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Youth Taking Charge of Their Own Transition: The Role of CILs

Presented by Margaretha Vreeburg Izzo Ph.D., The Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University, Program Director – Special Education/Transition Services, on April 20, 2011

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About the Training

This year, the New Community Opportunities Center at ILRU is offering three webinars on the role of the CIL in facilitating and advancing successful youth transition. In this event, "Youth Taking Charge of Their Own Transition: The Role of CILs," the presenter provides participants with strategies on how CILs can use existing services they provide for all populations to support youth in transition.

The second webinar in this series, Best Practice Models to Enhance Transition to College and Careers, is also available for viewing.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this on-demand training, participants will have knowledge and resources, which will enable them to:

• Describe tools and strategies for self-assessment of student’s needs, interests, and preferences
• Assist the student with developing an Independent Living Plan that enables the youth to describe and take charge of their transition process
• Through peer mentoring, support students to gain the independent living and advocacy skills necessary for them to achieve their goals
• Identify other resources available to youth and young adults that can support them in achieving their goals

About the Presenter

Margaretha Vreeburg Izzo Ph.D.

Dr. Margo Vreeburg Izzo is Research Associate and Program Manager for the Special Education and Transition area at the Nisonger Center, a University Center of Excellence on Disabilities at the Ohio State University. Margo has extensive experience with grant management, program evaluation, and political advocacy. Currently, Margo is the Principal Investigator of two federally-funded education grants designed to improve the academic outcomes of students with disabilities at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

Margo has also developed educational curricula for students with disabilities and their parents, conducted numerous trainings, focus groups, and interviews with teachers and students, managed the development of websites, videocassettes, and other dissemination products including a national teleconference, and has published numerous articles, papers, and information briefs on disability and transition issues.

PowerPoint Presentation and Other Resources:

• PowerPoint presentation (PPT file)
• PowerPoint presentation (Accessible HTML file)
• Wiki page with links to resources on youth leadership
• Transcript of the Program (MS Word doc)

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Presented by the New Community Opportunities Center, a national training and technical assistance project of ILRU, Independent Living Research Utilization. Support for the webinar was provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration under grant number H400B100003. No official endorsement of the Department of Education should be inferred.

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