Personal Resource

Guide for Transition

Planning
CHELSEA BEINBORN
12-2016

Helpful Websites

The National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition

(NASET) http://www.nasetalliance.org/

The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)

http://www.ncset.org

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/topics/transition

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition

http://transitionta.org/

Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training, &

Support (WI FACETS) http://www.wifacets.org

Helpful Websites

Autism Speaks
https://www.autismspeaks.org/

Council for Learning Disabilities

http://www.council-for-learning-disabilities.org

Understood.Org
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/specialservices/ieps/iep-transition-planning-preparing-for-young-adulthood

Discussion Points

Parent collaboration so many ways to communicate and so, so, so important

Transition planning - The IEP team will complete the transition page of the IEP. This page
reflects that the transition planning team has discussed post-secondary outcomes and is
planning the educational program based on the family's projected post-secondary
outcomes.

Career Prep - Career preparatory activities help young people make the informed decisions
necessary for successful transition into careers.

Website Strategies So many resources available for parents, teachers, and students.

Autism can be shown through distress over changes, insistence on following routines, and a
persistent preoccupation with or attachment to objects. Autistic children typically have
impaired social interactions, impaired communication, repetitive patterns of behavior,
impaired cognition, and abnormal sensory perceptions. Asperger Syndrome has very
similar characteristics with Autism. Highly structured, direct instruction in a natural
environment is most beneficial.

Key takeaways from course:

Remember as a special education teacher is: what is normal to one group may not
be normal to another. Assumptions about what is "normal" can result in
distorted interpretations of the lives of those perceived as other." We need to find
the normal for each student, not the normal for that age, grade, group, etc.

We are all individuals and should be treated as such.

Students, parents, and teachers are the biggest influences and can provide the most
guidance for our students transitioning to college or high school. My philosophy
includes the importance in exposing students to as much information about college
or career options that we can. Guiding students in learning about real life process
such as applications, taxes, finances, renting, student loans, careers in the area,
college expectations, etc. is of great importance for both a college or career path
student. I think work-study programs, internships, field trips, and job shadowing
should be included more in our middle and high school programs.

Key takeaways from course:

Career preparatory activities help young people make the informed

decisions necessary for successful transition into careers.
Appropriate career preparatory experiences allow youth to explore a
variety of career opportunities while identifying their career
interests, abilities, and potential needs for accommodation and
support.Research shows that preparation for the transition from
secondary school to postsecondary education, employment, and
independent living must begin well before completion of high school.

Course Reflection
This course has been extremely helpful and I have learned a lot of
information that I have not been exposed to. My biggest area of growth
and knowledge has been in helping students transition out of the
special education program and school to the next step. I have zero
experience with high school-aged students and have gained a ton of
resources and information on transition IEP writing and the transition
steps/process.