Does anyone have recommendations or best practices to transition from traditional to simplified for students that are still in process of learning Mandarin. The goal is to learn both without getting confused. Are there ways of using Skritter that could help accomplish this? I would think there are certain systematic way of achieving this, but haven't encountered good articles or studies on this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I plan to do it. But I'm focused on traditional first.

The goal here I think is to read a lot. And the more I get comfortable reading traditional texts, eventually I will go back and read more simplified texts.

Try studying this list:

http://www.skritter.com/vocab/list?list=302418553

Thank you, Ximeng! Excellent recommendation!

+1 for reading. You should be reading lots, regardless.

I haven't had the problem of confusing simplified and traditional in Skritter. I started adding traditional characters from lists I did a year ago and know well: Skritter 101, HSK1, etc. These are also fairly high frequency.

When I do encounter things I confuse, I try to separate them somehow - study one in the morning, one in the evening, or one on green flashcards, one on blue. Whatever works for you.

There is a book by an author Tan Huay Peng published by Times Books International (I believe) under a series "Peng's Chinese Treasury".

There are about five books in the series, at least two on radicals, and one on the principles of simplifying characters.

Understanding the eight basic principles (I think it's eight) will be a huge help for any learner trying to transition between simplified and traditional forms.

(Read that book a long time ago, so I can't be too much more specific than that, sorry.)

The day you'll get comfortable with traditional, reading/typing (and guessing) simplified won't be a problem at all (but will slow you down for sure). As Kryten mentioned, knowing the principle behind the simplification is already a large part of the job.