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Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
...follows them from school to school. That's...them from school to school. That's the law. The...That's the law. The new school must implement it....enough. Not the formal post-secondary kind that...Not the formal post-secondary kind that kicks in...under IDEA, but the school-to-school kind that...but the school-to-school kind that starts in...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...don't end at high school graduation. Under...regular high school diploma, whichever...bridge between school-based services...Many states and school districts start...include measurable post-secondary goals...measurable post-secondary goals in these...these areas: Post-secondary education...areas: Post-secondary education or training:...comes after high school, including college,...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
For years, the assumption was that high school graduation marked the end of formal education for...funding. If you're a parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs...If you're a parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs represent...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...transition from high school to college for students...do each year of high school so your student arrives...planning must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy...planning must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is...read: "By the end of the school year, [student] will identify...way it affects their schoolwork in three separate...
Lifestyle > Independence
Teaching Self-Advocacy: How to Help Your Child Speak Up for Their Needs
...needs. Elementary schoolers can start with...third part. Middle schoolers can begin learning...first two. High schoolers should be doing...National Center on Secondary Education and Transition...meetings have better post-school outcomes....have better post-school outcomes. They're...employed, enrolled in postsecondary education, and...years after high school. The skill transfers....
Parenting > Adulthood
Support for the Transition to Adulthood
...special needs, the transition from high school to adult life brings a new set of...child's life–vocational and employment, post-secondary education, life skills,...life–vocational and employment, post-secondary education, life skills, life plan...build one? Consider a service club at school, or Boy or Girl Scouts, or a youth...
Education > Higher Education
Transition Plans Matter
...appropriate, measurable post-secondary goals and transition...appropriate, measurable post-secondary goals and transition services...the child to move from school to post-school activities...to move from school to post-school activities including...move from school to post-school activities including postsecondary...activities including postsecondary education, vocational...
News > Sports
Natalie Wilkie Lost Four Fingers in a Woodworking Accident at 15. She Won Four Medals at the 2026 Paralympics.
...Winter Games. The origin story is a school accident. June 2016, Grade 9 woodworking...9 woodworking class at Salmon Arm Secondary School in British Columbia. A jointer...woodworking class at Salmon Arm Secondary School in British Columbia. A jointer took...training. In November 2016, five months post-accident, she attended a para cross-country...
Legal > Advocacy
Preparing Your Teen to Lead Their Own IEP Meeting
...starting at age 14, and schools are required to invite...law requires and what schools facilitate is where your...any IEP meeting where post-secondary goals and transition...IEP meeting where post-secondary goals and transition services...not optional for the school. If your teen isn't receiving...invitations by age 14, the school is out of compliance....
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Preparing Your Teen with Down Syndrome for Adult Life: A Transition Planning Guide
...planning must include measurable postsecondary goals in three areas: education...16, the IEP process shifts. Schools must now document: Measurable...now document: Measurable postsecondary goals: specific, observable...working toward after high school. "Will live independently"...goals. Agency linkages: the school identifies outside agencies...
Global Insights > Employment
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
Your child is in high school. Graduation is approaching,...supposed to help. The school may have mentioned transition...focuses on life after high school: employment, postsecondary...school: employment, postsecondary education, and independent...plan that identifies: Postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate...doesn't make it optional. Schools sometimes delay or underemphasize...
Career > Skills Training
From School to Work: How Students with Disabilities Can Build Career Skills Before Graduation
The transition section of an IEP is supposed to be a plan. By the time a student turns 16, the team is required to identify goals for postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. Parents and students prepare for that conversation, often without realizing they're about to walk...