Transition Planning

Transition Planning

An interview with Shemica Allen, Nationwide Advocate
 
   Beginning when the child is age 14 (or younger, if appropriate), the IEP must address (within the applicable parts of the IEP) what the child needs to take to reach his or her post-secondary goals. A statement of transition services needs must also be included in each of the child’s subsequent IEPs.    
   No later than the child’s 16th birthday a transition plan must be included in the IEP outlining post-secondary goals, independent living skills goals, and transition services needed in order for the goals to be accomplished. Transition services are services needed to help the child prepare for leaving school. IDEA 2004 requires that transition services be a coordinated set of activities designed in a results-oriented process that is connected to the child’s measurable post-secondary goal.

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