SST6 Transition Tips and Updates
2024-2025
The Youth Behavioral Health Services Assessment Project
We want to hear from families who have children under age 18 who have received behavioral health services in Ohio. We want to learn about your experiences as it relates to your child’s involvement in Ohio’s behavioral health care system. This includes hearing about experiences families have accessing and receiving behavioral health services and learning what supports families need to improve and maintain their child’s/children’s behavioral health.
Ohio Means Jobs Readiness Seal Proposed Addendum Questions and Feedback Needed
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is requesting feedback on a proposed update to the Ohio Means Jobs Readiness Seal Rubric to include language to support students who qualify for the Alternate Assessment for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities (AASCD) to potentially earn the OMJ Readiness Seal as a part of their graduation requirements.
Updates include expanding the definitions of "meets expectation" and "limited supervision" and presumed competence when completing the rubric.
To access the feedback form and links to review, please select this link.
Updated Procedural Safeguards
The special education procedural safeguards notice, A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education, is now available for district and parent use. This publication replaces the earlier version of the Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education.
A Guide to Parent Rights Translations and Accessible Formats.
As of July 1, 2025, districts must use the updated version.
Charting the LifeCourse Ohio Showcase 2025
Ohio Showcase 2025
Beginners Work Shop:
February 19th, 1:00–4:00 pm
Beginner’s workshop designed for those new to Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC). This session will provide an overview of the CtLC framework, principles, and hands-on experience with some of our most commonly used tools
Ohio Showcase
February 20th, Showcase Day: 8:00AM-4:00PM
Morning sessions will kick off with an inspiring keynote by Dr. Al Condeluci. Dr. Condeluci will dive into themes of culture, community, and social capital, weaving in powerful stories and leading a panel discussion featuring people with disabilities and their family members. Following the keynote, individuals and families will share personal stories about how Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) has shaped their lives.
Click here to register.
Transition to Work: Program Activity Guide for Blind and Low Vision
The Transition to Work: Program Activity Guide was created for community rehabilitation program providers, vocational rehabilitation agencies, and teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs) working to improve employment outcomes for teens and young adults who are blind or have low vision. Youth with blindness/ low vision belong in competitive integrated jobs during and after high school like their sighted peers. For this to happen, youth with vision loss need to have an edge on the sighted students competing for the same in-demand part-time, after-school, and summer jobs and this edge is only achieved if the youth receive specialized instruction in workplace readiness training no later than age 14. This is especially critical considering across the nation, the age at which youth can begin to work ranges from ages 10 to 14. Overall, if the employment rate of teens and young adults with vision loss in the workforce is going to increase, work-based learning needs to start early, and the implementation of specialized instruction for these teens and young adults needs to be widespread. https://aphconnectcenter.org/careerconnect/transition-age-youth/courses/transition-to-work-program-activity-guide/
Accessible Ohio
Our specialists consult directly with you on accessibility goals regarding planning and awareness, including helping you establish goals and providing information about potential funding resources.
Essential Life Skills for a 21st Century Workforce
Communication, teamwork, problem-solving, critical thinking, giving and receiving feedback, self-discipline — every year, skills like these become more sought after by employers and colleges.
Project STIR
Steps Toward Independence and Responsibility
Project STIR™ is advocacy/leadership training designed to provide people with disabilities and their allies with the tools to advocate for themselves, work with others in advocacy and gain leadership experiences.
Project STIR™ includes:
- Knowing Yourself
- Communicating Assertively
- Problem Solving and Negotiating
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Self-Advocacy and Self-Determination
- Starting a Self-Advocacy Group
- Being Part of the Community
- Introduction to Charting the LifeCourse
Welcome to the Multi-Agency Planning (MAP) Tool
Multi-Agency Planning (MAP) at an agency or county level is systems transformation work. Through our comprehensive MAP Tool, you will work with partner agencies to develop clear, purposeful, and carefully designed processes that promote cross-agency, cross-program, and cross-disciplinary collaborative efforts, leading to tangible transition outcomes for youth and families.
Transition Playlist
Ohio Learning Standards- Extended
The purpose of Ohio’s Learning Standards-Extended is to build a bridge that provides grade-level access to the content of the Ohio Learning Standards and to ensure students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are provided with multiple checkpoints to demonstrate knowledge and skills aligned to the achievement targets within Ohio Learning Standards.
Alternate Assessment for Student's with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Ohio’s Alternate Assessment for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities (AASCD) is aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards – Extended (OLS-E) and designed to allow students with significant cognitive disabilities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in an appropriately rigorous assessment.
Families and Allies
An adult ally can be a parent, teacher, mentor, counselor, community leader, or any adult who actively and genuinely listens to young people, respects their perspectives, and collaborates with them to make decisions regarding their success and happiness.
Charting the Lifecourse
Charting the LifeCourse is designed to be used for your own life, for your family members, or in the work you do. The framework and tools will help you organize your ideas, vision, and goals, as well as problem-solve, navigate, and advocate for supports.
Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities PDF version available
The updated Ohio Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities is now in PDF format.
*Note: OAC 3301-51-09 is currently in the rule revision process. Please refer to the current rule in effect until further notice.
The Department wants to ensure that educational agencies, parents, and others have access to the revised sections of the Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities.
