VCU-RRTC Projects Directory
ACE-IT In College (ACE-IT)
Academic and Career Exploration-Individualized Techniques! (ACE-IT!) uses a supported education approach to provide individualized services to students with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological disabilities. Read more
Autism Center for Excellence (VCU-ACE)
The VCU Autism Center for Excellence (ACE) is funded by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS). Read more
Autism Speaks
Business Connections
Business Connections at VCU is a supported employment service provider for individuals in the Metro Richmond and Fredericksburg areas, assisting individuals with disabilities with finding employment and providing ongoing support to clients who obtain employment. Read more
Center on Self-Employment (CSE)
The purpose of this Center is to build the capacity of Federal and State public agencies and private entities to support people with disabilities in achieving self-employment, business ownership, or telecommuting as employment outcomes. Read more
Center On Transition Innovations (CTI)
It is the vision of the Virginia Department of Education to create a centralized statewide portal for information, resources, demonstration, and research for educators and other stakeholders in the transition of youth with disabilities. Read more
Communities of Leaders in Autism (CoLA)
The CoLA brings together state leaders in autism, including VCU-ACE staff, T/TAC staff, VDOE staff, and School division personnel. CoLAs provide participants with the opportunity to share information and experiences Read more
Customized Behavior Application (CBAT)
In 2016, VCU's Autism Center for Excellence partnered the 15 school divisions within Superintendents' Region 1 to enhance the existing professional development model and establish an innovative regional program that focused on keeping students with ASD in public schools and collaboratively supporting the return of students placed out-of-division into their home schools and communities. Read more
DARS EPIC
Discovering ME!
Discovering ME! helps students helps students with significant barriers to employment find and maintain employment in careers that align with their strengths and interests. Read more
Early Childhood - ACE (EC)
The Virginia Commonwealth University Autism Center for Excellence (VCU-ACE) Early Childhood website provides a wealth of resources for those raising, caring for, or educating young children with ASD. Read more
Going to College
Going-to-College is a new website, designed for high school students, which contains information about living college life with a disability. Read more
Indicators #13 and #14
VCU-RRTC has developed data entry sites for both indicators and provides data summaries for VDOE and local school divisions. Read more
Indigenous Generations Nurturing Identity, Growth, and Education (IGNITE)
Pre-ETS Collaboration in Virginia ( Pre-ETS)
Virginia's Collaborative Model for Pre-Employment Transition Services offers the resources necessary to enrich pre-ETS initiatives in the state. We provide the tools for collaborating, communicating, and coordinating services with student teams to improve postsecondary outcomes for students with disabilities. Read more
Private Day
Project PASS: Preparing for Academic and Social Success
Project PASS is a multi-component professional development model specifically geared toward preschool classrooms. Read more
Project SEARCH
Through a collaboration with the business community, Project SEARCH provides a one-year work training experience for young adults aged 18-21 with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Read more
Project Search at VCU Health System
Project SEARCH is a one year, high school transition program that provides skills training and work experience for young adults with significant disabilities ages 18 to 22. Read more
RRTC on Employment of Persons with IDD (IDD)
The goal of VCU-RRTC on Employment of Persons with IDD is to help reduce the continuing high levels of unemployment among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more
RRTC on Employment of Transition Age Youth with Disabilities (Transition)
The VCU-RRTC on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities will conduct six studies to generate evidence-based interventions to assist youth to enter competitive integrated employment. Read more
Start on Success
Through collaboration between students, families, schools, community agencies, and employers, Start on Success (SOS) provides high school students with IEPs who are pursuing standard diplomas with a high quality work-based learning experience. Read more
The Virginia Autism Resource Center (VARC)
The Virginia Autism Resource Center at Virginia Commonwealth University's Autism Center for Excellence is a statewide resource center dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Read more
Transition & Court-Involved Youth
The Transition & Court-Involved Youth project recognizes that students with disabilities represent a larger-than-average percent of the student population served in juvenile detention centers and correctional facilities. Read more
Univ of AZ subaward to VCU - GOT Transition
Virginia Autism Resource Center
The Virginia Autism Resource Center at Virginia Commonwealth University is a statewide resource center dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Read more
Wilson Workforce Rehabilitation Center Training and Support (WWRC)
Work Incentive Planning & Assistance National Training Center (WIPA-NTC)
The mission of the WIPA program is to provide timely and accurate information to beneficiaries on SSA’s work incentives and other federal efforts to remove regulatory and programmatic barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. Read more