1. Cradle to College and Career Practice Group Part of the National Community of Practice on Transition IDEA Partnership

2. For more information, contact: – Marianne Moore at Marianne.moore@doe.virginia.gov Marianne.moore@doe.virginia.gov – Ashley Stoffel at astoffel@uic.eduastoffel@uic.edu For more information and links to previous presentations, visit: – http://www.sharedwork.org/web/tran sition/home http://www.sharedwork.org/web/tran sition/home

3. Webinars hosted by Cradle to College and Career PG THE NEW GED – January 24, 2014 Occupational Therapy and Early Childhood Transitions – August 26, 2013 What Does Health Have To Do With Transition? – March 21, 2013 Why does cultural responsivity matter? – July 16, 2014

4. Back to School Claudette Fette, OTR, PhD, CRC

5. Resources!  AOTA Resources  Brochure on Role of OT in Schools for Administrators Brochure on Role of OT in Schools for Parents  School Mental Health Toolkit  Consumer Brochure on RtI  Transitions Fact Sheet  Fact Sheet on Elopement/Wandering  OT Performance Appraisal Document  IDEA Partnership  Family Run Support and Advocacy organizations  Statewide Family Networks  Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health  WrightsLaw, PTACs

6. Occupational Therapy  School based Occupational Therapy Fact Sheets: http://www.aota.org/About -Occupational- Therapy/Professionals/CY/ School.aspx  In schools, OTs help children participate as students  Observe & suggest strategies to facilitate participation  Reduce barriers, suggest compensatory strategies  Help plan instructional activities to support classroom  Collaborate with educational team

7. School Mental Health Toolkit http://www.aota.org/Practice/Children- Youth/Mental%20Health/School-Mental- Health.aspx

8. Transitions Fact Sheet http://www.aota.org/- /media/Corporate/Files/About OT/Professionals/WhatIsOT/C Y/Fact-Sheets/Transitions.pdf

9. Elopement/Wandering Fact Sheet http://www.aota.org/- /media/Corporate/Files/Pr actice/Children/Autism- Wandering-Fact-Sheet- Feb-10-2014.PDF

10. Response to Intervention http://www.aota.org/Practice/ Children-Youth/School- based/RTI.aspx

11. School Based OT Performance Guidelines http://www.aota.org/ - /media/Corporate/File s/Practice/Children/Pe rformance- Evaluation-School- based-Therapists10- 31-13.pdf

12. IDEA Partnership  Collections  Communities of Practice  http://www.idea partnership.org/

13. IDEA Information  Wrightslaw  NICHCY moving to http://www.parentce nterhub.org/reposito ry/idea/  http://www.pacer.or g/legislation/idea/pd f/idea2004parentgui de.pdf

14. Family Run Support and Advocacy organizations  Statewide Family Networks  http://familyorgdirectory. fmhi.usf.edu/map.cfm  http://www.ffcmh.org/  http://fredla.org/

15. Parent Technical Assistance Centers  http://www.parentcenterhub. org/find-your-center/

16. Remember to highlight your child’s strengths  In introduction to  teachers  IEP meetings  Preparation with student  At end of day