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Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...include measurable post-secondary goals...measurable post-secondary goals in these...post-secondary goals in these areas:...these areas: Post-secondary education...areas: Post-secondary education or training:...other work-based goals Independent living...appropriate, goals related to daily...participation Each goal must be based...child reach those goals: instruction,...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...to the IEP as a transition goal. Federal law requires IEPs...transition planning must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy...planning must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is a measurable,...must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is a measurable,...in the plan. A self-advocacy goal for freshman year might read:...
Parenting > Adulthood
Support for the Transition to Adulthood
...incorporates many areas of your child's life–vocational and employment, post-secondary education, life skills, life plan and legal and financial planning....incorporates many areas of your child's life–vocational and employment, post-secondary education, life skills, life plan and legal and financial planning. Your...
Education > Higher Education
Transition Plans Matter
...measurable post-secondary goals...measurable post-secondary goals and transition...post-secondary goals and transition...reaching those goals. [Cal.Ed.Code...§56345(8)(a)]. The goal of a transition...school to post-school activities...including postsecondary education,...accomplish this goal, there must...to meet the goals established...appropriate goals and objectives....appropriate goals and objectives...
Legal > Advocacy
Preparing Your Teen to Lead Their Own IEP Meeting
...required to invite them when transition goals are discussed. Federal law requires...be invited to any IEP meeting where post-secondary goals and transition services...invited to any IEP meeting where post-secondary goals and transition services will...any IEP meeting where post-secondary goals and transition services will be discussed....
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...funding. If you're a parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs...funding. If you're a parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs represent...support from job coaches or program staff. The goal is paid employment after program completion, not...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Preparing Your Teen with Down Syndrome for Adult Life: A Transition Planning Guide
...must include measurable postsecondary goals in three areas: education...picture of what those goals look like for young...document: Measurable postsecondary goals: specific, observable...your child reach those goals. This isn't theoretical....directly to the stated goals. Agency linkages: the...asked to articulate goals for a future they can't...
Global Insights > Employment
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
...focuses on life after high school: employment, postsecondary education, and independent living skills. The...develops a transition plan that identifies: Postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate assessments Transition...assessments Transition services needed to reach those goals, such as courses of study, related services,...
Career > Skills Training
From School to Work: How Students with Disabilities Can Build Career Skills Before Graduation
...plan. By the time a student turns 16, the team is required to identify goals for postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. Parents...the time a student turns 16, the team is required to identify goals for postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. Parents and students prepare...
Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
...transition planning nobody tells you about early enough. Not the formal post-secondary kind that kicks in at age 16 under IDEA, but the school-to-school...transition planning nobody tells you about early enough. Not the formal post-secondary kind that kicks in at age 16 under IDEA, but the school-to-school kind that...
Lifestyle > Independence
Teaching Self-Advocacy: How to Help Your Child Speak Up for Their Needs
...conversation. Research from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition shows that students who...participate in their own IEP meetings have better post-school outcomes. They're more likely to be employed,...They're more likely to be employed, enrolled in postsecondary education, and living independently five years...
News > Sports
Natalie Wilkie Lost Four Fingers in a Woodworking Accident at 15. She Won Four Medals at the 2026 Paralympics.
...is a school accident. June 2016, Grade 9 woodworking class at Salmon Arm Secondary School in British Columbia. A jointer took four fingers from her left hand....family home in Salmon Arm and kept training. In November 2016, five months post-accident, she attended a para cross-country skiing camp in Canmore, Alberta....