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Secondary Transition: Helping Students with Disabilities Plan for Postsecondary Settings

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Meet Carly and Omar. Although both are high school students with disabilities, they each possess a unique set of strengths and needs

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and have very different goals for their lives.

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Carly is a rising ninth grader with an intellectual disability and cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair for independent mobility.

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Throughout middle school, she received special education services in reading, writing, and math along with occupational and physical

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therapy. Carly received most of these services in the general education classroom thanks to strong collaboration between the general education

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teachers, special education teacher, and related service providers. She will continue receiving these services in high school, in addition

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to working with her IEP team to begin the process of planning for her life after graduation. Carly, who is very sociable and empathetic,

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has her heart set on working in a hospital or other setting where she can help sick people.

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Omar is a rising twelfth grader who has autism and ADHD. Throughout middle and high school, he has received accommodations and special

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education services to support his social, time management, and organizational skills. Beginning in middle school, Omar’s IEP team began working

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collaboratively to prepare him for success after high school. Omar has already identified a four-year university he would like to attend

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and plans to major in applied mathematics, an area in which he excels. His long-term goal is to pursue a career in a mathematics field

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that leverages his skills and problem-solving abilities.

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As you can see, Carly and Omar have very different strengths, needs, and goals for their lives. Yet they both need support to achieve

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these goals and to make a successful transition from high school to adulthood.

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Here’s your challenge:

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What is secondary transition, and why is it important for students with disabilities?

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How can educators help support students in the transition planning process?