PARTNERS IN TRANSITION: Achieving Your Dreams Through Effective Transition

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PARTNERS IN TRANSITION Achieving Your Dreams
Through Effective Transition
Nila Benito CARD-USF Benito_at_fmhi.usf.edu
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• The Time
• is NOW!
• Impact on the students quality of life and post
  school outcomes and on the system!
• www.partnersintransition.org

North Star Dream Natural Supports Quality of Life
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Is this happening in your school district, in our
program, or for your child?A Survey.
GROUP ACTIVITY
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1. SCHOOL-BASED PREPARATORY EXPERIENCES Quality
academic vocational programs. 2. CAREER
PREPARATION
WORK BASED LEARNING
Career assessments, exposure to life-long
learning opportunities, and internships.3.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIPExposure to
mentors, role models, and the Youth Leadership
Forum.
National Guideposts
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• 4. CONNECTING ACTIVITIES
  transportation, physical and mental health,
  benefits planning, economic futures planning,
  etc
• 5. FAMILY INVOLVEMENT
  Access to training and
  information about transition and evidence
  based practices.

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Simple Things To Include in The IEP School JOB
Experiences
Look beyond the 3 Fs usually offered to student
with DD!
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Develop a Simple Profile

• Strengths
• Interests
• Goals

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• Match student interests strengths with school
  job opportunities to learn new skills

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While An Individual is still in School Look at

• Jobs in the classroom i.e. attendance, yearbook
  photographer.
• Jobs within the school environment i.e. media
  center, recycling, filing, shredding.
• Jobs related to community service activities i.e.
  food drive, holiday events.

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Joseph The alphabet and visiting the
front office. Goal Interact in school
environment by performing at least 3
prevocational skills/jobs. Job Daily Filing of
Attendance Folders.
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Vincent Likes the newspaper and
counting. Goal Complete school job with peer
assistance. Learn Greetings. Job Count and
Deliver newspapers. Greets teachers.
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Vincent Likes using machines that make
noise Goal Make choices. Complete school jobs
with peer support. Job Shredding.
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Joseph Typing. Goal Use Keyboarding
skills in a functional manner. Job Database.
Book Reports for Peers.
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According to IDEA The Transition IEP Checklist
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Other Tools You Can Use All shapes
sizes www.partnersintransition.org www.ncset.
org
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