SPaN of MA: Planning Successfully for Life After the IEP

Kelley Challen will discuss how advocates and families of children on IEPs can start planning for successful postsecondary adult life, even before the age of 14. The presentation will include an overview of basic legal requirements for transition assessment and services under IDEA 2004 as well as which knowledge and skill sets are most important to develop when planning for adulthood.

• Understand basic legal requirements for transition assessment and transition services under IDEA

• Define transition assessment and recognize necessary components of a comprehensive transition assessment process

• Learn about key guidance provided by OSERS and OSEP that relates to transition services

• Review evidence-based rationale for beginning transition planning at younger ages

• Name key skills that have been highlighted in research as having the greatest impact on postsecondary success and satisfaction for students who have had IEPs