Aligning Evidence-Based Practices and Predictors for Post-School Success

The following table illustrates evidence-based practices that support implementation of in-school predictors of post-school success. Column 1, Predictor, lists the name of the predictor identified through ongoing reviews of rigorous correlational research. (See http://nsttac.org/content/predictor-resources.) Column 2, Related EBPs, lists examples of evidence-based practices that could be used to support implementation of the predictor. Column 3, Additional Resources, includes links to additional resources that could assist in planning for program improvement. This resource is intended to assist in action planning as a result of a team’s use of the Predictor Implementation Self-Assessment tool located at psocenter.org and nsttac.org.

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

 

Predictor

Related EBPs at
www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

Career Awareness

Using Extended Career Planning Services after Graduation

Using the Self- Determined Learning Model of Instruction

Youth to Work Coalition activities: www.nsttac.org

Transition Assessment Toolkit: www.nsttac.org

Transition Assessment Reviews: www.transitioncoalition.org

Guidance on career development activities: www.ncwd-youth.info

Information on volunteer opportunities and programs for youth: www.nationalservice.org or search for volunteer opportunities in your local communities

Occupational Courses

Practices to teach academic skills:

Using Mnemonic Strategies

Using Peer-Assisted Instruction

Using Self-Management

Using Visual Displays

Resources from the Association on Career and Technical Education regarding career clusters and curricular supports: www.careertech.org and www.acteonline.org

Suggestions for embedding career awareness activities in academic instruction at the CCSS Transition Think Tank: www.nsttac.org

Resources on Universal Design for Learning and the Common Core State Standards: www.udlcenter.org and http://www.corestandards.org/

 

 

Predictor

Related EBPs at
www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

 

Using Technology-Based Interventions

 

Paid Employment/Work Experience

Using Community-Based Instruction to teach employment skills and safety skills (transportation)

Using Response Prompting to teach employment skills

Using Mnemonic Strategies to teach job application completion

Practices to teach specific job skills:

Using Computer- Assisted Instruction

Using Constant Time Delay

Using Self-Management

Youth to Work Coalition activities: www.nsttac.org

Resources regarding internships, apprenticeships, and employee mentors: www.ncwd-youth.info

Resources from US Business Leadership Network: www.usbln.org

Resources from www.transcen.org regarding employment preparation and support

For developments regarding Employment First initiatives through the National Governors Association http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/EmploymentFirst.htm

Youth Rules: Preparing the 21st Century Workforce: http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/

Vocational Education

Practices to teach academic skills:

Using Mnemonic Strategies

Using Peer Assisted Instruction

Using Self-Management

Resources from Career and Technical Education regarding career clusters and curricular supports: www.careertech.org and www.acteonline.org

Suggestions for embedding career awareness activities in academic instruction at the CCSS Transition Think Tank: www.nsttac.org

Resources on Universal Design for Learning and the Common Core State Standards: www.udlcenter.org and

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs
at www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

 

Using Visual Displays

Using Technology Based Interventions

Practices to teach social skills:

Using Response Prompting

Using Self-Management

Using Simulations

 

http://www.corestandards.org/

Work Study

 

Resources from the Career and Technical Education: www.caretech.org

Youth to Work Coalition Resources: www.nsttac.org

Examples of two work study programs: http://www.ytporegon.org/ and http://www.bridgestowork.org

Community Experiences

Using Community-Based Instruction

Resources regarding travel training and accessible transportation: www.projectaction.org

Information on volunteer opportunities and programs for youth at www.nationalservice.org or search for volunteer opportunities in your local communities

For information about Community-Based Instruction: http://www.project10.info/DetailPage.php?MainPageID=158

Exit Exam Requirements/ High School Diploma Status

Practices to teach academic skills:

Using Mnemonic Strategies

See updated resources on research-based practices to teach academic skills from NSTTAC (in development, November, 2013)

Resources on school completion and dropout prevention at www.ndpc-sd.org and www.dropoutprevention.org

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs at
www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

 

Using Peer-Assisted Instruction

Using Self-Management

Using Visual Displays

Using Technology-Based Interventions

Resources on college and career preparation for all students including students with disabilities in the products and resources at www.ccrscenter.org and http://www.betterhighschools.org/CCR/documents/
NHSC_CCROrganizerIntroBrief_2012.pdf

Inclusion in General Education

Practices to teach academic skills:

Using Mnemonic Strategies

Using Peer-Assisted Instruction

Using Self-Management

Using Visual Displays

Using Technology-Based Interventions

Using the Self- Determined Learning Model of Instruction

Carter et al., 2013 published in Teaching Exceptional Children on peer network strategies: Peer Network Strategies to Foster Social Connections Among Adolescents With and Without Severe Disabilities. Nov/Dec. 2013

Resources for the SDLMI: http://www.beachcenter.org/
wisdom_based_action/the_self-determined_learning
_model_of_instruction/default.aspx

Program of Study

 

Examples of courses of study connected to postsecondary goals at www.nsttac.org under Examples and Nonexamples for Indicator 13.

Information on 16 Career Clusters and courses of study: www.careertech.org

Information on High School and High Tech: www.ncwd-youth.info at the HSHT tab

Example of alignment of high school to community college pathways

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs at
www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

for California: www.statewidepathways.org

Self-Care/Independent
Living Skills

Practices to teach functional life skills (general)

Using Backward Chaining

Using Constant Time Delay

Using Forward Chaining

Using Progressive Time Delay

Using Self-Monitoring Instruction

Using Simultaneous Prompting

Using Least-to-Most or Most-to-Least Prompting Systems

Using Total Task Chaining

Additional practices to teach banking:

Using Community Based Instruction

Using Simulations

Using Community Based

Lesson plan starters: www.nsttac.org

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs
at www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

Instruction to teach community integration

Additional practices to teach food preparation:

Using Computer Assisted Instruction

Using Response Prompting

Using Video Modeling

Additional practices to teach grocery shopping:

Using Computer Assisted Instruction

Using Community Based Instruction

Using Response Prompting

Additional practices to teach home maintenance skills:

Using Response Prompting

Using Video Modeling

Using Response Prompting to teach laundry skills

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs
at www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

Using Community Based Instruction to teach safety skills

Using One More Than Strategy to teach Counting Money

Additional Practices to teach purchasing:

Using Community Based Instruction

Using the One More Than Strategy

Using Response Prompting

Using Simulations

Self-Determination Skills

Using the Self- Determined Learning Model of Instruction

Using Whose Future Is It?

Practices to teach student participation in the IEP planning process:

Using Whose Future Is It?

 

Lesson plan starters for component skills of self-determination (e.g., choice-making, goal-setting, self-advocacy) at www.nsttac.org

Resources at the Zarrow Center at University of Oklahoma: http://www.ou.edu/content/education/centers-and- partnerships/zarrow.html

Resources at the Beach Center on Disability at the University of Kansas: http://www.beachcenter.org/default.aspx?JScript=1

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs
at www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

Using Check and Connect

Using computer assisted instruction

Using the Self-Advocacy Strategy

Using the Self-Directed IEP

Using Other Published Curricula

Social Skills

Practices to teach social skills:

Using Response Prompting

Using Self-Management

Using Simulations

Practices to teach communication skills:

Using Least--to-Most Prompting

Using Community-Based Instruction

Carter et al., 2013 published in Teaching Exceptional Children on peer network strategies: Peer Network Strategies to Foster Social Connections Among Adolescents With and Without Severe Disabilities. Nov/Dec. 2013

Autism Internet Modules include evidence-based practices to teach social and communication skills: http://www.autisminternetmodules.org/user_mod.php

Interagency Collaboration

Information regarding community resource mapping at www.transcen.org and from The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence: http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish & Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest: http://educationnorthwest.org/

Additional resources through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s website regarding functional interagency agreements and

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs
at www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

collaborative work: http://sped.dpi.wi.gov/sped_transition

Annotated Bibliography of research and resources: http://nsttac.org/content/interagency-collaboration-annotated-bibliography

Parental Expectations

Using Training Modules

Resources from Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers and statewide parent training and information centers: http://www.parentcenternetwork.org/

Resources for youth and their families in transition in Michigan: http://www.mifuturebuilder.com/

Resources specifically for families remain available through the website of the Technical Assistance on Transition and the Rehabilitation Act: http://www.pacer.org/tatra/

Parental Involvement

Using Training Modules

Transition Planning Folder developed through the Ohio State Transition Improvement Grant: http://www.nsttac.org/content/transition-planning-folder-mapping- out-your-childs-transition

Resources from Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers and statewide parent training and information centers: http://www.parentcenternetwork.org/

Resources for youth and their families in transition in Michigan at http://www.mifuturebuilder.com/

Resources specifically for families remain available through the website of the Technical Assistance on Transition and the Rehabilitation Act: http://www.pacer.org/tatra/

Student Support

Using Check & Connect

Using Peer Assisted

Information on mentoring programs through www.ncwd-youth.info

Examples for linking students with community and school supports

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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Predictor

Related EBPs
at www.nsttac.org

Additional Resources

Instruction to teach academic skills

through quality transition services and planning activities: www.nsttac.org under Examples and Nonexamples for Indicator 13

Resources and information regarding mental health and secondary transition through the IDEA Partnership’s Community of Practice on Transition: www.sharedwork.org -- a workgroup on Mental Health and Transition

Check & Connect: http://checkandconnect.umn.edu/model/default.html

Transition Program

Information regarding 18-21 programs and dual enrollment programs are available: www.thinkcollege.net

Modules and resources on transition programs are also available: www.transitioncoalition.org

Annotated Bibliography of research on comprehensive transition programs: http://www.nsttac.org/content/comprehensive-transition-programs

Examples of two programs identified in the above annotated bibliography are available: http://www.ytporegon.org/ and http://www.bridgestowork.org

 

This document was developed by The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center, Charlotte, NC (funded by Cooperative Agreement Number Grant # H326J11001) with the U.S. Department of Education and the National Post-School Outcomes Center, Eugene, Oregon, (funded by Cooperative Agreement Number H326U090001) with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. This document has been reviewed and approved by the Office of Special Education Programs. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education. OSEP Project Officers: Dr. Selete Avoke and Dr. Marlene Simon-Burroughs.

 

Disclaimer: Items in columns 1 and 2 have an evidence-base and can be located at nsttac.org. Additional Resources (column 3) may or may not include research to support their effectiveness.

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