Data Presentation

The poster is about Think College Search, a directory of college programs for students with intellectual disability in the US. It includes information about the number of programs across the country, financial aid, housing options, and certificates students earn. It also shares how Think College collects information from programs for the College Search tool.

The Think College team presented this poster at the AUCD Annual Conference in Washington DC in 2023. This resource listing includes a downloadable copy of the poster and text only version of the poster.

The Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008 created grants for Transition and Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability (TPSID) model demonstration projects. These projects have been implemented since 2010 at campuses across the United States. This slide deck shares findings from a recent evaluation of 38 TPSID programs in 2020-2021. It 10 year trend data related to inclusive course access, career development, campus membership, credential attainment and employment outcomes at these programs.

This session shared findings from an IES-funded study analyzing data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 to examine the college and employment preparation activities of youth with intellectual disability and autism. Results provide useful and actionable strategies for knowledge translation to improve policies, programs, and practices in secondary transition.

Attached is a PowerPoint presentation shared by Meg Grigal and Clare Papay at the Council for Exceptional Children 2022 Virtual Convention. If you attended the virtual presentation, please feel free to contact Clare Papay at clare.papay@umb.edu with your questions or feedback.

In November 2021, Think College staff (Meg Grigal and Clare Papay) presented at the State of the Art conference on recent research conducted on college-based transition services (CBTS). College-based transition services (CBTS) are an emerging model for youth with ID ages 18 to 22. This research study used the largest available national dataset (TPSID) to explore the transition experiences of youth with intellectual disability and/or autism who attend CBTS programs.

These presentations, sharing findings from the Moving Transition Forward project, were delivered by Clare Papay and Meg Grigal at the 2021 Council for Exceptional Children annual convention. Descriptions are listed below, and handouts are attached.

Presented at the CEC LIVE 2021 conference, Clare Papay and Meg Grigal shared findings from a study that analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 to determine if youth with ID/A are receiving transition services that are aligned with research-based and promising predictors of post-school success as identified by Test et al. (2009) and Mazzotti et al. (2016).

In this Data Blitz session at CEC LIVE 2021, Clare Papay and Meg Grigal shared initial results of a study from the Moving Transition Forward project. The transition experiences of youth in CBTS programs are malleable: that is, these are programmatic factors that can be changed or modified by college/university or school district partner staff to support youth to achieve successful postschool outcomes. The findings of this research highlight several ways in which CBTS programs provide strong transition programming.

This presentation, based on 2019-2020 TPSID Data, highlights the importance of vocational rehabilitation in inclusive postsecondary education. Meg Grigal and Clare Papay originally shared this at a Vocational Rehabilitation Affinity Group meeting in May 2021.

This presentation, delivered virtually for the 2020 DCDT Annual Conference, is the first presentation in a series from the Moving Transition Forward project, which will examine the composition and impact of existing transition practices via secondary analysis of two national datasets: NLTS 2012 and TPSID data.