Judy Averill, M.Ed.
Judy Averill, M.Ed., serves as a transition training associate at the Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Center on Transition Innovations. Since 1989, she has taught students in K–12 school settings from all disability categories and in various service delivery models. Ms. Averill was a transition specialist for a large school district in Virginia. She provided support, training, and consultation to all middle and high school special education staff on transition compliance, effective transition practices, and self-determination and developed various school-to-work programs for students with significant disabilities. She has served on several state- and district-level committees, which included two terms on the Virginia State Special Education Advisory Committee. Her areas of interest include best practices in transition planning, transition from school to work, service delivery issues, and systems change.