TRANSITION GUIDE
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A <strong>TRANSITION</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT FOR STUDENTS AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES<br />
students can choose from more than 40 majors leading to a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science<br />
degree. To learn more, you may visit: www.gallaudet.edu.<br />
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)<br />
NTID is a special institution that is funded by OSERS. It is one of the nine colleges within Rochester<br />
Institute of Technology (RIT), a leading career-oriented, technological university. Approximately 1,200<br />
students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing attend NTID. NTID offers students two-year, career-focused<br />
degree programs, opportunities to participate in the university’s cooperative education program, a<br />
faculty who specialize in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and the opportunity to enroll in<br />
RIT’s four-year degree programs. For more information, please visit: www.ntid.rit.edu.<br />
Model Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) into<br />
Higher Education<br />
The Higher Education Opportunity Act includes provisions to increase access and opportunities for youth<br />
and adults with intellectual disabilities who are interested in participating in higher education programs.<br />
The Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) funded 25 TPSID projects in 2015 to serve<br />
students with intellectual disabilities by providing access to academically inclusive college courses,<br />
enhancing participation in internships and competitive integrated employment, and encouraging<br />
engagement in social and personal development activities. OPE also funds a national coordinating center<br />
to provide support, coordination, training, and evaluation services for TPSID grantees and other<br />
programs for students with intellectual disabilities nationwide. The national coordinating center is<br />
administered by Think College, a project team at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University<br />
of Massachusetts Boston.<br />
For more information about the TPSID program and projects, please visit the Think College website at:<br />
www.thinkcollege.net/about-us/think-college-grant-projects/national-coordinating-center.<br />
Examples of State and Local Collaboration to Support Postsecondary Options for<br />
Individuals with Disabilities<br />
Autism Services<br />
A VR agency, secondary school, and a local community college collaborated in a grant-funded project,<br />
which provided comprehensive supports to individuals with autism enrolled at a local community<br />
college. At the conclusion of the grant, the VR agency identified a staff person to continue providing<br />
supports to 20 students enrolled at three community colleges in the community college system, with<br />
some participants transitioning to four-year universities. Supports included faculty trainings, career<br />
guidance, self-advocacy instruction, and increased communication with VR counselors, faculty, and<br />
family members.<br />
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