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Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...on campus knowing how to access the support they're entitled to. Parents who wait...to think about college disability services find themselves scrambling for documentation...That transition planning must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is...transition planning must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is a measurable,...
Parenting > Adulthood
Support for the Transition to Adulthood
...child's life–vocational and employment, post-secondary education, life skills,...life–vocational and employment, post-secondary education, life skills, life plan...the skills to build one? Consider a service club at school, or Boy or Girl Scouts,...church or temple. Learn what housing services are available and what will be the...
News > Advocacy
After High School: What Families Need to Know About Transition Planning
...early enough: at age 21, IDEA services stop. No more free appropriate...education. No more IEP. The support structure that's been there...building a bridge to adult services, your family hits what advocates...team must include measurable postsecondary goals in education, employment,...need to hold a job? What supports will they need to live as...
Global Insights > Employment
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
...they need ongoing support to work. This...covers who provides services at each stage,...stage, what those services include, and the...school: employment, postsecondary education, and...that identifies: Postsecondary goals based on...assessments Transition services needed to reach...study, related services, and community...agencies, and adult services If your child...
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...If you're a parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs represent...practice job skills in real work environments, with support from job coaches or program staff. The goal is...
Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
...unless you know exactly what to advocate for, those supports slip away before the ink dries. This is the version...nobody tells you about early enough. Not the formal post-secondary kind that kicks in at age 16 under IDEA,...tells you about early enough. Not the formal post-secondary kind that kicks in at age 16 under IDEA, but the...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...special education services don't end at...school-based services and adult life....that transition services should begin...include measurable post-secondary goals...measurable post-secondary goals in these...these areas: Post-secondary education...areas: Post-secondary education or...the transition services needed to help...instruction, related services, community...
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...
Education > Higher Education
Transition Plans Matter
...appropriate, measurable post-secondary goals...measurable post-secondary goals and transition...and transition services needed to assist...transition plan and the services contained in the...from school to post-school activities...activities including postsecondary education, vocational...interests. The services to be provided...instruction, related services, community experiences,...
Legal > Advocacy
Preparing Your Teen to Lead Their Own IEP Meeting
...their education, employment, and services. The first time your teen says "I...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...post-secondary goals and transition services will be discussed. That's not optional...
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....
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:...document: Measurable postsecondary goals: specific, observable...app" is. Transition services: instruction, related...instruction, related services, community experiences,...This isn't theoretical. Services must connect directly...developmental disabilities services, and Medicaid waiver...