1. Presented by: Tonya Taylor Director of Special Education INISchools
Transition Planning
Presented by:
Tonya Taylor
Director of Special Education
INISchools

2. Director of Special Education:
Who Am I?
Director of Special Education:
INISchools
BS Elementary Education
MS Special Education
Educational Leadership: Principal License
5 years MSD Wayne Township
6 years Zionsville Community Schools
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3. Goodwill
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4. What is Goodwill Education?
"America's future walks through the doors of our schools each day."
~ Mary Jean LeTendre
The Excel Center is a tuition-free school in central Indiana for adults who want to earn a high school diploma
The Indianapolis MET is a free Marion County public charter dedicated Excellence in College and Career Preparatory Education.
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5. Communication & Collaboration
Build Relationships
Communicate Often
Tell “the ugly truth”
Have the hard conversations
Include student always
Provide options
Look for the alternative
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6. Transition is more than an administrative process.
What is Transition?
Transition is more than an administrative process.
Rather, transition is a value driven approach to help young people make a successful entry into life as full participating adult citizens.
Daniel Steere (1993)
{Missouri DD Council}
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7. What is SPED Transition?
Transition refers to the design of desired lifestyles for youth with disabilities, and the pursuit of desired outcomes through school and non-school experiences. The goal of transition planning is the uninterrupted movement of students with disabilities to post-secondary education and/or community employment, community living, and an integrated adult life. Choice in all of these areas is essential to positive outcomes.
(Adapted from: A Family Guide to Transition Planning -2003)
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8. Transition Individualized Education Program
What does Article 7 Say?
511 IAC
Transition Individualized Education Program
Sec. 4. (a) The CCC must develop a transition IEP that will be in effect when the student:
Enters into Grade 9; or
Becomes 14 years of age; whichever occurs first, or earlier if determined appropriate by CCC.
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9. Essential IEP Components
Inviting and including the appropriate people (student, family, school, transition coordinator)
Student centered
Goals that align to student interest
Yearly updated 4 year plans
Post Secondary discussions
Yearly transition assessments
Indiana Career Explorer
Transition Assessments
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10. Transition Secondary Transition Resource Center
If you know someone who would like to be added to this listserv, please forward and  have them Susan Henning-Harris
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11. Transition Assessments
Indiana Career Explorer
Transition Assessment Matrix
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12. Community Resource Map
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13. Needs, Challenges, Solutions
TOR Training
Teresa Grossi , DOE, In House Training
Aligning Career/College and SPED
Streamlining Processes
Using Indiana Career Explorer for all students
Create legally sound IEP’s
Training
Training, Internal Audits
Systemic Process
Development
Create system wide procedures for Transition services
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14. Transition IEP Conference Process
Transition Services
Vocab. Rehab Contact Made
(and/or other transition providers)
Plan for Next Year created that moved toward students overall post-secondary goal
Transition Assessments
Indiana Career Explorer Data Shared
New Transition Assessment given Yearly
Key Components
1. 4 year plan discussed/updated
2. Post-Secondary Goals Discussed/Updated
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15. Vocational Rehabilitation
Why is it important to transition?
It’s unlimited funding for students who qualify.
Site:
Issues
Solutions
Inadequate Staffing at VR
Monthly Meetings, Site visits
Referral Process
Complete Packet before calls made
Timeline
TOR involved start to finish
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16. Brain Break
20 year old female student with a specific learning disability. 9 month old baby girl. On track to graduate with a Core 40 Diploma. Wants to study nursing. Currently, no job.
18 year old male student with a mild cognitive disability. Has 7 credits, not passed any ECA’s, perfect attendance.
21 year old Hispanic student with a learning disability. Family needs him to quit school to work full time. He is 12 credits from graduation.
Gloria’s Story
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17. The Future of Transition
Transition Fair planned for Spring 2014
Job Site Visits
College Visits
Post-Secondary Accommodations
Vocational Rehabilitation Monthly meetings for families held at rotating locations.
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18. Resources National Secondary Transition Assessment Center
Indiana Career Explorer
Vocational Rehabilitation
InSource Guidebook for Families
Nina Scholarship
Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center
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19. Questions?
The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create…
And creating that future requires us to make choices and decisions.
That all begins with a dream.
Leonard I. Sweet
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