclusive Education

A problem with success

Author: Dillon, J.

2013

Problem with Success

A Summary of the Evidence on Inclusive Education

Author: Hehir, T., Pascucci, S., & Pascucci, C.
Publisher: Abt Associates/Insituto Alana

2018

Evidence on Inclusive Education

Achieving Inclusion: What Every Parent Should Know When Advocating For Their Child

Author: Causton-Theoharis, J., & Kasa, C.
Publisher: The PEAL Center
Achieving Inclusion

Addressing the Paraprofessional Dilemma in an Inclusive School: A Program Description

Author: Giangreco, M.F., Smith, C.S., & Pinckney, E.
Publisher: Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

2006

Addressing the Paraprofessional

All Means All: Building Knowledge for Inclusive Schoolwide Transformation

Author: Shogren, K.A., McCart, A.B., Lyon, K.J., & Sailor, W.S.
Publisher: SAGE

2015

All Means All

Analysis of State Bullying Laws and Policies

Author: Stuart-Cassel, V., Bell, A., & Springer, J.F.
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education

2011

Bullying Laws and Policies

Anchoring Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support in Structural School Reform

Author: Sailor, W., Zuna, N., Choi, J.H., Thomas, J., McCart, A., & Roger, B.
Publisher: TASH

2006

Anchoring PBS

Best Practices in Bullying Prevention and Intervention

Publisher: Stop Bullying Now

2018

Bullying Prevention and Intervention

Beyond Treats and Timeouts: Humanistic Behavioral Supports in Inclusive Classrooms

Author: Causton, J., Tracy-Bronson, C.P., & MacLeod, K.
Publisher: International Journal of Whole Schooling

2015

Beyond Treats and Timeouts

Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support

Author: Ross, S., Horner, R., & Stiller, B.
Publisher: Educational and Community Supports

2018

Bully Prevention in PBS

Bullying Among Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Needs

Publisher: Stop Bullying Now
Bullying Among Children

Bullying Prevention and Intervention in Schools

Publisher: National Association of School Psychologists

2018

Bullying Prevention and Intervention in Schools

Champions of Inclusion: Making the Extraordinary Ordinary

Author: Henderson, B.
Publisher: International Journal of Whole Schooling

2006

Champions of Inclusion

Choosing the wrong drivers for whole system reform

Author: Fullan, M.
Publisher: Centre for Strategic Education

2011

Choosing the wrong drivers

Closing the Gap through Extended Learning Opportunities

Publisher: NEA Education Policy and Practice Department

2008

Closing the Gap

Co-Teaching: Creating Successful and Sustainable Programs

Author: Friend, M.
Publisher: Marilyn Friend, Inc.

2008

Co-Teaching Programs

Collaboration Corner: Rethinking the IEP: Making Language the Foundation of Academics

Author: Davis, K.J.
Publisher: ASHA
Collaboration Corner

Creating a Circle of Support

Author: Davis, K.
Publisher: Indiana Resource Center for Autism

2015

Creating a Circle of Support

Creating Inclusive Schools for All Students

Author: Causton-Theoharis, J., & Theoharis, G.
Publisher: The School Administrator

2008

Creating Inclusive Schools

Delivering on Equity: Implications for Decision-makers

Author: Stonemeier, J., Trader, B., Richards, C., Blank, R., East, B., & Toson, A.
Publisher: SWIFT
Equity Reform

Developing inclusive education systems: the role of organisational cultures and leadership

Author: Ainscow, M., & Sandill, A.
Publisher: Routledge

2010

Developing inclusive education systems

Dispelling the Myths of Inclusive Education

Publisher: TASH

2012

Dispelling the Myths

Enhancing School Reform Through Expanded Learning

Author: Stonehill, R.M., Little, P.M., Ross, S.M., Neergaard, L., Harrison, L., Ford, J., Deich, S., Morgan, E., Donner, J.
Publisher: Learning Point Associates

2009

Enhancing School Reform

Equity and Excellence: Finding Common Ground Between Inclusive Education and School Reform

Author: Fried, R.L, & Jorgensen, C. M.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company

1997

Finding Common Ground

Evaluaton of Response to Intervention Practices for Elementary School Reading

Author: Balu, R., Zhu, P., Doolittle, F., Schiller, E., Jenkins, J., & Gersten, R.
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education

2015

Evaluation of Response

Expanded Learning Opportunities – Pathways to Student Success

Author: Little, P.M.
Publisher: Harvard Family Research Project

2009

Expanded Learning Opportunities

Extended Learning Opportunities

Author: Institute on Disability

2013

Extended Learning Opportunities

Helping or Hovering? Effects of Instructional Assistant Proximity on Students with Disabilities

Author: Giangreco, M.F., Edelman, S.W., Luiselli, T.E., & MacFarland, S.Z.C.
Publisher: Exceptional Children

1997

Helping or Hovering

How States Interpret the LRE Clause of IDEA: A Policy Analysis

Author: White, J.M., Cosier, M., and Taub, D.
Publisher: University of Minnesota: The TIES Center

2018

LRE Clause

IEP One-Pager Planning Tool

Author: Fialka, J., & Fialka Feldman, E.
Publisher: Inclusion Press

2016

IEP Planning Tool

If Everyone Agrees This Is So Important, Then Why Do So Few Kids with Disabilities Have Real Friends?

Author: Tashie, C., & Rossetti, Z.
Publisher: Institute on Disability
Real Friends

Include, Belong, Learn

Author: Theoharis, G., & Causton-Theoharis, J.
Publisher: Interventions That Work

2010

Include, Belong, Learn

Inclusion Facilitator’s Guide pp 0-101

Author: Jorgensen, C.M., Schuh, M.C., & Nisbet, J.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company

2006

Inclusion Facilitator’s Guide 1

Inclusion Facilitator’s Guide pp 103-146

Author: Jorgensen, C.M., Schuh, M.C., & Nisbet, J.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company

2006

Inclusion Facilitator’s Guide 2

Inclusion Facilitator’s Guide pp 149-250

Author: Jorgensen, C.M., Schuh, M.C., & Nisbet, J.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company

2006

Inclusion Facilitator’s Guide 3

Inclusion Includes Belonging: How to Create and Sustain a Circle of Support

Author: Fialka Feldman, E., Fialka Feldman, M., & Fialka, J.

2018

Inclusion Included Belonging

Inclusive Education FAQs

Author: TASH

2012

FAQs

Inclusive Education FAQs – TASH

Author: TASH

2012

Inclusive Education FAQs

Inclusive Schooling: Are We There Yet?

Author: Causton, J., & Theoharis, G.

2013

Are We There Yet?

Innovative Scheduling, New Roles for Teachers, and Heterogeneous Grouping

Author: Jorgensen, C.M., Fisher, D., Sax, C., & Skoglund, K.L.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company

1997

Organizational Factors

Isn’t it a Pity? The Real Problem with Special Needs

Author: Dunlap, T.

2015

Isn’t it a Pity

Leading Inclusive Reform for Students with Disabilities: A School- and Systemwide Approach

Author: Theoharis, G., & Causton, J.
Publisher: Routledge

2014

Leading Inclusive Reform for Students

Leading Inclusive Schools TODAY: Setting Your GPS

Author: Causton, J.

2015

Leading Inclusive Schools

Long-term Outcomes of Services for Two Persons with Significant Disabilities with Differing Educational Experiences: A Qualitative Consideration of the Impact of Educational Experiences

Author: Ryndak, D.L., Ward, T., Alper, S., Montgomery, J.W., & Storch, J.F.
Publisher: Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities

2010

Long-term Outcomes

Making Progress in the General Curriculum: Rethinking Effective Instructional Practices

Author: Copeland, S.R, & Cosbey, J.
Publisher: TASH

2010

Access to Curriculum

Managing Complex Change Toward Inclusive Schooling

Author: Thousand, J.S., & Villa, R.A.
Managing Complex Change

More Than “Being There:” Promoting Social Connections Through Inclusion

Publisher: TASH

2011

TASH Connections

Myths About Bullying

Publisher: Stop Bullying Now
Myths About Bullying

Oppressors or Emancipators: Critical Dispositions for Preparing Inclusive School Leaders

Author: Theoharis, G., & Causton-Theoharis, J.N.
Publisher: Routledge

2008

Oppressors or Emancipators

PBIS Steps to Addressing Bullying Behavior at School

Author: Sugai, G., Horner, R., & Algozzine, B.

2010

PBIS Steps

Peer Mediated Instruction Planning Form – Sample

Author: Jimenez, B., Courtade, G., & Browder, D.
Publisher: Attainment Company

2012

Peer Mediated Instruction Planning Form

Personnel Preparation: Recurring Challenges and the Need for Action to Ensure Access to General Education

Author: Delano, M.E., Keefe, L., & Perner, D.
Publisher: TASH

2010

Personnel Preparation

Philosophical Foundations of Inclusive, Restructuring Schools

Author: Fisher, D., Sax, C., & Jorgensen, C.M.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company

1997

Philosophical Foundations

Preparing the Ground for What Is to Come: A Rationale for Inclusive High Schools

Author: Shapiro, S.
Preparing the Ground

Principals of Inclusive Schools

Author: Salisbury, C., & McGregor, G.
Publisher: Arizona State University

2005

Principals of Inclusive Schools

Reducing the Effectiveness of Bullying Behavior in Schools

Author: Sugai, G., Horner, R., & Algozzine, B.
Publisher: OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

2010

Bullying Behavior in School

Schools of Promise: A School District-University Partnership Centered on Inclusive School Reform

Author: Causton-Theoharis, J., Theoharis, G., Bull, T., Cosier, M., & Dempf-Aldrich, K.
Publisher: SAGE

2011

Schools of Promise

Stars in Alignment

Author: Sailor, W.S., & McCart, A.B.
Publisher: SAGE

2014

Stars in Alignment

Strategies for Success: Creating Inclusive Classrooms that Work

Publisher: PA Developmental Disabilities Council

2018

Creating Inclusive Schools

Supporting Student Success through Extended Learning Opportunities

Publisher: NH Department of Education
Supporting Student Success

SWIFT: Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation

Author: SWIFT

2014

SWIFT

Teacher Preparation: Special Education Requirements for General Education Teachers

Author: Regional Educational Laboratory
Publisher: Education Development Center

2010

Special Education Requirements

The #1 Need

Author: Snow, K.

2012

Number One Need

The Benefits of Inclusive Education for ALL Students

Author: SWIFT
Benefits of Inclusive Education

The Dynamic Relationship Between Context, Curriculum, and Student Learning: A Case for Inclusive Education as a Research-based Practice

Author: Jackson, L.B., Ryndak, D.L., & Wehmeyer, M.L.
Publisher: TASH

2010

Dynamic Relationship

The Power of the Inclusive Camp Experience

Author: Hall, A., Dunlap, T., Causton-Theoharis, J., & Theoharis, G.
Publisher: Camping Magazine

2018

Inclusive Camp Experience

The Schoolwide Applications Model

Author: Sailor, W., & Roger, B.
Schoolwide Applications Model

Therapy Practices that Support Development and Membership

Author: Hutter-Pishgahi, L.
Publisher: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community

2004

Therapy Practices

Typical responsibilities of speech-language pathologists

Publisher: The Speech-Language Pathologist
Responsibilities of SLP

What is a “good” ELO?

Author: Gfroerer, M.
Publisher: NH Department of Education

2009

ELO Handbook

What Legitimizes Segregation? The Context of Special Education Discourse: A Response to Ryndak et al

Author: Jackson, L.
Publisher: SAGE

2014

What Legitimizes Segregation?

What We Know About Bullying

Publisher: Stop Bullying Now
What We Know About Bullying

What Works: Bullying Prevention

Publisher: Institute on Disability

2013

Bullying Prevention

Why It Matters

Author: Grace in the Ordinary

2014

Why It Matters

Why Not Community-Based Instruction? High School Students with Disabilities Belong with their Peers

Author: Tashie, C., & Schuh, M.

1993

Why Not Community-Based Instruction?

Employment

The Disability Inclusion Advantage

Author: Accenture, Disability: IN, and the American Association of People with Disabilities
The Disability Inclusion Advantage

2017 Red Book

Author: Social Security Administration

2017
A summary guide to employment supports for persons with disabilities under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Programs

2017 Red Book

A Guide to Developing Collaborative School-Community-Business Partnerships

Author: Luecking, R., Deschamps, A., Allison, R., Hyatt, J., Stuart, C.
Publisher: TransCen, Inc./The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition

2015

Partnership Guide

A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities

Author: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services/ United States Department of Education

2017

Transition Guide

A Young Person’s Guide to Health Care Transition

Author: National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability

2016

Guide to Health Care

Best Practices – Self Identification

Author: Disability: IN
Best Practices: Self Identification

Dignity Through Employment

Author: The President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

2009
2009 Report to the President

Dignity Through Employment

Discussion Guide for the Campaign for Disability Employment’s Public Service Announcement “Because”

Author: The Campaign for Disability Employment
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
“Because”

Employing People With Disabilities: Blueprint for Governors

Author: National Governors Association

2013

Employing People with Disabilities

Employment for People with Disabilities: Twenty-Five Years Back and Ahead

Author: Blanck, P., Adya, M., Myhill, W.N., & Samant, D.
Publisher: Libraries Publishing

2007

25 Years of Employment

Employment Preparation: Helping youth develop self-confidence and leadership skills

Publisher: Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

2018

Employment Preparation

Impact of Early Work Experiences on Subsequent Paid Employment for Young Adults With Disabilities

Author: Mamun, A.A., Carter, E.W., Fraker, T.M., & Timmins, L.L.
Publisher: Hammill Institute on Disabilities

2017

Early Work Experiences

Individualized Job Leads Plan

Job Leads Plan

Individualized Job Leads Plan (Network Brainstorming)

Brainstorming Plan

Leading Practices on Disability Inclusion

Author: Disability:In (formerly known as the USBLN) and U.S. Chamber of Commerce

2013

Leading Practices on Disability Inclusion

Naomie’s Social Capital Meeting

Naomie’s Meeting

National Youth Transitions Center

Author: National Youth Transitions Center

2017

National Youth Transitions Center

Our Ability Connect – Empowerment: Employment: Why and How

Author: Our Ability
Our Ability

Predictors of Postschool Employment Outcomes for Young Adults With Severe Disabilities

Author: Carter, E.W., Austin, D., & Trainor, A.A.
Publisher: Hammill Institute on Disabilities

2012

Postschool Employment Outcomes

Professional Profile: Naomie Monplaisir

Naomie Professional Resume

Ranking of States on Employment of Peole with Disabilities Shows People with Disabilities in some states TWICE as likely to work as in others!
2015

Ranking of States

Social Capital Conversation Guide

Social Capital Guide

The Bridge to Work: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Author: PACER Center
Publisher: PACER

2015

Bridge to Work

The Visual Resume of Naomie Monplaisir

Author: Monplaisir, N.
Naomie Resume

Think Beyond the Label

Publisher: Smart Policy Works
Think Beyond the Label

Valued, Able & Ready to Work: Employing Individuals with Down Syndrome

Author: National Down Syndrome Society

2016

Valued, Able & Ready

What Can You Do?

Author: Campaign for Disability Employment
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
What Can You Do?

What Can You Do? Video

Author: The Campaign for Disability Employment
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
What Can You Do?

Who I Am?: Discussion Guide for the Campaign for Disability Employment’s Public Service Announcement

Author: Campaign for Disability Employment
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor

2018

Who I Am

Youth Action Council on Transition (YouthACT)

Publisher: National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability

2018

Youth Action Council on Transition