Transitions

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

Individualized Education Program (IEP). Also see the IEPs links on the Sevier County Information Page for IEP documents that aren't forms.

1. Checklist for Multidisciplinary Team Meeting/IEP Creation, steps to keep in mind and their IDEA '97 and 34 CFR 300 regulatory references
2. Specific Learning Disabilities Eligibility Documentation, notice boxes 4a and 4b especially.  Sevier County's interpretation of an appropriate time period for an intervention is 6 to 12 weeks.
3. IEP Meeting Before and After Evaluation, especially useful for teachers new to IEP meetings
4. Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians
5. Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians (in MS Works 4)
6. IEP or Re-evaluation Tracking, year-at-a-glance format for tracking when students' IEPs or evaluations need to be ready
7. Conference Summary, the summary of concerns/recommendations addressed at the IEP or Re-eval meeting (April 2002 version). You may want to print this one on pink paper to match what is currently in the IEP files.
8. IEP Summary, a table for matching the students with their common IEP goals
9. Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records
10. Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records (MS Works 4 file)
11. Record of File Review, the page that goes on top of the left side of the IEP record, for reviewers to sign
12. Certification Forms enumerating the handicapping condition and giving the date of either the Psychological Evaluation, Medical Evaluation, Audiological Evaluation, Psychological Evaluation or Speech/Language Assessment, or Psychological/Medical Evaluation. These certification forms aren't required, but are used locally by Sevier County's School Psychologists. Case managers may leave them on top of the eligibility report, or just put the eligibility report (which is required) on the left side of the IEP folder atop all of its supporting documentation.
13. Individual Education Plan (IEP), for use in planning IEP meetings. This has on it the changes added in September 2003, to the accommodations/standardized testing planning page. You'll need MS Word 97 or later to open this one; the rest of the Word files on this site are Winword 6.0 accessible.. The blank IEP as a PDF file, for those handwriting the IEP.
14. Notice of Provision of Free, Appropriate Public Education, the summary page that parents/guardians receive with the IEP
    1. PWN Initial Evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for an initial referral meeting
    2. PWN for a 3-Year Re-evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for use during a re-evaluation meeting
16. Extended School Year Service Plan for use before and during the ESY placement to document goal progress
17. Prevocational Checklist, as an Excel 4.0 file
18. Parent/Professional Vision Observations Checklist, a 3-page PDF used as part of the functional vision assessment
19. Student/Parents' Comprehensive Vocational Assessment Questionnaire/Inventory. Vocational planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
20. Parents' Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML. Transition planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
21. Student's Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML
22. 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.
23. TCAP Testing Allowable Accommodations Table as revised for the new school year
24. English Language Learner Accommodations for TCAP achievement, competency, writing, and Gateway testing
25. TCAP Testing Accommodations Instructions for the IEP as revised for the new school year
    1. The 2003-2004 Special Accommodations table listing all nine accommodations is on page 7 of the 12 page PDF file linked above
    2. Breakout of Calculator Use for Grades 3 - 8 by test and part
    3. Breakout of Times Allowed for Grades K - 2 by test and part
26. TCAP Testing Accommodations as revised for the new school year (7 pages; print out only the one you need, as described below and retain the completed sheet with the IEP). Of the nine accommodations mentioned above, only those available for each of these six testing situations is available (as revised in June 2004). 
    1. Page 2, TCAP Achievement Accommodations
    2. Page 3, TCAP Writing Accommodations
    3. Page 4, TCAP Competency Accommodations
    4. Page 5, TCAP End-of-Course or Gateway Accommodations
    5. Page 6, English Language Learner Accommodations
    6. Page 7, Unique Adaptive Accommodations Request Form
27. IEP Evaluation Data and Procedural Safeguards Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for compliance with timing, procedures, and documentation in an IEP folder
28. IEP Data Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for the presence of required documentation in an IEP
29. 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.
30. Transition Assessment Student Profile, suggested transition summary sheet from the state director of transition services
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. Four Year Educational Plan, a worksheet to plan credits for grades 9 through 12
34. CDC Transition Planning Worksheet for 17 - 21 year olds, to track by name or total number your students' transition to work progress
35. 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
36. 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