Getting Started

The intent of this guidance is to help schools and IEP teams build meaningful, individualized services for students as they begin to leave school and transition into life after school. It is important that IEP teams consider all aspects of a student’s life and community as well as be aware of current special education state and federal regulations.

Teams will find in this guide:

• Current state and federal special education guidance and regulations.

• IEP team conversation starters to set the stage for beyond age 18 discussions.

• Review and reflection of IEP and PTP goals.

• Partnership resource mapping guidance, examples and resources.

○ Build a partnership resource map as a team to ensure a robust plan is developed as a student transitions to post school environments.

• Sample student schedules.

○ Examples of how each student's day will be individualized and how schedules will differ from each other depending on each student’s individual goals.

○ Examples of how outside agencies and schools can braid services in order to support an individual student’s needs.

• Templates for teams to lay out goals, plans and map transition partners.

• Additional resources to help teams build successful transition schedules.