Transition Tips for Students

It is time to begin the serious business of thinking about your Dreams, exploring your Options, expanding your Abilities, and answering your Questions as you prepare for your “transition” from school to adult life.

The people who make our laws felt it was very important for you and your teachers to work together to make sure that you get the help you need to be all that YOU CAN BE.

The law, I.D.E.A.* gives you specific rights to be involved in planning your educational program to prepare for work and independent living. From now on, it is especially important for you to be part of your IEP team that plans your “Individual Education Program.”

*I.D.E.A. - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a law about special education, student and parent rights

(Produced by the California Department of Education, Special Education Division - Jan. 1999. Designed and written by Joan Kilburn, SWITP parent consultant, and Judy Reichle, CDE/SED transition consultant.)

See the Transition Tacklebox for this and other useful information.

Please check other links to pages like Project Skills and YLF.