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Total Holiday Team-Up for Nicky
Things have been going incredibly well for Nicky and his Shared Living provider, Nonotuck Resource Associates; as well as at his day program at HMEA, and through the incredible progress made by the medical team at UMASS. That update is coming soon but today, I want to share with you what Alex & I have…
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Transition planning is NOT a one-time meeting!
Transition (and transition planning) is not a one-time, singular activity marked by an IEP meeting or goodbye party in the classroom. It is a process, and success can only be achieved when that process is thorough and includes status checks and follow up before it can be considered complete. Auburn Public Schools started the official…
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Auburn School Committee lauds our project, asks excellent questions about spreading the word
Click here to watch Phil’s entire presentation to the School Committee on YouTube The School Committee in Auburn has been extraordinarily supportive of the transition planning and process that has resulted in so much success for Nicky. Recently 22at20 team member and Special Ed Director, Phil Campbell, provided a presentation to the School Committee –…
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Backchaining the plans
One of the key takeaways from our presentation is that collaboration and planning are keys to success – that well before the last year of educational programming, team members can come to the table with agencies, DDS, and supporters of the individual to create a back-chain plan WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS AT THAT…
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UMASS will light it up blue tomorrow; let’s meet up after and chat “transitioning”
If you’re in the greater Worcester area tomorrow night, ’22 at 20′ team members Cheryl Chan and Mike Moloney both will be attending the “Light It Up Blue” event. Cheryl invites you to join her after the event for a drink & appetizers, to carry on the conversation about transitioning. If you’re interested in the…
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THANK YOU
To our panelists, your presence was personally calming and reassuring. And, your participation was priceless. Clearly, given the feedback from people staying to talk, the presentation was a great success! Thank you so much for being a part of this! For those of you who came to attend, we are humbled. Many of you came…
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Pre-emptive “strike” – here’s our Powerpoint for tonight’s presentation!
We will be passing out business cards with this website at tonight’s live presentation, so I wanted to get the powerpoint up ahead of time so it would be ready as soon as people arrive to join the conversation! 22 at 20: A non-tradition Transition Story Powerpoint presentation
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SAC presentation was a success
On March 12, Phil Campbell (Auburn’s Director of Pupil Services) and Cheryl (Nicky’s mom) presented at the Statewide Advisory Council meeting in Marlborough. With about 20 representatives including school administrators, DESE transition program and special education Directors, FCSN Directors, and parents, we led a dialogue that was a shortened version of what we have planned…
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A note to Special Education Administrators
Click on the “schools” tab above (or click here) to view, download and share the overview of the transition that will be presented as part of the panel presentation on March 19th. First, some of the team members will be presenting at the March 12th Statewide Advisory Council meeting.
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WELCOME. A conversation about collaboration.
Whether you’re a school administrator, family member, caregiver, human service provider, agency representative, advocate or simply a supporter of anything that creates a dignified life for an adult with intellectual disabilities, this is where you belong. But there is one pre-requisite. You must be willing and able to think “outside the box.” Set aside any…
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Successful Transitions 