Trainings
The Institute collaborates with agencies, service providers and schools to provide assistance with trainings and dissemination of transition information to families, teachers, youth and young adults with developmental disabilities. Workshops and trainings are offered across Monroe County and address a number of topics related to transition for students with developmental disabilities.
Transition Part 1: Nuts and Bolts of Transition
Discusses what to expect during the transition planning process from federal and state guidelines to individualized practices and services for students and families.
Transition Part 2: Compliance to Quality for Transition
Recommends the next steps for improving and transforming existing transition planning and implementation of services for students with disabilities.
Transition Part 3: Research to Practice
Gives overview of national research related to transition in order to address barriers and gaps on research and practice.
Overview of OPWDD Eligibility and ACCES-VR Eligibility
Provides a description of OPWDD and ACCES-VR services with basic information on eligibility and the application process and information about local OPWDD and ACCES-VR representatives.
Effective Family-Professional Partnerships
Focuses on the importance of family and professional involvement during the transition process and provides techniques to create an effective partnership during this process.
Interested in other transition topics? Let us know!
Would you like to collaborate on trainings or outreach events, please contact Anitra Medlock, Training and Outreach Coordinator at anitra_medlock@urmc.rochester.edu.
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Free Online Courses
Partners in Policy Making
The goal of Partners in Policymaking is to educate participants to be active partners with those who make policy. They will become partners in policymaking. The idea is to develop partnerships that are based on positive relationships. In today's political climate of radical change, Partners graduates must work harder than ever to prevent the loss of basic rights for people with disabilities. Partners graduates can change the future by influencing public policy today. Click Here for More Information!
Person Centered Planning (Cornell University)
What is person-centered planning?
We're glad you asked! Person-centered planning is a process-oriented approach to empowering people with disability labels. It focuses on the people and their needs by putting them in charge of defining the direction for their lives, not on the systems that may or may not be available to serve them. This ultimately leads to greater inclusion as valued members of both community and society. Click Here for More Information!
Paid Online Courses
Citizen-Centered Leadership Development (Cornell University)
The Citizen-Centered Leadership Development Community of Practice series is a unique combination of self-paced distance learning study, robust field work, interactive class assignments and live webcast instruction designed to advance theoretic and skill-based learning leading to quality outcomes in the lives of people with disabilities. Each of the six carefully constructed courses challenges participants to move beyond traditional consumer-driven approaches to human service delivery by centralizing the role of citizenship at the heart of community-building. Click Here for More Information!
Disclaimer of Endorsement: Reference herein to the online courses does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Institute for Innovative Transition.
