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Learn how to guide the development of transition plans, document secondary transition services, include adult agency involvement, assess aptitudes and skills, and set postsecondary goals effectively. Follow WVDE OSP Transition guidelines for successful transition planning.
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IEP Development for Transition AgeStudents February 2008
Transition Not an event A process. WVDE OSP Transition
Consider your personal journey WVDE OSP Transition
How do weguide the development of the transition plan? WVDE OSP Transition
WHEN and HOW do we document secondarytransition services in the IEP?
Adult agency involvement • Document the agency(s) to be invited to the next IEP • Document parent or adult student consent to invite the specified agency(s) • Review which agency(s) will be invited yearly • Permission for the agency to be invited in subsequent years is acceptable IEP Documentation: Part III A WVDE OSP Transition
IEP Checklist • Postsecondary goal • Annual IEP goals • Transition services • Adult agency involvement • Age-appropriate assessment • Course of study www.nsttac.org WVDE OSP Transition
Age of Majority Age 17 within the next 12 months: Students and Parent are informed of the transfer of educational rights that will occur on reaching age 18 http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose/ageofmajority.pdf WVDE OSP Transition
TransitionPlanningConsiderations WVDE OSP Transition
Age-appropriate assessment • Post secondary goals are based on age-appropriate transition assessments-clear linkage • Review of assessments noted on this part of the IEP are a cumulative (throughout high school) and coordinated measure for provision of transition services WVDE OSP Transition
Assess What? • Interests • Vocational aptitudes • Academic skills • Learning styles • Work readiness skills • Independent living skills • Psychological/Cognitive skills WVDE OSP Transition
Academic Assessment • Individual achievement measures for eligibility – reading, writing, mathematics, … • Statewide achievement measures • National achievement measures • Adult measures – TABE, GED WVDE OSP Transition
Academic Assessment • ACT • ASVAB • GED • KTEA • Key Math • PPVT • SAT • WESTEST • TABE • TOWL • WIAT • WRAT • WJ III • WRM • WorkKeys • PLAN • EXPLORE WVDE OSP Transition
Psychological/Social • Intelligence/cognitive measures • Social skills • Behavior/Emotional measures • Medical measures WVDE OSP Transition
Psychological/Social • WISC III • WAIS • Conners’ Rating Scale • Autism Rating Scale • Stanford-Binet • WJ III • Achenbach • BASC • TPI • Vineland • SIB WVDE OSP Transition
Interest Assessment • Interview • Observation • Student ratings • Simulated assessment • Situational assessment • Work samples • Internet inventories WVDE OSP Transition
Interest Assessment • ASVAB • PLAN • EXPLORE • Campbell • CareerScope • COPS • CDM • O*NET • PIC • Becker RFVII • Voc-Ties WVDE OSP Transition
Aptitude Assessment • Vocational aptitudes • Certification measures – Career and Technical Education completers/End of Course Exams • Credentialing measures – Nationally administered and standardized evaluations WVDE OSP Transition
Aptitude Assessment • ASVAB • Brigance • Bennett • Crawford Dexterity • TAP • VALPAR • PAES • WorkKeys • MDS WVDE OSP Transition
Work Readiness-Learning Styles • Generalizable skills – stamina, following a schedule, motor skills, basic academics, manual dexterity • Soft work skills – cooperative work, attendance, following orders, • Assistive technology • Communication Skills WVDE OSP Transition
Work Readiness-Learning Styles • WorkKeys • Rating Scales • Environmental assessment • Personality measures • Communication assessment • Community work experience assessments and reports WVDE OSP Transition
Independent Living • Personal care • Personal hygiene • Safety • Nutrition • Mobility • Home maintenance WVDE OSP Transition
Independent Living • Transition Planning Inventory • TABE • Brigance • Scales of Independent Behavior • Observations • Interviews WVDE OSP Transition
Diploma Considerations • When do we make diploma decisions? • What do we consider when making diploma decisions? • What do parents and students need to know? • Who makes diploma decisions? WVDE OSP Transition
WVDE Policy 2510 • Career cluster/pathway • Graduation requirements • CTE and Career concentrations • College credits-EDGE • Individual Student Transition Plan WVDE OSP Transition
Postsecondary Goals • Goals must be measurable • Goals are required for: • education or training and • employment, • Goals for independent living, as needed • Goals occur after the graduation or exit Question 1 IEP Checklist WVDE OSP Transition
Course of study • Designed to improve the academic and functional achievement of the child to facilitate movement from school to post-school • Links with the present levels of performance • Aligns with and supports acquisition of the student’s postsecondary goals • Documented beginning at grade 8 WVDE OSP Transition
Transition Services • Check where annual IEP goals are needed that will reasonably enable the child to meet the postsecondary goals • Staff link postsecondary goals to needed annual IEP goals WVDE OSP Transition