1. Washington State A Decade of Collecting Post-School Data Cinda Johnson, Ed.D. Center for Change in Transition Services Seattle University Seattle, Washington

2. Districts Participating: 2001-2008

3. 95% 99% 100% 72% 54% 50% 88%

4. Contact Rate for Graduates: 2001-2008

5. Washington Graduates and Non-graduates 2001-2008

6. Complete menu with students before they leave school Post-school Survey Contact Menu “Someone who will always know where they are” ADDRESSPHONECELLSOCIAL NETWORKS OTHER STUDENT PARENT SIBLINGS/ FAMILY FRIENDS COMMUNITY

7. Comprehensive Transition Project 1. Conduct a review of all the IEPs of participating students; 2. Develop a student-directed transition planning process; 3. Design a dropout intervention and prevention protocol.

8. Comprehensive Transition Project CTP1 = 2006/07 12 districts (too many students) CTP2 = 2007/08 = (61 students) CTP3 = 2008/09 (54 students) CTP4 = 2009/10 (49 students)

9. Post-school Connection Survey 1.Are you currently working towards your IEP postsecondary goal? If yes, what are you doing? If no, do you have a new goal you are working towards? (List if appropriate) 2.What is going well for you in general? 3.What is not going so well for you? 4.What did we (school) do to assist you, if anything? 5.Have you made any adult agency contacts? If so which ones and if not why not?

10. Improving Contact Rate: Quotes From the Field “ We believe in the survey (and I’m also competitive with numbers!).” “We used professional hours, calling families at night and first thing in the morning.” “Staff from our program volunteered to do the survey.” “Once we made 4-5 contacts with no luck, the names came back to me. I contacted teachers and school secretaries to find our leavers.” ‘If the person “assigned” the survey doesn’t believe in it, they won’ do a good job. It is that simple.” – Transition Specialist Teacher

11. Contact Information Cinda Johnson, Ed.D. Wendy Iwaszuk, Ph.C. Center for Change in Transition Services Box 222000 Seattle University Seattle, Washington 98122 ccts@seattleu.edu 206-296-6494