National Centers Relating to Transition from Part C

The primary objective of OSEP's National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC) is to investigate and validate practices and strategies that enhance the early childhood transition process and support positive school outcomes for children with disabilities.

• NECTC's publications (Research Spotlights, Research Briefs, Papers/Reports) on early childhood transition practices for young children with disabilities and their families.
• NECTC's Transition Alerts, including, for example:
  – A Critical Incident Study of the Transition Experience for Young Children with Disabilities: Recounts by Parents and Professional (2009) (PDF: 288kb) (posted 9/29/10)
  – OSEP's Early Childhood Policy Letters Related to Transition (May 2009) (PDF: 306kb)
  – Nationally Validated Transition Practices (May 2008) (PDF: 51kb)
  – Review of Transition Research (Updated April 2009) (PDF: 51kb)
  – Transitions for Children from Diverse Settings and with Significant Disabilities (March 2008) (PDF: 42kb)
• NECTC's searchable database of transition research, policy and practice.
• NECTC's workshop on Supporting Early Childhood Transition: State of the Evidence and Implications for Policy and Practice (2007) (PPT: 1217kb) . Topics include a conceptual framework to guide the identification of appropriate transition strategies at the local or state level.
  – SPP/APR indicators related to transition (2007) (DOC: 70kb) , part of a handout from the workshop.
  – Transition Conference Planning Timelines and APR Indicators (2006) (DOC: 92kb) , a handout from the workshop.

The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center has Web pages on Transition from Part C to Preschool and Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten.

The Early Head Start National Resource Center has produced a training guide on transition, as part of its Early Head Start Program Strategies Series:

• Transition Strategies: Continuity and Change in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers (n.d.) (PDF: 1132kb) (Posted 4/20/11)
  This guide includes a thorough overview of federal legislation on transition requirements for Early Head Start and Head Start.
• Anticipating Transition Issues in EHS: Developing a Thoughtful Approach (2001)

The Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center has produced a training guide on transition: