What’s in it for me? Take 5 minutes in your group to brainstorm ways that participating in your IEP is beneficial

What are 3 Guarantees of IDEA?  Free  Appropriate  Public Education FAPE is an acronym for free, appropriate, public education

Sections of a Transition IEP  Future Planning  Special Instructional Factors  Personal Profile  Postsecondary Transition  Postsecondary Transition Services  Measurable Annual Goals  Description of Specially Designed Services  Transportation  Nonacademic and Extracurricular Activities

Future Planning  A summary of your skills and interests  Emphasis on postsecondary educational goals and outcomes  Should include coursework, employment, and career programs

Special Instructional Factors  Communication access needs and accommodations  Assistive technology needs  Self-advocacy and personal responsibility skills

Personal Profile  Anything the education team needs to know to provide communication access and adequate services  Resource: MyGAP Personal Profile and Accommodations Letter

Postsecondary Transition  A statement of transition service needs that focus on your course of study  Resource: MyGAP Transition Checklist and MyGAP Transition Planner to help identify skills that still need to be learned and services to address learning them

Postsecondary Transition Services  Includes:  Measurable Postsecondary Goals  Courses of Study  Number of Annual Goals  Services and Activities necessary to support goals  Duration  Agencies  Resource: Use a combination of the MyGAP Transition Checklist, MyGAP Transition Planner, MyGAP Self Assessment, and MyGAP Personal Learning Planner to complete goals

Measurable Annual Goals  Will vary depending on each student’s goals  Resource: Use the MyGap Self-Advocacy Competency Checklist to create annual goals depending on area of need

Specially Designed Services  Resource: Refer to MyGAP documents  Transition Planner  Personal Learning Planner  Self-Advocacy Competency Checklist  Personal Profile and Accommodations Letter

Transportation  Resource: Use the MyGap Personal Profile and Accommodations Letter to notify the bus driver or other transportation services of your hearing loss

Nonacademic and Extracurricular Activities  What accommodations listed in your IEP are needed to afford an equal opportunity to participate in school sponsored extracurricular services and activities?  Resource: MyGAP Personal Profile and Accommodations Letter

Your IEP is a Contract  A written legal document between all team members  YOU are a key member of the team and You need to help with developing the IEP