Special Education Listserv
Subject: Transition/Ask the Expert, Missouri On-Line Community of Practice
Source: Barb Gilpin, Assistant Director, Effective Practices
Intended Audience: Special and General Education Teachers, Parents, Work Experience Coordinators, Process Coordinators, Administrators, Students
Date: January 23, 2009
The Missouri Community of Practice will present an "Ask the Expert" event from February 2 through February 13, 2009. Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) experts on post-secondary transition, Brenda Simmons, Regional Director, Transition Services & Development and Evaluation-West; Barb Hoelzer, Regional Director, Business Network & Development and Evaluation-East; and, Dorothy Parks, Assistant Director, Transition Services/Independent Living will be joining the Missouri Community of Practice to answer your questions about working with VR to assist youth in the transition from school to adult life.
To participate, log in to http://missouritransition.org/moodle/index.php and post your questions to the Discussion Forum. The experts will provide written responses to your questions. If you do not have a user name and password for the Missouri Community of Practice, instructions may be accessed at http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/EffectivePractices/documents/vrexpert.pdf.