Transition
What is transition?
Transition is planning for a student’s life after graduation.
Transition addresses the life domains of:
- Employment
- Post-secondary education and learning options
- Independent living skills
- Recreation/leisure activities
Transition involves the student through interviews; inventories and having the student attend ARD/IEP meetings once he/she is 14. A student’s IEP must address transition by age 14.
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- Transition planning must begin on or before a students’ 14th birthday as mandated by state and federal policy.
- Brownfield ISD conducts transition inventories, check lists, and visual transitional plans to identify student’s strengths, preferences, interests, and needs.
Transition Guides
Resources
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Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities - TCDDThe Education for All Handicapped Children Act was amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This permanently authorized a grant program that provides federal funding to states to offer a "free, appropriate public education" to all children with disabilities in the "least restrictive environment.
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Higher Education Resources - TCDDReview the higher education resource guide and statewide program directory.
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HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE - TCDD
HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE for Students with Disabilities 6201 East Oltorf, Suite 600 Austin, Texas 78741–7509 512-437-5432 800-262-0334 tcdd@tcdd.texas.gov