Amy Dwyre, M.S.
Amy Dwyre, M.S., a Senior Associate at TransCen, Inc., is the Project Coordinator
on the Postsecondary Education Research Center (PERC) project funded
by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to set up technical assistance
centers and collect data on college-based transition programs for students with
intellectual disabilities (ID). In addition, Ms. Dwyre is working on the Center for
Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, in partnership
with the Institute on Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts
in Boston. The Center will conduct research and disseminate information
on promising practices that support individuals with intellectual disabilities so
that they can gain access to and be successful in inclusive postsecondary education.
Formerly, she coordinated the Baltimore Transition Connection, a 5-year
federally funded transition project for students with ID on 2- and 4-year colleges
and universities in Baltimore, integrating the local school system, adult service
providers, the colleges and universities, and the community. Ms. Dwyre is a national
trainer for TransCen in the areas of transition, marketing and job development,
special education, community classroom models, and self-determination.
She has a master’s in rehabilitation counseling with a focus on transition
and supported employment from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.