National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk
Transition, Re-entry & Aftercare
Features
Transition Toolkit 2.0: Meeting the Educational Needs of Youth Exposed to the Juvenile Justice System
The second edition of NDTAC’s Transition Toolkit brings together strategies, existing practices, and updated resources and documents on transition to enable administrators and service providers to provide high-quality transition services for children and youth moving into, through, and out of education programs within the juvenile justice system.
Introduction to Transition Professional Development Module
This module provides a brief introduction on transition and will assist you in making program changes to effectively support youth during transitions to and from facilities.
Nebraska's Rule 18 Accreditation
NDTAC spotlights one State's approach to ensuring credits transfer towards high school diplomas.
Library Categories
- Strategies, Models, and Innovations
- Legal Requirements & Legislation
- Events & Presentations
- Tools
- Further Reading
- Other Resources
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Strategies, Models, and Innovations
Nebraska's Rule 18 Accreditation
Read about one State's approach to ensuring credits earned at interim-program schools transfer towards high school diplomas at local educational agencies: accreditation through Nebraska 's Rule 18. All four of Nebraska's detention centers are Rule 18 accredited.
Internal and external collaboration aims to improve transition planning
NDTAC documents the transition process in Pennsylvania.
The Arizona Detention Project (ADTP): A Project Ensuring the Transition of Youth with Disabilities in and out of Juvenile Justice System
The Arizona Detention Project (ADTP) addresses the transfer of youth with disabilities and their education records across public schools, detention centers, community and employment agencies, and juvenile and adult corrections.
Arizona: Merging Two Worlds
Merging Two Worlds (M2W) curriculum is a transition and career exploration and planning curriculum designed to help students prepare for reintegration into the community, school, or workforce upon release from a secure care environment.
Formalizing Connections Between Corrections and Education: Maine's Reintegration Teams
NDTAC spotlights Maine's legislation that formalizes a specific procedure for transitioning students by requiring every school district to convene a formal reintegration team for each student who returns to public school from residential care in the State of Maine.
Implementation of the Intensive Community-Based Aftercare Program (PDF)
PEPNet: Connecting Juvenile Offenders to Education and Employment (PDF)
From the Courthouse to the Schoolhouse: Making Successful Transitions (PDF)
Further Reading
A Summary of Best Practice in School Reentry for Incarcerated Youth Returning Home
A Summary of Best Practice in School Reentry for Incarcerated Youth Returning Home explores the challenges associated with successfully transitioning students from secure care environments back to their community schools. The authors summarize prominent research in the area and provide examples of innovative practices in place across the country.
Collaboration Between Correctional and Public School Systems Serving Juvenile Offenders: A Case Study
The authors look at the extent to which collaborative interagency relationships exist and function between public schools and correctional facilities. This article examines responses obtained from surveys, interviews, and available data in a case study.
Transition of Juvenile Offenders from Placement to Education Services in the Community
The article reports the obstacles and challenges faced by released youth offenders seeking educational services in their communities.
"What Incarcerated Youth Say Would Help Them Succeed: Can Extension Play a Role?"
The NDTAC provides a brief summary a survey that was distributed to youth for community re-entry planning.
Second Chances (PDF)
The Children's Court Centennial Communications Project provides profiles of 25 accomplished individuals who overcame pasts of juvenile delinquency. The publication may provide a source of motivation to youth currently in or leaving the juvenile justice system.
Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth: An Overview (PDF)
OJJDP Fact Sheet: Overcoming Barriers to School Reentry (PDF)
Legal Requirements & Legislation
» State Education Agencies must reserve 15-30% of N or D funds for Transition!
» Section 1401 of No Child Left Behind includes the requirement to provide services needed to make successful transitions to further schooling and to prevent students from dropping out of the education process.
» Section 1425 of NCLB states that each Subpart 2 correctional facility shall provide transition assistance to help children and youths stay in school, including coordination of services for families, counseling, assistance in accessing drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs, tutoring, and family counseling.
» Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002 requires states to provide services to assist juveniles in making the transition to the world of work and self sufficiency, and enhance coordination with local schools that such juveniles would otherwise attend.
» The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires transitions plans be included for special education students 14 years old and older. It also requires that plans for children over 16 include vocational plans.
State Legislation Strengthening Transition
Legislation is one approach States use to strengthen transition for their at-risk, neglected, or delinquent youth population. Read about examples of legislation that deal with facilitating school reentry, improving academic continuity, and individual planning for transition.
For more information, see Policy & Legislation
Events & Presentations
View the NDTAC Transition, Re-entry & Aftercare Webinars »
Transition Congruency
James Keeley, former Director of Juvenile Correctional Education in Pennsylvania, discussed the development of Pennsylvania’s transition plan, the obstacles to implementing it, and the solutions used to resolve them during the NDTAC's First Regional Transition Conference.
Transition: Research, Practice, and Technical Assistance
Sarup Mathur, Clinical Associate Professor, National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice (EDJJ) and the Arizona Detention Transition Project (ADTP), presents on the Arizona Detention Transition Project and the strong need for professional development and technical assistance in the field.
Check out the Events page for more presentations from NDTAC.
Tools
Transition Toolkit 2.0: Meeting the Educational Needs of Youth Exposed to the Juvenile Justice System
The second edition of NDTAC’s Transition Toolkit brings together strategies, existing practices, and updated resources and documents on transition to enable administrators and service providers to provide high-quality transition services for children and youth moving into, through, and out of education programs within the juvenile justice system.
Introduction to Transition Professional Development Module
This module provides a brief introduction on transition and will assist you in making program changes to effectively support youth during transitions to and from facilities.
Self-Study Toolkit: Records Transfer and Maintenance
Use NDTAC's Records Transfer Module to determine how successful your facility is at transferring student records.
Transition Toolkit: Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration
Use the NDTAC Transition Toolkit to learn how to better communicate and collaborate with other stakeholders involved in the education and transition of youth who are neglected or delinquent.
Partnerships for After-School Success Toolkits
The toolkits offer research supporting the need for school-CBO partnerships, successful strategies for creating and sustaining partnerships, and checklists and tools.
Casey Life Skills Web Site
View the online, easy-to-use tool for youth to assess their strengths in life skills such as money management, work and study habits, self-care, and independent living.
Other Resources
Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood
View the presentations and summmary from Chapin Hall's November 2004 conference.