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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 to transition, including a description of what it involves and why it is important, that can assist court, school and facility personnel think about how they can effectively support youth during transitions to and from facilities.
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- Strategies, Models, and Innovations
- Legal Requirements & Legislation
- Events & Presentations
- Tools
- Further Reading
- Other Resources
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Strategies, Models, and Innovations
Successfully Transitioning Youth Who Are Delinquent Between Institutions and Alternative and Community Schools
This paper explores the rationale and mechanisms that undergird effective transition practices to prevent youth from returning to the juvenile justice system and/or alternative school placements. Focusing primarily on the reentry and aftercare stage of transition, the paper outlines key youth and adult competencies and conditions that facilitate successful reentry, identifies critical elements of successful transition practices to be in place prior to and during reentry and aftercare, presents model reentry programs to exemplify each element, and offers implications for the courts and school justice partners.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For more information, see NDTAC's Policy & Law Web page.
Events & Presentations
Check out the Transition, Re-entry & Aftercare section of NDTAC's Webinar Archive to view our most recent related Webinars and Webinar materials.
Webinar: Helping System-Involved Youth Rewrite Their Stories: Strategies That Motivate
August 2009
Webinar: Inter-agency Collaboration: An Innovative Transition Practice
September 2008
Webinar: Mentoring for Success: Essential Elements for and Models of Mentoring Programs
February 2008
Webinar: Transition
January 2005
Presentation: Transition: Research, Practice, and Technical Assistance
December 2003
Other Resources
National Reentry Resource Center
The National Reentry Resource Center provides education, training, and technical assistance related to prisoner reentry.