1. Transition Readiness by Christie Westmann
Navigating Life
Transition Readiness by Christie Westmann

2. Transition readiness Class
 Five Focus Areas  
Advocacy and Empowerment
Education and Career Planning
Work Habits, Skills, and Attitudes
Independent Living
Community Roles, Responsibilities, and Resources

3. Advocacy and Empowerment
 Skills – Self-Awareness, Advocacy/Empowerment, Interpreting
Reflects on progress and updates plan to strengthen personal skills for future goals.
Identifies needs in school and develops a personal plan to meet those needs.
Defines Advocacy and explains why self-advocating is important.
Advocates for groups and others in school setting.
Advocates for and obtains services and resources to initiate postsecondary plan.
Describes a positive, proactive team approach to working with interpreters.
Requests an interpreter when appropriate.
Demonstrates through role-play or video of an actual encounter, an integration of all principles related to effectively working with an interpreter to ensure successful communication for self and others.
ADA vs. IDEA

4. Education and Career Planning
Skills: Career Exploration and Planning, Career Materials Preparation, Educational Planning, Learning/Study Skills
Map It! is a series of four, online trainings created to assist students who are deaf or hard of hearing transition successfully from high school to postsecondary education or work. These trainings include activities that help students learn more about themselves, their career goals, and the skills they need to be successful in the postsecondary setting.
Completes interest inventories and explores a variety of careers.
Matches career requirements with own strengths and interests.
Explains specific jobs within a career cluster.
Identifies viable postsecondary career options.
Explains and uses a decision-making process to compare education and career opportunities.
Identifies requirements for postsecondary education and training to meet career goals.
Reviews and revises academic or vocational training goals.
Identifies study skills needed for each subject.
Completes the college process (Application, FAFSA, scholarships, etc.) 

5. Work Habits, Skills, And Attitude
Skills – Work Attitudes, Conflict Resolution, Teamwork, Time Management, Resource Management, Workplace Communication
Describes the benefits and challenges of group work.
Demonstrates appropriate social courtesies with deaf and hard of hearing people in professional and casual situations.
Identifies appropriate processes to resolve conflicts in a work environment.
Effectively interacts with a diverse group of co-workers.
Describes the impact of work attitudes on gaining, keeping, and enhancing employment.
Identifies own work habits and skills and their potential impact on academic and career success.

6. Independent living
Skills – Emergency and Environmental Safety, Personal Safety, Money/Banking, Purchasing/Negotiating, Clothing, Health Insurance, Car Insurance
Social Skills Class
Biztown/Finance Park
Financial Literacy Class
Develops a monthly budget using typical income and expenses information.
Explains procedures and responsibilities for banking services: applying for car and personal loans, using credit cards, and paying bills.
Describes and uses strategies to protect self and maintain a safe environment.

7. Community Roles, Responsibilities, & REsources
Skills - Travel, Community Roles and Responsibilities, Leisure, Community Resources, Community Service
Uses a street map and develops a route with guidance.
Explains why a license is required to drive.
Uses street maps and writes directions.
Participates in a driver’s education class.
Knows driving rules and the meaning of road signs.
Follows laws related to all forms of transportation.
Identifies roles and responsibilities within the Deaf community and of deaf and hard of hearing people in other communities.
Identifies key roles and responsibilities assumed in a postsecondary community.

8. Important agencies/Programs
DVR – Division of Vocational Rehabilitation : Deaf and Hard of Hearing Counselor is Mahala Coker. (vp)
Deaf Navigator – Mike Merritt (vp)
TVR – Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation: Barbara Kariuki (v)
Stone Soup Group
Sorenson Communications
Alpine Alternatives – Summer programs
Special Olympics
HKNC Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Angela Gray (vp) 

9. Colleges/Universities
Gallaudet University (202)
RIT/NTID , (VP)
SWCID (432)
CSUN (818)
WOU (503)
UAA (907)