IEP Development for
Transition Age
Students
February 2008
Transition
Not an event
A process.
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Consider your personal journey
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Living
Learning
Work
Adult
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How do we
guide the
development
of the
transition
plan?
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WHEN
and HOW
do we
document
secondary
transition
services in
the IEP?
Adult agency involvement
 Document
the agency(s) to be invited to
the next IEP
 Document parent or adult student
consent to invite the specified agency(s)
 Review which agency(s) will be invited
yearly
 Permission for the agency to be invited in
subsequent years is acceptable
IEP Documentation: Part III A
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The IEP team must consider the following:
 Strengths of the student
 Concerns of the parent
 Most recent evaluation results
 Academic, developmental and functional needs
 Need for assistive technology devices or services
 Communication needs of the student
 Revisions needed to address lack of progress
Additional considerations: (considerations must be documented in Part IV
Yes
Present Levels Narrative)
 For students with giftedness, will acceleration be a focus of gifted services, and if
so, its effect on graduation.
 For students whose behavior impedes his or her learning or that of others, consider
the use of positive behavior interventions, supports and strategies to address the
behavior.
 For students with limited English proficiency, consider the language needs of the
student.
 For students with blindness or low vision, the IEP team will determine the need for
instruction in braille and the use of braille.
 For students ages 16 and older (or younger if appropriate), complete Part III B,
Transition Planning page, prior to Present Levels.
 For students ages 16 and older (or younger if appropriate), permission has been
obtained to invite other agency representatives to the next IEP meeting.
Specify Agency(ies):
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Parent/Adult Student Consent:
Date:
Parent Initial _____
Student Initial _____
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Yes
No
N/A
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IEP Checklist
 Postsecondary
goal
 Annual IEP goals
 Transition services
 Adult agency involvement
 Age-appropriate assessment
 Course of study
www.nsttac.org
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Age of Majority
Age 17 within the next 12 months:
Students and Parent are informed of
the transfer of educational rights that
will occur on reaching age 18
http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose/ageofmajority.pdf
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Transition
Planning
Considerations
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Age-appropriate assessment
 Post
secondary goals are based on
age-appropriate transition
assessments-clear linkage
 Review of assessments noted on this
part of the IEP are a cumulative
(throughout high school) and
coordinated measure for provision of
transition services
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Assess What?
 Interests
 Vocational
aptitudes
 Academic skills
 Learning styles
 Work readiness skills
 Independent living skills
 Psychological/Cognitive skills
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Academic Assessment
 Individual
achievement measures for
eligibility – reading, writing,
mathematics, …
 Statewide achievement measures
 National achievement measures
 Adult measures – TABE, GED
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Academic Assessment
 ACT
 WESTEST  WorkKeys
 ASVAB
 TABE
 PLAN
 GED
 TOWL
 EXPLORE
 KTEA
 WIAT
 Key
 WRAT
Math
 PPVT
 SAT
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 WJ
III
 WRM
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Psychological/Social
 Intelligence/cognitive
measures
 Social
skills
 Behavior/Emotional measures
 Medical measures
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Psychological/Social
 WISC
III
 WAIS
 Achenbach
 Conners’ Rating  BASC
Scale
 TPI
 Autism Rating
 Vineland
Scale
 SIB
 Stanford-Binet
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III
 WJ
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Interest Assessment
 Interview
 Observation
 Student
ratings
 Simulated assessment
 Situational assessment
 Work samples
 Internet inventories
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Interest Assessment
 ASVAB
 O*NET
 PLAN
 PIC
 EXPLORE
 Becker
 Campbell
RFVII
 Voc-Ties
 CareerScope
 COPS
 CDM
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Aptitude Assessment
 Vocational
aptitudes
 Certification measures – Career and
Technical Education completers/End
of Course Exams
 Credentialing measures – Nationally
administered and standardized
evaluations
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Aptitude Assessment
 ASVAB
 PAES
 Brigance
 WorkKeys
 Bennett
 MDS
 Crawford
Dexterity
 TAP
 VALPAR
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Work Readiness-Learning Styles
 Generalizable
skills – stamina,
following a schedule, motor skills,
basic academics, manual dexterity
 Soft work skills – cooperative work,
attendance, following orders,
 Assistive technology
 Communication Skills
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Work Readiness-Learning Styles
 WorkKeys
 Rating
Scales
 Environmental assessment
 Personality measures
 Communication assessment
 Community work experience
assessments and reports
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Independent Living
 Personal
care
 Personal hygiene
 Safety
 Nutrition
 Mobility
 Home maintenance
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Independent Living
 Transition
Planning Inventory
 TABE
 Brigance
 Scales
of Independent Behavior
 Observations
 Interviews
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Diploma Considerations
 When
do we make diploma
decisions?
 What do we consider when making
diploma decisions?
 What do parents and students need
to know?
 Who makes diploma decisions?
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WVDE Policy 2510
 Career
cluster/pathway
 Graduation requirements
 CTE and Career concentrations
 College credits-EDGE
 Individual Student Transition Plan
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Postsecondary Goals
 Goals
must be measurable
 Goals are required for:

education or training and
 employment,
 Goals
for independent living, as needed
 Goals occur after the graduation or exit
Question 1 IEP Checklist
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Course of study
 Designed
to improve the academic and
functional achievement of the child to
facilitate movement from school to postschool
 Links with the present levels of
performance
 Aligns with and supports acquisition of
the student’s postsecondary goals
 Documented beginning at grade 8
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Transition Services
 Check
where annual IEP goals are
needed that will reasonably enable
the child to meet the
postsecondary goals
 Staff link postsecondary goals to
needed annual IEP goals
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Activities and Linkages
Identify specific activities or linkages for the
course of the current IEP
 Activities or linkages are specific and support
progress toward meeting postsecondary goals
 Lead party is specified
 Service noted is documented when completed
 If an agency does not deliver agreed upon
services, the IEP team reconvenes to identify
alternative strategies
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Present Levels of
Performance
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Instructional Supports
 How
do we determine appropriate
instructional supports at the
secondary level?
 Which instructional supports are
most needed at the secondary level?
 What are our greatest instructional
challenges?
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Coordinated Services
Promote movement from
school to postsecondary
settings of living, learning,
and work
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