Your complete guide to transition planning and services / Mary E. Morningstar and Beth Clavenna-Deane ; with invited contributors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morningstar, Mary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities--Education (Secondary)--United States.

Children with disabilities.

Students with disabilities--Services for--United States.

Students with disabilities.

Counseling in secondary education--United States.

Counseling in secondary education.

School-to-work transition--United States.

School-to-work transition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland ; London, [England] ; Sydney, Australia : Brookes Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

"As a practical introductory resource for transition coordinators and secondary special education teachers, this book offers a comprehensive look at the different roles and responsibilities of stakeholders throughout transition planning. The book synthesizes evidence-based strategies and suggestions for best practice with vignettes and Tips for Transition. This resource includes forms to help special educators and transition coordinators plan activities and instruction, develop transition goals and IEPs, identifying post-school goals, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

About the Forms

About the Authors

About the Contributors

Chapter 1. I'm Responsible for Transition Planning . . . Now What Do I Do?

Getting Started: Learning the Basics of Transition Planning and Services

Key School Personnel: The Secondary Special Educator and Transition Coordinator

Making It Happen: Implementing Effective Transition Programs and Services

Transition Assessment

Transition Planning

Family Involvement

Student Involvement

Transition-Focused Curriculum and Instruction

Interagency Collaboration and Community Services

Systems-Level Infrastructure

What You Can Do Right Now: Putting Ideas Into Action

Chapter Appendix 1: Skills and Knowledge Checklist for the Transition Specialist

Chapter 2. Transition Planning From Compliance to Quality

Getting Started: Understanding the IDEA Requirements for Transition

When Transition Planning Starts

Who Is Involved in Transition Planning

Writing Transition Individualized Education Programs

Interagency Collaboration

The Age of Majority and Transfer of Rights

The Summary of Performance

Making It Happen: Creating Quality Transition Planning Approaches

Understand that Transition Is a Process

Keep the Student Actively Involved in the Process

Online Resources

Chapter 3. Student-Directed Planning and Involvement

Getting Started: Defining Self-Determination and the Student's Role in Transition Planning

Making It Happen: Supporting Student Self-Determination

Selecting Self-Determination Curricula

Assessing Self-Determination

Data Collection and Evaluating Student Progress

Online Resources.

Chapter 3 Appendix: Self-Determination Forms for Students and Families

Chapter 4. Family Involvement: Engaging Families During Transition

Getting Started: Why Are Families So Important?

When Are Families Involved in Schools?

Understanding the Family Systems Framework

Making It Happen: Supporting Families During Transition

Create Welcoming Places

Increase Family Involvement

Understand Cultural Reciprocity to Develop Partnerships With All Families

Chapter 5. Transition Assessment: The Cornerstone of Transition Planning

Getting Started: Defining Transition Assessment

A Comprehensive Process

Individualized Education Programs and Transition Assessment

Making It Happen: Implementing a Student-Centered Transition Process

Types and Approaches to Transition Assessment

Implementing the Transition Assessment Process

Building a Transition Assessment Toolkit

Chapter 6. School Engagement: Keeping All Students in School with Megan Heidrich

Getting Started: Understanding Student Engagement

The Consequences of Dropping Out

Defining Student Engagement

Making It Happen: Strategies to Promote Student Engagement

Consider "The ABCs of Disengagement"

Create Multi-tiered Systems of Support

Use Data to Keep Students on Track

Use Proven Interventions

Chapter 7. Inclusion in General Education: Strategies for Embedding Transition Into Academic Content with Ryan Kellems

Getting Started: Understand That Access to the General Education Curriculum Is Critical to Transition Outcomes

Learn the Role of the General Education Teacher in the Transition Individualized Education Program Meeting.

Understand the Common Core and Other State Standards

Making It Happen: Embedding Transition Skills Within Core Academic Content

Provide Access to the General Education Curriculum

Provide Instructional Supports for Learning: Accommodations and Modifications

Access the What, How, and Why of Learning Through Universal Design for Learning

Use Assistive Technology to Support Learning and Transition

Chapter 8. Preparing for Employment and Career Development

Getting Started: Planning for Careers

Effective Career Development: An Evidence-Based Practice for All Students

The Stages of Career Development

Making It Happen: Buiilding a Quality Career-Development Program

Coordinate a District-Wide Career Development Team

Build Programs Aligned With the Components of Career Development

Meet the Requirements of a Work-Based Learning Program

Chapter 8 Appendix: Helpful Forms for Your Career-Development Program

Chapter 9. Preparing for Postsecondary Education

Getting Started: How Does High School Compare With Postsecondary Education?

Shifts in the Law and Access to Services

Shifts in Responsibilities

Developing Self-Advocacy and Self-Management

Making It Happen: Preparing Students for Postsecondary Education

Overview of Prerequisites

Postsecondary Survival Skills

Chapter 10. Preparing for Independent Living and Inclusion in the Community with Dawn Rowe and Ryan Kellems

Getting Started: Why Should Community Living Be Considered an Important Postsecondary Outcome?

Making It Happen: Preparing Youth for Community Living

Teach Self-Determination Skills

Teach Independent Living Skills

Teach Social Skills.

Support Participation in Community Experiences

Chapter 10 Appendix: Ecological Inventory and Task Analysis Forms

Chapter 11. Preparing for Interpersonal Engagement

Getting Started: Interpersonal Engagement and the Impact on Student Success

Understanding Multiple Levels of Secondary School Engagement

Effective Practices for Teaching Interpersonal Skills

Making It Happen: Increasing Interpersonal Engagement

Creating Positive School Climates

Identifying Students Requiring Targeted Social Interventions

Effective Interventions and Strategies for Improving Interpersonal Engagement

Chapter 12. Working With Outside Agencies: Implementing Practices to Promote Interagency Collaboration with Monica L. Simonsen

Getting Started: Understanding Interagency Collaboration

Interagency Collaboration and Federal Law

Stages Leading to Interagency Collaboration

Making It Happen: Building a Collaborative Approach to Transition Planning

Strategies for Supporting Youth and Families

School-Level Changes

Bridging to the Community

Community and Systems Change

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781681252575

1-68125-258-9

1-68125-257-0