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Section Two: Person-Centered Planning
Transition Task Outline
School counselors, teachers, family members, and other individuals contribute to students' attainment of their dreams and aspirations. When family members, significant role models, and school personnel support students with disabilities in developing measurable post-secondary goals for life, more of these goals are reached. Individuals involved in the transition process can help students successfully achieve their post-secondary goals by guiding them through the tasks outlined in the table below.
Deciding |
Encourage each student to create goals for his or her life after
high school. These goals should be stated in measurable terms. At a minimum,
goals should address education/ training, employment, and independent living;
however, they may also address other life domains. |
Planning |
Work with each student to develop a long-term plan that outlines
the steps required to achieve his or her future goals. |
Preparing |
Help the student choose classes and other opportunities that
enable the student to obtain needed skills (e.g., job skills, work-related
social skills) and competencies needed to achieve his or her goals. |
Carrying out |
Identify necessary post-school services, supports, or programs and connect the student and his or her family to these services before the student leaves the school system. |
