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Interagency Collaboration
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Interagency collaboration practices
facilitate involvement of community businesses, organizations, and agencies in
transition education including interagency agreements that articulate roles,
responsibilities, communications, and other strategies to foster collaboration
and enhance curriculum and program development.
The National Secondary Transition
Technical Assistance Center has not yet identified evidence-based practices in interagency
collaboration (Test,
Fowler, Kohler, & Kortering, 2010; Test, Fowler, Richter, White, Mazzotti,
Walker, Kohler, & Kortering, 2009). However, other researchers have found evidence that interagency
collaboration is a factor related to post-school success and successful adult
outcomes for youth (Finn & Kohler, 2009; Noonan, Morningstar &
Erickson, 2008).
GAO Report 12-594, Students
with Disabilities: Better Federal Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the
Transition From High School (July 2012), discusses challenges accessing federally funded
transition servicesaand the extent to which federal agencies coordinate
services. Project 10 is mentioned as a Florida initiative that focuses on interagency coordination as a strategy for improving student post-school outcomes (p. 11).
Florida’s Project 10 CONNECT and Pennsylvania’s Communities of
Practice are two additional examples of initiatives that have been successful in
coordinating services for transitioning youth.
For more information and resources on
interagency collaboration, Project 10 CONNECT, and Communities of Practice, see the Transition Wheel spoke on Interagency Collaboration here.
References
Finn, J. E., & Kohler, P. D.
(2009, May). A compliance evaluation of the Transition Outcomes Project. Career
Development for Exceptional Individuals, 32, 1, 17–29.
General Accountablility Office. (2012, July). GAO Report 12-594: Students with disabilities: Better federal coordination could lessen challenges in the transition from high school. Washington, DC: Author. Available at http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/592329.pdf
Noonan, P. M., Morningstar,
M. E., & Erickson, A. G. (2008, December). Improving interagency
collaboration: Effective strategies used by high-performing local districts and
communities. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 31, 3,
132–143. Available at http://cde.sagepub.com/content/31/3/132.full.pdf+html
Test, D.W., Fowler, C.H., Richter, S.M., White, J., Mazzotti, V., Walker, A.R.,
Kohler, P., & Kortering, L. (2009, August). Evidence-based practices in
secondary transition. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 32,
115-128. Available at http://www.nsttac.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/pdf/ebps/ExecsummaryPPs.pdf
Test, D.W., Fowler, C., Kohler, P., & Kortering, L. (2010, August). Evidence-based
practices and predictors in secondary transition: What we know and what we need
to know, Executive Summary.(Revised). Charlotte, NC: National Secondary
Transition Technical Assistance Center. Available at http://www.nsttac.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/pdf/ebps/ExecsummaryPPs.pdf
