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2020 Texas Transition Conference

Welcome to the 2020 Texas Transition Conference! This year’s event is being held at Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk, located on 111 E. Pecan Street. Click here to access the conference survey.

Registration: Visit the third floor to check in for the conference.

Parking: The self-service parking garage is immediately to the northwest of the hotel, on the corner of Soledad and Martin. For those staying at the Wyndham, the reduced parking rate will be added to your bill. Your hotel key will give you in/out privileges. If you are not staying at the hotel, but parking at Wyndham, you should pay for parking at the front desk (identifying yourself as Texas Transition participant) and you will get a key card needed to exit the garage. You can purchase a parking card for multiple days.

Noelia C Perez

Region One Education Service Center-Special Education Department
Coordinator- Special Education
Edinburg, Texas

Noelia C. Perez is a Coordinator in the Special Education Program at Region One Education Service Center. She is also the Regional Testing Coordinator, Speech and Language Pathologist and 504 contact for Region One ESC. Her interest includes Transition, Graduation, and Deaf/Hard of Hearing along with an array of other areas within the special education field. She has been working as an Education Specialist at Region One ESC for seven years, prior to becoming an education specialist, she was a secondary educator for 22 years, 18 of those years working with individuals with disabilities and 4 years as a testing facilitator.
Noelia graduated with her Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Masters of Mid-Management from the University of Texas-Pan American. She received her Master of Special Education from the University of Texas-San Antonio.

9:00am CST

Capacity Building Team Workgroup Session Texas Ballroom A, BDr. Cheryl Grenwelge • Meagan Orsag, Ph.D.

1:15pm CST

Interagency Collaboration and Capacity Building at the State and Local Level to Improve Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Texas Ballroom AKarin Grandon • Michael Stoehr

2:30pm CST

Interagency Collaboration: One Team, One Dream Texas Ballroom BShane Austin • Kim Johnson • Aleysia Chambers • Kayla Daniel, M.Ed.

9:00am CST

Charting the LifeCourse: Path to the Good Life Texas Ballroom A, B, CCrystal Bell

10:45am CST

Charting the LifeCourse In-Depth Texas Ballroom CCrystal Bell Preparing Special Educators for Transition: Collaboration Between an Institution for Higher Education (IHE) and a Local Education Agency (LEA) San Antonio BallroomMarcia Montague • Yi-Fan Li Socialization Beyond Education: Preparing Students for a Post-Secondary World Executive Salon 3Amber Larue

12:00pm CST

Project SEARCH: Journey To Employment Texas Ballroom A, B, CJoy Burress • Melinda Paninski

2:00pm CST

Working With Your Workforce Development Board: Navigating Successfully to Maximize Partnership and Increase Access to Transition Resources Executive Salon 2David Gutierrez • Ricardo Rendon, M.S., C.R.C. • Jeannette Escalera, B.S. Teaching Assertiveness in Any Classroom Texas Ballroom APatricia Noonan Creating a Transition Battery Using the TAGG and Other Transition Assessments San Antonio BallroomKendra Williams-Diehm, Ph.D. • Malarie Deardorff, M., Ed. Time for a Checkup: Integrating Health into Transition to Improve Post-School Outcomes Texas Ballroom BIvy Goldstein

3:45pm CST

Texas Graduation Requirements Texas Ballroom B

8:30am CST

Higher Education Panel Texas Ballroom A, BDr. Cheryl Grenwelge • Cindy Morgan • Joe Tate • Lucy Gafford, M.S., CRC • Montisha Hines Goosby, LMSW • Rick Razo • Vachochia (Vickie) Moss, Ed.D, CPP, CSHO, SSH, PMP • Ginger L. Gossman, Ph.D.

10:30am CST

Volunteering for Victory: Creating Opportunities for Community Engagement and Building Skills for Success for Students with High Support Needs Texas Ballroom BIvy Goldstein • Carol Roberts-Hassen Collaborative Pre-Employment Transition Services: Practices & Partnerships Executive Salon 2James Williams Journey Toward Adulthood: Tools for Teachers for Effective Student-led Transition IEPs Texas Ballroom CMariya T. Davis, Ph.D. • Ingrid Cumming, EdD

11:45am CST

Blueprint for Providing 18+ Transition Services Texas Ballroom ADebbie Gauna • Kimberly Greer, M.Ed Using EBPPs to Increase College and Career Readiness in the Birth to Adult Continuum San Antonio Ballroom Breaking Down Barriers - Providing Authentic Transition for Students with Significant Disabilities Executive Salon 2Roni Jo Frazier Effective Transition Planning to Increase Self-Determination and Support Dropout Prevention Executive Salon 4Karen Taff