Transition

Tennessee Department of Special Education Transition Services

1. Prevocational Checklist, as an Excel 4.0 file
2. Parent/Professional Vision Observations Checklist, a 3-page PDF used as part of the functional vision assessment
3. Student/Parents' Comprehensive Vocational Assessment Questionnaire/Inventory. Vocational planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
4. Parents' Survey for Transition Planning Transition planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
5. Student's Survey for Transition Planning
6. TCAP Alt Addendum, for students who will be considered 3rd through 11th grade for the year the IEP covers, when the IEP Team is recommending an alternative to the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program. The same file as a PDF.
7. IEP Evaluation Data and Procedural Safeguards Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for compliance with timing, procedures, and documentation in an IEP folder
8. IEP Data Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for the presence of required documentation in an IEP
9. Home/Community Activities Inventory for Primary and Elementary Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. It helps parents give input prior to IEP development.
10. Transition Assessment Student Profile, suggested transition summary sheet from the state director of transition services
11. Home/Community Activities Inventory for Middle, Intermediate, and High School Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. This file also comes with a final page on which the student and parent can let the teacher know which goals they think are most important for the coming year.
12. Other LRE for LIFE forms and publications in MS Word. You can get copies of the two H/CAIs above and a lot of other CDC-specific documentation.
13. Four Year Educational Plan, a worksheet to plan credits for grades 9 through 12
14. CDC Transition Planning Worksheet for 17 - 21 year olds, to track by name or total number your students' transition to work progress
15. CDC Program Tracking for High School, a checklist to help CDC teachers keep up with the paper work and other to-dos month-to-month
16. CDC Program Tracking for Primary, Elementary, Middle, and Intermediate School, a checklist to help CDC teachers keep up with the paper work and other to-dos month-to-month

1. Transition Overview for Sevier County
2. Early Childhood Transition from Circle of Inclusion, good forms and information on birth to three transition
3. Transition to Adulthood, YouthHood.Org, intended for student use
4. Transition to Life, information for high school special education students
5. Transition Coalition, based at the University of Kansas; good free information
6. Short List of Transition and Career Planning Sites, one pros opinion of the best ones online
7. National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center, this link focuses on the NSTTAC's "what works" research
8. Transition Planning, a Word outline for post high school transitions
9. Tennessee State Transition Manual, 102-page PDF download with a lot of good checklists and contacts
10. Career Development step by step, from Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development
11. Secondary Education Vocational Programs from the State of Tennessee Department of Education, site gives the curriculum standards for many of the areas
12. Transition Fact Sheets and Worksheets, as well as other resources, from the University of Maryland
13. Transition Booklet, 40-page PDF from Utah on high to adult transition
14. Scholarship Help.Org, clarifies the steps and helps applicants avoid "scholarship scams"
15. Transition/Post High School Goal Planning, 134-page guide from the California Department of Education
16. Independent Living, devices available to promote doing things without help
17. Right and Wrong Jobs for those with mild disabilities or high-functioning autism