1. Transitioning Specialist – Duties, Current Staff, and Coverage
Office of Institutional Educational Programs

2. Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic and behavioral records.
Communicate with home schools & families about CIEL, educate them on what it is, and ensure they are doing what is needed for student continuation and completion of CTE credits.
Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students' continuity of care.
Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.
Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.
LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

3. Transition Specialist Coverage
WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist Coverage
Hancock
Brooke
Marshall
Taylor
Wood
Ritchie
Berkeley
Clay
Kanawha
Nicholas
Fayette
Wayne
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Putnam
Cabell
Jackson
Harrison
Grant
Summers
Mason
Wirt
Monongalia
Lewis
Calhoun
Roane
Wetzel
Raleigh
Pleasants
Tyler
Gilmer
Hampshire
Greenbrier
Lincoln
Braxton
Boone
Preston
Monroe
Pendleton
Mingo
Pocahontas
Logan
Marion
Mineral
Morgan
Hardy
Doddridge
Barbour
Tucker
Webster
Jefferson
Caleb Canton - PT
Shelia Elliott- PT
Amanda Faulkner
Ohio
Brandi Sanders
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT
Jessica Griffin – Out of State Transitions
Upshur
Randolph
Michele Perozich
Jessica Pastine
Eric Sandstrom
VACANT
Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

4. Transition Specialist Contact List 2016
NAME 
LOCATION 
ADDRESS 
PHONE   
COUNTIES 
Kari Rice 
COORDINATOR 
Office of Institutional Ed 
Building 6, Room 728 
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East 
Charleston, WV    
Coordinator of Institutional Transition Programs 
Jessica Griffin 
Out of State Transition for all 55 counties 
Shelia Elliott 
Pressley  White Oak 
2172 Volcano Road  Walker, WV  26180   
Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie 
Brenda Elmore 
Davis-Stuart 
RR 02 – Box 188A 
Lewisburg, WV  24901    
Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Summers, Monroe 
Caleb "Q" Canton 
Northern Regional 
1000 Chapline Street 
Wheeling, WV  26003   
Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler 
Brandi Sanders 
Tiger Morton 
 -AND- 
60 Manfred Holland Way  Dunbar, WV 25064   
Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo, Lincoln 
Donald R. Kuhn 
1 Lory Place 
Julian, WV    
Eric Sandstrom 
Board of Child Care 
715 Brown Road  Martinsburg, WV  25404   
Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire 
Rachel Stewart 
Beckley Center 
4712 Robert C Byrd Drive 
Beckley, WV  25801   
Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Calhoun 
VACANT  
Elkins Mountain School 
100 Bell Street 
Elkins, WV  26241   
Randolph, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor 
Amanda Faulkner 
Pressley Grant Gardens 
2580 Grant Gardens Road 
Ona, WV  25545   
Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane 
Michele Perozich 
Academy Programs 
5 Crosswind Drive  Fairmont, WV 26554   
Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge, Lewis 
Jessica Pastine 
Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein 
141 Forestry Camp Drive 
Davis, WV  26260   
Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral 
Cynthia Hartwiger 
Lewisburg, WV  24901 
Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer 
Jeff Richards 
Sam Perdue 
843 Shelter Road 
Princeton, WV  25740   
Mercer County Youth Reporting Center