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Transition planning is a collaborative process
Transition Planning
A Transition Plan is a written document to
support students in achieving their dreams and
aspirations for adult life.  It is important to
initiate the planning process as early as
possible to enable the student's team to navigate
barriers associated with a students strengths
and challenges. The Halifax Regional School
Board advocates the integration of the
transition planning goals into the outcomes of
the student's Individual Program Plan.
Transition Facts
Transition Planning Brochures
Nova Scotia Department Transition Planning
Guide Nova Scotia Department of Education
Transition Planning Fact Sheet Transition
Resource Activity Kits Books on
Transition-Related Topics
Community Resource Mapping
Canadian Resources
Other Resources
Updated 21 February, 2009
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Transition planning is a collaborative process
Transition Facts
A transition is the passage from one stage
to another and is a lifelong process. 
Transition occurs when a student moves from
home to school, from grade to grade, from
school to school, from community to school, or
from school to community. 
(Transition Planning for Students with
Special Needs The Early Years through to
Adult Life, p. 5)
Transition Planning Brochures
Community Resource Mapping
Canadian Resources
Other Resources
Facts about Transition
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Transition planning is a collaborative process
Transition Planning Brochures
Transition planning takes into consideration all
major aspects of each students life experiences
and assists in determining appropriate
educational resources and programming. The
crossover from youth to adulthood carries
expectations of independent living, employment,
and recreational pursuits. Transition planning is
essential if students are to be empowered to
improve the quality of their independent lives.

(Transition Planning for Students with
Special Needs The Early Years through to Adult
Life, p. 5)
Community Resource Mapping
Canadian Resources
Other Resources
HRSB Individual Transition Planning Information
Brochure for Parents and Guardians Transition
Planning Brochure Self-Advocacy Student Brochure
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Transition Facts
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Community Resource Mapping
Community Resource Mapping is a way for the
program planning team to focus on what their
community has to offer to meet the educational,
employment and other requirements of youth.
While community resource mapping focuses on
what is already present in the community, it can
also focus on the development of partnerships
where people work together to enhance post-high
school options for students with special needs.

(Transition Planning for
Students with Special Needs The Early Years
through to Adult Life, p. 9)
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Canadian Resources
Some Canadian resources that may be helpful in
transition planning have been gathered from
various provinces.
Other Resources
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Provincial Documents
Transition Facts
Post-secondary Financial Assistance
Transition Planning Brochures
Conference Board of Canada Brochures
Community Resource Mapping
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Other Resources
Home
Some other resources that may be helpful in
transition planning have been gathered from
sources outside Canada.
Transition Facts
Webcast Transition and AAC by David Mc Naughton
Supporting Transitions to the Adult World for
Individuals who use AAC UIC Division of
Specialized Care for Children Preparing for
Transition More Resources
Transition Planning Brochures
Community Resource Mapping
Canadian Resources
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Books on Transition-Related Topics
While many sources may exist that are helpful to
the team in the transition planning process,
some teachers may find the following books and
resources useful. These resources may be
accessed and borrowed for a two week
period. Dartmouth Teachers Centre Binder of
compiled transition community resources. The
resources in this binder have been sorted into
priority areas to support easy access for
viewing. Basic Social Skills for Youth (1992).
Boys Town, NE The Boys Town Press. Harrington,
T. (ed) (2003). Handbook of career planning for
students with special needs. Austin, Texas
Pro-Ed International Publisher. PRO-ED Series on
Transition Blalock, G., Benz, M. (1999). Using
community transition teams to improve
transition services. Austin, Texas Pro-Ed
International Publisher. Bassett, D., Lehmann,
J. (2001). Student-focused conferencing and
planning. Austin,Texas Pro-Ed International
Publisher. Elksnin, N., Elksnin, L. (1998).
Teaching occupational social skills. Austin,
Texas Pro- Ed International Publisher.
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Books on Transition-Related Topics
PRO-ED Series on Transition Michaels, C.
(1998) Transition to employment. Austin, Texas
Pro-Ed International Publisher. Patton, J.,
Cronin, M., Wood, S. (eds.) (1999). Infusing
real-life topics into Existing curricula.
Austin, Texas Pro-Ed International
Publisher. Patton, J., Dunn, C. (1998).
Transition from school to young adulthood.
Austin, Texas Pro-Ed International
Publisher. Webb, K. (2000). Transition to
postsecondary education. Austin, Texas
Pro-Ed International Publisher. Wehman, P. (ed.)
(1998). Developing transition plans. Austin,
Texas Pro-Ed International
Publisher. Wehmeyer, M.,Morningstar,M.,
Husted,D. (1999).Family involvement in transition
planning and implementation. Austin, Texas
Pro-Ed International Publisher.
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Career Handbooks
Canada Career Development Foundation (1999). The
Work Handbook http//www.ccdf.ca/ccdf2/cms/display
SubSection.asp?langenid28sectioncatalogue C
anada Career Development Foundation (2002).
Career Resources Planning for Success. http//www
.ccdf.ca/ccdf2/cms/displaySubSection.asp?langeni
d28sectioncatalogue Essential Skills Take
them with You (Poster) http//www.ccdf.ca/ccdf2/c
ms/displaySubSection.asp?langenid28sectioncat
alogue Department of Labour and Workforce
Development (2005).Career Options
http//novascotiacareeroptions.ca/ Wisconsin
Assistive Technology Initiative. Hey, Can I Try
That? http//dpi.wi.gov/sped/pdf/at-wati-heycanitr
ythat.pdf Wisconsin Assistive Technology
Initiative. Assistive Technology and
Transition. http//www.transitioncoalition.org/tra
nsition/tcfiles/files/docs/attransitionpacket12242
59340.pdf/attransitionpacket.pdf Post-Secondary
Disability Services Student Handbook http//psds.e
dnet.ns.ca/documents/Handbook200607.pdf
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Provincial Documents
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Department of Education
Transition Planning Fact Sheet Transition
Planning for Students with Special Needs The
Early Years Through to Adult Life APSEA
British Columbia Your Future Now Transition
Planning for Youth with Special Needs Alberta
Programming for Students with Learning
Disabilities Planning for Transitions
Ontario Transition Planning A Resource Guide
Manitoba Transitions New Brunswick Resource
for the Transition of Students with
Exceptionalities from School to Work or Post
Secondary Education and Adult Life North West
Territories Departmental Directive for Career
Development Across the Life Span
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Community Resource Mapping
The following are some resources that may be
helpful in researching community options.
Additional community resources may exist that
are not listed here that the team may find
valuable as they gather information.
CAREER / EMPLOYMENT / REHABILITATION
SERVICES Parents as Career Coaches
http//parentsascareercoaches.ca/ The Abilities
Foundation of Nova Scotia New Leaf Enterprises
for persons with physical disabilities
http//www.abilitiesfoundation.ns.ca/ Access to
Community Education and Employment (ACEE)

ACEE 462-9787.
Coordinator Cathy Waite http//www.ilrc-halifax.n
s.ca/programs/ACEE_Team.htm Affirmative
Industries Association of Nova Scotia (AIANS)
http//www.affirma
tiveindustries.ca/ Atlantic Provinces Special
Education Authority (APSEA)

www.apsea.ca Canadian Automotive Repair and
Service (CARS) Council http//www.carsyouth.ca/i
ndex.cfm?v6 Career Planning Website Guide
www.careersites.ednet.ns.ca
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Community Resource Mapping
CEED Centre for Entrepreneurship Education
Development Incorporated http//www.ceed.info Dar
tmouth Work Activity Society DWAS
http//www.dwas.ca/ Department of Education Nova
Scotia Career Options http//careeroptions.ednet.n
s.ca
DIRECTIONS Council for Vocational Services in
Nova Scotia www.directionscouncil.org Prescott
Group http//www.prescottgroup.ca/ Dartmouth
Adult Services Centre (DASC) http//www.dasc-ns.ca
/ Anchor Industries Society www.anchorindustriess
ociety.org/ The Entrepreneurs with disabilities
Network (EDN) www.ednns.ca reachAbility
http//www.reachability.org/ Teamwork
Cooperative www.teamworkcooperative.ns.ca Nova
Scotia League for Equal Opportunities
http//www.novascotialeo.org/ Nova Scotia
Department of Community Services
http//www.gov.ns.ca/coms/ The Workbridge
Association www.theworkbridge.ca
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Community Resource Mapping
Youth Live http//www.halifax.ca/hr/YouthLive.htm
l The Learning Kitchen http//www.feednovascotia.
ca/whatWeDo/learningkitchen.html Nova Scotia
Tourism Human Resource Council http//onlinetraini
ng.tourismhrc.com/Register.php The Conference
Board of Canada, Employability Skills Profile
http//www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning-
tools/default.htm  
Job Junction www.jobjunction.ca The People Bank
www.thepeoplebank.com Lake City Employment
Services Association http//www.lakecitywoodworker
s.com/
Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
http//www.cdha.nshealth.ca/ Service Canada
http//www.youth.gc.ca/ The Watershed
Association Development Enterprise
http//www.wadens.ca/ Workink
http//ns.workink.com
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Community Resource Mapping
GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES
http//www.pwd-online.ca/pdf/Disability_Guide_ENG.
pdf Guide to Government of Canada Services for
People with Disabilities and their Families
http//www.snis.ca/ A resource and service
directory for young children and adolescents with
special needs in Nova Scotia
RECREATION Adult Service Centres N.S.
Department of Community Services
http//www.gov.ns.ca/coms/ Cole Harbour
Recreation http//www.coleharbourplace.com/ The
Halifax Military Resource Centre
http//www.nscouncilfamily.org/FRC_Directory/Cent
res/Central/HalifaxMFRC.htm
The Halifax Regional Public Libraries
http//www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/
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Community Resource Mapping
Halifax Area Leisure and Therapeutic Riding
(HALTR) http//www.cantra.ca/centres/haltr.html
Nova Scotia Mikmaw Youth, Recreation Active
Circle for Living http//nsmsrc.tripod.com/ Mik
maq Friendship Center Gordon King 420-1576 HRM
Recreation follow links from Nova Scotia
Recreation http//www.recreationns.ns.ca/ Recrea
tion Therapy http//www.iwk.nshealth.ca Click on
care services/ recreation therapy / sports and
recreation resources. Special
Olympics Nova Scotia (SONS) www.sons.ca South
Park YMCA 1565 South Park Street Tel (902)
423-9622 Community
YMCA 2269 Gottingen Street Tel (902)
422-9622
Akerley YMCA 21 Woodlawn Road Tel
[phone] Movie Theatres Access 2
Entertainment Card http//access2.ca/english_defa
ult.html
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Community Resource Mapping
TRANSPORTATION Metro Transit
http//www.halifax.ca/metrotransit Access-A-Bus
http//www.halifax.ca/metrotransit/access_a_bus.ht
ml Accessible Taxi Service Need-a-Lift
www.needalift.ca Acadian Lines
http//www.smtbus.com/ HOUSING / RESPITE Nova
Scotia Department of Community Services
http//www.gov.ns.ca/coms/
The Central Region Respite Society (CRRS)
www.respite.ca/ NSRAA Nova Scotia Residential
Agencies Association www.rrss.ns.ca L'Arche
Canada www.larchecanada.org L'Arche Halifax
www.larchehalifax.org
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Community Resource Mapping
EDUCATION African Nova Scotian Student Advisor
(Scholarships and Support Services) Archy Beals
,Coordinator African Canadian Student Success
491-4943 http//www.nscc.ca/Services/African_Cana
dian_Student_Services.asp Post-Secondary Guide
for African Nova Scotian Students http//www.hrsb
.ns.ca/content/id/949.html Nova Scotia Community
College http//www.nscc.ns.ca/services/disability_
services.asp St Marys University Atlantic
Centre of Research, Access, and Support for
Students with Disabilities http//www.smu.ca/admi
nistration/atlcentre/learn.html Dalhousie
University Student Accessibility Services
http//studentaccessibility.dal.ca/index.html De
partment of Education Rehabilitation Programs and
Services Division Canada
Access Grant for Students with Permanent
Disabilities /
Provincial Access Grant
for students with Permanent Disabilities
http//rps.ednet.ns.ca Mount St. Vincent
University Mount Saint Vincent Disability
Services http//www.msvu.ca/student_affairs/Speci
al-needs-students/info-for-students.asp
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Community Resource Mapping
Partnership for Access Awareness Nova Scotia
(PAANS) http//www.paans.ca/index.html CANADA
STUDENT LOANS PROGRAM (CSLP). Designated
Educational Institutions http//www.hrsdc.gc.ca/a
sp/gateway.asp?hren/hip/cslp/ImportantLinks/02_ i
l_MasterListIndex.shtmlhscxp Post-Secondary
Disability Student Handbook http//psds.ednet.ns.
ca/documents/Handbook200607.pdf
ADVOCACY Brain Injury Association of Nova
Scotia (BIANS) http//www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bians1
/ Canadian Mental Health Association
http//www.cmha.ca/bins/index.asp   Community
ACCESS-Ability Program Services NS and Municipal
Relations
424-7798/5200
Independent Living Resource Centre
http//www.ilrc-halifax.ns.ca/main.htm The
Disabled Persons Commission http//www.gov.ns.ca/d
isa/
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Community Resource Mapping
The Halifax Association for Community Living
(HACL) http//www.halifaxacl.com/about.html Learn
ing Disabilities Association of Nova Scotia
 http//www.ldans.ca/ Council for Exceptional
Children http//www.cec.sped.org/   Native Web
http//www.nativeweb.org/resources.php?nameCanada
type2location317 reachAbility
http//www.reachability.org/ Planned Lifetime
Advocacy Network (PLAN) www.plan.ca Service
Canada http//www.servicecanada.gc.ca/ Autism
Society Nova Scotia http//www.autismsocietynovasc
otia.ca/ Provincial Autism Centre, 1456 Brenton
Street, Halifax. [phone] CNIB 6136 Almon
Street Halifax, NS B3K 1T8 Phone
453-1480 http//www.cnib.ca/ The Nova Scotia
Down Syndrome Society http//www.novascotiadownsyn
dromesociety.com Laing House http//www.lainghou
se.org/ Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia
(LISNS) http//www.legalinfo.org/
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Community Resource Mapping
CHECKLIST FOR PARENTS http//ns.snis.ca/parentgui
de/checklist/ OTHER SERVICES Alternative and
Augmentative Communication (AAC). AAC 101
http//www.augcominc.com/articles/as_1_1.html We
bcast Transition and AAC by David Mc Naughton
Supporting Transitions to the Adult World for
Individuals who use AAC http//mcn.ed.psu.edu/dbm/
transition/index.htm Assistive Technology
Centre Web site has links for information and
resources related to assistive
technology.http//assist-tech.ednet.ns.ca/ Wiscon
sin Assistive Technology Initiative
www.wati.org Breakthrough www.breakthrough.ns.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association
http//www.novascotia.cmha.ca Children's Aid
Society of Halifax http//www.gov.ns.ca/coms/famil
ies/find_childrens_aid.html CHOICES Adolescent
Treatment Program http//www.iwk.nshealth.ca/inde
x.cfm?objectid1D9CBCF3-D1FD-5B8A-97AB02557A67DACD
Literacy The Dartmouth Learning Network
http//www.dartmouthlearning.net/ The Bedford
Sackville Literacy Network (BSLN)
http//www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/BSLN/ The
Halifax Community Learning Network
http//www.hcln.ca/
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Community Resource Mapping
Progress Centre for Early Intervention
http//www.progresscentre.com Sackville -
Bedford Early Intervention Program
http//ueyhalifax.com/sbeip/ The Self-Help
Connection (SHC) http//www.selfhelpconnection.ca
Phoenix Youth Programs http//www.phoenixyouth.ca
/ Nova Scotia Safety Council A selection of
safety courses including WHMIS and Forklift
Operator Training http//www.nssafety.ns.ca/ Nova
Scotia Safety Council online WHMIS
program http//nssafety.virtualwhmis.com/index.ph
p Nova Scotia Tourism Human Resource Council
WHMIS / Food Safety courses http//onlinetraining
.tourismhrc.com/default.php St John
AmbulanceFirst Aid88 Slayter Street, Dartmouth,
NS B3A 2A6902-463-5646 Canadian Red
CrossFirst Aid133 Troop Avenue, Dartmouth, NS
B3B 2A71-877-356-3226
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Community Resource Mapping
Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities
Association of Nova Scotia (LDANS)
http//www.ldans.ca/ Learning Disabilities
Association of Canada (LDAC) www.ldac-taac.ca LD
Online www.ldonline.org Special Needs
Information Service Directory OnLine
http//www.snis.ca/
Transition Planning Additional Resources
Nova Scotia Department of Education
http//transition.ednet.ns.ca/ Transition
Planning Alberta http//education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/
specialneeds/ipp/ipp8.pdf Transition Planning
British Columbia http//www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/spec_ne
eds/pdf/support_guide.pdf APSEA Transition
Services http//www.apsea.ca/brochures.php Trans
ition Planning New Brunswick https//www.gnb.ca/0
000/publications/ss/life.pdf Transition Planning
Ontario http//www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elem
sec/speced/transiti/transition.pdf
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Community Resource Mapping
Other Associations NEADS National
Educational Association of Disabled Students.
www.neads.ca. CADSPPE Canadian Association of
Disability Service providers in Post-Secondary
Education www.cacuss.ca. AHEAD Association for
Higher Education, Access and Disability
www.ahead.ie Career Planning and Assessing
skills and Aptitudes Nova Scotia Youth
Secretariat site http//youth.ednet.ns.ca Opport
unity Place http//www.opportunityplace.ca/ Expl
oring Careers http//hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/tanners
/exploring_careers.htm Career Planning Job
Junction http//www.jobjunction.ca/careerlinks.ht
m
To replace lost cards Social Insurance Card -
call 1-800-206-7218 toll free

Health Card - call MSI at
496-7008 or 1-800-563-8880 toll free

Birth/Death/ Marriage Certificates -
call Vital Statistics 424-4381 or 1-877-848-2578
toll free
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Conference Board of Canada Education and Learning
Department
http//www.conferenceboard.ca/education/
Employability Skills 2000
http//www.conferenceboard.ca/t
opics/education/learning-tools/employability-skill
s.aspx Innovation Skills Profile http//www.conf
erenceboard.ca/topics/education/learning-tools/isp
.aspx Employability Skills Profile What Are
Employers Looking For? http//www.conferenceboard.
ca/Libraries/EDUC_PUBLIC/emskill.sflb Profil
des compétences relatives à l'employabilité Ce
que les employeurs recherchent http//www.conferen
ceboard.ca/Libraries/EDUC_PUBLIC/emkilf.sflb Inv
esting in Education 5 Things You Can
Do http//www.conferenceboard.ca/Libraries/EDUC_P
UBLIC/investingineducation-e.sflb
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Other Resources
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC).
AAC 101 http//www.augcominc.com/articles/as_1_1.
html Learning Disabilities Online. Transition
School to Work http//www.ldonline.org/indepth/tra
nsition/transition.html The Guide to Special
Education in Maine Information on transition.
http//www.somepa.org/Guide/files/html/ch09/index.
htm Career Activity File. Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education and Oklahomas
Career Resource Network. http//www.okcareertech.
org/cac/Pages/resources_products/careeractivityfil
e.htm National Association for Down Syndrome.
Information on transition and post-high school
options, http//www.nads.org/pages_new/teens_adult
s.html National Center for Learning
Disabilities. Transition Checklist
http//www.ncld.org/content/view/947/456113/ Pla
nning for the Future. A Workbook for Young Adults
with Disabilities. Department of Special
Education. University of Kansas. http//www.transi
tioncoalition.org/tcacs/new/files/planning_future
.pdf http//transitioncoalition.org/transition/tcf
iles/files/docs/planning_future1213214588.pdf/plan
ning_future.pdf University of Washington
Adolescent Health Transition Project. http//depts
.washington.edu/healthtr/
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Post- Secondary Financial Assistance
Nova Scotia Department of Educationhttp//www.stu
dentloans.ednet.ns.ca/ http//psds.ednet.ns.ca
/ National Educational Association of
Disabled Students (NEADS) http//www.neads.ca/en/
norc/funding/ Database of student
awards http//studentawards.com/ http//scholar
shipscanada.com/ Auburn High http//hrsbstaff.edn
et.ns.ca/ore/ Dartmouth High http//www.dhs.edne
t.ns.ca/guidance/ Charles P. Allen
http//www.cpa.ednet.ns.ca/guidance/index.html
Citadel High http//www.chs.ednet.ns.ca/chsvgo/i
ndex.html Cole Harbour High http//hrsbstaff.edn
et.ns.ca/sbrothers/on-line20office20news.htm
Eastern Shore http//www.esdh.ednet.ns.ca/school
20site/guidance.htm Flexible Learning and
Education Centres http//www.flec.ednet.ns.ca/VGC/
Halifax West http//hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/mckni
ght/
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Post- Secondary Financial Assistance
J.L. Ilsley High http//jliguidance.ednet.ns.ca/
Lockview High http//lockview.ednet.ns.ca/guid
ance/ Millwood High http//www.millwood.ednet.ns
.ca/guidance/main.htm Musquodoboit Rural High
http//hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/amacbou/ Prince
Andrew High School http//www.pahs.ednet.ns.ca/gui
dance/ Sackville High http//shsvgo.ednet.ns.ca/
Sir John A. MacDonald http//sja.ednet.ns.ca/gui
dance/vgo/vgo.htm
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Transition Facts
1.  What is a transition? A transition is the
passage from one stage to another and is a
lifelong process.  Transition occurs when a
student moves from home to school, from grade to
grade, from school to school, or from school to
community.  Transition planning takes into
consideration all major aspect of each student's
life experiences and assists in determining
appropriate educational resources and
programming.  The crossover from youth to
adulthood carries expectations of independent
living, employment and recreational pursuits.
Transition planning is essential if students are
to be empowered to improve the quality of their
independent lives. Transition Planning recognizes
the need for additional planning to design
educational programs that provide students with
special needs the skills, knowledge and attitudes
to meet their future life aspirations. 2.  What
is a Transition Plan? A transition plan is a
written document that reflects goals developed
collaboratively in response to the specific
strengths and challenges of the student in
relation to his or her aspirations for the
future.  Transition planning assists in ensuring
successful entry into school, supports students
to remain in school, and at the end of their
public schooling, ensures that a plan is in
place for taking the "next step" towards an
independent adult life in the community.  The
plan may cover a wide range of programming and
services such as supporting students' entry into
public school, post-high school options, housing,
leisure, independent living, and in-school
transitioning.  The goals of the transition plan
are incorporated into the student's
individualized program plan outcomes (IPP). 
3.  How do school program planning teams decide
the students that require transition planning?
Transition Planning is an integral part of the
individual program planning for all students with
special needs.  Transition Planning must be a
part of the planning process for all students on
Individual Program Plans.  School to Community
Transition Planning is initiated when a student
enters junior high school.
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4. Who are the members of the transition planning
team? The team membership may change in response
to the student's strengths, challenges and future
aspirations and the identified transition.  The
membership can be home based, school based and
community based and must include parent (s) /
guardian (s) student (when appropriate) school
principal or designate teachers involved Other
members will come from a wide spectrum of service
and advocacy providers which may
include school-and board-based personnel 
government and non-government agencies
residential and recreational services providers
health-care professionals advocacy
organizations
5.  What are the roles of the members of the
transition planning team? The role of each
participant, both in the planning process and
subsequent follow-up, is dependent upon their
expertise and the range of services they
represent.  Specific responsibilities of
participants in the implementation, tracking, and
monitoring of transition goals that are embedded
in the student's Individual Program Planning
outcomes will be assigned by the team chair
(principal or designate) and recorded.  Specific
responsibilities assigned to the members of the
group are essential to the successful transition
process.  These responsibilities can be referred
to as the "action planning".  This outlines the
actions the adults involved in the planning will
follow to ensure transition planning progress.
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6.  When is the transition planning reviewed?
The program planning team reviews the transition
planning during the school year by evaluating the
students progress towards meeting his or her
goals.  This level of planning is often included
in the student's Individual Program Planning
meeting.  If the outcomes are not being achieved,
it may be necessary to revise the transition
planning goals or to consider and address the
factors that may be barriers to achievement of
the outcomes. 7.  How can teams ensure
effective transition planning? Transition
planning is most effective when participants
systematically use collaborative principles for
decision making, carefully document to ensure
due process, and thoroughly analyze resources and
services available.  Resources, finances, and
programs are often shared among a variety of
departments and agencies and require a
collaborative team approach in order to
co-ordinate services effectively.
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Transition Resources
The following transition resource activities may
be accessed from the Dartmouth Teachers Centre
and may be signed out by teachers for a period
of two weeks. The resource kits offer some
information and activities that may be helpful
in transition planning with some students.
Transition Resource Activity Kits
Unit 1 Dartmouth
Teachers Centre Employment Literacy Computer /
Internet / Job Search Skills Unit 2
Dartmouth Teachers Centre Transit / Street Map
Reading / Route Maps Time Management
Unit 3 Dartmouth Teachers Centre Numeracy Fina
ncial Skills
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Transition Resource Activities
Unit 4 Dartmouth Teachers
Centre Interview Skills On the Job Skills
Unit 5 Dartmouth Teachers Centre
Sample activities that may be helpful for a
skills portfolio Community resource mapping
Courses that may be helpful
Transition Kiosk Online Dartmouth
Teachers Centre
http//ilsweb.hrsb.ns.ca/imm/K
iosk.aspx
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Nova Scotia Department of Education

• Nova Scotia Department of Education Transition
  Planning Guide
• Transition Planning for Students with Special
  Needs The Early Years through to Adult Life
• Planification des transitions pour les eleves
  ayant des besoins particuliers
• Des Premieres annees jusqua la vie adulte.
• The Program Planning Process A Guide for Parents
  pages 23-24
• Assistive Technology Supporting Student Success
  Assistive Technology Protocol for Transition
  Planning pages 38-40
• Nova Scotia Department of Education Transition
  Planning Fact Sheet
• Fact Sheet Transition A Lifelong Process
• Fact Sheet Transition Un processus continue
  

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HRSB Transition Brochure
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