The last (for now) transition timeline resource that I am going to spotlight are the resources via the Federation for Children with Special Needs (FCSN).
What is the Federation for Children with Special Needs?
From their website: “The Federation empowers families so that they have the information and resources they need for their children. We work with families with children from birth to adulthood, providing individual assistance, training, and leadership development and support. We focus on education, early intervention, health care, transitions, children in foster care and group homes, and building strong family engagement to support all children, especially those children with disabilities, those at risk, and those with economic, cultural or linguistic barriers.”
Transition Resources
When you go to their main website, click on the resources tab. You can find transition resources under both the “Parents and Families” and the “Young Adult” headings. They also have a video library which has transition resources.
In this post, I am going to highlight 3 of the handouts that were most helpful during the initial transition planning process, but you should check out all of the other resources and videos that they have available in their library.
- TIPS: Transition Information for Parents and Students with IEPs (ages 14-22): This handout introduces you to the key terms that you will be hearing throughout the transition process. They break their handout into 4 “Tips” that you should explore during this timeframe. They focus on creating post-secondary goals and how these goals are integrated into the IEP process. This is a good introduction to the transition process and gives an overview on the IEP process related to transition planning.
- TIPS: Transition Information for Students with IEPs and their Parents: This handout is a brief summary of the information that you can find on the DESE Secondary Transition website. This handout provides some links to helpful resources, and their “Tips” place the focus on questions to ask under the pillars of transition planning while creating the person centered plan.
TIPS: Self-Determination: In this handout, it gives an introduction to what self-determination is, along with some resource links.
Now that I have shared those general transition resources that we used at the beginning of our transition planning, next week I am going to jump back in and focus on planning specific to our Participant Directed Plan model.
-Cheryl
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