College-based Transition Services (CBTS)

Watch this webinar recording to learn how Massachusetts is expanding access to college-based transition services (inclusive dual enrollment) for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This session will highlight how partnerships between school districts and colleges are strengthening transition pathways, the impact on student participation and outcomes, and lessons learned from statewide implementation efforts. Participants will gain insight into promising practices, challenges, and opportunities for continued expansion.

In this webinar, the presenter discusses the many college expectations for entering college freshmen and what middle and secondary school students with intellectual disability, their teachers, and parents can do to prepare for those expectations. They also discussed ways to develop and support IEP goals that align with the preparation, knowledge, and skills students need for college. Tips, tools, and strategies were shared.

Project
National Coordinating Center

College-based transition services provide opportunities for transition-age students with intellectual disability and autism (ID/A) between the ages of 18 and 22 to receive their final years of secondary transition services in a college or university setting. We compared the extent to which youth with ID/A experience in-school predictors of post-school success in conventional vs. college-based transition services. For our analysis we used the NLTS 2012 Phase I dataset and the Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability (TPSID) 2010-2015 dataset.

Project
Moving Transition Forward