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Secondary/Post Secondary Transition

Overview

Picture of icons sitting around a table with the words Postsecondary Transition is a Collaborative Planning Process.. Photo from the Mississippi Office of Education

In Ohio, students with disabilities (who have an IEP), formally enter into the secondary transition planning process beginning with the IEP that will be in place when the student turns age 14 (or younger, if appropriate). A truly successful transition process is the outcome of comprehensive and collaborative team planning through which the student, family, school, and other invited providers design a set of services and activities that will move the student toward achievement of post graduation goals in the areas of integrated employment, education, and independent living. The process utilizes age appropriate transition assessments and draws upon the student’s strengths, preferences, and interests to determine the needs that will drive next steps to be accomplished through those services or activities. 


At State Support Team Region 7, we champion that work through coaching and technical assistance of state and federally mandated expectations as well as best practice and research. We reinforce the training(s) of the Ohio Department of Education’s Office for Exceptional Children and we provide Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports as needs are determined through Regional and District Data. Through braided and cross-training networks, we encourage Local Education Agencies to embed the work of transition into all pathways leading to graduation, including: Career Advising, Closing the Gap, Diverse Learner Leaders, Early Childhood, Family Engagement, Literacy, School Improvement, and the Whole Child Series. We also support the Tier 2 and Tier 3 needs of districts participating in Internal or External Monitoring Processes. 


Laws, Regulation and Guidance

Secondary Transition and Workforce Development is Governed by the following State and Federal Rules and Regulations:

 

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Ohio’s Employment First Policy

 

Additional joint guidance for the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (D.E.W.) and the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) is provided in the Project Search job readiness training programs. 

 

Find links to all of these as well as further resources directly connected to them HERE

Secondary, Postsecondary Transition Contacts

Please feel free to contact the individuals below for further information.

Stacey Swank
Postsecondary Transition Lead Consultant
PH: 419-747-4808


Julie Frankl

Career Technical Education Lead Consultant

[email protected]  

PH: 419-747-4808

Resources

Kohler's Taxonomy of Transition Programming 2.0

 

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition [NTACT Collaborative]

 

Ohio AATA Library [Age Appropriate Transition Assessments]

 

Ohio Longitudinal Transition Study [OLTS]

 

Ohio Transition Support Partnership [OTSP]

 

Secondary Transition for Students With Disabilities [Supports Modules also found in LMS]

 

Universal Support Materials: See Transition Part & and Part 2

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