Transition Teaming:


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Schools and community agencies must work together to provide transition services to secondary students with disabilities. Effective transition requires the resources and expertise of adult service agencies, community groups, employers, families, school transition specialists, teachers and other practitioners. This book provides a step-by-step process and concrete strategies by which secondary special educators can build collaborative relationships with service agencies and others in the community to provide transition services. 26 strategies are broken down into specific activities to bring the needed groups and individuals to the table and into transition teams, and communicate effectively to plan and deliver transition services that are collaborative, effective, and sustainable.




National Interagency Cooperation and Reform


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Interagency collaboration among federal agencies with overlapping jurisdictions and shared responsibilities is not a new phenomenon. Attempts to foster co-operation among agencies, reduce their number in particular policy areas, or clarify the division of labour among them date to the early days of the republic. Such arrangements are increasing in the contemporary era in number, prominence, and proposals across virtually all policy areas. This book focuses primarily on analysing key issues that Members of Congress may wish to consider in evaluating existing or proposed NSP initiatives, including the fundamental purpose; the concept of integration; the scope of participation; practical modalities for making the program work; the role of centralised oversight; incentive structures for individuals and agencies; recruiting; and congressional oversight.







Building Interagency Cooperation


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Interagency Collaboration


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Effective interagency rotational assignments can achieve collaboration-related results-such as developing participants' collaboration skills and building interagency networks-but programs must be a "win-win" for the individuals and organizations involved in order to be effective. GAO found policies and practices that help interagency rotation programs achieve collaboration-related results as indicated in the figure below. The policies and practices addressed challenges to participation, and included incentives, preparation, and feedback. Most participants and host supervisors of State's Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) program, State's other interagency rotations, and the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Interagency Fellowship reported that their programs were effective in contributing to improved collaboration among agencies with national security responsibilities.