1. Developing Transition Activities: Students and Families

2. Transition:
Movement, development or evolution from one form, stage or style to another. (Merriam Webster)
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3. Team Members: Teachers Administrators Parents Students
Voc- Rehab Counselors
Tech Center Disability Counselor
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Teachers!
Would like to add business leaders from the community
Meet quarterly, attend OTI conferences, constant communication

4. Goals:
To provide the most appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.
To ease the student’s movement from school to post-school activities, including college, vocational education, integrated employment, continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living or community participation, while promoting self-advocacy.
Process needs to begin early- latest in 9th grade but should begin earlier if possible.
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5. Because You Can’t Always Depend on Parents
Planning
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Because You Can’t Always Depend on Parents

6. Essential components of an effective transition plan:
Truly Individualized Education Plans
Informed team (teachers, administrators, parents, student)
Students as self-advocates
Long term plans
Testing, interviews, knowing the student, based on student interest and preferences

7. Summer Transition Team Planning Grant
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8. Educated ourselves on new IEPs Developed sample IEPs
TRANSITION IEPS!!!!
Educated ourselves on new IEPs
Developed sample IEPs
Conducted training at each secondary school in the district
Developed goal banks for junior high and senior high school transition goals
Determined assessments, will break down goals further to be implemented in certain subject areas

9. Summer Mini- Conference for Students, Parents and Educators:
Student and teacher stipend
Various speakers (for example: representatives of the Zarrow Center, colleges, state agencies and other entities)
Mini Conference.
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10. Provide education, insight and opportunities
Parent Meetings:
IEP…RtI…SOP
Blah, blah, blah…
Manifestation/Determination
Monitoring data
Is she speaking English?
Invite families
Parent driven
Provide education, insight and opportunities
Family networking
Who was invited, format, examples of speakers
Picture of teacher having conference with parents. She says “IEP RtI SOP” and other lingo used by special ed teachers. Parent says “Is she speaking English?”

11. Teacher Training: Transition IEPs Self Directed IEPs Portfolios
Sdi- train the trainer
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12. Purchases: Self Directed IEP kits Choose and Take Action Assessments
Work boxes
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13. Self Directed IEPs: Most important component!!!!
Involves students in the decision making
Educates students on their disability
Promotes self advocacy
How we do training,, hope to use “Me”

14. Leadership Steps* Teacher-Directed Steps Student- Directed 3%
Study of 1700 IEP team members in 393 IEP meetings.
Teacher-Directed
Steps
Student- Directed 3%
Student introduced self
70%
1.2%
Student introduced IEP team members
77%
0.0%
Student stated purpose of the meeting
2.4%
Student reviewed past goals and progress
53%
Student asked for feedback
22%
6.0%
Student asked questions if didn’t understand
35%
5.9%
Student dealt with differences in opinion
17%
4.7%
Student stated needed support
25%
49.4%
Student expressed interests
72%
20%
Student expressed skills and limits
43%
27.1%
Student expressed options and goals
Student closed meeting by thanking everyone
14%
Broke up steps by grade level
Martin, J. E., Huber Marshall, L., & Sale, P. (2004). A 3-year study of middle, junior high, and high school IEP meetings. Exceptional Children, 70, *

15. Other Activities: Work Study program Work exploration program
Residual ACTs
Cookie sales
Substitute teacher bags
Moore Norman Tech Center

16. Contact Info:
Betsy LeFrancois
2901 S. Santa Fe
Moore, Ok
Polly Oliver
1500 SE 4th
Moore, Ok