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Team Roles for Transition Planning



Some Comments from Students about:

My role in transition planning…
  • Make our decisions that we want, not what other people want
  • Let's work together
  • Plan ahead what I want to say at my PET meeting
  • ASK Questions!
  • To tell all of our parents and teachers what we want (goal and dreams)
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Please do: Please do not:
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  • Let me invite important people/friends to my PETs
  • Have preparation time before PET
  • Use understandable words that students can understand
  • Use dreams and SNOW chart in meetings
  • Let students talk first at PET
  • Respect what we say
  • Plan for me without talking to me
  • Talk about things we can't do, talk about things we can do
  • Let us give up on our dream


Some Comments from Parents about:

My role in transition planning…
  • Advocate for your student/child
  • Be supportive and involved
  • Want to be treated as member of team
  • Want to understand the process, test results
  • Do not want to "cause trouble" but need to get services/programming for son or daughter
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Please do: Please do not:
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  • Keep parents informed about all things
  • Involve my student
  • Have all teachers and teams members involved (agencies, administration)
  • Frequent, ongoing communication
  • Have a meeting/PET without me
  • Set limits on my student
  • Talk over/above/around parent
  • Make assumptions


Some Comments from Teachers about:

My role in transition planning…
  • Coordinate transition planning with annual PET meetings
  • Encourage total team effort
  • Integrating students into vocational and regular education programs
  • Educate parents to process beyond high school
  • Preliminary brainstorming with students about dreams and goals
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Please do: Please do not:
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  • Be creative! Look for possibilities, open-minded
  • Let me know if you have completed your responsibility - or are having problems
  • Put kid first!
  • Kids, try your best - be actively involved
  • Agencies make us aware of the opportunities out there
  • Have a transition meeting without me
  • Be disrespectful of student/parent input
  • Expect that plans will stay the same
  • Think that transition is only 1 level (just a job)
  • Count on special education to do whole transition process


Some Comments from Agency Representatives about:

My role in transition planning…
  • Support family and PET process
  • Assist in linkage with outside resources
  • Early intervention is very important to allow/give student experiences from which to choose
  • Systems navigator
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Please do: Please do not:
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  • Promote open 2-way communication between agency and school
  • Give us plenty of notice so that we can attend
  • Tell me what you need and what I can do for you
  • Involve student at all steps
  • Spread word about who we are and what we do - share info
  • Plan ahead and early in process - be clear on times and roles
  • Have teams work together to make sure parents/families are involved
  • Never talk money - talk need
  • Do not loose the student's needs and wants
  • Commit resources from my agency if I am not present
  • Never assume there is no service for someone


Some Comments from Administrators about:

My role in transition planning…
  • Cooperate in collaborative decision-making around transition decisions
  • Leadership in supporting on-going training for current and new staff
  • Insuring that the first transition meeting (planning) occurs at age 14
  • Leadership in going above and beyond requirements
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  • Awareness of agencies and services
  • Teaching students to communicate their needs with the teacher and to take responsibility of their needs
  • Invite school counselor
  • Parent and student understanding of follow-through regarding tours/applications/acceptance
  • Schedule enough time to do what needs to be done
  • LISTEN
  • Work independently of the support group
  • Let any one person dominate the discussion
  • Guidance (agency) should not assume all responsibility for the child
  • Call us the day of the PET to inform us of the meetings
  • Have meetings Friday afternoon


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