Overview
Equally useful as a professional resource and a supplemental text, this how-to guidebook gets transition teams ready to help students with disabilities plan the future they want, pursue employment and/or higher education, and navigate the complex shift to adult life in the community. Renowned expert Paul Wehman and a select group of contributors introduce you to all the fundamentals of transition planning, offering fast facts, vivid examples, realistic case studies, and checklists and tools for putting your plan into action.
Expanded and updated with the very latest on new legislation, funding sources, and other timely topics, this reader-friendly resource will help current and future professionals prepare young people to lead successful, self-determined adult lives.
WHAT’S NEW
- Guidance on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and its implications for transition and employment
- All-new chapter on customized employment
- In-depth coverage of funding sources available today due to new legislation
- More emphasis on involving students and families in transition planning as early as middle school
- New information on working with minority populations
- Cutting-edge case studies that reflect the current state of transition services
- More on employment goals and postsecondary education goals
- New evidence-based practices for students with complex support needs
SELECTED TOPICS COVERED: self-determination * school inclusion * access to the general curriculum * goal development * transition IEP planning and development * social competence * postsecondary education * vocational education * community-based instruction * customized employment * interagency collaboration * funding transition programs
Includes practical checklists and forms!
- Transition Planning Checklist
- A Checklist for Inclusive Schooling
- Career and Vocational Transition Worksheet
- Postsecondary Education Transition Worksheet
- Social Competencies Worksheet
- Checklist of Steps in Designing a Functional Assessment
- Checklist of Steps for Including Families in the Transition IEP Process
- Dos and Don’ts of Transition IEP Implementation
- and more!
This book title, Essentials of Transition Planning - 9781681253695, ISBN: 9781681253695, by Paul Wehman, Valerie Brooke, Joshua Taylor, Cyndi Pitonyak, DiAnne B. Davidsen, Judy Averill, Elizabeth Evans Getzel, Catherine A. Anderson, Ellie C. Hartman, Jennifer Todd McDonough, Holly N. Whittenburg, William Grant Revell, Richard Parent-Johns.., published by Brookes Publishing (February 7, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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