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Secondary Transition - What Families Need to Know
Transition planning is a process required by federal and state law. Any student who will be turning 14 during the duration of the IEP must begin the transition planning process; transition now becomes the focus of the IEP. By law, the student must be invited to attend his/her IEP meeting. Although he/she can refuse to attend, parents can not request the student be excused from the meeting.
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Frequently Asked Questions
More information about the secondary transition process presently in a FAQ format.
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Planning for the Future Checklist
Created by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the purpose of this checklist is to empower and enable students with disabilities and their families in planning for life beyond high school.
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Special Needs Trusts
Please see the attached brochure for general information on special needs trusts. More information is available from the Special Needs Alliance website, found under the link section of this website.
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Autism Programs in PA
This document compares programs available in Pennsylvania for individuals with autism. More information and support navigating these programs can be found at: http://www.paautism.org/
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Transition Developmental Checklist
This is a checklist to be used as a resource for initiating discussion and keeping track of skills during transition planning. It covers health information, and independence, school and work behaviors for all ages. -
Transition Healthcare Checklist
A resource to help youth/young adults with special health care needs make a successful transition to adult living that includes their health and health care. You can enter student data into the checklist and save electronically. This was created by the PA Department of Health and is a great one-step resource full of useful appendixes.
FINAL transition healthcare checklist with color cover.pdf 6.02 MB (Last Modified on November 25, 2014) -
College Disability Services - VIDEO
Representatives from three college disability services offices spoke in a panel format to a group of parents, students, and teachers at Derry Township School District; this was recorded in order to be shared with others who could not attend in person. The following college representatives participated: Alan Babcock-Disability Services Coordinator at Penn State Harrisburg, Lynne Davies-Director of Disability Services at Elizabethtown College, Carole Kerper-Director of Disability Services at HACC.
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Transitioning from High School to College
This document outlines major differences between secondary and post-secondary settings; typical accommodations in post-secondary settings are included. This document content was shared by Penn State Harrisburg's Office of Disability Services.
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Disability Laws in High School & College
This document outlines the differences between disability laws that govern individuals with disabilities in secondary and post-secondary settings.