The Post Secondary Transition Podcast
A podcast focused on the ins and outs (and everything in between) of the secondary transition process for families of students with disabilities! Hosts Meghan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) serve as supportive guides, leading families step-by-step up each rung of the transition ladder.
Also check out our parent website: https://www.postsecondarytransition.com
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 87
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
027. Well That's Helpful - Collection 2
Hosts Meghan & Patrick are still taking off the month in July. Instead, they're posting a second set of resources from episodes 22 - 25 and put them in one place. Enjoy!
Well That's Hel…
026. Well That's Helpful - Collection 1
Just a reminder, hosts Meghan & Patrick are taking off the month in July, so no new content is posting. Instead, they've gathered the resources from episodes 18 - 21 and put them in one…
025. Interview: Liz Burley (retired Transition Coordinator) pt. 2
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) continue their discussion with Liz Burley, a transition consultant and retired teacher/transition coordinator with 40 years experience. Liz…
024. Interview: Liz Burley (retired Transition Coordinator) pt. 1
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) interview Liz Burley, a transition consultant and retired teacher/transition coordinator with 40 years experience. Liz discusses how she ca…
023. Transition101: Guardianship
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) take another rung on the ladder; this time the discussion focuses on guardianship. They introduce the two types of guardianship, discuss po…
022. Interview: Betsy Dooley (retired Transition Coordinator)
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) interview Betsy Dooley, a retired teacher/transition coordinator. Betsy discuss her varied career, some of the difficult topics she had to …
021. Transition101: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Updated links 11/9/2024!
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) continue climbing the ladder by discussing the complexities of Supplemental Security Income (SSI). They lay out how…
020. Interview: Barrier-Free (Lauren & Britt)
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) interview Britt & Lauren Burr, founders of Barrier-Free, a program that incorporates theater arts to enrich the lives of of adults with dis…
019. Transition101: School-based Work Programs
Updated Links 11/2024!
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) traverse the ladder; they drill down and do an overview of work programs offered by their school system for both non-…
018. Transition101: MD Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) move up another rung on the ladder, by giving an overview of the Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS). They discuss the five parts o…
017. Interview: Adult Life Planner Sarah Hammond
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) interview Sarah Hammond, who works as an Adult Life Planner (under the Autism Waiver) for a private agency. Sarah shares insights on being…
016. Interview: Coordinator of Community Service (CCS) Jamie Brodnax
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) interview Jamie Brodnax who works as a Coordinator of Community Services. Jamie shares her insights into a world that so many families are …
015. Towson Project: Transition Interview (Supplemental)
Due to a scheduling snafu, there will not be a "new" episode, per say. Instead, we've unearthed an artifact from the past; while at Towson, Patrick conducted a project interview with Me…
014. Transition101: MD Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) Pt.02
Links updated 10/2024!
Happy New Year!
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) continue their climb up the ladder, with Part 2 of their overview of the Developmental Disabilities A…
013. Transition101: MD Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) Pt.01
Links Updated 10/2024!
Happy New Year!
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) climb another rung on the ladder, by giving parents an overview of the Developmental Disabilities Ad…
012. Transition101: Where to Start
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) give parents an overview of what to expect from the transition process, starting in a student's freshman year of high school and working th…
011. Transition101: Timelines
Updated Links 2/24/2025!
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) work to explain timeline(s) for students aged 14 - 21. They emphasize the importance of long-term planning, using s…
010. Transition101: Transition Coordinator
Updated Links 10/2024!
This is a re-upload of a previous chapter in keeping with our Transition101 series of informational episodes. #enjoy
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) w…
009. Transition101: Up the Ladder
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) do a "soft reboot," by using a ladder metaphor and introduce some of the very basics around the transition process for parents and students…
008. Parent Interview: Selina & Curtis Gray
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) interview Selina & Curtis Gray; they are foster parents to an adult with autism. They give insight and personal views on their post-seconda…