Transition Services
Technical Assistance &
Continuing Education Center

Publications

TACE Talks Transition Newsletter (TTT) E-Newsletter

Monthly concise information on best practices for transition counselors – available for their own pace learning.
— Sign-up and start your subscription via the Transition Email-List.

When to Contact a Benefits Planner [PDF file]

This one-page chart provides a quick reference to assist you in advising your client on when to contact a CWIC or Benefits Planner. Also summarizes the rules of working and SSI or SSDI.

Transition Specialist Competencies [PDF file]

The Council for Exceptional Children’s Subcommittee on Knowledge and Skills, in concert with the University of Illinois’ Transition-Related Competencies Project and the CEC Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT), identified and validated competencies for beginning Transition Specialists.

Customized Employment

• Customized Employment: Practical Solutions for Employment Success [PDF file]
• Evaluation of Disability Employment Policy Demonstration Programs [Word file]
• Process & Timelines for Customized Employment Activities [Word file]
• Customized Employment Flyer [PDF file]
• Customized Employment: Applying Practical Solutions for Employment Success [PDF file]

Media

• "I Can" Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
  A collaborative initiative of the What Can You Do? - Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE) to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities in business and community by encouraging employers and others to recognize the value and talent they bring to the workplace — more tools and materials (many free of charge) available through the What Can You Do? Outreach Toolkit.

More Publications

AT Program News Blog (ATPN)

News (web-based and "listen now" option) and a monthly online newsletter (E-Zine) for and from the State AT Act Programs, the Alternative Financing Programs, and their community partners. Highlights include:

• School Transition - Nov/Dec 2010 ATPN E-Zine
• Back to School - Sept/Oct 2010 ATPN E-Zine

Charting the Course: Supporting the Career Development of Youth with Learning Disabilities

This Guide includes numerous quick reference charts, tables, and tools intended to help practitioners, administrators, and policymakers in secondary and postsecondary education programs, transition programs, One-Stop Career Centers, youth employment programs, and community rehabilitation programs to improve services and outcomes for youth, ages 14 to 25, with diagnosed and undiagnosed learning disabilities.

Special Edition of American Rehabilitation [PDF file] | Word (accessible version) : Special Edition of American Rehabilitation
"Creating a Vision for 2020: Celebrating Our Past, Looking to the Future"

In celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the public vocational rehabilitation (VR) program, a special edition of this publication was produced through the collaborative efforts of CSAVR, NIDRR, ICDR, NRA, and the ADA Network.