Dr. Tim Lewis, Professor for Special Education, University of Missouri, Columbia; Co-Director Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports will be presenting a webinar on August 20 sponsored by NDPC-SD entitled Strategies to Increase School Completion Rates for Students with or at risk for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders will be held on August 20, 2010. Register online or by calling 1-800-775-7654.

For more information, see the flier on the NDPC-SD website.

Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) will be celebrating its 20th year at their national conference in Kansas City this year.  There will be a one-day Student Field Trip on Friday, Sept. 24 for only $25.  For more information, see the SABE Conference website www.sabekc2010.org

The University of Kansas Department of Special Education, the top-ranked graduate-level Special Education department in the country, is offering five noncredit online transition seminars designed to provide novice and veteran education professionals the tools and collaboration necessary to improve transition planning and services for students with disabilities. More information and to enroll.

The Transition Tips database is available to search, browse or add your own tip to the tips database. Tips are available in the areas of:

      • Transition Planning
      • Student Involvement
      • Family Involvement
      • Curriculum and Instruction
      • Transition Assessment
      • Assistive Technology and UDL
      • Students from Specific Disability Groups
      • Interagency Collaboration

The collection of these tips was commissioned by the Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT ) and supported by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE ).