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Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...IEP. You've attended transition meetings where the team...called Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), are...build job skills while school supports are still in...replacement for IEP transition services. It's a parallel...parallel track. Your school district develops transition...school district develops transition goals tied to academics,...
Social Engagement > Inclusion
How to Write Effective IEP Goals for Inclusive Education
...participates in classroom routines and transitions, how they engage with grade-level...routines misses the point. Routines and transitions cover how your child moves through...moves through the structure of the school day. Can they transition between...structure of the school day. Can they transition between activities? Do they participate...
News > Advocacy
After High School: What Families Need to Know About Transition Planning
...someone mentions "transition planning" like...call the cliff. Transition planning is that...by law. But schools don't always...too late. What Transition Planning Is....Under IDEA, transition planning is the...life after high school. It's not optional....That means the school isn't just teaching...graduation when the school isn't responsible...The law says schools must help you...
Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
...follows them from school to school....from school to school. That's the...law. The new school must implement...version of transition planning nobody...IDEA, but the school-to-school kind...the school-to-school kind that starts...Elementary-to-Middle Transition Planning. Fifth...elementary-to-middle transition brings a larger...structured transitions, and new social...file. Request a transition...
Education > Accommodations
Sensory Accommodations Checklist: What to Request for Autism, ADHD, and SPD
...child needs sensory support at school. The evaluation report mentions...noticed they struggle with transitions, meltdowns after lunch, or...feels too vague to be useful. Schools respond to specific, measurable...it to build requests that schools can't sidestep or misinterpret....headphones during independent work, transitions, and testing. Headphones...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Teaching Bowel and Bladder Independence in Spina Bifida: A Guide for Parents
...availability. The families who start this teaching process early report smoother transitions. The ones who wait until high school are often teaching under pressure,...process early report smoother transitions. The ones who wait until high school are often teaching under pressure, with a teenager who's resistant, embarrassed,...
Education > K-12
When Your Child Refuses to Go to School: Understanding Anxiety-Based School Refusal
...you mention school, they're...sick in the traditional sense,...has a name: school refusal....to learn. School refusal is...absence from school, distinct...skipping school without distress....distress. School refusal involves...something at school that feels...disabilities, school refusal often...headaches before school may be signaling...What Drives School Refusal in...hallways during transitions, gym classes...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...doesn't start at graduation. It starts in elementary school, when your child learns to name what they need...moments are the foundation for the bigger ones. The transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy isn't a...progression looks like at each stage. Elementary School: Ages 5–10. At this age, self-advocacy means understanding...
Education > Online Learning
Universal Design for Learning: What Parents Need to Know About Accessible Online Education
Your child's school announces a new online learning platform. The...interface assumes they can process rapid visual transitions, manage multi-step navigation without text cues,...parents from evaluating whether platforms and schools are implementing it. When a vendor says "we follow...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...intervention just mentioned a "transition conference." You've spent...from age 3 through high school. They're separate programs...to prepare. When the Transition Timeline Starts. Federal...intervention team to begin transition planning no later than...notify you and schedule a transition conference that includes...representative from your local school district. If you haven't...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...end at high school graduation....regular high school diploma, whichever...endpoint. Transition planning is...bridge between school-based services...good. When Transition Planning Must...requires transition planning to...states and school districts...determine that transition services should...your child. Transition planning isn't...after high school, including...includes the transition services needed...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...assumption was that high school graduation marked the end...That's changing. Comprehensive Transition Programs offer a pathway to...structured alternative to traditional four-year degree programs....experience. What Comprehensive Transition Programs Teach. CTPs vary...college courses alongside traditional students, participating...