Staff Capacity Building

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Secondary Transition: Helping Students with Disabilities Plan for Post-High School Settings

Enhancing staff capacity to offer transition services for incarcerated youth ensures that staff can effectively support individuals with disabilities, addressing their specific needs and challenges as they transition back into their home, school or community. This preparation plays a key role in lowering recidivism rates by providing opportunities for education, vocational training and employment. Improving staff capacity leads to positive outcomes by preparing incarcerated youth for a successful future upon release. 

Learning Objectives:

• Define secondary transition

• Identify the components of secondary transition planning

• Explain why it is important to involve the student with disabilities in transition planning