Transition & nrcp march1 2012

The Role of the Paraeducator
in Transition

Planning for Life After
High School for Students
with Disabilities
Dr. Vickie J Mitchell

WHAT IS TRANSITION?

The
The Future
SPP
The
Law

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Federal Law

•  “to be in effect when the child
turns 16” means age 15
•  Think About: 15 or 8th Grade
•  The Law tells us what the future must look like
•  Transition services means a coordinated set of
activities…designed to be within a results-
oriented process…to facilitate movement
from school to post-school activities, including
postsecondary education, vocational
education, integrated employment,
continuing and adult education…”
•  34 C.F.R. 300.43(a)(1)


SPP REQUIREMENT: INDICATOR 13

•  Measurable postsecondary goals
•  Coordinated annual goals
•  Transition assessment
•  Strengths and needs
•  Coordinated activities
•  Course of study
•  Agency and the return to the
ARD/IEP Meeting
•  Student participation


INDICATOR 14

•  What is it?
•  Post-school follow-up study
•  Field studies
•  Students not employed and/or attending
college
•  Lack of connecting connection to
employment and postsecondary
education prior to graduation (That
means application and acceptance)
•  Lack of agency connections (just gave
parents info)
•  Lack of transportation


What is the future for students
with LID?

• Learning • Learning
about about Life
High After High
School School
High
Elementary • What School
happens
after high
school
Adults with LID


How do we get to the future?

•  One step at a time.
•  Keeping expectations high.
•  Training parents.
•  Teaching practical.


Don’t lose sight of the “goal”
  Don’t lose sight of
preparing for the
“future”.
  That is what education is
all about, regardless of
the cognitive level of the
student.


BACKWARD PLANNING

Beginning with the
End in Mind


How to Begin

  Well, what do you want your life
to look like after high school?
  What do you parents want for
you and what will they support?
  Adult Life
  Life Planning
  The Devil is in the Detail


Considerations:
Postsecondary Goals


Begin with the End
EXAMPLE

1
2
3


Begin with the End

The elementary version…


Pick a Need, Any Need

The elementary version…



The secondary version…



18+ or after high school version…


ROLE OF THE PARAPROFESSIONAL
IN TRANSITION

Principal
Para
professional

Teacher

Everybody in the Recipe


Let’s Talk


Report to the Teacher

  Get a list of your job duties
  Ask what it will look like if you do
it correctly
  Confidentiality
  Becoming the best at what you
do


ANALYZING SUPPORT NEEDS

Collecting
Data

Task
Analysis

Behavior
Talks


Collecting Data

  Non-verbal students
  Ask questions and collect data
  Jello: do you want red jello?
  Toileting: do you need to be
changed?
  Use dignified language


The Task Analysis


QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


MPC Wiki Link

http://nrpc-
conference2012.wikispaces.com/


THANK YOU

Dr. Vickie J Mitchell
Mitchell-Panter Consulting, LLC
vickie@mitchellpanter.com
936-494-9080


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