Transition to Adulthood Flashcards
Transition
- transition is about change and how to prepare for that change.
- The more prepared you are for change, the more likely the change will be what you want.
Vision
vision is an image about your future
IDEA
law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout our nation
-Governs how states and public agencies provide EI services, special education and related services to children and youth with disabilities (3-21) (WHAT THE ESSA DOES)
IDEA trickle Down
IDEA
Federal Regulations- gives us condensed version of what everything really means. Help us understand all the laws and regulations better.
MO/KS state performance plans- documents how MO/KS will comply with IDEA
Standards and Indicators Manual- where they start putting the numbers to figure out what a student qualifies as one of the 13 disabilities
Local Compliance Plans- School districts have to promise that they will follow IDEA and the laws and rules of the state with kids with disabilities.
Transition defined by IDEA
The term “transition services” means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that:
- includes post-secondary education, vocational education, integrated employment, etc.
- Is based on the individual child’s needs, take into account childs strengths and interests
- Includes instruction, related services, community experiences, the development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives.
*helps a student prepare for life after school
IDEA purpose
To ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living.
IDEA and disability policy
Congress stated that:
-disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society (living independently, making choices, pursuing meaningful careers, etc.)
why transition planning is effective
- helps students achieve their dreams
- decreases HS dropouts
- improves employment rates
transition focused education
Transition-focused education is directed toward preparing students for adult outcomes like:
- independent life
- community citizenship and participation
- Leisure and recreation
- employment
transition plan info
- students 16 and older must have a transition plan
- Students who are 15 and will be turning 16 during the IEP cycle require a transition plan.
transition planning IEP must include:
1) Appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based upon age appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills;
2) The transition services, including courses of study, needed to assist the child in reaching those goals. (helps the kid in reaching their goals)
Transition assessment definition
the ongoing process of collecting data on the individual’s strengths/assets, needs, preferences, and interests as they relate to the demands of current and future working, educational, living, and personal and social environments
Transition assessment should address 3 areas
- Employment
- training/education
- Independent living
issues
some don’t work because they are getting benefits/payments from their disability and find themselves comfortable with not working and keep getting the money. Takes away their motivation.
examples for measurable post-secondary goals
19 year old male student with intellectual disabilities
- Employment: I will work in a school as a janitor, part-time to start with.
- Education/Training: I will receive on-the-job training through the Division of Rehabilitation Services to learn how to be a janitor.
- Independent Living: I will continue living with my dad for several years.
Present level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)
Considers:
- the child’s plans for high school
- How child’s disability will impact the student’s ability to reach his or her postsecondary goals
- How strengths will assist the student in meeting PS goals
- Parents concerns and expectations for their child after high school
- How changes in current functioning will impact the child’s ability to reach PS goals
-Includes results of any age-appropriate transition assessment in the PLAAFP
transition services
Coordinated set of activities to reasonably enable student to meet his or her postsecondary goals.
-OT is vital part of this
IDEA
-IDEA also requires teachers to use scientific, research-based practices and interventions while preparing them for further education, employment, and independent living.
level of best to worst based practices
- evidence based practices
- Research based practices
- Promising practices
- Unestablished Practices
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
Student focused planning
-involving students in the IEP process
Student development
-Teaching: functional life skills, community based skills( grocery shopping, restaurants, banking), employment skills, job skills, etc.)
Family involvement
-training parents about transition issues
Program Structure
-Providing community-based instruction, extending services beyond secondary school.
*students need to be involved in the planning process of the IEP- they are the most important person in the IEP and need to be a part of the process.
self-advocacy in postsecondary education
- To effectively communicate access and accommodation needs
- For the student to explain the disability and his or her specific needs in school and what helps him or her to be successful
- To know and communicate strengths and weaknesses to other
- To know what courses may be more difficult and why so.
Student participation in the IEP
One of the most critical practices to immediately improve the development and delivery of transition services that will impact post school results is to actively engage the student in all discussions and decision making in their IEP
