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Federal and State Authority

Federal Regulation (IDEA)
State Board Rule

Transition is the movement from school to post school environments. It should include the skills necessary for the student to be successful in education, employment, and independent living after completion of high school. The student should be involved in the process and decisions for their future and schools should assist students to build student’s self-determination skills to reach their goals.

Below are links to resources for administrators, teachers and support staff to provide for a meaningful transition for all students with disabilities. Should you have questions and/or concerns about transition, please contact the Program Specialist listed in the contacts.

Professional Resources

• A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities (OSERS) ​
• National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C)         
• Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT)
• GVRA Transition Services
• IRIS Center: Secondary Transition
• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
  
• Transition Coalition, University of Kansas (KU)
• Transition Tennessee
• Transitioning Youth to Adult Care | Georgia Department of Public Health
• ​Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment

Transition Professional Learning and Technical Assistance 2021-2022

• Revised Transition Professional Learning and Technical Assistance Information
• Supported Decision Making: Considerations When Students with Disabilities Reach the Age of Majority
• Transfer of Rights and Decision-Making Options for Adult Students Webinar Recording​
• ​​Transfer of Rights and Decision-Making Options PowerPoint Presentation​​​
  

BUILDING CAPACITY TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW:
Best Practices Form and Parent Mentor Partnership Kick Off

               Registration Link
The Best Practice Forum will be held in conjunction with the Parent Mentor Partnership Kickoff. The dates of the events will be Tuesday, September 28th (Best Practices Forum) through Thursday, September 30th (Parent Mentor Partnership Kickoff). The forum will spotlight the work of GLRS, districts, GNETS, and teachers to implement the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI), incorporate the Self-Determination Inventory (SDI) as a transition assessment, and use the SDI with student-led IEPs and other self-determination initiatives. Presentations will also include the use of technology to engage students virtually, vocational rehabilitation updates, and spotlighting student successes.

Audience: GLRS, Special Education Directors/Coordinators, administrators, transition personnel, teachers of students with disabilities, parent mentors, and districts staff participating in the implementation of ASPIRE, student-led IEPs and the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDI).

For more information, contact Elise James at ejames@doe.k12.ga.us.