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TRANSITION ALERTS

New! New Technical Report available on Nationally Validated Transition Practices - May 2008 (PDF)

New! Transitions for Children from Diverse Settings and with Significant Disabilities Transition Alert- March 2008 (PDF)

Family Outcomes

Desired Family Outcomes of the Early Childhood Transition Process Transition Alert - January 2008 (PDF)

Data Collection

Transition Stories being collected through NECTC - November 2003 (PDF)

Laws and Regulations

The 2007 Proposed Part C Rules and Transition - May 2007 (PDF)
IDEA Re-authorization - December 2004 (PDF)
GAO Report - December 2005 (PDF)

Personnel Preparation

Personnel Development activities underway at NECTC - November 2003 (PDF)

Resources

Transition Database now available - September 2004 (PDF)
Accessing Helpful Transition Resources on the Internet - September 2005 (PDF)

School Readiness

Links to Web sites Related to Promising Programs, Transition, and School Readiness

Ready Schools - July 2005 (PDF)
NGA Task Force on School Readiness - February 2005 (PDF)
National School Readiness Indicators - November 2005 (PDF)
School Readiness System Indicators - November 2005 (PDF)

Transition

Conceptual Framework - December 2005 (PDF)

What's New

Latest research brief describes a study of preschool teacher temperament and potential implications of teacher temperament on children’s transition and school adjustment; The Temperament Task Orientation Cluster among Preschool Educators

Exciting new findings on the socially validated practices that facilitate transitions for young children with disabilities; National Validation Survey Technical Report #3 and related Transition Alert

See our new research brief on Family Outcomes

The Beach Center on Disability is a site sponsored by the University of Kansas, under the direction of Dr. Ann Turnbull. This site promotes NECTC products and findings.
Click to link to the Beach Center Transition Knowledge Bank

Announcing the NECTAC National Early Childhood Transition Initiative.
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