Acknowledgments

We would first like to acknowledge the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), headquartered at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration (ICI). NCSET has facilitated the work of NASET since its inception. NCSET was established to create opportunities for youth with disabilities to achieve successful futures. NCSET provides technical assistance and disseminates information on four major areas of national significance for youth with disabilities and their families:

Providing students with disabilities with improved access and success in the secondary education curriculum.
Ensuring that students achieve positive postschool results in access to postsecondary education, meaningful employment, independent living, and participation in all aspects of community life.
Supporting student and family participation in education and postschool decision-making and planning.
Improving collaboration and system linkages at all levels through the development of broad-based partnerships and networks at the national, state, and local levels.

NCSET is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs

Individual Acknowledgments

We also acknowledge the outstanding work and commitment of the following individuals who contributed their time and expertise to the development and review of the National Standards and Indicators found in this Transition Toolkit:

Cindy Sadler, Alliance for Excellent Education

Richard Wong, American School Counselor Association

Betsy Brand, American Youth Policy Forum

Sue Swenson, The Arc of the United States

Alisha Dixon Hyslop & Christen Driscoll, Association for Career and Technical Education

Mark Richert, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Stephan Hamlin-Smith, Association on Higher Education and Disability

Rebecca Hare, Mary Podmostko, Curtis Richards, & Joan Wills, Center for Workforce Development, Institute for Educational Leadership

Cathy Healy, Center for Workforce Preparation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Allen Phelps, Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Daniel Blair & Debra Ziegler, Council for Exceptional Children

Carl Suter, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation