Infographic: What is Family Voice and Why Does it Matter?
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Use this to plan a transition meeting with your IEP team
In high school, IEP teams begin to look at IEPs differently and start to think about planning for what comes next. Schools generally refer to this as transition planning, and the focus is on the future. It starts with identifying what a student might want to do after high school. Click the one-page quick-start guide on the right to [...]
Plan a Transition Fair for Families and Students
Transition fairs connect students and their families to resources that help them build successful lives after high school. Research into transition practices shows that when educators, families, students, community members, and organizations work together, post-secondary outcomes improve for students with disabilities. Download or print our brochure on How to Plan a Transition Fair by clicking on the image to [...]
Vocational Rehab Services to Support Transition
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) provides important services in close partnership with the students, school staff, parents, guardians, and other influential adults in a young person's life. The goal of School Transition Services, which includes Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), is to ensure students with disabilities are positioned to successfully transition from school to college or career. their skills, abilities, and interests [...]
How to Build a Family Engagement Team
Research shows that when schools and families work together, students have higher grades and test scores, stay in school longer, and have higher graduation rates. One effective way to engage parents is through the creation of a Family Engagement Team. Click on the document to the right to download or print our family engagement guide to start a team [...]