Roles Related to Transition Planning
Transition planning is a team approach. It is not something that
the school, the parents, or the student do by themselves.
The School's Role
- Initiate the process;
- Include the student in the process; and
- Establish linkages with other appropriate agencies.
The Family's Role
- Involve their child in activities that help foster self-advocacy
and independence;
- Talk with their child about future goals;
- Help guide their child's selection of courses to make sure
they align with long term goals;
- Seek out information about community agencies that will provide
the services necessary for their child to reach their long term
goals; and
- Seek out information about course requirements for postsecondary
programs.
The Student's Role
- Prepare for the Transition Pupil Evaluation Teams (PETs)
by talking with their parents, teachers, and others about; what
they (the student) want to do after high school
- Participate in the process by attending Transition planning
PETs; and
- Share their (the student's) vision for their life after high
school with the rest of the team.
Maine State Education Regulations (MSER) clearly states that
schools are responsible for including the student in the transition
planning process. But it is also important for all members of
the team to remember that the sharing of information about resources
and options and the process of engaging the student in relevant
activities is everyone's responsibility. Best planning has the
student actively involved.
There are many ways to include your child in the planning process.
FMI: See Chapter 9 - Supplemental Information.
“A. If the purpose
of the meeting is the consideration of transition services
for a student, the public agency shall invite the student;
and a representative of any other agency that is likely
to be responsible for providing or paying for transition
services.
B. If the student does not attend, the public agency
shall take other steps to ensure that the student’s
preferences and interests are considered.
C. If an agency invited to send a representative to
a meeting does not do so, the public agency shall take
other steps to obtain that participation of the other
agency in the planning of any transition services.”
(MSER, Chapter 101, Section 8.8, p. 41) |
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