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Transition: It's Never Too Earlyto Plan for Your Child's Future

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In This Issue . . .

Transition Planning Checklists

K.L. v Mercer Island Schools

Legal Requirements for Transition

IDEA: Results-Oriented Process

Circulation: 77,710ISSN: 1538-320March 9, 2010

Dear Friend & Advocate

In the second half of the school year, many parents hear the clock ticking louder and louder as graduation nears. This day comes before you know it.

Hopefully, you have been working closely with your child’s IEP team through high school to ensure that appropriate transition goals have been established and your child's progress toward these goals has been measured and documented.

In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate, we take a closer look at transition planning and transition services to ensure that our children are prepared for further education, employment and independent living. You'll find advice, transition checklists, and tips to help your child make a successful transition.

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Transition Planning Checklists

Your child's IEP transition plan should be based on his individual needs, interests, and choices - with goals that address what he is doing now and what he wants to do when high school is over.

Transition planning should be done with your child, not for your child. Transition should help your child understand his disability and what he needs to be successful. Transition can include decisions about where to live and what to do for fun.

For two checklists and some great advice to help your child make a successful transition from school read, Transition Planning: Setting Life Long Goals.

Great Transition Case! K. L. v. Mercer Island School District

In K. L. v. Mercer Island, the Judge found that the school failed to develop IEPs to address K. L.'s transition to independent living and self-sufficiency. The Judge found that “providing a ‘meaningful educational benefit’ under the IDEA requires programs and results which reflect that Act’s emphasis on preparation for self-sufficiency.â€

If you are interested in transition, you'll also want to read Rebutting Rowley? Independence and Self-Sufficiency Are the New Standards for FAPE.

Legal Requirements for Transition Services

Learn about the new requirements for transition services, read articles, and download free publications about transition in Transition Services and Transition Planning.

When your child transitions from high school with a regular diploma or reaches the age of 22, his entitlement to rights under IDEA ends. Read Help! My Son with LD Graduates. Who Will Write his 504 When he Loses his IEP?

IDEA: Transition - a "Results-Oriented Process"

IDEA 2004 provides the legal requirements for transition services to support your child’s goals after high school. Transition services must be included in the IEP that is in effect when your child turns 16 - but the IEP team can plan earlier if appropriate. Some states require earlier planning.

IDEA focuses on transition services . . . an outcome-oriented process, which promotes movement from school to post-school activities.

slaw: Special Education Law, 2d Edition, 20 U.S.C. 1401(34); 20 U.S.C. 1414(d)(1)(A); 34 C.F.R. 300.29.

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