Category: Wisconsin Transition Planning Coalition

Family Engagement in Transition System Change Efforts: For those working with families of teens with disabilities or health care needs to learn about and discuss ideas on meaningfully engaging with parents to improves systems of care; With Family Voices of Wisconsin

Integrating Transition & Early College Awareness: Successes and lessons learned from hosting a middle school college day; With University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Inclusive Transition, Education and Employment (CITEE)

WI’s Peer Mentoring Program piloted by BPDD, Aptiv, ODC, People First and the Waisman Center

Reviewing the newly released Life Course Nexus Health Care Transition Toolkit and the why and how of co-creating transition materials with youth with disabilities and their family members

Strategies for expanding Customized Self Employment as an option for youth with disabilities

ODC’s Customized Self-Employment Pilot program

How the Criminal Justice System Can Affect Healthcare Transition for Youth: Family Voices and The Arc National Center on Criminal Justice & Disability’s survey

During January’s meeting, we were lucky to highlight two bright spots on employment in Wisconsin: youth visual resumes and Act 178 Youth Competitive Employment Strategies updates.

Think Ability Wisconsin

During November’s Coalition meeting, Brittany Hoegh and Alicia Langlois presented information about Special Olympics health programs, focusing on the Healthy Athletes program. Brittany Hoegh is the Senior Director of Health Programs for the Special Olympics Wisconsin and Alicia Langlois is a Special Olympics Wisconsin Athlete and Unified Champion School leader.

For September’s Bright Spot, Jenny Neugart and Nekita Krisko talked about two of Wisconsin’s finest youth leadership programs – the Wisconsin Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) and Youth in Partnership with Parents for Empowerment (YiPPE).  Jenny and Nick covered the main components of the programs, highlighted some outstanding outcomes from past participants, and talked about the importance …