Transition Planning with Adolescents: A Review of Principles and Practices Across Systems

This paper addresses the need for improved transition planning with adolescents in foster care. A review of best practices across other youth-serving systems leads to a number of recommendations for child welfare systems.  By Dianna Walters, Marty Zanghi, Dorothy Ansell, Eprise Armstrong and Kathy Sutter.  National Resource Center for Youth Development and the University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service. June 2010.