Transition Planning

Transition Timeline for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs: Developmental Disabilities/Delays

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:42:38 -0600

The Transition Timeline for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs may help you think about the future. We hope this timeline will give you ideas to help your child achieve independence in their own health care and other areas of life as he/she grows.

Transition Timeline for Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs: Chronic Illnesses / Physical Disabilities

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:41:31 -0600

The Transition Timeline for Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs may help you think about the future. We hope this timeline will give you ideas to help your child achieve independence in their own health care and other areas of life as he/she grows.

Transition to Adulthood Timeline: Specifically for Nebraskans

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:38:33 -0600

Services or contacts to consider:

By age 14

Transition Top 10 List For Families

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:31:15 -0600

1. EXPECTATIONS - Live the life you would have lived before the diagnosis. Just know that it will need some modification and maybe some (or lots) of equipment or medication. Seek to live life to the fullest. Surround yourself with positive believers. Find mentors for yourself and for your child.

PDF Version

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:03:23 -0600

View a PDF version of this Transition Summary Online on the NICHCY website.

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/transum/ts10.pdf

Publications

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:59:41 -0600

Alliance for Technology Access. (2000). Computer and web resources for people with disabilities: A guide to exploring today’s assistive technology (3rd ed.). Alameda, CA: Hunter House. [Available from Alliance for Technology Access. See “Organizations,” above.]

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Organizations

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:59:12 -0600

Alliance for Technology Access (ATA), 2175 East Francisco Blvd., Suite L, San Rafael, CA 94939. Telephone: (800) 455-7970; (415) 455-4575; (415) 455-0491 (TTY). E-mail: atainfo@ataccess.org. Web: http://www.ataccess.org/

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Conclusion

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:58:44 -0600

To improve transition results for young people with disabilities, individual transition team members and community transition team members must work creatively. Many services exist in every community. If transition team members cultivate relationships with these resources and combine successful teamwork methods with the services available in their community, they will be able to create dynamic individual plans. Here are some starting steps.

Students:

Community Level Transition Teams

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:58:14 -0600

While many people are involved in helping improve transition services for students at an individual level, there is a movement to improve the transition system at the community level. Many states have created community groups that help with planning at the local level.

How to Find Resources in Your Community

jwilliams — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:57:43 -0600

Creating a dynamic transition plan like the three described above is not easy. Keep in mind that in many places needed services have long waiting lists or are simply unavailable. Unlike school services, adult services are not mandated by federal law. Transition team members must keep digging, networking broadly, and thinking creatively in order to help each young adult live as productively, independently, and happily as possible.